Monthly Archives: April 2019

Stock Watch: From ANA to Augusta, women take center stage

Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING Kiz (+9%): It’s Kevin Kisner who just might be America’s answer to Ian Poulter, a match-play specialist and stone-cold competitor who ran his record to 15-1-2 over the past three head-to-head events. As he […]

A Masterpiece’s Evolution

He wouldn’t recognize the place. If Dr. Alister MacKenzie were alive today and you dropped him onto the grounds of Augusta National – arguably the most famous golf course in the world and inarguably the one for which the physician-turned-architect is most known – he might guess a dozen places before realizing he was on […]

Love dulling the pain? Wie back from injury at ANA with fiancé in tow

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Michelle Wie played nine holes of practice Monday at Mission Hills and another nine Tuesday in preparation for the ANA Inspiration, the year’s first major championship. She’s looking to make her first start since withdrawing in pain in the first round of her title defense at the HSBC Women’s World Championship […]

Wie switches to Kuchar-style 'legal anchor' putting grip at ANA

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Michelle Wie’s return to golf comes with yet another change in her game. The incorrigible tinkerer will be using a new putting grip at this week’s ANA Inspiration. She has adopted a “left-arm lock” style of putting, similar to what Matt Kuchar uses, with a belly length putter anchored against her […]

Win or lose, Lexi ready to make even more memories at ANA

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Lexi Thompson broke through spectacularly to win a major championship at the ANA Inspiration five years ago. She controversially lost a heartbreaker here two years ago. The win trumps the loss in her memory bank. “I’ve played here since I was 14,” Thompson said Tuesday. “Just to be back brings back […]

College notebook: Call for more subs, more often; Augusta debutants

During the season, GolfChannel.com will check in weekly to update what’s happening in the world of college golf. SMU men’s coach Jason Enloe was sitting with his team in an In-N-Out Burger on Sunday, enjoying a quick meal before finishing their trek from Stanford, Calif., to Pebble Beach, where the Mustangs were set to play Cypress […]

ANA or Augusta? Answer isn't so simple for some amateurs

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – So what is a top female amateur to do? Accept an invitation to make history playing the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur this week? Or play alongside childhood idols at the ANA Inspiration in the first major championship of the year? Even ANA Inspiration tournament director Chris Garrett feared the worst […]

Bridge Work

In his new role as senior director of player relations for the USGA, Jason Gore has a clear challenge: Rebuild the relationship between professional golfers and the governing body of the American game. Ron Green Jr. reports on that and other topics in Green In Regulation. The post Bridge Work appeared first on Global Golf […]