AKRON, Ohio – Although he already had two victories this season on the PGA Tour, heading into the U.S. Open Justin Thomas decided it was time for a change. At Shinnecock Hills he switched to a new driver and explained on Sunday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational that he spent the next few weeks tinkering with […]
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Each week, GolfChannel.com takes a look back at the week in golf. Here’s what’s weighing on our writers’ minds. On the PGA Tour’s final go-round at Firestone Country Club … Firestone isn’t the only casualty of next year’s condensed PGA Tour schedule, but it is the toughest change. The South Course has been a fixture […]
AKRON, Ohio – A light rain was falling when Justin Thomas headed out for a practice round on Tuesday at Firestone. A two-time winner this season on the PGA Tour and a lock to don the red, white and blue later this year at the Ryder Cup, this was hardly a lost season. Yet, as […]
Justin Thomas never faced a serious challenge on Sunday, and he cruised to his third win of the season at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Here’s the lowdown from the finale at Firestone. Leaderboard: Justin Thomas (-15), Kyle Stanley (-11), Thorbjørn Olesen (-10), Dustin Johnson (-10), Brooks Koepka (-9) What it means: Thomas was never really in […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Pornanong Phatlum started strong as the “visiting team” Sunday at the Ricoh Women’s British Open. She made three birdies in a row on the front nine to build a two-shot lead on England’s Georgia Hall, who was heartily cheered by a strong British showing. In the end, though, Phatlum couldn’t […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Georgia Hall’s father walked behind his daughter with her golf bag over his shoulder and a lump in his throat. A plasterer by trade, he knows what it’s like now to walk through his dream. Actually, his daughter’s dream, too, the one they shared from practically the moment he first […]
AKRON, Ohio – Most players wouldn’t switch putters a week after winning on the PGA Tour, but then Dustin Johnson isn’t most players. After opening his week at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with rounds of 69-71, Johnson said he changed to a TaylorMade Spider Mini putter. The result was a 10 under par weekend and a […]
AKRON, Ohio – No sugar coating this: Tiger had just five pars on Sunday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational; he had the same number of bogeys. Some thoughts on his Firestone swansong: • Tiger said following a third-round 73 that he’d try to use Sunday’s trip around Firestone as a way to build momentum toward next week’s […]
ST. LOUIS – Gary Woodland was born in Topeka, Kan., and went to school in Lawrence, Kan., which makes this week’s PGA Championship as close to a home game as he’s probably ever going to have. “By far. It’s nice. They were nice enough to give me a whole bunch of extra tickets,” Woodland said. […]
Two other players have a chance this week to overtake Dustin Johnson for world No. 1. Johnson heads into the year’s final major as the top-ranked player in the world, but both Justin Thomas and Justin Rose can take over the No. 1 spot with a win and some help from Johnson, according to Golf […]