INCHEON, South Korea – The HanaBank Championship offers more than a trophy this week for South Korea’s up-and-coming stars. It offers a golden ticket. A victory opens the door to the LPGA. The winner gets a two-year exemption to the LPGA, and while that pass is available to any non-member who wins this week, South […]
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Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING Kevin Tway (+9%): Out of his father’s shadow for the first time, the big-hitting Tway closed out his first Tour win in impressive fashion, making five straight birdies to finish regulation and the playoff […]
Brandt Snedeker lets one get away, Jim Furyk speaks up, the LPGA gets it right, the European Tour gets creative and more in this week’s edition of the Monday Scramble: Thanks to a pretty sizeable assist from Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Tway is officially out of his father’s shadow, Give credit where it’s due: Tway took […]
After wrapping up his busiest stretch of golf in more than a decade, Phil Mickelson is ready to dial it back. Mickelson had a resurgent 2018 season at age 48, breaking a five-year victory drought at the WGC-Mexico Championship in March. That win highlighted a hectic season that saw Lefty make 24 official starts, including […]
After leaving wine country with his first career PGA Tour title, Kevin Tway ascended to unprecedented heights in the Official World Golf Ranking. Tway beat Brandt Snedeker and Ryan Moore in a three-hole playoff at the season-opening Safeway Opening thanks to birdies on each of his final five holes. As a result he jumped from […]
It hasn’t been the best of days for Jim Furyk. In a wide-ranging interview with Golf Channel’s Tim Rosaforte on Sunday, the American Ryder Cup captain described how difficult the past week has been, although he did concede that criticism was always going to be a part of the gig. “In many ways it’s been […]
Kevin Tway earned $1.379 million in 31 events last season on the PGA Tour. In one event this season, he’s nearly equaled that amount. Here’s a look at how the purse paid out at the Safeway Open, where Tway won his first PGA Tour event. 1 Kevin Tway -14 $1,152,000.00 T2 Ryan Moore -14 563,200.00 […]
The Youth Olympic Games are set to begin this week, with 64 junior golfers from 33 different countries gathering in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to play for pride and country. The event is promoted by the International Olympic Committee and features several sports with young athletes between the ages of 15 and 18. The golf field […]
If there is a rift between Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka, you’re not going to hear it from them. In the wake of reports that the two friends got into an altercation after the U.S. got demolished by Europe at the Ryder Cup, Koepka has (twice) denied that any such incident took place and the […]
For the second time in less than three months, Jhonattan Vegas’ schedule has been impacted by a paperwork issue. The Venezuela native nearly missed The Open because of an expired visa, making it to Carnoustie via helicopter just minutes before his opening-round tee time. But there will be no last-minute theatrics this time around, as […]