Jordan Spieth is the 2015 U.S. Open winner. Can he get another in 2017? (Getty Images) The second major of 2017 is here, with Wisconsin’s Erin Hills hosting the U.S. Open for the first time. Welcoming a field of 156 players, the glacier-shaped prairie links will prove unique among modern Open host courses, even compared […]
Power rankings: The Players Championship
May 10, 2017 by
Jason Day celebrates with the trophy during the final round of The Players Championship. (PGA TOUR) The best non-major tournament of the year is here, with The Players Championship once again emanating from TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Jason Day defends in a field that includes another 47 of Day’s fellow top-50 players, […]
Power rankings: Wells Fargo Championship
May 6, 2017 by
Jon Rahm is one of the men to beat this week in North Carolina. (Getty Images) The PGA Tour is just a week away from The Players, and some of the Tour’s best are preparing at the Wells Fargo Championship. Typically, Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte hosts the event, but the club is the PGA […]
Power rankings: Zurich Classic of New Orleans
April 27, 2017 by
Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson will look to turn Ryder Cup success into NOLA success. (Getty Images) This week marks the first time since 1981 that the PGA Tour has an official two-man team event on the schedule. So, as you can imagine, there’s some buzz around the revamped Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Instead […]
Power rankings: Genesis Open
February 15, 2017 by
Hideki Matsuyama is coming off a win in Phoenix. (Getty Images) The deepest field of 2017 assembles outside of Los Angeles this week at Riviera Country Club for the newly-named Genesis Open (formerly the Northern Trust Open). Eight of the world top 10 are in the field, as Bubba Watson defends a title he won […]
Power rankings: Sony Open in Hawaii
January 12, 2017 by
The PGA Tour remains in the Aloha State for the Sony Open in Hawaii, the second event of 2017 and the first full-field event of the year. Fabian Gomez defends his title in a tournament where Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas and Justin Rose headline one of the event’s deeper fields in recent memory. […]
Power rankings: OHL Classic at Mayakoba
November 9, 2016 by
Russell Knox is the top of the field this week. (Getty Images) The PGA Tour heads to Cancun, Mexico, going for the penultimate event of the calendar year, the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. El Camaleon is a fun host course, and on it unfolded a great three-man playoff last year, with Graeme McDowell beating Russell […]
Power rankings: WGC-HSBC Champions
October 26, 2016 by
Rory McIlroy brought the roars to the Ryder Cup. (Getty Images) The WGC-HSBC Champions is the final World Golf Championships event of the year, played in China as the only of the WGCs contested outside of North America. Russell Knox is defending champion at Sheshan International in a field that features nine of the top […]
Power rankings: Safeway Open
October 16, 2016 by
Phil Mickelson is in the field this week. (PGA of America) It’s like we never stopped playing golf! The PGA Tour season starts anew this week in Wine Country with the Safeway Open in Napa, Calif. Silverado Resort hosts for the third consecutive year, as Emiliano Grillo defends his first PGA Tour title, won here […]
Power rankings: Deutsche Bank Championship
August 31, 2016 by
Jason Day came up just short of Patrick Reed at The Barclays. (Getty Images) The PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs roll on this week with the Deutsche Bank Championship, running from Friday to Labor Day Monday at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass. Rickie Fowler is defending champion, coming off the disappointment of missing the U.S. […]
