Author: EMPEZARUNBLIG

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Three years ago, Denny McCarthy was a Web.com Tour rookie fresh off a U.S. Open appearance at Oakmont and was in need of a caddie for the Air Capital Classic in Wichita, Kansas. Derek Smith was an aspiring pro who had tried to Monday qualify for the tournament but failed. Smith stuck […]

After 29 years in the booth, Johnny Miller signed off Saturday following the third round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Miller won the Phoenix Open in back-to-back years in 1974-75, taking the latter edition of the event by 14 strokes. The player known as the Desert Fox said Saturday that this event felt like […]

Waste Management Phoenix Open officials and PGA Tour pros paid tribute to Jarrod Lyle on Saturday at TPC Scottsdale. Lyle, who died last August at age 36 after a two-decade battle with leukemia, had his most memorable moment on the PGA Tour at TPC Scottsdale’s stadium par-3 16th. It was there during the third round of […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – If one were handing out awards this week at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the 16th hole would likely win Most Popular. Rule 10.2b(4)? Not so much. “It’s just an odd rule,” said Denny McCarthy, who was penalized two shots Friday for violating said rule, which confusingly prohibits caddies from lining up […]

One day after he was disqualified for a serious breach of etiquette, Sergio Garcia will reportedly not face further punishment after the European Tour deemed the matter closed. Garcia was disqualified following the third round of the inaugural Saudi International under Rule 1.2a, which allows for disqualification for “any serious misconduct that is contrary to […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Tom Brady and the New England Patriots will take on Todd Gurley and the Los Angeles Rams Sunday evening in Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. When it comes to who is favored to win among PGA Tour pros, there is no clear favorite. An informal survey of players competing this week at […]

Rickie Fowler looked as though he was in danger of surrendering multiple shots to the field early in Sunday’s final round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Up four shots on the third hole, an easily reachable par-5, Fowler flared his second shot short and right of the green into a penalty area. He proceeded to […]

A storm ripping through the Monterey Peninsula early Saturday morning destroyed a large upscale hospitality structure, damaged some sky suites and tore apart the giant video screen along the 18th green at Pebble Beach Golf Links with the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am just a few days away. The storm also knocked down a tree near the […]

The Rules of Golf once again became a talking point at TPC Scottsdale when Rickie Fowler made one of the oddest triple bogey-7s you’re likely to see in the game. Up five shots through 10 holes at 19 under par on Sunday, Fowler saw his lead cut to just one when he hit a poor shot […]

It was already a bizarre week for the Rules of Golf, and then along came the final round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Here’s how things ended up out at TPC Scottsdale, where Rickie Fowler hung on for an elusive victory despite an unusual penalty that helped erase a five-shot lead: Leaderboard: Rickie Fowler (-17), […]