INCHEON, South Korea – The Korean fans didn’t live up to the hype in Thursday’s opening round. The Korean players did, though. With the bleachers around the first tee nearly empty when England and Australia were introduced as the opening match, the UL International Crown got off to a decidedly underwhelming start. There wasn’t a […]
Arhive categorii:Golf Channel
INCHEON, South Korea – The American team is enduring as a battered bunch. Michelle Wie and Jessica Korda look as if they’re being held together by tape. They both have wrist or hand injuries, and now Cristie Kerr has come down with an illness. Still, the Americans kept themselves in the thick of the UL […]
INCHEON, South Korea – Apparently, nothing’s going to stop Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson from continuing their dominant partnership. Not food poisoning. Maybe not even strep throat. Kerr and Thompson defeated Sweden’s Pernilla Lindberg and Madelene Sagstrom, 2 up, in Thursday’s opening fourballs, even with Kerr sick. They’re now 9-1-2 as partners in Solheim Cup […]
INCHEON, South Korea – The Americans were working in virtual isolation during Tuesday’s practice round at the UL International Crown when they heard distant roars. The South Koreans were practicing with up to 400 fans in tow at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club. The gallery chasing Sung Hyun Park, So Yeon Ryu, I.K. Kim and In […]
INCHEON, South Korea – The UL International Crown’s footprint gets a lot larger in South Korea this week. Barring weather issues, the LPGA expects to smash attendance records for the event, which is in its third year. They’ve already smashed corporate sales records. “I don’t know if this will be the springboard that takes the […]
INCHEON, South Korea – So Yeon Ryu hasn’t won a title yet as part of the South Korean teams playing the UL International Crown, but she has won just about everything else in the event. Ryu has won more points (12) than any player. She has won more matches (6). She’s 6-2 overall, helping the […]
Brooks Koepka denied that he and Dustin Johnson had to be separated while visiting the European team room after the Ryder Cup. Speaking to reporters Wednesday at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Koepka said: “This Dustin thing, I just don’t get. There was no fight, no argument. He’s one of my best friends. I love […]
With a new PGA Tour season comes a fresh batch of rookies, and one player is sure to turn some heads off the tee. Cameron Champ burst onto the scene with his long drives at the 2017 U.S. Open, and he left Texas A&M to turn pro a few months later. The 23-year-old quickly found […]
No one is more excited to get the new PGA Tour season underway than Brendan Steele. Steele has become the king of the Napa Valley in recent years, taking a 54-hole lead at the 2015 Safeway Open before a disappointing final-round fade. He returned in 2016 to capture his first win in more than five […]
Last year, Justin Thomas famously shared his list of goals and accomplishments from the 2016-17 season, and he did so again this year. Coming off his incredible year when he won his first major and the FedExCup title, this season was going to be tough to top. But Thomas still had an impressive list to […]