Welcome into Part 8 of the 18-part Devil Ball Golf 2015 golf preview, in which we get ready for the year to come in the sport. The U.S. Ryder Cup team hasn’t won since 2008, when Paul Azinger lead a rather eclectic dozen into Valhalla and stomped all over a European team haplessly captained by […]
Obama apologizes after golf round moves couples’ wedding venue
December 30, 2014 by
Army captains Natalie Heimel and Edward Mallue Jr. got some bad news on Saturday after their wedding rehearsal: Their wedding had to move so President Obama could play golf Obama had a Sunday tee time at Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course on the Marine Corps base in Hawaii, where Heimel and Mallue were going to have their ceremony. The […]
Devil Ball Golf 18 for ’15 (Part 6): A youth movement…to the top
December 29, 2014 by
Hi there, and welcome to Part 6 of our 18-part series, Devil Ball Golf 18 for ’15, which we’re using to preview the new calendar year of golf that resumes in the United States with the start of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions on January 9. In this installment, we look at the possibility that […]
Get a look at Tiger Woods’ first opened golf course, El Cardonal
December 18, 2014 by
Hello, world. Tiger Woods was on hand Tuesday in Mexico as, for the first time, a course he designed opened for play. El Cardonal opened at Diamante Cabo San Lucas, the second course at the residential resort, alongside a Davis Love III design, called the Dunes Course, that’s already ranked among the best courses in the […]
Let’s briefly discuss this Thailand Golf Championship photo
December 10, 2014 by
It’s a rite of passage for a pro golfer when they get into the upper echelon of the Official World Golf Ranking: They earn invites to far away events for large appearance fees in the sport’s faux off-season. And, with that appearance fee often larger than the tournament’s first-place prize – a lot larger – […]
Brazil judge rejects request to halt Olympic golf course construction
November 29, 2014 by
Leave good enough alone. That was the pre-Thanksgiving ruling of a Brazilian judge, rejecting a plea from national prosecutors to halt the construction of the 2016 Olympic golf course on the basis that its design violates the country’s environmental laws. Prosecutors have been trying for months to derail the project, ranging from demands several holes […]
Floyd Mayweather buys 15-year-old son Bentley golf cart
November 18, 2014 by
When your dad is boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, you pretty much have access to most anything you can imagine. For Mayweather’s son, Koraun, he imagined driving a Bentley golf cart. So that’s what he got from Papa Money for his 15th birthday party. “My son wanted a Bentley golf cart for his 15th birthday so I […]
Celebrate the weekend with 7-year-old’s ‘Thank Golf It’s Friday’ rap
November 15, 2014 by
If you grew up in the same generation as me, T.G.I.F. meant sitting in front of the TV and enjoying some ABC comedies. These days, thanks to “Scandal,” the Alphabet’s grateful for its Thursday lineup. However, for a golfer, Friday still means something: it’s almost golf time. Rapper-golfer Caleb C, who, mind you, is 7 […]
Justin Timberlake sold Tenn. golf course for $15.5 million loss
November 8, 2014 by
Justin Timberlake’s “Gone” was about losing a girl. But it now could also be about losing millions of dollars on the sale of his Memphis-area golf course. Timberlake sold Mirimichi Golf Course last week to Tennessee businessman Fred Edmaiston, ending a five-year run as owner of the property with his family. In that time, Timberlake completely […]
