OAKMONT, Pa. — This U.S. Open has been thrown into chaos. After two rain delays on Thursday which were mere pestilences, delaying the action by about an hour each, the expected major thunderstorms rolled through Oakmont late in the afternoon. The players were pulled off the golf course, and the fans were permitted to take […]
Minjee Lee makes par-4 ace at Kia Classic; 2nd in LPGA history, 2nd this year
March 27, 2016 by
It’s becoming an epidemic on the LPGA: par-4 holes-in-one. In 66 previous LPGA seasons, there had never been one. On Saturday at the 2016 Kia Classic, Minjee Lee made the second par-4 ace in the last two months. Playing the 234-yard par-4 16th at Aviara Golf Club during the third round of the tournament, Lee […]
Podcast: How will we define greatness in this new generation of golf?
January 2, 2016 by
Jack Nicklaus was asked about Tiger Woods’ quest to catch him for about the zillionth time. But what will Tiger Woods say when he’s asked about the next generation catching him AND Jack? Will we lower the bar for what makes a great player? We try to tackle all of these questions in our year-end podcast. […]
A Presidents Cup primer, explaining this biennial matchup
October 8, 2015 by
The 11th Presidents Cup kicks off on Thursday from Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in, as you might guess, Incheon, South Korea. It’s the biennial match pitting the Americans against the Internationals, a team formed from picking players born in every country that isn’t the United States or Europe. The competition, owned and wholly run […]
This Jason Day story will make you love the PGA champion even more
August 21, 2015 by
Jason Day is a good man, making his win at the PGA Championship was a popular one inside the sport. Journalist Lawrence Donegan recently detailed a story that exemplifies the type of person Day is, sharing it on NewsTalk 106-108 FM in Ireland. “One of the journalists is out on Tour all the time and […]
The 19th Hole Golf Show: With Rory in doubt for the PGA, is this Jason’s time?
July 30, 2015 by
On this week’s podcast, we start with what we might glean from Rory McIlroy missing the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. We touch on Tiger Woods’ indifference about golf and the sudden rumor that he has fired swing consultant Chris Como in search of his own golf game. Finally, Robert Allenby reaps what he sews in his incident […]
Bernhard Langer to make this his final Open Championship at St. Andrews
May 16, 2015 by
Bernhard Langer is going home one last time — to the home of golf, that is. The two-time Masters winner announced this week that he’ll make his final Open Championship appearance at the Old Course at St. Andrews in July. The 57-year-old German will be playing in his 30th Open at a venue where he finished […]
Let’s briefly discuss this Thailand Golf Championship photo
December 10, 2014 by
It’s a rite of passage for a pro golfer when they get into the upper echelon of the Official World Golf Ranking: They earn invites to far away events for large appearance fees in the sport’s faux off-season. And, with that appearance fee often larger than the tournament’s first-place prize – a lot larger – […]
Woods on Ryder Cup task force: Hopefully, we only do this once
December 3, 2014 by
The path to future American Ryder Cup dominance starts getting paved next week, when the PGA of America-commissioned, 11-man Ryder Cup task force meets for the first time. Golf Channel reports the kickoff meeting was originally planned for this week at the Tiger Woods-hosted Hero World Challenge. Instead, it’ll begin with a conference call in the […]
This is probably the craziest 3-foot putt you’ll ever see
October 25, 2014 by
A 3-foot putt should not be exciting — not even one for birdie. However, this golfer made it absolutely riveting. This player, whose name is Greg, hit his approach shot close on the ninth hole at at The Golf House Club, Elie, in Fife, Scotland. Instead of simply knocking the ball straight in the hole for birdie, […]
