Bernhard Langer has been named the 2018 recipient of the Payne Stewart Award, presented annually by the PGA Tour to the golfer who best exemplifies the values and character of the three-time major champion who died in a 1999 airplane crash. Langer, who turns 61 later this month, won the Masters twice before becoming one […]
Brandt Snedeker made history on Thursday with opening round of 59 that he rode to victory on Sunday at the Wyndham Championship. Here’s what’s in his bag: Driver: Bridgestone Tour B JGR prototype (9.5 degrees), with Graphite Design IX-6X shaft Fairway wood: TaylorMade M3 (15 degrees), with Fujikura Pro 73 Tour Spec shaft; (19 degrees), […]
Brandt Snedeker won his first PGA Tour title in two and a half years and finds himself now just shy of $35 million in career earnings. Here’s how the purse was paid out at the Wyndham Championship: 1 Brandt Snedeker -21 $1,080,000.00 T2 C.T. Pan -18 $528,000.00 T2 Webb Simpson -18 $528,000.00 T4 Jim Furyk -17 […]
Last December, Brandt Snedeker flew halfway around the world to Indonesia in an effort to crack the top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings in time to qualify for the Masters. This winter, he can leave the ambitious travel itinerary to someone else. After shooting a 59 in the opening round, Snedeker hung on […]
A 59 leads to a win, seasons come to an end, and you get a card and you get a card and you get a card. These stories and more in this week’s edition of Monday Scramble: There wasn’t a lot of movement along the FedExCup demarcation line, with two players jumping inside the top […]
Wilson Golf Takes Unique Approach to Creating Its Next World-Class Golf Driver Through Innovative Elimination-Style Reality Television Series Finalists Range from Inventors, Engineers and Product Designers to College Students, Professional Bowlers and Poker Players Winner to Take Home $250,000 Driver vs. Driver 2 Celebrity Judges: NHL Legend and Avid Golfer Jeremy Roenick; PGA Professional and […]
The season’s final player advisory council meeting will be held on Tuesday at Ridgewood Country Club, and one item of interest on the agenda appears to be gaining traction among the 16-member panel. The secondary cut – introduced in 2008 to address large fields after the 36-hole cut and pace of play – has become […]
Former FedExCup champ Henrik Stenson will start his postseason on the sideline, as he withdrew on Monday from The Northern Trust because of an elbow injury. Stenson captured the season-long title back in 2013, when he won two of the four playoff events. At 50th in the current points standings, he’s assured of a spot […]
NFL star running back Marshawn Lynch is pretty great at driving golf carts, but from the looks of a video that surfaced this weekend, his golf prowess starts and ends there. “Beast Mode” was in attendance at Klay Thompson’s charity event in San Francisco on Sunday, and luckily the Golden State Warriors shooting guard caught […]
We could be getting a dose of way too much Tiger Woods. Yeah, that’s difficult to fathom, given how good his return to the game has been on so many levels, but the man might be too close to winning for his own good right now. I’m not a doctor, I don’t play one on […]