The top 12 in the U.S. Ryder Cup standings remain unchanged after the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. With just one week left in automatic qualifying, only Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas and Patrick Reed have secured their spots in Paris. Bubba Watson and Jordan Spieth are all but guaranteed to be there, too. But the positions […]

Justin Thomas set himself up for another run at world No. 1. Thomas returned to the No. 2 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking following his impressive victory Sunday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. The exact scenarios will be known later this week, but it appears that Thomas will be able to reclaim the No. […]

It’s the home stretch of the season, and over the next two months Tiger Woods might battle his body as much as his competition. With 13 starts this season, he has already played his busiest schedule in five years. His upcoming slate is even more jam-packed, and he’s on pace to play as many as […]

Justin Thomas dominates, Tiger Woods looks lethargic, Georgia Hall wins her first event, Phil Mickelson puts on his dancing shoes and more in this week’s edition of Monday Scramble: Remember that ridiculous storyline that Justin Thomas was stuck in Jordan Spieth’s shadow? Now it’s worth debating whether it’ll be Thomas or Spieth, both 25, who […]

Justin Thomas won this third PGA Tour event of the season at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Here’s a look inside his bag: Driver: Titleist TS3 (9.5 degrees), with Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana BF-Series 60 TX shaft Fairway woods: Titleist TS3 (15 degrees), with Mitsubishi Tensei CK Blue 80 X shaft; 915Fd (18 degrees), with Fujikura Motore VC 9.2 X shaft Irons: Titleist 718 […]

Andrew Putnam won his first PGA Tour title at the Barracuda Championship. Here’s a look inside his bag: Driver: TaylorMade M2 2016 (8.5 degrees), with Aldila Rogue Silver 65X shaft Fairway wood: Cleveland Launcher DST (13 degrees), with Miyazaki Black 85X shaft Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro (18 degrees), with Graphite Design Tour AD Hybrid shaft Irons: Srixon Z745 (3, 5-PW), […]

The reports that Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods will play a made-for-TV match in Las Vegas around Thanksgiving weekend is terrific. It will prove less than nothing about the strengths and weaknesses of both players. It will be absent of real tension or any type of personal jeopardy. But it will draw a very healthy […]

AKRON, Ohio – No sugar coating this: Tiger had just five pars on Sunday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational; he had the same number of bogeys. Some thoughts on his Firestone swansong: • Tiger said following a third-round 73 that he’d try to use Sunday’s trip around Firestone as a way to build momentum toward next week’s […]

AKRON, Ohio – Most players wouldn’t switch putters a week after winning on the PGA Tour, but then Dustin Johnson isn’t most players. After opening his week at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with rounds of 69-71, Johnson said he changed to a TaylorMade Spider Mini putter. The result was a 10 under par weekend and a […]

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Georgia Hall’s father walked behind his daughter with her golf bag over his shoulder and a lump in his throat. A plasterer by trade, he knows what it’s like now to walk through his dream. Actually, his daughter’s dream, too, the one they shared from practically the moment he first […]