Kevin Sutherland becomes the first Champions Tour player to ever shoot 59

The Champions Tour is named “champions” for a reason. So many legends turn 50 and take their talents to a completely different tour, going up against huge names in golf that can still really, really golf their ball. But unlike the PGA Tour, nobody had ever broke 60 until Saturday on the Champions Tour. While […]

The five best golf shots ever hit by a left-hander

August 13 is the one day a year where being left-handed is celebrated. As a southpaw myself, I tend to celebrate this holiday much like right-handers celebrate all the other days, getting any and all golf clubs they want, never having to use awkward scissors and never having ink covering the bottom of their palm. […]

The Bacon Mailbag: Jordan vs. Tiger, U.S. Open qualifying and the worst major winner ever

Each week 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 or e-mail me at shanebaconblogs@yahoo.com and we will try to get to it […]

Lexi Thompson’s caddie may have had the best Poppie’s Pond jump ever

We know a ton of the traditions of the Masters, but no celebration is as famous in the golf world as the jump into Poppie’s Pond. The winner of the Kraft Nabisco Championship always takes a leap into the water just to right of the 18th green with friends, family and their caddie as a […]

Nick Price made the first hole-in-one ever at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic

There had never been a hole-in-one in the five-year history of the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, but that changed on Sunday thanks to Nick Price.  Price was not having his best week at the Champions Tour stop, but he came to the par-3 14th hole hoping to make one swing and one swing only. Price’s […]

Chesson Hadley and son Hughes give us the best trophy ceremony picture ever

What more can I say about the above picture? That is Chesson Hadley, fresh off his first ever PGA Tour win this weekend at the Puerto Rico Open thanks to a closing 5-under 67, and he’s hanging with wife Amanda and son Hughes, who might win the award for cutest kid in golf.  Hadley decided […]

Jim Furyk holes out one of the most creative chip shots you’ll ever see at Riviera

There are few par-3s in the United States that are as popular, and as quirky, as the sixth at Riviera. Known for the bunker in the middle of the green, No. 6 is the site of plenty of strange golf shots, pitch shots from the putting surface and creativity at its finest. Jim Furyk was […]

Phil Mickelson does the most Phil Mickelson thing ever to lose the Abu Dhabi Championship

Oh Phil Mickelson, you never fail to entertain us, even when what you’re doing is completely insane. On Sunday at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship it was Mickelson who looked like he would cruise to a surprising victory on the European Tour, a place that has been very kind to Mickelson over the last […]

Stewart Cink has the worst golf-hat tan line you’ll ever see

You know Stewart Cink, 2009 British Open winner and all-around good cat out on the golf course. You probably know that he’s bald, and hey, there’s nothing wrong with that. Here’s what he usually looks like when he removes that cap: Now, we’re big fans of proper skin care, protecting yourself against the sun, and […]

Charl Schwartzel hits one of the most amazing shots you’ll ever see at the Volvo Golf Champions

We are just 12 days into 2014 and if some of the golf shots we’ve already seen are a preview of the season to come, expect a year of the unthinkable from the pros. On Friday we saw two players make an albatross at different events, but Charl Schwartzel might have topped them with this […]