Some bad news for golf fans, even though most suspected this would be the case, as Tiger Woods announced he will not be at the U.S. Open as he continues to recover from back surgery. Woods made it official on his website Wednesday, citing continued health issues and recovery from the back surgery he underwent […]
The Bacon Mailbag: 11-year-olds in pro golf, a U.S. Open fantasy draft and Chipotle on the PGA Tour
May 21, 2014 by
Each week for the remainder of the golf season we will be rolling out a mailbag, with any and all questions invited from readers and fans around the world. Have a good question you want answered? Hit me up on Twitter at @shanebacon or e-mail me at shanebaconblogs@yahoo.com and we will try to get to it […]
Winners and losers from Texas Open week
March 31, 2014 by
This past weekend saw a lot of great story lines and we are here to give you the good and the bad of it. Here are our winners and losers from the past week in golf. Winners Steven Bowditch — It wasn’t the final round he had hoped for, with four bogeys and a double-bogey […]
Phil Mickelson withdraws from the Texas Open because of pulled muscle
March 29, 2014 by
It appears 2014 is the year of the WD, as Phil Mickelson pulled out of the Texas Open on Saturday citing a pulled muscle in his side. Mickelson, who withdrew earlier this season at Torrey Pines, made it two in his last six starts with this move during his third round, grabbing his side on […]
Iguana attacks golf ball at Puerto Rico Open
March 10, 2014 by
When you go to Puerto Rico for some golf, you probably expect to do or see original things that don’t pop up at a regular tour event, but a golf ball attacking iguana? That’s new to us all. It happened to Andrew Loupe on the 16th hole during his final round, with the iguana going after […]
Rory McIlroy fires his lowest round on the PGA Tour in over two years to open Honda Classic
February 28, 2014 by
If Rory McIlroy wants his winning slump on the PGA Tour to end this week, he sure started out the Honda Classic the way you’d want. Rory, the winner of this event back in 2012, opened with a bogey-free 63 to lead the field in Florida, doing it with basically the complete game it takes […]
There were a lot of hole outs on Thursday at the Northern Trust Open
February 15, 2014 by
The tagline behind the PGA Tour for a long time was “these guys are good,” but at this point you know that. They are absolutely incredible golfers that pull off brilliant shots each week, with that definitely being the case during the opening round of the Northern Trust Open. Scoring at Riviera on Thursday wasn’t […]
Ricky Barnes and Ryan Sheckler combine for a seriously cool giveaway at the Waste Management Open
February 3, 2014 by
The Waste Management Open is over, which means those hundreds of thousands of golf fans can go back into hibernation for a full year, only coming out when the biggest show in turf hits TPC Scottsdale in 2015. But one of the best parts of Waste Management week is seeing what some of the players […]
Ben Crane nearly aces the par-4 17th at the Waste Management Open
February 1, 2014 by
It’s pretty incredible when you think about it, but there has only been one hole-in-one on a par-4 in the history of the PGA Tour. Where did it take place? On the 17th hole at TPC Scottsdale, a relatively short par-4 that allows players to pound driver at the green if only they can avoid […]
