Rory McIlroy has four major titles. He’s been No. 1 in the world multiple times. He just won the FedEx Cup and its $ 10 million prize. His estimated brand value, according to his management company, is in the area of $ 400 million. And despite everything he has accomplished, McIlroy could conceivably show up […]
Tiger Woods to win at least once in '17, says friend Begay
January 3, 2017 by
Tiger Woods will be designing a new golf course in Chicago. (Getty Images) We don’t even know yet when Tiger Woods will make his 2017 debut, but Woods’ Stanford roommate and good friend Notah Begay III believes Woods will hoist at least one trophy in the new year. Begay, who is also a Golf Channel […]
Nicklaus says McIlroy must improve to take over as golf's dominant figure
December 29, 2016 by
Rory McIlroy has the goods to be one of golf’s all-time greats. (Getty Images) Rory McIlroy closed out 2016 in spectacular fashion, winning two PGA Tour playoff events to take the FedEx Cup. Then he was a rock star at the Ryder Cup, playing out-of-his-mind golf sometimes motivated by what seemed at times like blinding […]
Tiger Woods says he's coming back in December, really, no kidding
November 3, 2016 by
Tiger Woods has reaffirmed his commitment to play in December’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, a small event that will offer Woods a friendly environment for his first tournament since August 2015. Look, you’ve heard this before. Woods had committed to play in last month’s Safeway Open but pulled out just days before the […]
Tiger Woods says he'll play World Challenge
October 22, 2016 by
Tiger Woods minced no words with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Thursday, sounding definitive when he said he would play again. When Colbert asked when to expect Woods to make his comeback after a false start at the Safeway Open and pulling out of the Turkish Airlines Open, Woods said […]
Jesper Parnevik says Tiger Woods is 'flushing everything' in practice
October 9, 2016 by
Tiger Woods hasn’t played since the 2015 Wyndham Championship. (Getty Images) Tiger Woods intends to enter next week’s PGA Tour season-opening Safeway Open, and he has until late on Friday afternoon to officially commit to the Napa, Calif. event. Expectations vary wildly for Woods, but the bar has generally been set low as Woods hasn’t […]
Lee Westwood says Woods could have 'adverse effect' on U.S. Ryder Cup team
September 22, 2016 by
Tiger Woods and Lee Westwood will be on opposite sides at the Ryder Cup. (Getty Images) This one might go up on the U.S. Ryder Cup team bulletin board — if they still have such things — at Hazeltine National next week. Lee Westwood, who will be making his 10th consecutive Ryder Cup appearance for […]
Tiger Woods says he would’ve been more vocal had he been in DJ’s shoes
July 4, 2016 by
Tiger Woods was blunt in his assessment of how the USGA handled penalizing U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson in the final round at Oakmont on Sunday. “I watched, and as I was alluding to last night, it was awful because no one — no one knew what was going on,” Woods said. On the fifth […]
Spieth says he’s being too hard on himself as he misses Players cut
May 14, 2016 by
Jordan Spieth didn’t make the cut at The Players on Saturday, but he walked away with a closing birdie and a revelation. Spieth made a 15-foot birdie on the final hole, wrapping up his second round after Friday play was called due to darkness. He finished at 1-under 143, one shot off making the weekend, […]
Spieth says even par will be a great score at U.S. Open host Oakmont
May 5, 2016 by
Defending U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth got a look at 2016 host Oakmont Country Club in an 18-hole Wednesday practice round, and the experience affirmed something most everyone in the golf world already knows: Oakmont is really hard. “There’s just so many other tough holes that par is going to be a fantastic score,” Spieth […]
