CARNOUSTIE, Scotland, (July 24, 2018) – Sunday’s Final Round of The 147TH Open on NBC delivered 6.48 million average viewers (9a-2:07p ET; P2+), which saw Francesco Molinari become the Champion Golfer of the Year with a two-shot victory at Carnoustie Golf Links over a star-studded leaderboard of world-class golfers. This makes The 147TH Open the […]
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Troy Merritt won his second career PGA Tour title at the Barbasol Championship. Here’s a look inside his bag: Driver: Wilson Staff D300 (9 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana S+ Plus 70 X shaft Fairway wood: Callaway Rogue (15 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana BF80 S shaft Irons: Wilson Staff FG Tour V4 Utility (2), with KBS C-Taper Prototype Hybrid shaft; Wilson Staff C300 […]
Francesco Molinari won his first major championship at the 147th Open Championship. Here’s a look inside his bag: Driver: TaylorMade M4 (8.5 degrees), with Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 60X shaft Fairway woods: TaylorMade M3 (13 degrees), with Aldila Xtorsion Green 70X shafts Irons: TaylorMade P790 UDI (3), TaylorMade P790 (4), P750 (5-PW), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts Wedges: TaylorMade Milled Grind (50, […]
Chamblee and Koch Each Take Co-Medalist Honors at Their Qualifying Venues; Chamblee with a 2-under par 69 at Scotscraig Golf Club; Koch with a 3-under par 68 at Lundin Links Video: Chamblee and Koch on Qualifying for The Senior Open ST ANDREWS, Scotland (July 24, 2018) – NBC Sports and Golf Channel analysts Brandel […]
Graham DeLaet is set to undergo a second back surgery. The injury-plagued Canadian underwent a series of stem-cell injections last fall in hopes of alleviating some of the pain in his back. In a statement posted Tuesday on his Twitter account, DeLaet said that the treatment did not help regenerate the L4 and L5 disks […]
Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING Francesco Molinari (+9%): His three-month heater culminated with a bogey-free weekend and gritty win at Carnoustie. The top Europeans are going to line up to play foursomes with Frankie at the Ryder Cup. Tiger […]
Sean Foley has been saying all along that Tiger Woods will win more majors. What Tiger’s former swing coach saw at The Open last week only bolstered his belief. “How can we all forget so quickly what we watched for two decades?” Foley said Monday on Golf Channel’s Morning Drive. Foley’s right. How can we? […]
Francesco Molinari became the first Italian to win a major at the 147th Open Championship. Here’s how the purse was paid out at Carnoustie. 1 Francesco Molinari $1,890,000.00 T2 Kevin Kisner 694,250.00 T2 Rory McIlroy 694,250.00 T2 Justin Rose 694,250.00 T2 Xander Schauffele 694,250.00 T6 Kevin Chappell 327,000.00 T6 Eddie Pepperell 327,000.00 T6 Tiger Woods […]
It was looking a lot like 1995 on Thursday at the Old Course – at least for a few hours. John Daly, who won the ’95 Open Championship at St. Andrews, got off to a brilliant start in Round 1 of The Senior Open. After a bogey at the second, he made birdie at the […]
Lexi Thompson announced Wednesday that she has withdrawn from the Ricoh Women’s British Open to “recharge my mental batteries.” In an Instagram post, Thompson, 23, wrote that she has not “felt like myself for quite some time.” She alluded to “the events of the past year and a half (on and off the golf course)” […]