Despite closing with a 66 and earning his best finish in more than a year, it appears John Peterson came up one shot short in his bid to extend his PGA Tour career. The former NCAA champ made the final start of his medical extension this week at The Greenbrier, and after making the cut […]
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A closing 64 at The Greenbrier wasn’t enough to send Joaquin Niemann to The Open, but the Chilean star might not mind given that it unofficially locked up his PGA Tour card for the 2018-19 season. Niemann, 19, moved into a tie for fifth on the final leaderboard, his fourth top-10 finish in just eight […]
After a closing 64 at The Greenbrier gave him his first top-5 finish in nearly 18 months, Brandt Snedeker was among four players to qualify for Carnoustie at the latest stop in the Open Qualifying Series. Snedeker moved up 18 spots during the final round on The Old White TPC, finishing in a tie for […]
After nearly seven years of waiting, Kevin Na is finally back in the winner’s circle on the PGA Tour. Here’s how things ended up at The Greenbrier, where Na came from behind with a closing 64 to win by five shots: Leaderboard: Kevin Na (-19), Kelly Kraft (-14), Brandt Snedeker (-13), Jason Kokrak (-13) What […]
Much has happened since the 2011 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Rory McIlroy has gone from can’t-miss prodigy to four-time major winner. The entire career arcs of Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas have blossomed before our eyes. Tiger Woods has endured an almost unending tally of both ebbs and flows. And through it all stood […]
Each week, GolfChannel.com takes a look back at the week in golf. Here’s what’s weighing on our writers’ minds. On Phil Mickelson’s latest snafu … This might be Phil Mickelson’s most unpredictable season ever. After spending four years talking about how close he was to putting it all together, he finally did – in a […]
Another start, another rules violation for Phil Mickelson. Lefty has been giving the rule book a bit of a workout this summer, and that effort continued Sunday at The Greenbrier when he tapped down some long fescue grass with his foot in front of the seventh tee box. Because the grass was along his intended […]
Despite coming up just short of his first European Tour win, Ryan Fox headlined a group of three players who qualified for The Open by virtue of their finishes at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Fox twice faced a putt from inside 15 feet with the tournament hanging in the balance. The first, a […]
After holing not one but two lengthy putts on the 18th green at Ballyliffin, Russell Knox earned his first-ever victory in Europe at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Knox started the final round six shots off the lead, but the tournament became a free-for-all when Erik Van Rooyen’s four-shot advantage disappeared before the South […]
Were it not for an early triple bogey during the final round – or a stubborn flagstick on the final green – Jon Rahm may have found a way to successfully defend his title at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Rahm started the final round eight shots off the pace, and his chances were […]