Albatross was the Word of the Day early on Saturday at a pair of professional golf tournaments. At the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open, Jason Gore recorded the first albatross of his golf life. On the par-5 18th hole on Torrey Pines’ South Course, his ninth hole of the round, Gore smashed a 3-wood from […]
Albatrosses! Gore makes one at Torrey, Jang does in the Bahamas
January 30, 2016 by
Albatross was the Word of the Day early on Saturday at a pair of professional golf tournaments. At the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open, Jason Gore recorded the first albatross of his golf life. On the par-5 18th hole on Torrey Pines’ South Course, his ninth hole of the round, Gore smashed a 3-wood from […]
DL3 makes the cut at The RSM Classic; DL4 doesn’t
November 21, 2015 by
It wasn’t like father, like son on Friday at The RSM Classic. Tournament host Davis Love III shot his second-consecutive 70 at Sea Island Resort, which, on the Plantation Course he played was a 2-under score that got him to the weekend on the cut number when combined with his opening even-par 70 on the […]
Rory McIlroy makes it official, pulls out of British Open
July 9, 2015 by
Your browser does not support iframes. Rory McIlroy made it official on Wednesday, announcing he will not play in next week’s British Open at St. Andrews. In a post to Instagram, McIlroy said in part, “After much consideration, I have decided not to play in the Open Championship at St. Andrews. I’m taking a long […]
15-year-old Cole Hammer makes the U.S. Open field
June 10, 2015 by
Cole Hammer is: 1. Not a made up name. 2. A really great name. 3. The name of a 15-year-old kid who is going to play in his first U.S. Open next week at Chambers Bay in Washington. Hammer earned his way into the field of the year’s second major by getting through sectional qualifying […]
Shane Lowry makes Irish Open cut using wedge as a putter
May 30, 2015 by
On the third hole of his Friday round at the Irish Open, Irishman Shane Lowry bent his putter in a fit of anger. Under the Rules of Golf, since the putter wasn’t bent in the natural course of play, that meant Lowry had to find another club to putt with the rest of the way. […]
Tom Watson makes Heritage cut, declares ’16 Masters may be his last
April 19, 2015 by
A week after Tom Watson became the oldest player in Masters history to shoot an under-par round in competition, the 65-year-old made the cut at the RBC Heritage. Watson made a birdie 3 at the difficult 18th hole at Harbour Town in Round 2 to secure a spot on the weekend at even-par 142. Standing […]
Zach Johnson makes it two albatrosses in two days at Bay Hill
March 22, 2015 by
There had never been an albatross made in the Arnold Palmer Invitational until Daniel Berger broke the ice on Saturday. On Sunday, Zach Johnson made the second. Using a 5-iron from 207 yards in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Johnson made a 2 to go from 5 under to 8 under on […]
Aussie pro makes a par-4 hole-in-one you just have to see
February 5, 2015 by
It’s not every day that you see a par-4 hole-in-one. In fact, it’s happened only once in the history of the PGA Tour — and that was thanks to a ricochet off another player’s putter. The break that gave Andrew Magee an ace at the par-4 17th at TPC Scottsdale in 2001, however, seems like […]
Rory McIlroy makes first pro ace at Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship
January 17, 2015 by
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 […]
