After Black Friday’s refunds were issued for The Match, Thanksgiving leftovers tasted much better. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson didn’t deliver the gravy we expected to top a year in which we watched both win PGA Tour events. Charles Barkley spoon fed us the unappetizing truth. “This has been some awful golf,” Barkley said during […]
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What a difference a year makes. When Tiger Woods docked in the Bahamas for last year’s Hero World Challenge, he did so ranked No. 1199 in the world on the cusp of his first competitive rounds in nearly a year. Even against an 18-man field, there were more questions than answers. Fast forward to this […]
Phil Mickelson didn’t receive any OWGR points for his match-play win over Tiger Woods this weekend, but he still reached an impressive milestone when the latest rankings were published. By remaining at world No. 27 for another week, Mickelson has now gone 25 straight years without ever dropping outside the top 50 in the rankings. […]
The unique swing of Ho-sung Choi made him an internet sensation over the summer. Now it’s made him a champion on the Japan Golf Tour. Choi’s exaggerated follow through created a social media frenzy earlier this year, when he contended at the Korean Open and fell barely short of a qualifying spot in The Open. […]
In addition to naming Geoff Ogilvy as his first assistant, International Presidents Cup captain Ernie Els on Sunday unveiled a new logo for his team to unite behind during next year’s matches in Australia. “It’s a special group of guys who make this Presidents Cup from all over the world,” Els says in the video […]
MELBOURNE, Australia – Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry of Belgium lifted the World Cup of Golf trophy on Sunday. They may have won it on Friday. The Belgians had a few anxious moments on the back nine Sunday but held on to shoot a 4-under 68 and claim a three-stroke win, despite a determined late […]
Rory McIlroy won’t be watching the upcoming Match – even after Phil Mickelson offered to cover the $19.99 pay-per-view fee. McIlroy told reporters Tuesday at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai that he initially contemplated buying the PPV of the $10 million showdown between Tiger Woods and Mickelson in Las Vegas. At one […]
NAPLES, Fla. – Ariya Jutanugarn may need a wheelbarrow to haul away all the awards she is poised to claim at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship this week. She could sweep every important honor. The 22-year-old Thai could walk away looking as if she is dominating the tour. She isn’t, though. Nobody’s dominating the […]
Geoff Ogilvy takes pride in his Australian Open title, but he also views the current state of the tournament as one in dire need of improvement. Ogilvy lifted the Stonehaven Cup in 2010 at The Lakes in Sydney, where the tournament returns this week. While it remains the biggest event of the Australian golf summer, […]
Ryder Cup partners Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood are the only players who can walk away with the season-long Race to Dubai title on Sunday. Five players were in the hunt heading into last week’s Nedbank Golf Challenge, but Haotong Li, Lucas Bjerregaard and Rory McIlroy could not earn enough points to tighten the race. So […]