Rest in peace, World Golf Championship. ADVERTISEMENT Golf week I learned that this will be the final year of the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin. Her spot on the 2024 schedule, which is usually late March at the back end of Florida Swing, is expected to be filled by the Cadence Bank Houston … Read more
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL — Much of the PGA Tour schedule for next season, including the fall portion of the schedule, is still in flux, but Golf week The tournament website has learned that PGA Tour professionals will do everything they can to avoid this. ADVERTISEMENT The tour’s Q-School, which will deliver five passes to … Read more
In what appears to be a failed attempt to draw more sides to the brawl, LIV Golf filed a motion earlier this month for third-party discovery of communications involving members of Augusta National. As part of an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. The court denied that request on Monday, according to documents obtained Golf … Read more
This time last year, Phil Mickelson was still a fan favorite on the PGA Tour, entertaining on the heels of his historic PGA Championship win in 2021. ADVERTISEMENT Then he called the PGA Tour for “repugnant greed” He called the people behind LIV Golf “Scary (expletive) to participate in it” Before leaving the tour for … Read more
Thirty years ago, the odd couple of comedian Bill Murray and PGA Tour pro Scott Simpson joined forces to become an unforgettable duo at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. ADVERTISEMENT Simpson, who is in his sophomore year as a men’s golf coach at the University of Hawaii, remembers this Golf week At the Sony Open … Read more
ADVERTISEMENT As he was driving home to Glendale, AZ, from TPC Scottsdale after his second round at the 2015 WM Phoenix Open was suspended due to darkness, Michael Hooper saw his phone go off with calls and texts. His friends told him he had appeared on ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” and thought they were trying to pull … Read more
SAN DIEGO — When Ricky Fowler reached out to Butch Harmon and asked him to take a look at his swing, the famous golf swing coach, who coached the 34-year-old Fowler through the most successful years of his life, admitted that he shared a thought with several ardent Fowler fans: What took A long time? … Read more
Fifteen years ago, it was The New York Times Columnist Thomas Friedman interviewed Barnabas Soebo, governor of an Indonesian province that was facing a severe climate crisis. The swebo axiom has become a rallying cry for change even when the prevailing mindset is ossified: “Think big, start small, act now — before it’s too late.” … Read more
ADVERTISEMENT SAN DIEGO — There will be a day two years from now when we watch coverage of the PGA Tour and hear a phrase that sounds like the one that is continually uttered in other professional sports when officials need help calling the rules: “They’re taking a look at Ponte Vedra.” Just as the … Read more
ADVERTISEMENT Not for the first time in his career, John Ramm is on his way. The 28-year-old Spaniard claimed his ninth PGA Tour win Sunday at The American Express after a David-and-Goliath battle with rookie Davis Thompson. Victorious two weeks ago at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii on his most recent start, and … Read more