At Quail Hollow, Jordan Spieth is looking to join an elite group of golfers. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) There’s one major question on everyone’s mind heading into the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina: Can Jordan Spieth do it? By “it,” of course, we mean complete the career slam of winning all […]
Spieth? Johnson? McIlroy? Fowler? Picks to win the 2017 Open Championship
August 7, 2017 by
Your browser does not support iframes. The 146th Open Championship tees off this week at Royal Birkdale, and as is always the case in golf these days, the tournament’s a wide-open affair. Gone are the days when you could pencil in the man in red-and-black for a guaranteed top-three finish; now anyone with a putter […]
2017 Open Championship: What happened in the first round while you were sleeping
August 6, 2017 by
Your browser does not support iframes. The Open Championship (or British Open, if you prefer) is one of the more enjoyable events on the golf calendar, mainly because you can wake up and start watching golf before you even get out of bed. Here’s what happened on Thursday morning in the hours before sunrise in […]
2017 Open Championship: Jordan Spieth cards five-under 65 to take early lead
August 5, 2017 by
Your browser does not support iframes. On a course renowned for its vicious character, at a tournament expected to finish around even par, all Jordan Spieth did on Thursday morning at the Open Championship was throw down an opening-round 65. The Vengeance Tour is underway. Two years ago almost to the day, Spieth holed a […]
Dad-Joke Tiger Woods is the best Tiger Woods
August 5, 2017 by
Tiger Woods 1, Lobster 0 (via @TigerWoods) He’s standing there, shirtless, holding a lobster the size of a piece of carry-on luggage, and you can’t help but laugh at how ridiculous—and how perfect—it all is. Friday morning, Tiger Woods, arguably the most famous athlete on the planet, tweeted out a photo of himself wrangling a […]
Stephen Curry holds his own in first round of Web.com tournament
August 4, 2017 by
Your browser does not support iframes. After two-time NBA champion Stephen Curry received a sponsor’s exemption to participate in the Web.com Tour’s Ellie Mae Classic, some golf die-hards felt it was wrong to guarantee a spot in the field to a part-time golfer. Well, on Thursday, Curry may have silenced some of those critics by posting […]
Bunkers at Royal Birkdale are evil and will destroy your scorecard
August 3, 2017 by
Your browser does not support iframes. Of all the ways that an Open Championship course can break you—wind, rain, gorse, gloom—the most sinister of all are the pot bunkers that dot courses all over the United Kingdom. Imagine a hole dug straight down into the earth about 12 feet, ringed by sloping grass that guides […]
David Feherty’s son dies from overdose on 29th birthday
August 2, 2017 by
David Feherty, the former golf pro and current sports broadcaster, announced via Twitter on Tuesday morning that his son, Shey, has died from an overdose. My first born son is gone from me, dying from an overdose on his 29th birthday. Bless his sweet heart, I will fight on. — David Feherty (@Fehertwit) August 1, 2017 Shey, […]
New Open championship starter introduces Andrew 'Beef' Johnston by his nickname
August 1, 2017 by
Your browser does not support iframes. Fan favorite Andrew Johnston is beloved in the golf world for his marquee smile and crazy beard. The burly Englishman is also commonly referred to as simply, “Beef ” – one of the best nicknames in all of sports. Whatever tournament Johnston is playing in, chants of “Beef” are audible […]
2017 Open Championship: What happened while you were sleeping
July 31, 2017 by
Your browser does not support iframes. Wake up! It’s time to catch up on what happened across the pond at the Open Championship (or, if you prefer, British Open) while you were sleeping. McIlroy In Gear Rory McIlroy was faltering on Thursday, puttering along at five-over, 10 strokes behind the leaders. And then his caddie […]
