Si Woo Kim became the youngest-ever winner of The Players Championship on Sunday when the 21-year-old South Korean capped off a three-stroke win at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Kim shot a bogey-free final round of 3-under 69 on the Stadium Course, finishing at 10-under 278 to hold off Ian Poulter and Louis […]
Patience pays off at last for PGA champion Jimmy Walker
August 1, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Two weeks ago, Jimmy Walker was sitting alone in a rented house in Scotland, watching as his housemates—guys by the names of Spieth, Fowler, and Dufner—were winding their way through the final two rounds of the British Open. Walker was the only one of their house, […]
U.S. Mid-Am champion received $25,000 in Masters backing in 3 days
October 23, 2015 by
Newly crowned U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Sammy Schmitz wasn’t planning on keeping his golf game in good shape through the nasty Wisconsin winter. Then he won the biggest title of his life earlier in October in Vero Beach, Fla., and earned an invitation to the Masters. All of a sudden, Schmitz had to find time — […]
U.S. Am champion Bryson DeChambeau leaving SMU men’s golf team
October 15, 2015 by
Reigning U.S. Amateur and NCAA men’s golf champion Bryson DeChambeau is leaving the Southern Methodist University golf team. “To best prepare myself for the next six months of competition and future events, I felt it was appropriate to make this decision now to be fair to my coaches and team,” he said to Golf Channel. […]
Reigning NCAA men’s golf champion DeChambeau ineligible to defend in wake of SMU sanctions
October 2, 2015 by
Southern Methodist University senior and NCAA men’s golf individual champion Bryson DeChambeau won’t be able to defend the title he won last year. The SMU men’s golf program has been ruled ineligible to compete in 2015-16 postseason play after the NCAA’s Division I Committee on Infractions found former coach Josh Gregory had engaged in recruiting violations […]
This Jason Day story will make you love the PGA champion even more
August 21, 2015 by
Jason Day is a good man, making his win at the PGA Championship was a popular one inside the sport. Journalist Lawrence Donegan recently detailed a story that exemplifies the type of person Day is, sharing it on NewsTalk 106-108 FM in Ireland. “One of the journalists is out on Tour all the time and […]
Spieth: British Open ‘dampened’ without defending champion McIlroy
July 7, 2015 by
Jordan Spieth found out on Monday about Rory McIlroy’s ankle injury just like the rest of us: on social media. McIlroy ruptured a ligament on the outside of his left ankle while playing soccer with friends on July 4. He’s already withdrawn from this week’s Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open and his British Open title […]
Your winner and forever U.S. Am Pub Links champion: Byron Meth
April 7, 2015 by
Byron Meth will forever be the reigning U.S. Amateur Public Links champion. That’s because he’s the last one. The University of the Pacific senior won the 2014 and final U.S. Am Pub Links title, earning a Masters berth with a victory at Sand Creek Station Golf Course in Newton, Kan., last July. Following a grueling […]
Dude Perfect, long-drive champion Jamie Sadlowski perform sick trick shots
March 5, 2015 by
Trick-shot videos are hot right now in golf. The Bryan Brothers light it up on a regular basis, while a host of others are trying to make a name for themselves by showing what they can do with a club, a ball and the occasional prop. However, two-time Remax World Long-Drive champion Jamie Sadlowski has […]
Long-drive champion hits golf ball 331 yards…from his knees
October 4, 2014 by
Jamie Sadlowski makes money by the yard. He’s a multi-time world long-drive champion with a career-best drive of over 430 yards. He hits the ball so hard, he’s broken Golf Channel’s in-studio simulator not once, but twice. So when Sadlowski hits the ball almost 100 yards less than his best, it’s disappointing, right? Not when […]
