Rory McIlroy became the biggest name yet to say he would not compete in the men’s Olympic golf tournament. The world No. 4, who had flip-flop-flipped on the issue, arrived at his decision after consulting with his fiancee, Erica Stoll, and the rest of his family about the potential risks of Zika virus. “I’ve come […]
Watch a dad pull his son’s loose tooth with string, a golf ball and club
January 3, 2015 by
This isn’t so much a golf story as it is one about dentistry, and maybe parenting. You see, 7-year-old Noah Smith had a loose tooth that he wanted to pull out — presumably to collect on it from the Tooth Fairy. But Noah wasn’t sure how to extricate it. So his dad, Phil, had an […]
Miguel Angel Jimenez actually describes how to pull off that stretching routine of his
May 20, 2013 by
I have absolutely no idea who at Golf Monthly convinced Miguel Angel Jimenez to give us a demonstration of how he does his pre-range stretching, but the person deserves a raise. Jimenez, a man who made golf stretching famous at the 2011 British Open, gives you an idea of how he gets loose at the […]
Did the USGA pull a fast one on the field by shortening the par-5 16th hole?
June 18, 2012 by
SAN FRANCISCO — The USGA wanted to give players the opportunity produce some final-round fireworks at Olympic Club. So in an effort to make things interesting, USGA executive director Mike Davis decided to throw players a curveball on Sunday, moving the tees up on the 670-yard par-5 16th to 569 yards. Ranked as the fourth […]
