Highlights featuring the 17th hole at Sawgrass usually feature more tragedy than triumph. But Rickie Fowler submitted one of the latter on Wednesday, recording an ace on the famed island hole during a practice round for The Players Championship. His playing partner Justin Thomas wasn’t impressed. Hit it to a foot… lose the hole. Thanks […]
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, […]
John Daly wins first PGA Tour Champions event for first U.S. win since 2004
May 9, 2017 by
Your browser does not support iframes. John Daly did all the right things on Sunday at the Insperity Invitational near Houston. He wore American flag pants. He kissed a large, painted Arnold Palmer umbrella logo walking up the final fairway. And, for the first time in more than 13 years, he won on American soil. […]
Harman's 72nd-hole birdie secures Wells Fargo win; DJ finishes T-2
May 8, 2017 by
Just when it looked like it would be another crunch-time showdown between world No. 1 Dustin Johnson and surging newcomer Jon Rahm, Brian Harman walked through the door and seized the trophy at the Wells Fargo Championship. Johnson, who made the cut on the number in search of a fourth-consecutive win, had grabbed the clubhouse […]
Denmark beats Australia to take inaugural GolfSixes
May 7, 2017 by
Denmark was the winner of the first GolfSixes. (Getty Images) Denmark won the inaugural, somewhat experimental GolfSixes tournament on Sunday, beating Australia 3-1 in the final of the six-hole match-play tournament at the Centurion Club just outside of London. The Danish duo of Thorbjorn Olesen and Lucas Bjerregaard were conceded the win on the last […]
Euro Tour starting something a little different with GolfSixes
May 6, 2017 by
GolfSixes is a unique brainchild of Euro Tour chief executive Keith Pelley. (Getty Images) The European Tour and chief executive Keith Pelley have not been shy in trying new things, and they’re about to embark on yet another new concept this week in England. The idea is called GolfSixes, and it’s a two-day event that […]
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 […]
After Masters slip, Johnson is 'good to go' at Wells Fargo Championship
May 5, 2017 by
‘I’m good to go.’ – hear from World No. 1 @DJohnsonPGA ahead of his first start since withdrawing from #theMasters: https://t.co/oTd6PkNcyC pic.twitter.com/FmmnIjjXiR — Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) May 3, 2017 Dustin Johnson is back and “good to go” for this week’s Wells Fargo Championship in Wilmington, North Carolina. Johnson withdrew from the Masters minutes before his […]
LPGA Tour event offering exemption based on Twitter vote
May 4, 2017 by
Blair O’Neal is one of four players vying for an LPGA exemption based on a Twitter vote. (Getty Images) The LPGA’s ShopRite Classic is offering an exemption into the Galloway, New Jersey, event to one of four players based on a Twitter vote. The event, working with a social media company called MVP Index which […]
John Senden takes leave of PGA Tour as son battles brain tumor
May 3, 2017 by
John Senden is taking a leave of absence from the PGA Tour. (Getty Images) PGA Tour winner John Senden will take an indefinite leave of absence from competitive golf as his 13-year-old son is battling a brain tumor. The 46-year-old Aussie made the announcement Saturday after withdrawing earlier in the week from the Zurich Classic […]
