PGA TOUR LIVE’s Thursday & Friday Morning Coverage to be Distributed as Standalone Subscription Offering within NBC Sports Gold in 2019 PGA TOUR LIVE Joins Premier League, Tour de France, Rugby World Cup & Boston Marathon within NBC Sports Gold Offerings Available on Desktop, Android and iOS Devices, Apple TV; and New for PGA TOUR […]
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Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING DJ (+9%): There was a sense of inevitability about his Canadian Open title. When he’s on his game and focused, he’s just … better. Ariya (+7%): After capturing her 10th career title, Jutanugarn is […]
Paula Creamer came up short in her bid to qualify for the Ricoh Women’s British Open in Monday’s final qualifier at St. Anne’s Old Links in England, but she still has a chance to tee it up at Royal Lytham & St. Annes this week. Creamer was among 120 players vying for 17 qualifying spots, […]
Forget Hogan vs. Snead. Or Jones vs. Hagen. Or even Nicklaus vs. Palmer. The greatest rivalry in golf is emotion vs. intellect. It’s an ongoing battle waged around the world, from scruffy munis in men’s and women’s recreational leagues to the space between the ears of the greatest players who ever teed it up. When […]
Most Number of Live Hours for an LPGA Tour Event in 2018 Historic Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in England sets the stage this week for the fourth women’s major championship of 2018, the Ricoh Women’s British Open. Golf Channel and NBC will combine for 28 hours of live tournament coverage, the most […]
Fresh off his victory at the RBC Canadian Open, Dustin Johnson is the new solo favorite to win next week’s PGA Championship at Bellerive. Johnson is now 10/1 to claim the Wanamaker in the latest odds released by the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook. Johnson was a 12/1 co-favorite with Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy when […]
Only two weeks remain before the close of automatic qualifying to make the U.S. Ryder Cup team, with two notable names just outside the cut-off. Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson occupy the ninth and 10th spots, respectively, on the U.S. points list. The top eight players on the list at the end of the PGA […]
Ben An wasn’t able to chase down world No. 1 Dustin Johnson on Sunday, but his T-2 finish at the RBC Canadian Open came with more than just a big check. An jumped from 61st to 40th in the Official World Golf Ranking, thereby adding his name to the field at this week’s WGC-Bridgestone Championship […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Ariya Jutanugarn arrives for the Ricoh Women’s British feeling comfortable in her return to Rolex world No. 1. She couldn’t say that last summer, the first time she ascended to the top of the rankings, a run that lasted two weeks. “She did lose herself a little bit the first […]
AKRON, Ohio – At this point last year Hideki Matsuyama seemed an unstoppable force in the game. He closed his Sunday round at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with three consecutive birdies on his way to a course-record-tying 61 and a five-stroke victory. A year removed from that commanding performance, Matsuyama has just a single top-10 finish […]