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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Golf fans, prepare to get rowdy. The biggest party in golf is back this week at TPC Scottsdale. Here are the featured groups to keep tabs on Thursday and Friday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open (all times Eastern): Phil Mickelson, Hideki Matsuyama, Gary Woodland Tee times: Thursday – 2:15 p.m. (No. 1), Friday […]

Professional golf is filled with players who range from quick to deliberate to downright slow. But don’t lump Brooks Koepka in with that latter bunch. The three-time major champ is in Saudi Arabia this week, but before teeing it up he spoke with the Golf Monthly podcast. Among the topics discussed was the scourge of […]

Haotong Li wasn’t the only player who ran afoul of the new rules during the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. While Li’s penalty for alignment aid from his caddie had many pros talking days after the final round, Lucas Herbert also contended despite receiving a two-shot penalty. Herbert’s issue came on the third hole of the […]

Click:hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose HPMC Wayne Player, the son of three-time Masters champ Gary Player, was arrested last week in Georgia on fraud charges stemming from housing he rented during the 2018 Masters. According to a report from the Augusta Chronicle, Wayne Player rented a private residence in Evans, Ga., for two nights during last year’s […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Gary Woodland has been a part of some cool moments on the golf course. But Tuesday’s experience on the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale takes the cake. “That is by far the coolest thing I’ve ever experienced,” said Woodland, who watched alongside Matt Kuchar as 20-year-old Amy Bockerstette made par on the […]

With a polar vortex moving across the midwest, causing temperatures to drop well below zero, many people are being told to stay indoors to avoid frostbite or hypothermia. But Jerry Kelly said no thanks. Kelly, who lives in Wisconsin, posted this video on Twitter, saying he “had to swing in -45 [degree] chill,” and get […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – After checking off his 43rd career PGA Tour victory last February at the WGC-Mexico Championship, Phil Mickelson’s confidence was through the roof. Asked if he’ll get to 50 career wins, Mickelson answered the question emphatically and without doubt. “Oh, I will,” Mickelson said. “I’ll get there.” Mickelson echoed those matter-of-when-not-if feelings two […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Steve Loy remembers the first time Phil Mickelson competed in the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The year was 1989, and Mickelson was an 18-year-old freshman on Loy’s Arizona State team. Tall and skinny with a unique sense of style and personality, Mickelson was equally talented and confident. “Because he was young and […]

Alexandra “Alex” Baldwin has been named the newest president of the Web.com Tour, becoming the first female to ever lead one of the six PGA Tour-sanctioned circuits as president. Baldwin had previously served as the PGA Tour’s vice president of marketing partnerships. She replaces Dan Glod, who became Web.com president in 2017 and will now […]

The 2019 Genesis Open will have a fresh face in the field as Tiger Woods announced Tim O’Neal as this year’s recipient of the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption on Wednesday, given to a player chosen to represent diversity in the game of golf. Charlie Sifford was the first African American to play on the PGA Tour and won the 1969 LA Open […]