NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Coming off an oblique injury, Rickie Fowler played 72 holes last week to simulate the experience of the BMW Championship. He played well in South Florida and carried it over into an actual tournament. Fowler carded a bogey-free, 5-under 65 to sit just three shots off the lead at Aronimink. Full-field […]
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Tiger Woods put his old Scotty Cameron putter back in his bag in Round 1 of the BMW Championship and it paid dividends immediately at Aronimink. Beginning on the back nine, Woods rolled in this birdie putt from 20 feet at the par-4 10th: Tiger’s old putter is bringing back old results.https://t.co/GqCwylKKND pic.twitter.com/KiNaP2OCIY — GOLF.com […]
The U.S. Ryder Cup squad did some bonding Wednesday night at a dinner in Philadelphia, where they were greeted by someone who knows something about team building. Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Kzrzyewski was photographed with 11 of 12 team members, Jim Furyk, and his vice captains. The head coach at Duke since 1980, he […]
Updated 5:50 p.m. Rickie Fowler continued to honor his late friend Jarrod Lyle on Thursday at the BMW Championship, sporting a custom pair of Puma golf shoes. .@RickieFowler will be paying tribute to his late friend Jarrod Lyle today in the opening round of the @BMWchamps. He’s wearing custom shoes in Jarrod’s traditional yellow with […]
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Tiger Woods will play the first round of the BMW Championship with his Scotty Cameron putter back in the bag. Woods played a nine-hole practice round at Aronimink on Tuesday with his Newport 2 after benching it earlier this summer. He arrived at the Quicken Loans National in late June with a […]
Maurice Allen won his first Volvik World Long Drive Championship Wednesday night with a 393-yard blast to defeat Justin Moose. Allen had never made it past the quarterfinals, but he was clearly the best competitor all night long, with drives of 392 yards in the quarterfinals, 393 in the semis and 393 in the final. […]
Michelle Wie was hoping to make her return to the LPGA at next week’s Evian Championship, but her injured right hand isn’t ready. Wie announced in an Instagram post on Wednesday that she is withdrawing from the year’s final major championship. “After going through an evaluation with my doctors and my physio team, we have […]
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Considering all the East Lake-related questions asked during his Wednesday news conference, Jordan Spieth felt compelled to issue a reminder: “I’m actually inside the number right now,” he said. “You might forget.” Spieth enters the week 27th on the FedExCup standings, having never missed the Tour Championship in his PGA Tour […]
With another low round on Friday, Xander Schauffele continues to push for a top-5 spot at East Lake. Meanwhile, Jordan Spieth is in danger of not making the Tour Championship. Here’s a look at projected FedExCup standings through two rounds of the BMW Championship. FedExCup Rank PLAYER NAME FedExCup Points PROJ. OFFICIAL PROJ. TOTAL 1 […]
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk had an easy time deciding on three of his four picks for the Ryder Cup. Xander Schauffele is making the last one a little more difficult. Schauffele nearly holed a wedge on his second hole, rolled in a 40-foot birdie putt in the middle of his […]