JoAnne Carner didn’t make the cut Friday at the U.S. Senior Women’s Open, but the Hall of Famer left her mark on the inaugural event at Chicago Golf Club. After shooting her age (79) in Thursday’s opening round, “Big Mama” won the admiration of fans and fellow players with the heart she put into trying […]
Highland Meadows Golf Club outside Toledo, Ohio, isn’t the ideal tune-up for Brittany Lincicome’s date with PGA Tour pros at next week’s Barbasol Championship. As home to the LPGA’s Marathon Classic, Highland Meadows is a tight track that isn’t allowing Lincicome to play the power game she’ll need against the men. Still, come this Sunday’s […]
Michael Kim didn’t get his 25th birthday off to the start he hoped early Saturday morning at the John Deere Classic. After an early wakeup call, Kim took a four-shot lead out to finish up the 18th hole from the suspended second round, and he promptly bogeyed. After missing his approach right, he failed to […]
Before the start of Wimbledon, John McEnroe compared the buzz Serena Williams is making with her return to tennis to what Tiger Woods is doing in his return to golf. “It’s like Tiger Woods when he came back,” McEnroe said. “All of a sudden, it’s top of the [TV] ratings.” Apparently, Tiger himself is helping […]
Jordan Spieth believes Le Golf National outside Paris will require players to hit a lot of shots to the same targets during the Ryder Cup this fall, and he believes that could turn the biennial international team event into a putting contest. That was Spieth’s take Saturday when he joined U.S. captain Jim Furyk and […]
Jennifer Kupcho moved into position to make history Sunday at the Marathon Classic. With a 5-under-par 66 Saturday, Kupcho is making a run at becoming just the sixth different amateur to win an LPGA title since the women’s tour was formed in 1950. Kupcho, 21, won some hearts beyond Wake Forest University taking the NCAA […]
Angela Stanford finds it harder to step inside the ropes and play these days. Her mother, Nan, was diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma breast cancer in 2009, but her mom fought her way through multiple surgeries and chemotherapy to become symptom free for almost eight years . . . until the cancer came back last […]
Is Rickie Fowler on the verge of something spectacular? There was more than a hint of what may be coming in the 458-yard missile he launched at the 10th hole Saturday at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open. He hammered his tee shot so hard there, fans had to scatter to get out of the […]
Laura Davies hears those rallying in belief that if she wins the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open on Sunday, she should finally be rewarded with a place in the LPGA Hall of Fame. But she doesn’t agree. “I don’t think so, no,” Davies said after building a five-shot lead Saturday at Chicago Golf Club. Why […]
Former champion John Daly has withdrawn from The Open because of a right knee injury and will be replaced in the field at Carnoustie by another major winner, Keegan Bradley. Daly, 52, defeated Costantino Rocca in a memorable playoff to win the claret jug at St. Andrews in 1995. His lingering knee pain led him […]