Tag: Golf

Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING DJ (+9%): Meet the new king, same as the old king. When he’s locked in, as he was in Mexico, there’s no one else in golf who can touch him. Martin Trainer (+6%): Hey, […]

Erik Compton earned his first PGA Tour start since 2016 after Monday-qualifying into this week’s Honda Classic. Compton, a 39-year-old two-time heart-transplant recipient, shot 7-under 65 Monday at Banyan Cay Resort & Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., to share medalist honors with Canadian Drew Nesbitt. Compton eagled the par-5 18th hole to qualify […]

With the announcement that The Open will return to Royal Liverpool in 2022, the wait for Trump Turnberry continues. The Ailsa Course along the southwest coast of Scotland has hosted The Open four times previously, the last coming when Stewart Cink beat Tom Watson in a playoff in 2009. The course was purchased by Donald […]

The R&A announced Tuesday that Royal Liverpool Golf Club will host The Open in 2022. Located in the town of Hoylake in northwest England, Royal Liverpool has hosted The Open 12 times before, although just two of those instances have come since 1968. But they both produced notable champions: Tiger Woods won on a crispy […]

The introduction this year of various new elements to the Rules of Golf have not been painless, from issues with caddie alignment to putting with the flagstick in the hole, golf’s guardians have been busy in 2019. “I think it’s fair to say that it hasn’t gone as smoothly as I would have liked, but […]

Returning The Open to Royal Portrush for the first time in nearly 70 years, the R&A had plenty of variables to consider about staging this summer’s tournament. And that was before the term “Brexit” came into existence. Portrush was awarded The Open back in 2015, more than a year before the United Kingdom voted on […]

Defending champion Justin Thomas headlines the field for this week’s Honda Classic at PGA National. Here is everything you need to know. Click here for full-field tee times. How to watch: Thursday, Rd. 1: Golf Channel, 2-6 p.m. ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream Friday, Rd. 2: Golf Channel, 2-6 p.m. ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream Saturday, Rd. 3: Golf Channel, 1-3 p.m. ET; NBC, 3-6 p.m. ET; live […]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – The new PGA Tour schedule did no favors for the Honda Classic with fewer stars teeing it up at PGA National, but there’s still plenty of intrigue in this week’s featured groupings: 7:35 a.m. Thursday; 12:25 p.m. Friday: Adam Scott, Ernie Els, Kiradech Aphibarnrat This used to be a big […]

Phil Mickelson has committed to next week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational and will make his first appearance in Orlando since missing the cut in 2013. Mickelson won at Bay Hill back in 1997 and was a runner-up to Tiger Woods in 2001, but he has been absent the last five years. His commitment further bolsters a […]

Click:Heavy Duty Scanner PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – A month has passed, but Gary Woodland says he’s still inspired by memories of his day with Amy. The world is on a first-name basis now with Amy Bockerstette, the Special Olympics golfer who won the hearts of so many making par on the Waste Management Phoenix Open’s iconic […]