AKRON, Ohio – After giving slightly conflicting answers on Thursday at Firestone Country Club, Tiger Woods seemed to be more onboard for the made-for-TV match against Phil Mickelson in November. “We’re going to have fun. We’re going to do something that’s never been done before in the game of golf, so that’s always fun to […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
AKRON, Ohio – Bryson DeChambeau caused what amounts to a stir in the golf world when he was a little too gruff for some people’s liking following his loss at last week’s European Open. Maybe DeChambeau should have lingered a little longer over his handshake with winner Richard McEvoy, maybe in the heat of the […]
AKRON, Ohio – Asked a question about being paired with Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas at next week’s PGA Championship, Rory McIlroy paused and instead offered his unvarnished thoughts on a much more pressing topic. “I didn’t see it, no,” McIlroy shrugged. “Tell you what I did see after I spoke to you all yesterday, […]
A look at full-field tee times for the first two rounds of the 100th PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Mo. (Note: All times Eastern; p-club pro; *-TBD) Thursday No. 1 tee 7:50 a.m.: p-Michael Block, Eddie Pepperell, Ryan Fox 8:01 a.m.: Austin Cook, p-Craig Hocknull, Alexander Bjork 8:12 a.m.: Yusaku Miyazato, […]
Updated at 8:14 p.m. ET Tiger Woods will play alongside Rory McIlroy and defending champion Justin Thomas in the first two rounds of the 100th PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club. The PGA of America released featured groupings via social media on Friday. This marquee threesome, which was also a grouping earlier this year at […]
AKRON, Ohio – Nobody has a better scoring average Saturday on the PGA Tour than Tiger Woods, and the Bridgestone Invitational would be a good time to keep that up. Woods might not have a choice. Neither will Rory McIlroy, Jason Day or anyone else wanting to keep pace. Tommy Fleetwood took advantage of another […]
AKRON, Ohio – Count this as another round that could have been so much better, but then so could Tiger Woods’ play on Day 2 at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. A little this and that from Firestone: • Tiger’s second-round 68 left him tied for 10th place, five strokes off the lead, but as he was […]
Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher will be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame on Saturday. Before being enshrined in Canton, Ohio, the golf enthusiast joined Golf Channel’s George Savaricas and Ryan Griffiths on the Pro-Am Pod. The fellas debated hair vs. no hair for Urlacher’s bust … “Definitely going bald,” Urlacher said. They […]
AKRON, Ohio – Less than two weeks after winning his second PGA Tour event at the Barbasol Championship, Troy Merritt underwent emergency surgery on Friday to remove a large blood clot from his left arm. Merritt said he’s been experiencing pain in his arm for about a month and following last week’s RBC Canadian Open […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Cristie Kerr thinks she found something Saturday that may help her hoist a trophy before the year’s out. Maybe not this week, with the leaders running away in the third round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open, but she feels as if her best golf may be yet to come […]