Author: EMPEZARUNBLIG

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Chesson Hadley couldn’t wait to get on Twitter after his second round Friday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. A day earlier, Hadley was 3 under through 16 holes before rolling his 105-foot eagle putt into the water at TPC Scottsdale’s par-4 17th hole. The resulting double bogey derailed his round and […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Bubba Watson’s alarm clock went off at 5 a.m. Friday. By that time, he already had a few texts from Bryson DeChambeau, who is playing this week in Saudi Arabia. “My best friend,” Watson said. DeChambeau is also Watson’s new putting coach of sorts. Watson has cracked the top 100 in strokes […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Branden Grace stood on the tee box at the 193-yard, par-3 seventh hole at TPC Scottsdale on Friday and asked his caddie, Craig Connelly, for his 7-iron. Connelly, though, had a different thought. “I think it’s a perfect number for a flush 8(-iron),” Connelly told Grace. It was enough to change Grace’s […]

Alice Dye, known as the ‘First Lady’ of golf course architecture, died Friday. She was 91. Dye, married to legendary course architect Pete Dye, teamed with her husband to design the likes of TPC Sawgrass, Whistling Straits, the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, PGA West and Crooked Stick Golf Club. Alice Holliday O’Neal was born […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Denny McCarthy was taking a few practice swings as he prepared to hit a 67-yard wedge shot into the par-5 15th green Friday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. His playing competitor, Blair Hamilton, was nearby, also taking a drop after rinsing his second shot, and was set to play first. In […]

Sergio Garcia was disqualified from the Saudi International because of “serious misconduct” on Saturday. Garcia was accused by fellow players of purposefully hitting his clubs into the surface of the greens causing damage. Garcia posted a 1-over 71 in the third round, but was ultimately disqualified by the European Tour via Rule 1.2a. This is […]

Denny McCarthy was penalized two strokes in the second round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open for having his caddie help him align an approach shot. This came less than  week after Haotong Li was docked two strokes for the same offense before a putt in Dubai. And as happened after the Li penalty, peers came […]

Johnny Miller is signing off for the final time after NBC Sports’ broadcast of the third round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Longtime friend and rival Jack Nicklaus was among the first on Saturday to thank him for his contributions and wish him well going forward.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Not so fast. Less than 24 hours after Denny McCarthy was penalized two shots at the Waste Management Phoenix Open for violating one of the new Rules of Golf involving caddie alignment, the PGA Tour announced it has rescinded the penalty. McCarthy and his caddie, Derek Smith, were initially found to have […]

Rickie Fowler distanced himself from the pack on Saturday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, taking a five-shot lead into the final round. Here’s how Moving Day played out at TPC Scottsdale: Leaderboard: Fowler (-20). Matt Kuchar (-16), Justin Thomas (-15), Branden Grace (-13), Byeong Hyun An (-13), Gary Woodland (-12), Bubba Watson (-12) What it […]