Tiger Woods has never scored worse as a pro than he did on Friday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Woods shot and 11-over 82 at TPC Scottsdale for his worst-ever round as a professional, worse than the 81 he shot in the third round of the 2002 Open Championship. It was raining on that day, […]
Tiger Woods pulls out 73 in Phoenix Open first round
January 30, 2015 by
The first 12 holes of Tiger Woods’ season-debut round at the Waste Management Phoenix Open were a certifiable car wreck. The last six holes, however messy, salvaged a 2-over 73 at TPC Scottsdale. It could have been a lot worse. Woods’ opening tee shot set a foreboding mood, a blast skied so far right it […]
Obama apologizes after golf round moves couples’ wedding venue
December 30, 2014 by
Army captains Natalie Heimel and Edward Mallue Jr. got some bad news on Saturday after their wedding rehearsal: Their wedding had to move so President Obama could play golf Obama had a Sunday tee time at Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course on the Marine Corps base in Hawaii, where Heimel and Mallue were going to have their ceremony. The […]
Woods improves in second round back, cards 2-under 70
December 6, 2014 by
Tiger Woods was hot on Friday at the Hero World Challenge, but not quite in the way you’d expect. Running a 100-degree temperature, Woods was better on Day 2 at Isleworth Golf & Country Club, shooting a rain-interrupted, 2-under 70 that marked his first competitive under-par round since July 31. That’s the good news. The […]
Marcel Siem played Turkish Open final round with dislocated rib
November 17, 2014 by
If Marcel Siem was going to have even a remote chance of catching Rory McIlroy for the European Tour’s Race to Dubai crown, he had to win the Turkish Airlines Open on Sunday. That bubble burst during Siem’s warm-up in the gym, when he dislocated a rib. However, Siem, who trailed the lead by a […]
President Obama’s 200th round of golf is a chance to defend the sport
October 13, 2014 by
Sunday was the 2,093rd day of Barack Obama’s presidency. He marked the occasion with his 200th in-office round of golf at Fort Belvoir Golf Club in Alexandria, Va. No doubt the president knew this milestone would bring about a slew of snark from critics. But maybe putting the presidential penchant for golf into perspective might […]
Rory McIlroy off to a hot start in his opening round at the Deutsche Bank Championship
August 30, 2014 by
For Rory McIlroy, the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs was the first real letdown of this incredible summer run from the No. 1 player in the world. Atop the FedEx Cup rankings before the Barclays, McIlroy never really got it going on the weekend after a Friday 65, finishing T-22, stopping his run of […]
This PGA Championship final round supercut is amazing
August 28, 2014 by
If you’ve been around these parts before, you know we are big fans of Michael David Murphy’s YouTube cuts. After majors, Murphy puts together fun supercuts of the final round, usually showing every shot the champion hits in just under a minute or two. For the 2014 PGA Championship, Murphy stepped up his game. Above […]
Ryan Palmer perfectly photobombs the craziness that was Tiger Woods’ practice round
August 7, 2014 by
The Tiger Woods circus can be a bit much at times. With the PGA Championship less than a day away, most writers, reporters and fans were focused on one man and one man only, and that man doesn’t have a top-10 this season on tour. We can get a little too caught up in the […]
Phil Mickelson hit another one of those backward wedges during a Scottish Open practice round
July 9, 2014 by
Phil Mickelson will not go down as the greatest golfer ever, or even the best of his generation, but if there is a guy with a better imagination around the greens, I haven’t met him. Mickelson is at Royal Aberdeen preparing for the Scottish Open this week, a tournament he won a year ago a […]
