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KAPALUA, Hawaii – In Maui, it’s all about the winds. The Plantation Course has some the widest fairways and largest greens on the PGA Tour primarily because of the winds that buffet the layout, like those that gusted to 35 mph for the first three days at this year’s Sentry Tournament of Champions. Sunday was […]

Xander Schauffele’s stirring performance at the Sentry Tournament of Champions caught the eye of some bettors in Las Vegas. Schauffele’s odds to win the 2019 Masters opened at 60/1 when the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook started taking bets following the PGA Championship in August, and he was down to 50/1 heading into the new year. […]

KAPALUA, Hawaii – Thomas Pagel is not the nervous type, but on a warm and clear tropical morning, he was anxiously watching his phone and regularly checking in on his walkie-talkie. Although the U.S. Open is normally when you’d see the USGA’s senior managing director of governance on his toes, the introduction of a sweeping set of […]

HONOLULU – It was a lesson in the power of social media. “They found the truck,” Love smiled on Monday as he played a pro-am at the Sony Open. Love posted Saturday a picture of his son’s Ford Raptor truck that had been stolen in the Buckhead area of Atlanta while Dru Love was at […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: […]