There is nothing worse for a golfer competing at a high level than unnecessary distractions. No matter if you’re Phil Mickelson or Joe Hacker, having a camera go off in your backswing or having a cart drive by when you’re trying to pummel that drive down the middle is a problem in golf, and distractions […]
Henrik Stenson sounds off on the mobile phone problem at the Turkish Airlines Open
Bizarre ruling at the Korea Open cost leader the tournament
In what can only be called the Korea Open version of the Dustin Johnson situation at the 2010 PGA Championship, Kim Hyung-tae lost by a shot after finding out on the 17th hole on Sunday that he had grounded his club in a hazard earlier in his round. Hyung-tae had a two-shot lead standing on […]
Old Shots That Never Get Old: Jonathan Byrd’s hole-in-one to win the 2010 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
Jonathan Byrd has been a staple on the PGA Tour over the years, winning five tournaments since 2002 and being near the lead in plenty of others. But the thing that will follow Byrd his entire career was what happened at the 2010 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Byrd needed to close just to get […]
Steve Williams says he and Tiger Woods made up at the British Open
When Tiger Woods was at his prime, his absolute prime when any major he entered seemed liked an inevitable victory, there was one man who always stood beside him. Steve Williams was on the bag for Tiger during 13 of his 14 major championship wins, huffing the bag when Woods played the game at a […]
Hunter Mahan, leading RBC Canadian Open, withdraws when wife goes into labor
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. […]
Old Shots That Never Get Old: Tiger Woods’ 6-iron at the 2000 Canadian Open
When Tiger Woods was in his prime, the time when it seemed any clutch shot that he needed to pull off he would pull off, the game was just too easy. A birdie putt to win? Sure. A bunker shot to three-feet? Done. But at the 2000 Canadian Open, Tiger needed to find the fairway […]
Watch final round highlights of the British Open
It’s been a day since Phil Mickelson’s incredible comeback to win his first British Open, so why not revisit what happened? Here are the highlights, courtesy of “Sportscenter,” and it’s fun to relive everything that happened before that final stretch by Mickelson. Enjoy the highlights, and the clutch putts by our now five-time major champion. […]
British Open, Final Round: Phil Mickelson has round for the ages to claim first British Open
There is only one story coming out of Muirfield from this Sunday and it’s the final round by Phil Mickelson. A 5-under 66 on Sunday was not only the round of the week, but maybe the round of Phil’s career, capped off by a four birdie run over his last six holes to grab the […]
The Open Championship has already given us some incredible images early in the week
It’s a battle between the Masters and the British Open for which major championship gives us the best photographs. Augusta National is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful places in all the world for golfers, but with crazy weather and high rough, not to mention the crazy fans, the Open Championship is known for incredible […]
Phil Mickelson three-putts the 18th hole at the Scottish Open to land in playoff, wins anyway
Phil Mickelson won the Scottish Open on Sunday, but he didn’t make it easy on himself. His closest competitors faded, and Mickelson made a few clutch putts on his way in in regulation, including a par putt on the 17th hole, to give himself a shot lead with a single par-5 remaining. It looked like […]