Tag: Golf

Each week, GolfChannel.com takes a look back at the week in golf. Here’s what’s weighing on our writers’ minds. On Lexi Thompson claiming ANOTHER event for the U.S. on the LPGA tour … Lexi Thompson delivered another title for American women by winning the CME Group Tour Championship Sunday at Tiburon Golf Club. That’s nine for […]

NAPLES, Fla. – Ariya Jutanugarn finished a remarkable year with an exclamation point. She completed an unprecedented LPGA sweep burying an 18-foot birdie putt Sunday to end her season at the CME Group Tour Championship. It was, by the way, her 470th birdie of the season, a tour record. Jutanugarn wrapped up the Vare Trophy […]

After getting into the winner’s circle following a number of close calls, both Charles Howell III and Abraham Ancer made significant climbs in the Official World Golf Ranking as the year in golf begins to wind down. Howell’s playoff win at the RSM Classic was his first since 2007, and the magnitude of the breakthrough brought […]

Charles Howell III won on the PGA Tour for the first time since 2007 and earned over $1.1 million in the process. The earnings bumped him to No. 20 on the Tour’s all-time earnings list with a career total of $37,048,795. Here’s how the purse was paid out at the RSM Classic: 1.   Charles Howell […]

The documentary series “Driven” will return in May 2019 with an all-access look at the Alabama and Auburn men’s golf teams – college golf’s version of the Iron Bowl. The four-part series will follow the teams’ journey to the 2019 NCAA Championship, a year after Alabama reached the finals (before falling to Oklahoma State) and Auburn […]

Sixteen of the best American amateurs have been invited to the Walker Cup practice session Dec. 14-18. The location for the session is still to be determined, but the 2019 team should have a decidedly new look. Mid-amateur Stewart Hagestad is the only 2017 Walker Cupper who was invited for this session. Though it’s generally an […]

A breakout fall for Cameron Champ will include one more tournament before the calendar flips to 2019. The long-hitting Champ has been added to the 24-person field for the QBE Shootout, replacing Kevin Chappell who withdrew because of injury. Champ will take Chappell’s spot as teammate for Kevin Kisner in the 54-hole team event. Champ […]

Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING CH3 (+9%): Most fans know only two things about Howell: that he’d won only twice and made a ridiculous amount of money. To watch him end an 11 ½-year winless drought, at the end […]

With the PGA Tour officially on hiatus until the new year, attention in the world of golf shifts south this week for the World Cup of Golf in Australia. Here’s a look at some of the marquee opening-round tee times for the team event, where the American contingent will play alongside the host nation at […]

Amid all of the cheesy jabs in the run-up to The Match on Friday, Phil Mickelson wants to make one thing perfectly clear about Tiger Woods. “[Tiger is the] greatest of all time,” Mickelson told reporters Tuesday at the pre-tournament news conference. “That’s an easy one for me. I’ve seen him do things with a golf […]