Bryson DeChambeau defends a PGA Tour title for the first time in his career this week, and will do so without his trusty “drawing compass” – the same one most high school students leave behind in their geometry classes. The USGA banned DeChambeau’s measuring device last week, which, ironically, he wasn’t using to read the […]
Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING $10 million exhibitions (+10%): It’s funny, those scoffing at the reported Tiger-Phil duel because 1.) it should have happened a decade earlier, so now it’s lame, or 2.) it isn’t interesting if they’re not […]
This began as a typical brainstorming session, an opportunity to take a hard look from 30,000 feet at a sprawling business. “It wasn’t a schedule conversation, it was a product conversation,” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan recently explained. “The question was, are we producing the best possible product for our fans? One of the things […]
The PGA Tour unveiled its official schedule for the 2018-19 season on Tuesday, ending months of speculation about just how the pieces will fall into place amid a revamped slate of events. The biggest changes have been known for some time. The Players Championship will move from its spot in May back to the mid-March […]
In need of a caddie for this week’s PGA Tour event, Steven Bowditch reached out to Twitter. The 35-year-old Aussie has won twice on Tour, most recently at the 2015 AT&T Byron Nelson. But his game has fallen on hard times in recent years, as Bowditch has missed 35 of his last 37 cuts dating […]
While The Open is only one week away, several PGA Tour players will warm up for Scotland with a trip to the Quad Cities. Here’s a look at the marquee, early-round groupings for the John Deere Classic, where Bryson DeChambeau will defend a title for the first time (all times ET): 8:50 a.m. Thursday, 2 […]
Many of the game’s biggest stars will be tuning up for Carnoustie this week at the Scottish Open. Here is the key info for this week’s European Tour event. How to watch: Thursday, Rd. 1: Golf Channel, 5:30AM-1:30PM ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/eurostream Friday, Rd. 2: Golf Channel, 5:30AM-1:30PM ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/eurostream Saturday, Rd. 3: Golf Channel, […]
On his first day of retirement, John Peterson drove an hour and a half from The Greenbrier to Roanoke, Va., flew to New York City, waited out a three-hour delay at LaGuardia, stomached some greasy airport food, tried to soothe his howling 8-month-old son on the entire flight home to Fort Worth (while apologizing to […]
Stacy Lewis is closing out her season this week at the Marathon Classic determined to meet new challenges when she returns as an LPGA mom next year. Lewis is due to give birth to a daughter on Nov. 3. It will be her and husband Gerrod Chadwell’s first child. She says she will come back […]
As it turns out, Tiger Woods isn’t the only major champion hoping to make a move up the world rankings in time to qualify for the PGA Tour’s swan song at Firestone Country Club. Zach Johnson has played the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational every year since joining the Tour in 2004, compiling five top-10 finishes including a […]