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 […]
Following a breakout season that included a pair of major victories, Brooks Koepka has been named the 2018 PGA Tour Player of the Year. Koepka started the year on the disabled list, missing four months of action including the Masters because of a wrist injury. But he returned better than ever, becoming the first player […]
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 […]
It’s hard to win on the PGA Tour, and no one is more aware of that maxim than Brandt Snedeker. Snedeker appeared to have things on cruise control at the Safeway Open, torching the North Course at Silverado Resort & Spa en route to a three-shot lead entering the final round. That advantage grew to […]
One week after watching the Europeans celebrate at Le Golf National, Jim Furyk admitted that the sting of defeat still lingers from his stint as U.S. Ryder Cup captain. “It’s been tough,” Furyk said. “I was the leader of that team, and it didn’t go the way we wanted. It’ll always bother me.” Furyk sat […]