Rory McIlroy makes first pro ace at Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

Your browser does not support iframes. Rory McIlroy is a Masters away from the career Grand Slam, has been on three winning Ryder Cup teams and has been No. 1 in the world several times. However, McIlroy never enjoyed a hole-in-one in a professional event — that is, until Friday. At the par-3 15th hole […]

Sang-moon Bae focused on golf at Kapalua despite looming conscription

Sang-moon Bae played Friday like a guy who, at least professionally speaking, has no certain tomorrow. That’s because he doesn’t. Bae, who won the Frys.com Open in October to kick off the PGA Tour’s 2014-15 season, shot 7-under 66 in Round 1 of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, ultimately trailing leader Russell Henley by a […]

The 19th Hole Golf Show: Previewing Kapalua and Tiger’s rising Phoenix

Dating back to 2001 and for most of that time since, I’ve hosted a weekly golf podcast called “The 19th Hole Golf Show.” It’s evolved and mutated over the years in format, topics and the like, but it’s now a 25-minute show in which I cover an important topic or several topics in the game. […]

Fantasy golf power rankings: Hyundai Tournament of Champions

A new year has started in golf, and that means fantasy golf leagues are firing back up, too. Devil Ball Golf will have you covered all season long with our top five fantasy golf picks on Tuesdays for that week’s PGA Tour event. Golf is back! It was only gone for a few weeks, but […]

Devil Ball Golf 18 for ’15 (Part 13): Sergio Garcia

Welcome into Part 13 of the Devil Ball Golf 18 for ’15, our comprehensive look at golf leading into the year’s first tournament at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. We’re now looking at the top 10 players in the world, and we’ve arrived at Sergio Garcia.  Sergio Garcia turns 35 this week. How did so […]

Devil Ball Golf 18 for ’15 (Part 12): Jim Furyk

Welcome back to Devil Ball Golf’s 18 for ’15, our 18-part series looking at every major aspect of professional golf heading into the New Year. As we work our way through the 2014-ending world top 10, we arrive at the seemingly ageless Jim Furyk. Jim Furyk hasn’t won on the PGA Tour since he won […]

Watch a dad pull his son’s loose tooth with string, a golf ball and club

This isn’t so much a golf story as it is one about dentistry, and maybe parenting.  You see, 7-year-old Noah Smith had a loose tooth that he wanted to pull out — presumably to collect on it from the Tooth Fairy. But Noah wasn’t sure how to extricate it. So his dad, Phil, had an […]

Devil Ball Golf 18 for’ 15 (Part 9): Rickie Fowler

Welcome into Part 9 of Devil Ball Golf’s 18 for ’15, our series previewing the new year in golf. We now turn our attention to a look at each player in the current Official World Golf Ranking top 10, beginning with the No. 10 player in the world. Despite not winning in 2014, Rickie Fowler […]

Devil Ball Golf 18 for ’15 (Part 10): Jordan Spieth

Welcome into the start of the second half of Devil Ball Golf’s 18 for ’15, our 18-part preview looking ahead to the new year in golf. We turn our attention to the No. 9 player in the world: Jordan Spieth. If the way Jordan Spieth closed out 2014 is any indication of what we can […]

Devil Ball Golf 18 for ’15 (Part 7): What’s in store for Tiger Woods?

It’s Part 7 of Devil Ball Golf’s 18 for ’15. It’s also Tiger Woods’ 39th birthday. Who else would we talk about here?! It wasn’t a good 2014 for Tiger Woods. He spent most of it on the disabled list, hampered by an injury so severe it required microdiscectomy surgery in his back on March […]