On Sunday at the PGA Championship, there were plenty of moments when you thought Rory McIlroy wouldn’t win his fourth major championship at the age of 25 and second in a row. Going in with a one-shot lead, the early fireworks had nothing to do with Rory McIlroy and everything to do with the guys […]
Peter Hanson makes hole-in-one, wins a fan her mortgage for a year
June 28, 2014 by
This week at Congressional marks the first with the name “Quicken Loans” attached to it. The online mortgage lender teamed up with Tiger Woods to headline this event, and promised some nice prizes for fans if anyone in the field made a hole-in-one. While nobody has carded one on the par-3 10th yet this week […]
Rory McIlroy wins the BMW PGA Championship thanks to a closing 66 on Sunday
May 28, 2014 by
This week was not supposed to end this way. Rory McIlroy was not supposed to be standing on the 18th green with his fist raised after back-to-back birdies capped off a back nine 32 and a final round 66 to win the BMW PGA Championship, basically the second biggest event on the European Tour calendar. […]
The Bacon Mailbag: Rory’s major wins, Tiger changing his schedule and a rerun channel for only majors
March 5, 2014 by
Each Tuesday for the remainder of the golf season we will be rolling out a mailbag, with any and all questions invited from readers and fans around the world. Have a good question you want answered? Hit me up on Twitter at @shanebacon and we will try to get to it in the coming weeks. […]
The 10 best golf moments of 2013: No. 1, Phil Mickelson wins the British Open
December 30, 2013 by
Over the next 10 days, until we get to New Year’s Eve, we will be rolling out the top-10 best golf moments of 2013. After much deliberation and debate, we picked what we thought were the 10 moments you will remember about this season a decade from now. We finish our list with our No. […]
The 10 best golf moments of 2013: No. 2, Adam Scott wins the Masters
December 29, 2013 by
Over the next 10 days, until we get to the New Year, we will be rolling out the top-10 best golf moments of 2013. After much deliberation and debate, we picked what we thought were the 10 moments you will remember about this season a decade from now. We continue with No. 3 and Jason […]
The 10 best golf moments of 2013: No. 3, Jason Day wins weeks after losing eight family members
December 28, 2013 by
Over the next 10 days, until we get to the New Year, we will be rolling out the top-10 best golf moments of 2013. After much deliberation and debate, we picked what we thought were the 10 moments you will remember about this season a decade from now. We continue with No. 3 and Jason […]
The 10 best golf moments of 2013: No. 5, Justin Rose wins the U.S. Open
December 27, 2013 by
Over the next 10 days, until we get to the New Year, we will be rolling out the top-10 best golf moments of 2013. After much deliberation and debate, we picked what we thought were the 10 moments you will remember about this season a decade from now. We continue with No. 5 and Justin […]
The 10 best golf moments of 2013: No. 8, Jason Dufner wins the PGA
December 24, 2013 by
Over the next 10 days, until we get to the New Year, we will be rolling out the top-10 best golf moments of 2013. After much deliberation and debate, we picked what we thought were the 10 moments you will remember about this season a decade from now. We continue with No. 8 and Jason […]
Henrik Stenson wins Tour Championship, FedEx Cup with steady hand
September 30, 2013 by
ATLANTA – It got the tiniest bit hairy there for a second, but Henrik Stenson held on, as he’d done from Day 1 at the Tour Championship, to claim the richest prize in golf in the FedEx Cup. Stenson, who at one point on Saturday had a lead as high as nine strokes, saw his […]
