With his move up the leaderboard Friday at the Nordea Masters, Thorbjorn Olesen continued his hard charge to make the European Ryder Cup team on points and take some pressure off team captain and fellow Dane Thomas Bjorn. With a 4-under-par 66, Olesen is in contention in Sweden, five shots off the lead. With a […]
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In a regular-season finale edition, we celebrate how far Tiger Woods has come this season, mourn the loss of one of the game’s truly special people and crunch the numbers on Sergio Garcia’s 11th-hour sprint to the playoffs. Made Cut Perspective. Tiger Woods’ runner-up finish at the PGA Championship was another reason to appreciate the […]
Your browser does not support iframes. Andrew “Beef” Johnston provided the Nordea Masters crowd a little beefcake – that was just too easy – on Friday when he dropped trou during the second round. He had pulled his drive on the short (253 yards) par-4 12th hole into a hazard, but the ball was playable. […]
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – With a trip to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals on the line, and with the Pacific Ocean staring him in the face, Isaiah Salinda piped a 330-yard drive down Pebble Beach’s 18th hole. Not a bad poke with a replacement driver. Salinda’s Round of 16 match against Stewart Hagestad got off to […]
After flirting with retirement for much of the summer, John Peterson confirmed that he will give it one more shot in the upcoming Web.com Tour Finals. Peterson, 29, had planned to walk away from the game and begin a career in real estate in his native Texas if he failed to secure PGA Tour status […]
Minami Levonowich is a woman of the world. She was born in England to a Japanese mother and American father. As a child she lived in England, Russia, Switzerland and the United States. Today she lives in Japan and works in Taiwan. It must be difficult for friends and family to keep up with her! […]
Jarrod Lyle passed away last week at the age of 36 after losing his third battle with cancer. And after a PGA Championship filled with tributes to the Australian, the Wyndham Championship found its own way to keep his legacy alive at the North Carolina Tour stop. Next to the Wyndham Championship and PGA Tour […]
American fans will be quick to embrace a young new winner with the U.S. ranks shrinking in women’s golf this summer. With some of its biggest stars dealing with injuries, swoons or away on maternity leave, the American game could use a boost. And here comes Angel Yin . . . She is a major […]
A fan was hit by a broken club and required stiches Friday at the Web.com Tour’s WinCo Foods Portland Open. According to ESPN.com, Kevin Stadler slammed his club in frustration causing his clubhead to break and it struck a fan in the head. The fan required six stiches and was released from the hospital. Orlando […]
U.S. Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk sounds like a man champing at the bit to officially fill out his American team and accelerate final plans for the matches in Paris next month. With eight automatic qualifiers secured last Sunday, all that’s left are his four captain’s picks. “At times it felt like it was dragging […]