On this week’s podcast, TaylorMade-adidas Golf CEO David Abeles joins me from 2016 U.S. Open site Oakmont Country Club to talk about the state of his company’s business, their potential sale, the work his company is putting into this important week for the sport and his outlook for the game’s health in the future. Be sure […]
Podcast: Talking U.S. Open and golf business with TaylorMade-adidas CEO David Abeles
June 16, 2016 by
Tiger Woods won’t play in U.S. Open
June 8, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. Tiger Woods is officially running out of tournaments to play in this season. Woods, who hasn’t played a competitive round since last August, announced Tuesday that he will not compete in the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club next week or in his Quicken Loans National the following […]
USGA gives Retief Goosen special exemption into U.S. Open
May 18, 2016 by
The USGA has offered two-time U.S. Open winner Retief Goosen a special exemption into this year’s Open, to be played in June at Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh. The 47-year-old South African won his first Open in 2001 in an 18-hole playoff at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla., defeating Mark Brooks by two shots. Three […]
Spieth says even par will be a great score at U.S. Open host Oakmont
May 5, 2016 by
Defending U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth got a look at 2016 host Oakmont Country Club in an 18-hole Wednesday practice round, and the experience affirmed something most everyone in the golf world already knows: Oakmont is really hard. “There’s just so many other tough holes that par is going to be a fantastic score,” Spieth […]
Tiger Woods has registered for the 2016 U.S. Open
April 25, 2016 by
We don’t know when Tiger Woods will return to competitive golf, but the smoke signals from Jupiter Island, Fla., seem to suggest it’s going to be sooner than later. The latest indication Woods could be inside the ropes soon is that he registered for the U.S. Open at Oakmont in June. Woods registered on April […]
Dustin Johnson seemed to get over his U.S. Open loss very quickly
January 2, 2016 by
One putt. Two putts. Three putts. Just like that, the U.S. Open had slipped away from Dustin Johnson and into the hands of Jordan Spieth. Johnson reached the par-5 — that day, at least — 18th hole at Chambers Bay outside of Tacoma, Wash., in two. He was 8 feet or so away from a […]
Juli Inkster will return as U.S. Solheim Cup captain in 2017
December 19, 2015 by
Why mess with success? Juli Inkster led the United States to a record final-day comeback in the Solheim Cup in September, overcoming a four-point deficit and the Gimmegate controversy to earn the first American road win in the biennial series since 2007. So, she is getting the call to again captain the American side in […]
U.S. Mid-Am champion received $25,000 in Masters backing in 3 days
October 23, 2015 by
Newly crowned U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Sammy Schmitz wasn’t planning on keeping his golf game in good shape through the nasty Wisconsin winter. Then he won the biggest title of his life earlier in October in Vero Beach, Fla., and earned an invitation to the Masters. All of a sudden, Schmitz had to find time — […]
U.S. Am champion Bryson DeChambeau leaving SMU men’s golf team
October 15, 2015 by
Reigning U.S. Amateur and NCAA men’s golf champion Bryson DeChambeau is leaving the Southern Methodist University golf team. “To best prepare myself for the next six months of competition and future events, I felt it was appropriate to make this decision now to be fair to my coaches and team,” he said to Golf Channel. […]
