Category: Golf

The keys to the European Ryder Cup machine have officially been handed over to Padraig Harrington. The 47-year-old Irishman was named captain for the 2020 matches at Whistling Straits during a Tuesday announcement at European Tour headquarters, taking over for Thomas Bjorn as he looks to continue a run of continental dominance in the biennial […]

Let’s look back in history at this week in golf from Jan. 7-13. Information courtesy Golf Channel Research unit. Jan. 8, 1962: Jack Nicklaus earned his first professional paycheck when he tied for last place in the Los Angeles Open. The check was worth a whopping $33.33. Nicklaus, 21 years old at the time, shot at tournament […]

Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING X-Man (+9%): Clearly comfortable as a chaser, Xander Schauffele’s last three wins have come against the best fields –the top 30 in the FedExCup (2017 Tour Championship), the top talent in the world (2018 […]

Padraig Harrington played in six consecutive Ryder Cups, helping Europe to four victories in the biennial matches in that span. But the most distinct match memory for Europe’s 2020 captain came from one of his team’s most bitter defeats. Harrington was a rookie during the 1999 matches at Brookline, when the Europeans built a seemingly […]

The PGA Tour’s fortnight in Hawaii continues with the Sony Open. Here are the key stats and information for this week’s event at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. How to watch on Golf Channel Thursday, Round 1: 7-10:30 p.m. ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream Friday, Round 2: 7-10:30 p.m. ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream Saturday, Round 3: 7-10:30 p.m. ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream Sunday, Round 4: […]

BOCA RATON, Fla. – It’s Morgan Pressel’s major. Nobody will show up with better equipment or more determination to win one. With the newest Kathryn Krickstein Pressel Mammovan parked behind the driving range at St. Andrews Country Club Monday, Pressel welcomed her remarkable community to join her life’s work again, to tee it up in […]

HONOLULU – Patton Kizzire’s playoff victory last year at the Sony Open was in many ways a life-changing event. Along with his victory earlier in the season in Mexico, it entrenched Kizzire atop the FedExCup point list, a position he held through the West Coast swing, and it put him within range of earning his […]

Japan’s Shugo Imahira has accepted a special invitation to participate in the 2019 Masters. Imahira, 26, won the 2018 Order of Merit on the Japan Golf Tour and ended last year ranked No. 53 in the world rankings when a spot inside the top 50 would have earned a Masters exemption. “Bobby Jones and Clifford […]

HONOLULU – Chris Thompson began his press conference Tuesday at the Sony Open with a predictable snafu. “Rookie mistake,” he smiled after being told he needed to use a microphone. In Thompson’s defense, the learning curve has been steep for the 42-year-old PGA Tour rookie. After three decades plying his trade on mini-tours from South Florida […]

Stephen Curry’s golden touch wasn’t enough to secure sponsorship for a new event the PGA Tour planned to add to its schedule this fall in Northern California. The San Francisco Chronicle first reported on Tuesday that negotiations with potential sponsor Workday Inc., the Pleasanton, Calif., based financial management company, unexpectedly fell apart. “While it has been reported […]