Jim Furyk is out of the FedEx Cup playoffs. (Getty Images) Jim Furyk’s truncated PGA Tour season ended on Monday, with the 2003 U.S. Open champion failing to finish high enough in the Deutsche Bank Championship to advance to the next stage of the FedEx Cup playoffs. With Furyk outside the top 70 in points, […]
Could Derek Ernst pick up another shocking win at the Valspar?
March 15, 2015 by
Derek Ernst has one top-25 finish in 61 prior PGA Tour starts. It was a win at the 2013 Wells Fargo Championship, when he was ranked 1,207th in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is on the verge of a second top-25 finish on Sunday at the Valspar Championship, and it could well be his […]
The Bacon Mailbag: Martin Kaymer’s performance, British Open pick and the biggest disappointment of the year
July 5, 2014 by
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 […]
Watch John Daly, Padraig Harrington and others try to pick up golf balls with chopsticks
November 18, 2013 by
The European Tour is currently on a swing across China, with the BMW Masters last week and the HSBC Champions this week, and the fine folks over on the social media side of things decided to challenge the tour players in a way you probably weren’t expecting. They were going to see who could pick […]
Darts in the Dark: Wells Fargo pick, Bill Haas
May 2, 2013 by
This year I was coerced by a hockey writing friend of mine to do a weekly one-and-done golf pool that allows you to pick one golfer, never to use them again in 2013. Since I’m doing it for fun (and DEFINITELY not for money, no way, no how), I figured I’d post my weekly picks […]
Darts in the Dark: Zurich pick, Jeff Overton
April 25, 2013 by
This year I was coerced by a hockey writing friend of mine to do a weekly one-and-done golf pool that allows you to pick one golfer, never to use them again in 2013. Since I’m doing it for fun (and DEFINITELY not for money, no way, no how), I figured I’d post my weekly picks […]
Darts in the Dark: Valero pick, Billy Horschel
April 4, 2013 by
This year I was coerced by a hockey writing friend of mine to do a weekly one-and-done golf pool that allows you to pick one golfer, never to use them again in 2013. Since I’m doing it for fun (and DEFINITELY not for money, no way, no how), I figured I’d post my weekly picks […]
Darts in the dark: Riviera pick, Retief Goosen
February 14, 2013 by
This year I was coerced by a hockey writing friend of mine to do a weekly one-and-done golf pool that allows you to pick one golfer, never to use them again in 2013. Since I’m doing it for fun (and DEFINITELY not for money, no way, no how), I figured I’d post my weekly picks […]
Darts in the dark: Waste Management pick, Kevin Na
February 1, 2013 by
This year I was coerced by a hockey writing friend of mine to do a weekly one-and-done golf pool that allows you to pick one golfer, never to use them again in 2013. Since I’m doing it for fun (and DEFINITELY not for money, no way, no how), I figured I’d post my weekly picks […]
Darts in the dark: Farmers Insurance pick, Nick Watney
January 24, 2013 by
This year I was coerced by a hockey writing friend of mine to do a weekly one-and-done golf pool that allows you to pick one golfer never to use them again in 2013. Since I’m doing it for fun (and DEFINITELY not for money, no way, no how), I figured I’d post my weekly picks […]
