Tom Watson is one of several keynote speakers at an important Friday night dinner put on by Travelers and the Travelers Championship. The dinner will benefit the Bruce Edwards Foundation and is expected to raise more than $ 1 million that will support research toward a cure for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), which claimed Edwards’ […]
Matt Kuchar thought Olympic golf was a team competition; it's not
August 5, 2016 by
Matt Kuchar is one of four U.S. men in the Olympic golf tournament (Getty Images) Matt Kuchar is part of the seven-player — four men, three women — American contingent taking part in golf’s return to the Olympics next week in Rio de Janeiro. Apparently, until Wednesday, he figured he would be representing the U.S.A. […]
PODCAST: Jimmy Walker wins the PGA; talking golf with Shane Battier
August 4, 2016 by
Jimmy Walker won the Wanamaker Trophy at Baltusrol. (Getty Images) Jimmy Walker won his first major championship at the PGA Championship, with an exciting final 30 minutes against Jason Day. How does his win rank against the other three majors of the year? We’re joined in the second half of the show by two-time NBA […]
Somehow, the PGA Championship got done on schedule
August 2, 2016 by
Jimmy Walker celebrates as he wins the 2016 PGA Championship. (Getty Images) SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Do you believe in miracles? We’re about a four-hour drive south of Lake Placid, but this was the Miracle in Mud. The PGA Championship finished on schedule on Sunday at Baltusrol’s Lower Course, with Jimmy Walker picking up his first […]
Patience pays off at last for PGA champion Jimmy Walker
August 1, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Two weeks ago, Jimmy Walker was sitting alone in a rented house in Scotland, watching as his housemates—guys by the names of Spieth, Fowler, and Dufner—were winding their way through the final two rounds of the British Open. Walker was the only one of their house, […]
Koepka thriving at PGA Championship despite painful ankle injury
July 31, 2016 by
Brooks Koepka is in contention to win the PGA Championship despite an ankle injury. (Getty Images) SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — This is major, and it’s a good thing for Brooks Koepka. Koepka is in contention at the PGA Championship as it slips and slides to a muddy, potentially on-schedule finish on Sunday. At 9 under par […]
Storms halt PGA Championship on Saturday
July 30, 2016 by
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — The third round of the PGA Championship was suspended at 2:14 p.m. on Saturday, anticipating dangerous weather moving in the area, with play never resuming. PGA of America officials originally announced they anticipated a one-hour delay. That delay turned into nearly four hours before play was halted for the day. Play is […]
What To Watch For Saturday at the PGA Championship
July 30, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. The PGA Championship has reached its halfway point, and here’s what we know: nothing. We’ve got some stars in the hunt, some new faces atop the leaderboard, and a dogfight in the offing for the year’s final major. Let’s get to it: 63! Just days after Henrik Stenson […]
Major trio produces minor results at the PGA Championship
July 29, 2016 by
Dustin Johnson, Danny Willett, and Henrik Stenson. (Getty) SPRINGFIELD, N.J.—There comes a moment in every tournament when a player knows the day is lost. That moment can come late in the proceedings, like in this year’s British Open, when Phil Mickelson dueled Henrik Stenson right to the final holes. Or it can come very, very […]
