Category: Golf

Braden Thornberry’s college career could soon be over. The Ole Miss senior is among the 135 players competing in the final stage of Web.com Tour Q-School, which begins Thursday at Whirlwind Golf Club in Chandler, Ariz. Thornberry, the fourth-ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and 2017 NCAA individual champion, said if he finishes T-40 […]

Just days after the PGA Tour confirmed it was developing a program to transition the top college golfers into its tours, some PGA Tour Champions pros are voicing their disapproval. Olin Browne was the first to sound off on the program, which many are referring to as a “draft.” The proposed system, according to a Tour statement, […]

Golf is often billed as one of the purest meritocracies in sports. Play well, shoot low, and you’ll move up the rankings and into the biggest events. There is no head coach to woo for extra playing time, no front office to appease. No long-term playing contracts, either. But even in a system where players are […]

Charl Schwartzel has won 11 times on the European Tour, but never his national open. Not that he hasn’t played well; he boasts a pair of runner-up finishes and four other top-5s at the South African Open. Through 36 holes of this season’s edition at Randpark Golf Club in Johannesburg, Schwartzel holds a one-shot lead […]

More, more, more. That’s the theme behind the 2019 LPGA schedule released Thursday, but tour commissioner Mike Whan sees something else in the growth. “There’s less unpredictability,” Whan said. “I think that’s the cool thing. The schedule isn’t a big surprise. Most of our events are back again. We’re just growing our purses.” The 33 […]

In this year-end edition we applaud Tiger Woods’ comeback, agonize over Phil Mickelson’s curious year and criticize trouble in the U.S. Ryder Cup team room. Made Cut The comeback. Like an iron shot from deep rough, there really was no telling where this could have gone. In retrospect, Tiger Woods had acknowledged that he had […]

Aren’t scrambles fun? Bryson DeChambeau and Kevin Na weren’t the only team to put on a show Friday at the QBE Shootout in Naples, Fla. DeChambeau and Na, playing a scramble format in Round 1 at Tiburon Golf Club, shot 13-under 59 and share the lead with Patton Kizzire and Brian Harman, and Graeme McDowell […]

Michael Gellerman has had quite the past two weeks. The 26-year-old Oklahoma grad got engaged to girlfriend Allie Meisenheimer on Nov. 30. Eight days later he nearly fired a 59 at the final stage of Web.com Tour Q-School in his native Arizona. Gellerman, who was born in Tucson, shot 12-under 60 in Friday’s second round at […]

Former Masters champ Charl Schwartzel was among three players to qualify for the 2019 Open at Royal Portrush by virtue of their finish this week at the European Tour’s South African Open. Schwartzel endured a difficult 2018 season, dropping from 33rd in the world rankings to 85th at the start of the week. But after […]

Another of the PGA Tour’s longest-running, player-caddie partnerships has reached its end. Damon Green revealed to The Caddie Network that his nearly 15-year partnership with Zach Johnson is over. “Zach said, ‘I think we need to take a break. It’s not a firing. We’re too good friends for that.’” Green said. “I just think he didn’t want […]