By 1 p.m. local time on Friday, the thermometer in Cromwell, Conn., where the Travelers Championship is being played this week, had reached 95 degrees. But with the humidity at 55 percent, the “feels like” effect on phone apps read an even 100 degrees. Summer has truly arrived in the Northeast. It calls for maximum Read more…
Considering the level of his competition over his last five starts, the results are truly impressive. Since mid-May, Xander Schauffele has finished second in the signature Wells Fargo Championship, won the PGA Championship, placed eighth in the signature Memorial, and last week tied for eighth in the U.S. Open. For the season, the San Diegan Read more…
Nasa Hataoka was disqualified from the ShopRite LPGA Classic for taking too much time to find her ball on her last hole of the first round and signing an incorrect scorecard.
Robert MacIntyre has a comically Scottish way of describing those times when he gets down on himself on the golf course: “Mumping and moaning.” Though the 27-year-old has done his best to do less of it as the current PGA Tour season moved forward, golfers’ memories can be short when it comes to positive self-talk, Read more…
CARLSBAD, Calif. — A story was making the rounds on Wednesday evening about the meeting J.M. Butler, then a high school senior, had with Auburn men’s golf coach Nick Clinard in his office. The recruit from Louisville, Ky., said very passionately that he wanted to win a national championship in his college career. It didn’t Read more…
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Bruce Heppler is one of the most esteemed head coaches in men’s college golf. In his 29th year at Georgia Tech, his Yellow Jackets have won more than 70 tournaments and reached the NCAA finals 20 times. A national title trophy remains elusive, but Heppler has seen it all in his sport Read more…
CARLSBAD, Calif. — With a chance to force a playoff for the NCAA Division I men’s golf title on Memorial Day, Virginia sophomore Ben James watched his 15-foot birdie putt break hard left in front of the cup on the 18th hole of Omni La Costa Resort & Spa’s North Course. James would say later Read more…
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Hiroshi Tai, a 22-year-old sophomore at Georgia Tech, has faced far more challenging circumstances than suffering a triple bogey on Monday in his pursuit of the NCAA Division I men’s individual golf championship. For two years after high school in Florida, Tai served his required military service in the Singapore Navy before Read more…
Peter Malnati admits that he didn’t know fellow PGA Tour pro Grayson Murray all that well, but in the aftermath of Murray’s death on Saturday at the age of 30, Malnati went on the CBS broadcast of the Charles Schwab Championship and, at times, couldn’t speak through his sobs. The emotions came from the loss Read more…
The tour announced Murray’s death in an e-mail overnight, Australian time, with statements from commissioner Jay Monahan. No details have been provided about the nature of Murray’s death.
In an unexpected twist, the race for the top spot in the PGA Tour University rankings is over just one round into the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships. Georgia Tech senior Christo Lamprecht was not in the lineup on Saturday morning at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., due to Read more…
World No.2 Lilia Vu has been dealing with back issues that have allowed her only seven starts in 2024, and she will miss another one when the 79th US Women’s Open is played this week at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania.
Gary Woodland’s comeback to the PGA Tour this season after brain surgery last September has ranked high among golf’s most heartening stories of 2024. But after the hoopla about the ccomeback and the early interviews in which Woodland expressed gratitude for his health and ability to compete, the 40-year-old still has a job to do Read more…
CARLSBAD, Calif. — The Stanford women’s golf team was a fluid circus of celebration on Wednesday afternoon in the match play final of the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship. First, sophomore Megha Ganne secured the Cardinal’s second point of the afternoon by winning her match on Omni La Costa’s famous par-3 16th green. The Read more…
It all started in a hardware store. In 2009, NFL kicker John Carney, the league’s fifth all-time leading scorer, had transitioned from playing to coaching for the New Orleans Saints. He’d been the team’s kicker earlier in the season when established starter Garrett Hartley served out a four-game suspension, and with the Saints heading toward Read more…
LOUISVILLE — In the COVID-delayed 2020 U.S. Open, played in September at Winged Foot Golf Club, Bryson DeChambeau didn’t have one of those pure moments of joy in the midst of smothering the rest of the field in a six-shot victory. His champion’s walk up the 18th hole was, unfortunately for him, the quietest for Read more…
LOUISVILLE — The warms feelings around Valhalla Golf Club were there for Tiger Woods this. They love their hometown winners in the Midwest, and Woods became an adopted son long ago with his thrilling PGA Championship win in 2000. Unfortunately, Woods could not match the fans’ enthusiasm with inspired play. His explanation after two grinding, Read more…
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