The strokeplay portion of the event that makes the cut for matchplay at the top-64 and ties produced a 19-man playoff. That’s right, nineteen golfers. And that wasn’t even the craziest part.
The fledgling LIV Golf League has not been able to gain the same traction in the US that it has enjoyed overseas, like its flagship tournament in Adelaide. So will DeChambeau’s US Open victory help?
This week’s Travelers Championship is pretty tough timing for the top golfers and the world, who have played in the U.S. Open and the Memorial the past two weeks. But for Scottie Scheffler, it’s particularly brutal. Sure, it’s a lot of high-level golf in a short period of time, but more than that, it’s heading Read more…
To the untrained eye, it looked like McIlroy had missed a “gimme” with a US Open trophy on the line. Rahm, who was watching on the couch like the rest of us after withdrawing early in the week due to injury, believes it was anything but.
Have you ever felt claustrophobic on a golf course? It’s easy for the walls to feel like they are closing in. Did you see what happened to Rory on Sunday at the U.S. Open? Wait until you experience Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. The host venue for this week’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship owns Read more…
Hitting balls side by side were Harris English (90-1) and J.T. Poston (80-1) on Wednesday morning prior to the start of the Travelers Championship. Two players the average fan could get easily confused if they only saw them play once or twice. Tall and lean, both Sea Island residents, each has a putting stroke envied Read more…
Charlie Woods has qualified for his first USGA championship. The 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods shot one-under 71 Wednesday at Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs, Fla., to qualify for the U.S. Junior Amateur, an event his father won three straight times from 1991-93. The championship is July 22-27 at Oakland Hills Country Club Read more…
Policy board members approved the creation of a separate exemption for Woods into the tour’s eight signature events based on his “exceptional lifetime achievement”.
As hard as it is to get back up for a signature event after that U.S. Open finish, we simply must continue on. The 2023-’24 PGA Tour schedule remains as aggressive as ever, but as gamblers we will never shy away from more action. Other than no Rory McIlroy, who bowed out, understandably, on Monday, Read more…
The 2022 Travelers winner called TPC River Highlands “outstanding” and that the small improvements were smartly done. But he used the opportunity to talk more generally about course redesigns at other courses the tour visits, and he didn’t hold back.
Steph Curry is the best shooter in basketball history. He’s also a really good golfer, if that wasn’t enough. Golf Digest’s recent cover star has a golf swing that the rest of us would dream of, but quite incredibly, that isn’t even the true strength of his game. His true strength is his short game. Read more…
Since the Olympics’ reintroduction of golf at the 2016 Games, the women’s tournament has been a reflection of the dominant country’s success at the time on the LPGA Tour. The two gold medalists, Inbee Park (2016) and Nelly Korda (2020), came from nations that sent four players to the Olympics, an opportunity only allowed if Read more…
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