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PGA Tour, LPGA pros to compete for $1M each in new challenge

PGA Tour and LPGA pros will be chasing new $1 million prizes with the introduction of the Aon Risk Reward Challenge. Players will try to win the season-long competition based on scores recorded on their respective tour’s most challenging holes as part of a multi-year deal with Aon. The man and woman at the top […]

What's in the Bag: Greenbrier winner Na

Kevin Na collected his second career PGA Tour victory at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier. Here’s a look inside his bag: Driver: Callaway GBB Epic (9 degrees, with Graphite Design Tour AD-GP 6S shaft) Fairway wood:  TaylorMade M3 (15 degrees), with Project X EvenFlow Black 6.5 70X shaft, Titleist 915F (18 degrees), with Matrix Ozik Code 7 shaft Hybrid: Titleist 818H2 (21 […]

The Greenbrier purse payout: Na collects career-high check

Kevin Na rallied on Sunday to win his second PGA Tour event at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier. Here’s how the purse was paid out in West Virginia. 1 Kevin Na -19 $1,314,000 2 Kelly Kraft -14 $788,400 T3 Jason Kokrak -13 $423,400 T3 Brandt Snedeker -13 $423,400 T5 Austin Cook -12 $247,470 T5 […]

Stenson WDs from Scottish, hopeful for Open

Henrik Stenson has withdrawn from this week’s Scottish Open because of an elbow injury. In a tweet, Stenson said that he is “hoping to be fit for Carnoustie.” The Open begins in 10 days. Sad to have to withdraw from #ASIScottishOpen due to elbow problems. Good luck to everyone at Gullane & have great week. […]

Fleetwood withdraws from Scottish to rest for Open

U.S. Open runner-up Tommy Fleetwood has withdrawn from this week’s Scottish Open, opting to rest up in advance of The Open at Carnoustie that starts in 10 days. Fleetwood shot a 63 last month at Shinnecock Hills to finish one shot behind Brooks Koepka, and he missed the cut earlier this month in defense of […]

Varner cuts parents' lawn after Greenbrier close call

On the eve of the final round at The Greenbrier, Harold Varner III said that no matter what happened Sunday, not much in his life was going to change. Even if he captured his first PGA Tour title, he was still going to wake up early Monday morning to cut his parents’ lawn in North […]

Monday Scramble: Undercards to Tiger vs. Phil

Kevin Na ends his drought, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson team up, some other matches we’d love to see, Russell Knox drains bombs, a new LPGA scoring queen is crowned and more in this week’s edition of Monday Scramble: For those of us not in the arena, we tend to take winning for granted. Multiple-win […]

$10.5M prize purse at The Open, $1.89M to winner

The R&A released prize information for The Open at Carnoustie, where the Champion Golfer of the Year will take home $1.89 million from a $10.5 million purse. The purse and winner’s share are equal to those offered at last year’s PGA Championship, and it’s a slight increase from last year’s Open when Jordan Spieth took […]

Win moves Na to 13th in U.S. Ryder Cup standings

After getting his first win in nearly seven years, Kevin Na has suddenly moved onto the bubble in the U.S. Ryder Cup standings. Na was 36th on the U.S. points list entering last week, but after winning at The Greenbrier he moved all the way up to 13th, with the top eight after the PGA […]