Inbee Park locked up the women’s golf gold medal in a rout. (Getty Images) It was a coronation on Saturday for Inbee Park, the seven-time major winner, who won the first Olympic gold medal in women’s golf in 116 years in a runaway at the Olympic Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro. The South Korean […]
Tiger Woods isn’t back yet, but he’s getting very close
April 23, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. The news on Tiger Woods is no news, but you get the feeling something’s about to happen, don’t you? Woods hasn’t played competitive golf since August 2015, and since then he’s undergone two surgeries. He ended months of (mostly idle) speculation the Friday before the Masters by declining to […]
Mickelson: No current player is ‘remotely close’ to Tiger Woods’ level
February 24, 2016 by
Phil Mickelson keeps close tabs on the young bucks in the next generation of world-class touring pros. He has befriended and mentored them, and he has played against them in Tuesday matches that have become the stuff of legend. However, so far, Mickelson hasn’t seen any current player that is even in the same league […]
After learning from a season of close calls, Stacy Lewis wants to end with a win
November 18, 2015 by
Lydia Ko and Inbee Park have each won five times on the LPGA Tour this season. Stacy Lewis has six…second-place finishes. It’s been a disappointing and frustrating follow-up season to a three-win 2014 for Lewis, who, just a year ago, became the first American in 21 years to lock up the LPGA’s biggest season-long awards […]
Phil Mickelson feels close to form after Saturday 66 at the PGA
August 15, 2015 by
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Phil Mickelson is playing a game of “Chutes and Ladders” this week at the PGA Championship. On Friday, Mickelson playfully slid down one of the many faux dunes towering over the Pete Dye designed Whistling Straits. A day later, the five-time major champion climbed the leaderboard ladder with a third-round 66 that […]
Spieth leads, Monday qualifier Cook close at Shell Houston Open
April 5, 2015 by
Two young guys are at the top of the leaderboard after three rounds of the Shell Houston Open. One is 21 years old; the other is 24. One is ranked fourth in the world; the other 993rd. Jordan Spieth leads at Golf Club of Houston by a shot at 14 under par, charging into the […]
The Bacon Mailbag: Masters, stars struggling to close and the best celebration in golf
March 26, 2014 by
Each Tuesday for the remainder of the golf season we will be rolling out a mailbag, with any and all questions invited from readers and fans around the world. Have a good question you want answered? Hit me up on Twitter at @shanebacon and we will try to get to it in the coming weeks. Here we […]
The Golf Fix: Chip it Close!
January 12, 2013 by
Michael Breed gives simple chipping techniques for better short game play. Watch the Golf Fix Mondays at 7 pm ET on Golf Channel. For more help with your game, visit GolfChannel.com/the-golf-fix.
Dustin Johnson gets up close with Wayne Gretzky’s daughter in Maui
January 12, 2013 by
At the risk of edging into Brent Musburger/Katherine Webb territory here, being a golfer can be a very, very good life. You make tons of cash, you travel to exotic locations for your job, and you meet interesting people. Right about now, Dustin Johnson is probably extremely glad he didn’t take up baseball as a […]
Wanting It Too Much: Jim Furyk can’t close at the Ryder Cup
November 3, 2012 by
Jim Furyk is a popular and respected member of the PGA Tour. He’s been a pro for two decades and he’s bagged 26 wins; he even took down a major, the U.S. Open, in 2003. But right now, he’s just another guy who choked under the brightest of international lights — the cruel magnifying glass […]
