Dustin Johnson wasted little time before grabbing the lead Saturday at the RBC Canadian Open. The No. 1 player in the world birdied five of his first six holes and filled out the rest of his 5-under-30 front nine with four pars. He opened his third round with a tee ball into the right rough, […]
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Bruce Lietzke, who preferred fishing or tending to his collection of muscle cars to working on his golf swing, died Saturday of brain cancer. He was 67. Lietzke, a Texas native who played golf at the University of Houston, parlayed a consistent fade into 13 wins on the PGA Tour and seven more on the […]
Five-time Open champion and three-time Senior Open champion Tom Watson once again dialed back the clock Saturday at St. Andrews, but only for 13 holes. The 68-year-old got off to a magical start in Round 3, making the turn in 3-under 33 thanks to this improbable eagle at five … … and this follow-up birdie […]
Keegan Bradley was cruising along on Friday, 3 under par through 14 holes but well off the lead at the RBC Canadian Open, when things turned around – quickly. Bradley began his run with an 11-footer for birdie at the 15th hole and finished birdie-eagle-birdie-eagle, playing his last four holes in 6 under to shoot […]
A 20-year-old man, Carlos Crespo, has been charged with first-degree arson and burglary of an unoccupied structure after causing an estimated $500K in damages to a notable Miami golf course, according to a report from the Miami Patch. Crespo is alleged to have set fire to 40 of Melreese Country Club’s golf carts, which you […]
One week after calling the Open Championship at Carnoustie, NBC Sports and Golf Channel analyst Gary Koch will be hanging around for the weekend at the Senior Open Championship at St. Andrews. Koch, who Monday qualified for the event with a 3-under 69 at Lundin Links, signed for rounds of 71-73 and sits at even […]
For the second consecutive year, Tom Watson shot his age at the Senior Open Championship, posting a 4-under 68 on Friday at the Old Course. Watson, who carded a third-round 67 at last year’s Senior Open, had a single bogey and birdied the 17th hole – one of just eight birdies on Friday on the […]
Brandel Chamblee’s Senior Open debut came to an end on Friday when he followed his opening-round 77 with a 75 and missed the cut. The Golf Channel analyst, 56, failed to make a birdie, instead making three bogeys on the Old Course. “It was tougher than I thought it would be,” Chamblee said, per Golf […]
Greg Norman took to Twitter on Monday to share videos of a wildfire near his Seven Lakes Lodge in Aspen, Colorado. Per Norman, the fires were the result of a weekend lightning strike a half-mile from the property. Norman thanked emergency responders, who used the lakes around the property to scoop up water and drops […]
After Dustin Johnson’s victory at the Canadian Open, Justin Rose is the only player who can overtake him this week for world No. 1. According to Golf Channel world-rankings guru Alan Robison, for Rose to become No. 1 for the first time, he needs to win and have Johnson finish worse than solo 17th, a […]