Lee Westwood produced a stunning closing 64 to win his first Rolex Series title at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa. The 45-year-old Englishman, who hadn’t won a tournament since 2014, entered the final day at Gary Player Country Club three shots behind long-time leader Sergio Garcia, but an eagle on the second put him at […]
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Hacking around at the U.S. Hickory Open Written by Bo Turocy. Photographs by Hannah Fontenot Mentz. The 11th annual U.S. Hickory Open hosted by the Society of Hickory Golfers just wrapped up on Halloween. The 36-hole stroke play event was contested across the 1926 Donald Ross layout at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC. This […]
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO | After spending the last year and a half thinking about managing the game of others, Jim Furyk is back to thinking about his own. The U.S. Ryder Cup captain didn’t guide his team to a victory in Paris for the Ryder Cup, but he’s found a nice refuge in Mexico […]
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO | For Brian Gay, it doesn’t seem like his 2008 victory at the Mayakoba Golf Classic happened 10 years ago. “Yeah, it feels like 20,” he deadpanned. Life has certainly changed since his first PGA Tour victory, one that came in the 293rd start of his career. Gay’s daughter, Makinley, came […]
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO | It’s rare but not terribly uncommon for a wife of a professional golfer to caddie for her husband, as evidenced by past partnerships like Nicki Stricker looping for her husband, Steve, or Justine Reed taking the bag for her husband, Patrick. What you won’t almost certainly won’t see is a […]
When it comes to putters, you have three distinct groups: the it’s all about looks and feel crowd, the it’s Scotty (or Betti) or bust crowd, and the those fancy putters won’t make you putt better, plus they’re too damned expensive crowd. There’s a small – but growing – fourth crowd: the I get the […]
The Belfry Hotel & Resort has won two awards at the 2018 World Golf Awards held in La Manga, Spain. The North Warwickshire venue won the ‘World’s Best Golf Hotel’ and the ‘England’s Best Golf Course’ at the 2018 awards, which celebrate and reward excellence for golf tourism, courses and destinations. Top-quality facilities and leisure attractions, […]
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO | A lot has changed since February 2007 when the PGA Tour came to Mexico to stage an opposite-field event. Some changes can be measured in numbers, like how the purse of the Mayakoba Golf Classic has gone from $3.5 million to $7.2 million for this year — that is a […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Francesco Molinari missed two par putts from less than 2 feet in his opening round of the World Tour Championship on Thursday to give Tommy Fleetwood a sliver of a chance of keeping the European Tour season title. Molinari was cruising at one stage, having reached 6 under par after 14 holes, but […]
SYDNEY – Byeong Hun An overcame four-seasons-in-one-day type weather to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Australian Open. The South Korean’s eagle on the par-5 eighth hole, his second-last of the day, gave him a 5-under 67 on Thursday at The Lakes. Australians Matt Jager and David Micheluzzi, an amateur, were […]