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Phil Mickelson takes the most presidential selfie in history
It’s not often that Phil Mickelson is the fourth-most famous person in a photo, but Thursday’s selfie at the start of the Presidents Cup certainly qualifies. The Presidents Cup brings together the best players in the United States and the non-Europe rest of the world for a little friendly showdown on the links, and for […]
The 5 most interesting PGA Championship groupings
The groupings and tee times are out for the first two rounds of next week’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., and the PGA of America has some good ones in store for the year’s final major. In a rare July slot thanks to the scheduling imperative created by golf’s inclusion in […]
PGA Tour will require most players to add a new event to their annual schedules
Starting with the 2016-17 season, PGA Tour players will be required to diversify their schedules. The PGA Tour Policy Board has approved a new rule, called the Strength of Field Regulation, requiring players to add at least one event to their schedule that they haven’t played in during the previous four seasons. The idea is […]
Fowler, Poulter voted most overrated by anonymous peer vote
Two of the PGA Tour’s sartorial stalwarts are considered by their peers to be the most overrated. A Sports Illustrated anonymous survey of PGA Tour players recently found that Rickie Fowler and Ian Poulter are considered to get too much hype given their perceived talent level. Both Fowler and Poulter received 24 percent of votes […]
Devil Ball Golf’s most popular posts of 2014
There was hardly a dull minute in golf in 2014, and we here at Devil Ball Golf kept you plugged into it all as it unfolded. Here’s a look at our 20 most-viewed Devil Ball Golf posts in ’14. 1. Lexi Thompson’s newest photo shoot will catch your attention (Sept. 16): Lexi Thompson is no […]
Teeing Off: Where does the 2014 PGA Championship rank as most exciting of all-time?
Welcome to Teeing Off, where Devil Ball editor Shane Bacon and national columnist Jay Busbee take a day’s topic and smack it all over the course. Suggest a future topic by hitting us on Twitter at @shanebacon and @jaybusbee. Today we talk the 2014 PGA Championship, and where it ranks historically in terms of best […]
Adam Scott, the most eligible bachelor on the PGA Tour, is officially off the market
There will be plenty of single people around the world that will spend their Friday night disappointed after Adam Scott let the news drop that he got hitched last month in the Bahamas. Scott, the 33-year-old former Masters winner, has been a favorite amongst the female golf contingent for some time, and gave Ben Everill […]
Tom Watson hits one of the most incredible recovery shots at the Toshiba Classic
Tom Watson is a living legend in the game of golf, a man with five Open championship wins and a golf swing that was so repetitive it would put you to sleep. Watson is playing this week at the Champions Tour’s Toshiba Classic, and he found himself in a pretty tough spot during his second […]
Jim Furyk holes out one of the most creative chip shots you’ll ever see at Riviera
There are few par-3s in the United States that are as popular, and as quirky, as the sixth at Riviera. Known for the bunker in the middle of the green, No. 6 is the site of plenty of strange golf shots, pitch shots from the putting surface and creativity at its finest. Jim Furyk was […]