AUSTIN, Texas – As a general rule PGA Tour players try to avoid getting embroiled in political debates but on this particular issue Jordan Spieth is in a difficult position. Spieth’s mother, Christine, posted multiple tweets this week following news that the federal government has proposed ending a $17.6 million grant to the Special Olympics […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
AUSTIN, Texas – Tiger Woods lost, 2 and 1, to Brandt Snedeker on Thursday and didn’t feel like talking about it. Unfortunately, I still have to: · At no point did Tiger lead in the match, and after he lost the sixth hole to go 1 down, he never again pulled even. Just like on Wednesday, […]
Lucy Li’s amateur status came into question earlier this year when the teenage prodigy appeared in an advertisement for the Apple Watch. Li was let off with a warning, but her case was fresh on the minds of many who watched the first-round coverage Thursday at the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship. Former NFL quarterback […]
AUSTIN, Texas – This week’s so-called “group of death” at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play will come down to a pair of forty-somethings, but the odds were always in their favor. Stenson’s 4-and-3 victory on Thursday over Jason Day and Jim Furyk’s 1-up triumph over Phil Mickelson sets up a Day 3 showdown between the […]
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Joel Dahmen birdied five of his last six holes Thursday for a 6-under 66 and a share of the first-round lead in the PGA Tour’s Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. Dahmen rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 third with four straight birdies and closed with another birdie on the par-3 […]
AUSTIN, Texas — No player – not even those who have started 2-0 – is guaranteed to be around for the weekend at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. For groups left without an outright winner at the completion of pool play Friday afternoon, sudden-death playoffs – not head-to-head tiebreakers – will determine who moves on […]
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Chella Choi birdied the final three holes for a 7-under 65 and the first-round lead Thursday in the Kia Classic. Choi had a bogey-free round at Aviara Golf Club in the final event before the major ANA Inspiration next week in Rancho Mirage. The South Korean player was in the first group […]
Cristie Kerr made a hole-in-one in the first round of the Kia Classic and then celebrated like she just won a car. Which she did, a 2020 Kia Telluride, to be exact. Kerr holed a 9-iron from 143 yards on the par-3 14th and then reacted appropriately alongside playing competitor Eun-Hee Ji, who, coincidentally, aced […]
On this episode, Gary catches up with longtime Golf Channel/NBC Sports broadcasters Dan Hicks and Steve Sands. Discussions include what it’s like to broadcast golf as compared to other sports, what Tiger Woods has meant to the sport and which current golfers make for great television. Check it out below:
Teen phenom Lucy Li has withdrawn from next week’s Augusta National Women’s Amateur because of an undisclosed injury. Li, 16, was replaced in the field by Kaylee Benton, a senior at Arkansas who last year reached the semifinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur. “I got a voicemail yesterday from Augusta National Golf Club and, of […]