On Sunday at the CN Canadian Women’s Open, a familiar name was atop the leaderboard, someone a lot expected to have a good week considering her past at this event. The problem was, the person in question was a 16-year-old amateur that has left more money on the table by not playing as a professional […]
Lydia Ko is now the 7th ranked player in the world despite being just 16 (and an amateur!)
September 2, 2013 by
Teeing Off: Who is the 2013 Player of the Year?
August 28, 2013 by
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 discuss who we think is the 2013 Player of the Year. Busbee: It’s that time […]
First photos of Gary Player posing for ESPN’s The Body Issue
July 9, 2013 by
There are few people at the age of 77 that would strip down for any photo, much less one that would be circulating to millions of people around the world, but most aren’t nicknamed Mr. Fitness. That’s Gary Player, a nine-time major championship winner and South African Sportsman of the Century last time the award […]
The guy that ended up penalizing Tiger Woods at the Masters was a Champions Tour player
May 4, 2013 by
Of the tens of millions of people that tune in each day to the Masters, one person called in on Tiger Woods during his second round at Augusta National to report a penalty. Rumors flew around of who it might have been, even landing on the ex-husband of Tiger’s current lady, Lindsey Vonn. So who […]
Watch the lost newsreel of Al Geiberger being the first player to ever shoot 59 on the PGA Tour
April 28, 2013 by
There are few nicknames in golf cooler than Mr. 59. It’s the score everyone wants to shoot, and only five have, and it’s the idea of being the man behind the sub-60 round that kicked it all off is a pretty awesome feather in your cap. Al Geiberger was playing in the 1977 Memphis Classic […]
What are my chances of being either a walk on player or transfer from a community college to a good golf progr?
December 17, 2012 by
QUESTION: I am a sophmore in college and I am cuurently playing on my community college’s golf team. I am shooting about a solid 78 right now and I am hoping to trasfer out of state (from CA) to a top name golf program. What are my chances of making the team? ANSWER: Answer by […]
What LPGA player qualified after 2 years of picking up golf?
November 23, 2012 by
QUESTION: My dad was telling me of an LPGA player who quit tennis and picked up golf and made the LPGA in two years. True? False? If true, who is this player? ANSWER: Answer by darrellI couldn’t find anything on the web.I believe it was Michelle Wie
Bubba Watson has some fun with the player posters at the Grand Slam of Golf
October 26, 2012 by
Here’s a word of advice for players who happen to be in the same field as Bubba Watson in the future: If there’s a picture of you on the wall inside the clubhouse, you may want to take it down before the Masters champ gets to it … unless, of course, you enjoy having a […]
