A closing 64 at The Greenbrier wasn’t enough to send Joaquin Niemann to The Open, but the Chilean star might not mind given that it unofficially locked up his PGA Tour card for the 2018-19 season. Niemann, 19, moved into a tie for fifth on the final leaderboard, his fourth top-10 finish in just eight […]
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After a closing 64 at The Greenbrier gave him his first top-5 finish in nearly 18 months, Brandt Snedeker was among four players to qualify for Carnoustie at the latest stop in the Open Qualifying Series. Snedeker moved up 18 spots during the final round on The Old White TPC, finishing in a tie for […]
After nearly seven years of waiting, Kevin Na is finally back in the winner’s circle on the PGA Tour. Here’s how things ended up at The Greenbrier, where Na came from behind with a closing 64 to win by five shots: Leaderboard: Kevin Na (-19), Kelly Kraft (-14), Brandt Snedeker (-13), Jason Kokrak (-13) What […]
Much has happened since the 2011 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Rory McIlroy has gone from can’t-miss prodigy to four-time major winner. The entire career arcs of Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas have blossomed before our eyes. Tiger Woods has endured an almost unending tally of both ebbs and flows. And through it all stood […]
Each week, GolfChannel.com takes a look back at the week in golf. Here’s what’s weighing on our writers’ minds. On Phil Mickelson’s latest snafu … This might be Phil Mickelson’s most unpredictable season ever. After spending four years talking about how close he was to putting it all together, he finally did – in a […]
Another start, another rules violation for Phil Mickelson. Lefty has been giving the rule book a bit of a workout this summer, and that effort continued Sunday at The Greenbrier when he tapped down some long fescue grass with his foot in front of the seventh tee box. Because the grass was along his intended […]
Despite coming up just short of his first European Tour win, Ryan Fox headlined a group of three players who qualified for The Open by virtue of their finishes at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Fox twice faced a putt from inside 15 feet with the tournament hanging in the balance. The first, a […]
After holing not one but two lengthy putts on the 18th green at Ballyliffin, Russell Knox earned his first-ever victory in Europe at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Knox started the final round six shots off the lead, but the tournament became a free-for-all when Erik Van Rooyen’s four-shot advantage disappeared before the South […]
Field of 92 Players – MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL Hall of Famers Join Entertainment Personalities Competing for a $600,000 Purse NBC Sports Group to Provide Weeklong Comprehensive Coverage of the Nation’s Premier Celebrity Golf Tournament across NBCUniversal Television and Digital Platforms ORLANDO, Fla., July 9, 2018 — NBC Sports Group this week will […]
U.S. Open runner-up Tommy Fleetwood has withdrawn from this week’s Scottish Open, opting to rest up in advance of The Open at Carnoustie that starts in 10 days. Fleetwood shot a 63 last month at Shinnecock Hills to finish one shot behind Brooks Koepka, and he missed the cut earlier this month in defense of […]