Category: Golf

KAPALUA, Hawaii – Like most players Brooks Koepka began last season with a list of goals and when he reviewed his year there were plenty of accomplishments. “To win multiple times. I think that was where I saw myself and what I should be doing, winning multiple times a year,” the world No. 1 said […]

A Ryder Cup news conference has been called for next Tuesday, when it’s expected that Padraig Harrington will be named captain for the 2020 European team. The European Tour has scheduled a news conference for 8 a.m. ET Tuesday at its headquarters outside London. The expectation is that Harrington, the three-time major champion, will be […]

In light of longtime USGA executive Mike Davis’ decision to step aside from his course setup duties at the U.S. Open, John Bodenhamer has been hand-picked by his predecessor to take the reins beginning this summer at Pebble Beach. Bodenhamer, 57, has been in charge of conducting the organization’s various amateur championships since joining the […]

Don’t worry, Pernilla Lindberg reassures, she may be losing a long-time caddie, but not a fiancé. Daniel Taylor is leaving her bag to take over as caddie for Rolex world No. 1 Ariya Jutanugarn at year’s start, but Taylor and Lindberg are still planning to marry. In fact, they plan to be husband and wife […]

Brooks Koepka, Ariya Jutanugarn and Bernhard Langer were each named Player of the Year for 2018 based on a vote of the Golf Writers Association of America. This year, Koepka captured a pair of majors and the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges ending 2018 ranked as the No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Rankings. He […]

KAPALUA, Hawaii – Patton Kizzire’s year got off to a quick start with the two-time PGA Tour winner opening his week at the Sentry Tournament of Champions with a 4-under 69 and the year’s first hole-in-one on the PGA Tour. Kizzire’s 7-iron from 186 yards at the par-3 eighth hole on Kapalua’s Plantation Course cut […]

KAPALUA, Hawaii – Kevin Na withdrew from the Sentry Tournament of Champions before teeing off on Thursday with a fractured bone in his right pinky finger. Na said he injured his finger last Thursday and was able to play just 12 holes during Wednesday’s pro-am before the pain became too intense. “It’s tough because I […]

The PGA Tour is officially back in action after the holiday hiatus, and there are plenty of low numbers to begin the first tournament of 2019. Here’s how things look at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, where Kevin Tway sits in front of a 33-man field: Leaderboard: Kevin Tway (-7), Gary Woodland (-6), Dustin Johnson […]

KAPALUA, Hawaii – Kevin Tway made it five holes into his Wednesday pro-am at the Sentry Tournament of Champions before things became difficult, but it didn’t appear that way on Day 1 of the tournament.  “It kind of felt like I was walking on a water bed the whole hole and so I withdrew from […]

With the new Rules of Golf going into effect this week, opinions have differed on the PGA Tour over whether or not to putt with the flagstick in.  But Bryson DeChambeau is getting the last laugh … at least through 18 holes of the experiment. The “Mad Scientist” stuck to his gameplan on Day 1 of the […]