Man who died at U.S. Open passed away three days after his wife

Lucille and Chick Jacobs. (Family photo) Chick Jacobs lived an admirable life, a grandfather and a soldier, a World War II and Korean War veteran, recipient of the Silver Star and the Purple Heart, engineer involved with the moon landing, lifelong golfer. Chick’s life came to an end last week at the U.S. Open, only […]

Tiger Woods named one of three 2017 U.S. Presidents Cup team vice-captains

Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker at the Ryder Cup. (Getty Images) Tiger Woods got a taste of being a vice-captain at the Ryder Cup and loved it so much that he’s willing to do it again. On Wednesday, current U.S. Presidents Cup captain Steve Stricker, who, like Woods, was also a vice-captain under Davis Love […]

Love adds Fowler, Kuchar, Holmes with three Ryder Cup wild-card picks

Your browser does not support iframes. If you were hoping the new Ryder Cup selection process would lead to some unpredictability and fireworks with the wild-card picks added to the team, then you were probably somewhat disappointed by the three players U.S. captain Davis Love III named to his team on Monday. At Ryder Cup […]

Who do you take at the U.S. Open: The Big Three or the field?

OAKMONT, Pa. — The question going into the U.S. Open nine years ago was whether you would take 12-time major winner Tiger Woods or the remaining field of 155 players. Now, going into this Oakmont Open in 2016, the question is if you would take the Big Three or the 153 leftovers. So, do you […]

Wesley Bryan wins 2nd Web.com Tour event in last three starts

Your browser does not support iframes. It took Wesley Bryan but just six starts to guarantee he’ll have a spot on the 2016-17 PGA Tour. Bryan, one half of a viral trick-shot duo with his brother George, won the El Bosque Mexico Championship on Sunday for his second Web.com Tour win in the first six […]

The nine automatic picks are set for the American Ryder Cup team, with three still left for Tom Watson

The end of the PGA Championship means major season is over, but it does ramp us right up for the Ryder Cup that kicks off in late September. The final major is the last chance for American Ryder Cup hopefuls to automatically make the team, with nine guys punching their card for Gleneagles on Monday. […]

Teeing Off: The new Big Three: Tiger, Phil and … ?

Welcome to Teeing Off, where Devil Ball Golf editor Shane Bacon and writer Jay Busbee take a topic from the world of golf and shank it off the tee. Today: The new Big Three. You know Arnie, Jack and Gary. You know Tiger and Phil. Is there a third member of the latest Big Three, […]

Rory McIlroy leads the Memorial by three thanks to an opening 9-under 63

Apparently there are a lot of ways to handle the ending of a relationship. Rory McIlroy has decided the best answer for his is to make a whole lot of birdies. Just four days removed from his final round 66 at the BMW PGA Championship to claim one of the biggest titles on the European […]

The 10 best golf moments of 2013: No. 4, Inbee Park winning three straight majors

Over the next 10 days, until we get to the New Year, we will be rolling out the top-10 best golf moments of 2013. After much deliberation and debate, we picked what we thought were the 10 moments you will remember about this season a decade from now. We continue with No. 4 and Inbee […]

Three Wood From The Ground And The Tee

iPhone app itunes.apple.com www.4golfonline.com Learn about he difference in hitting a 3 wood from the ground over the tee. Mark Crossfield the internet golf professional talks about hitting golf shots with a long fiarway wood from the fairway and how that is harder than hitting the same golf club from the tee.