ATLANTA, GEORGIA | She’s no stranger to this event or this position. Anne Walker of the Stanford Cardinal is the only coach to have gotten teams into all four editions of the East Lake Cup. Quite a feat when you consider the criteria. This three-day event at East Lake Golf Club is limited to the […]
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA | Everyone loves rivalries. Cheers, jeers, face paint, deviled eggs and some good ol’ fashioned insults as fans invest in their school colors and bragging rights. We even give them names: the Red River Shootout (Texas–Oklahoma), the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party (Georgia–Florida) and the Moonshine Throwdown (Marshall–Western Kentucky). We usually talk about […]
College golf teams, as well as LPGA professional golfers, are the ones being hurt as amateurs try to qualify for LPGA at the Q-Series. The post Column: Amateurs At Q-Series Need More Skin In The Game appeared first on Global Golf Post.
Rookie Cameron Champ has caused amazement, even among veteran players and coaches, with his prodigious length. The post ‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like Him’ appeared first on Global Golf Post.
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO | Before I took off for my trip to the Mayakoba Golf Classic — my first ever excursion south of the American border — I received a reminder of why the fall season on the PGA Tour is so important to those who play it. As I opened a coconut […]
The diminutive Mexican golfer, Abraham Ancer, is not the prototypical pro golfer, but he is forging a very promising path on the PGA Tour. The post Column: Ancer Seeker appeared first on Global Golf Post.
The math became a problem, which is ironic given that CME Group specializes in derivatives trading. On the weekend at last year’s CME Group Tour Championship, with Ariya Jutanugarn and Lexi Thompson battling it out for the title and So Yeon Ryu and Sung Hyun Park tying for Player of the Year, LPGA commissioner Mike […]
NAPLES, FLORIDA | It’s the same every year. The practice range on Thursday at the LPGA’s CME Group Tour Championship always has the feel of an episode of The Walking Dead, one where it’s hard to the tell the difference between the dead-eyed zombies and the thousand-yard stares of survivors. Players are exhausted, not just […]
NAPLES, FLORIDA | Of course she smiled, even broke into a spontaneous laugh. That’s who she is. Always. You’d expect Amy Olson to be happy and engaging on Thursday after shooting a 63 at the CME Group Tour Championship, one shot off the Tiburon course record and the low round of her career. Nine under […]
Lexi Thompson briefly walked away from the game in the middle of summer, searching for contentment in life. That remains a work in progress. The post Column: Unfinished Business appeared first on Global Golf Post.