A U.S. Junior Girls’ match has ended on one of the cruelest possible rules decisions in golf. Erica Shepherd and Elizabeth Moon were playing for a spot in the U.S. Girls’ Junior finals at the Boone Valley Golf Club in Augusta, Mo. The head-to-head match had gone to extra holes, and on the 19th hole, […]
Padraig Harrington forced to withdraw from Memphis after bizarre pro-am injury
June 8, 2017 by
In 2017, pro golfers have suffered some bizarre injuries, and several of them happened on the golf course during pro-am events. Padraig Harrington became the latest pro to go down at a pro-am clinic, pulling out of the FedEx St. Jude Classic on Tuesday. On Monday at a clinic near Washington, D.C., Harrington was trying […]
Robert Allenby returns to site of bizarre Hawaii night to play Sony Open
January 15, 2016 by
Robert Allenby wasn’t going to let one bizarre night stop him from coming back to the Sony Open in Hawaii, a tournament he’s enjoyed for nearly two decades. A year ago, the now 44-year-old Aussie missed the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii, then went out for a night of dining and drinking with […]
Lydia Ko in danger of missing first LPGA cut after bizarre tree incident
May 1, 2015 by
Ahead of this week’s Volunteers of America North Texas LPGA Shootout, world No. 1 Lydia Ko said she would donate her entire check for the week to charities helping Nepal after the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that has left over 5,000 dead. Unfortunately, Ko is in danger of not receiving a check and missing her first-ever […]
Allenby sticks by story, scolds media in bizarre news conference
January 28, 2015 by
Robert Allenby convened a news conference on Tuesday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, then pretty much used the opportunity to scold the media for trying to fill in the details of a story that two hours of which the Aussie golfer said he cannot recall. “I became a victim and now it’s all been […]
Bizarre ruling at the Korea Open cost leader the tournament
October 22, 2013 by
In what can only be called the Korea Open version of the Dustin Johnson situation at the 2010 PGA Championship, Kim Hyung-tae lost by a shot after finding out on the 17th hole on Sunday that he had grounded his club in a hazard earlier in his round. Hyung-tae had a two-shot lead standing on […]
