Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Lydia Ko leads on the LPGA Tour. The 18-year-old Kiwi shot 7-under 65 at Sky 72 Golf Club in South Korea on Friday to take a one-shot edge heading into the weekend at the LPGA KEG Hana Bank Championship. Ko, who began the day seven shots behind […]
‘Dumbass’ Tiger Woods runs into familiar foe at the Masters
April 10, 2015 by
AUGUSTA – The microphones were close, too close, and out came that old familiar Tiger snarl. “Oh Tiger,” Woods yelled to himself as he watched his tee shot on hole 15 veer offline. “Dumbass.” That fire was quite familiar. The rest of Woods’ first Masters round on Thursday, however, was decidedly unfamiliar to longtime fans: […]
Rory McIlroy chucks his iron into the water in a fit of rage
March 7, 2015 by
Rory McIlroy has been frustrated the first two days of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump Doral. It boiled over on Friday, with one of McIlroy’s clubs paying the price. [DraftKings: Win $ 1 Million Playing Fantasy Golf During The Masters. Sign Up Free to Reserve Your Spot.] McIlroy’s second shot from 222 yards to the […]
On the Board: The storylines heading into Sunday at the Humana
January 25, 2015 by
Welcome into On the Board, a new feature we’ve concocted here at Devil Ball Golf to go over some of the top players on the leaderboard at the Humana Challenge — and subsequent big golf events — to set the table heading into the final round. We have a four-way tie for the lead at […]
Johnson, Gretzky welcome baby boy into the world
January 21, 2015 by
Dustin Johnson and Paulina Gretzky became parents on Monday, with the Great One’s daughter giving birth to the engaged couple’s first child, a son. “Paulina and I are happy to announce the arrival of our baby boy, who was born in Los Angeles on Monday morning,” Johnson said Tuesday night in a statement released by […]
Rickie Fowler gets ‘USA’ buzzed into hair for Ryder Cup
September 22, 2014 by
Rickie Fowler is juiced for the Ryder Cup, which starts Friday at Gleneagles Resort in Scotland. The 25-year-old got a new do to look good for his third appearance on the American team. As part of the haircut, he had the barber buzz in the letters “USA” into his shorter locks. We’ll know if the […]
Horschel, McIlroy share lead heading into Tour Championship finale
September 13, 2014 by
The best player in the world and the hottest player of these FedEx Cup playoffs are tied heading into the 16th, and final, round of the four-event series. World No. 1 Rory McIlroy and BMW Championship winner Billy Horschel are tied at 9 under par through three rounds of the Tour Championship at East Lake in […]
Web.com Tour player rips into Nick Faldo for taking a spot at the RBC Heritage
April 18, 2014 by
In golf, unlike any sport out there, fans long to watch their veterans. Sure, baseball and football and basketball and hockey retire numbers and jerseys, but there isn’t a yearning to actually see the old guys play against the young guys. At least not like there is in the game of golf. We love the […]
Robert Garrigus’ caddie rips into Kevin Na for slow play
March 16, 2014 by
We have seen plenty of player-on-player spats over the years on the PGA Tour, but you don’t hear a caddie rip another player much to the media. That happened on Saturday at the Valspar Championship after Kevin Na was once again the target of a slow play controversy. Na was paired with Robert Garrigus in […]
Hunter Mahan, leading RBC Canadian Open, withdraws when wife goes into labor
July 27, 2013 by
So here’s a story of priorities. Hunter Mahan, one of the best golfers on the planet and a guy one week removed from a fine showing in the British Open, was in the lead at the RBC Canadian Open when he got word that his wife Kandi had gone into labor with their first child. […]
