LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Pernilla Lindberg enters the weekend in contention at the Ricoh Women’s British Open with the confidence that comes in knowing she is good enough to win a major. Only two players ahead of her know that feeling (So Yeon Ryu and Sung Hyun Park). With a 4-under-par 68 Friday, Lindberg […]
Arhive lunare: aprilie 2019
AKRON, Ohio – Justin Thomas had just signed for a second-round 64 that left him tied for the clubhouse lead at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Good times, right? Well, like every other golfer the eight-time PGA Tour winner went a different direction when asked to assess his round. “I had one mistake there on 16, which […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – The Women’s British Open is headed back to England’s Woburn Golf Club next year and to Royal Troon for the first time in 2020, the R&A announced Friday. It’s a quick return to Woburn, but that’s good news for Rolex world No. 1 Ariya Jutanugarn and Charley Hull. Two years […]
PREVIEW: Rahm Recalls First PGA TOUR Win at Farmers Insurance Open Two-time PGA TOUR winner and current No. 5 ranked player in the world Jon Rahm, along with All-Pro NFL wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald will join David Feherty on his self-titled, Emmy-nominated series Feherty presented by Farmers Insurance®, Monday at 9 p.m. ET on Golf […]
Smylie Kaufman has filed for a medical extension, ending his PGA Tour season. The one-time PGA Tour winner told Golf Digest that an “inflamed left elbow has plagued him for months. … An MRI revealed no structural damage, but the pain, swelling and lack of range of motion was too much to bear.” Per the report, […]
AKRON, Ohio – Tiger Woods’ first trip back to Firestone Country Club since 2014 felt a lot like all of those previous stops … only better. Unpacking a solid opening round: • Tiger’s first-round 66 was his best opening round this season and just the third time this year he’s started his week under par. […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Who needs the Olympics? The women’s game puts on an international spectacle every week. The Ricoh Women’s British Open is the best example of that yet. Australian Minjee Lee, who might be the game’s next breakout star, topped a leaderboard Thursday that looks like a United Nations assembly. The flags […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Sandra Gal was the early story the last time the Ricoh Women’s British Open was played at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. She seized the first round lead back in ’09. With another fast start Thursday in the championship’s return to the formidable links course, Gal is looking to keep […]
I love sports, and perhaps you do too, for its unassailable clarity. As an athlete, that pass-fail test – against the player you were yesterday; against the team you were last week; your win-loss record – is, like a fire in the kitchen, vitalizing to one’s sense of purpose. If I missed anything about competing, […]
AKRON, Ohio – In a strange way this was the Tiger Woods we all missed. This wasn’t the guy who made the game look so effortless for the better part of two decades, the guy whose play could demoralize a field with a rare combination of power on command and unrivaled creativity. This was the […]