Tag: Golf

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – San Diego State head coach Ryan Donovan was glued to the television last month during the final round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions. One of his former Aztec players, Xander Schauffele, was in the middle of a scorching final-round rally, starting the day at Kapalua five shots back before tying the […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – At 40 years old, Matt Kuchar is enjoying one of his best seasons on the PGA Tour, winning twice before February and sitting second in the FedExCup standings. With Kuchar turning back the clock, it was a perfect opportunity to go back in time to Kuchar’s college days at Georgia Tech. After […]

Nearly 20 years to the day that Tiger Woods employed Phoenix fans to help him move a boulder blocking the path of his intended target, Brooks Koepka did the same in Saudi Arabia. Playing the par-4 15th hole in Round 2 of the Saudi International, Koepka pulled his tee shot into a sandy area, his […]

NBC Sports Group and Rory McIlroy have teamed to bring golf fans a one-of-a-kind, subscription program called GolfPass. (Click here to check it out) GolfPass delivers to consumers inside access to McIlroy’s life, on and off the course, as well as access to instructional tools, travel and shopping perks, and exclusive access to prime Golf […]

Patrick Reed has been awarded an honorary lifetime membership to the European Tour. He joins Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Tom Watson as the only Americans to receive the honor. Reed won the 2018 Masters Tournament and has established himself as a global player, competing in events around the world; though, he has never won outside […]

The USGA is saying goodbye to women’s money-list exemptions. Beginning next year, the U.S. Women’s Open is expanding its use of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings and eliminating exemptions off the LPGA and LET money lists as well as the money lists of the Korean, Japan and China LPGA tours. In 2020, the top […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Bubba Watson’s alarm clock went off at 5 a.m. Friday. By that time, he already had a few texts from Bryson DeChambeau, who is playing this week in Saudi Arabia. “My best friend,” Watson said. DeChambeau is also Watson’s new putting coach of sorts. Watson has cracked the top 100 in strokes […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Chesson Hadley couldn’t wait to get on Twitter after his second round Friday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. A day earlier, Hadley was 3 under through 16 holes before rolling his 105-foot eagle putt into the water at TPC Scottsdale’s par-4 17th hole. The resulting double bogey derailed his round and […]

Alice Dye, known as the ‘First Lady’ of golf course architecture, died Friday. She was 91. Dye, married to legendary course architect Pete Dye, teamed with her husband to design the likes of TPC Sawgrass, Whistling Straits, the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, PGA West and Crooked Stick Golf Club. Alice Holliday O’Neal was born […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Branden Grace stood on the tee box at the 193-yard, par-3 seventh hole at TPC Scottsdale on Friday and asked his caddie, Craig Connelly, for his 7-iron. Connelly, though, had a different thought. “I think it’s a perfect number for a flush 8(-iron),” Connelly told Grace. It was enough to change Grace’s […]