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Intense Hobbies

This golfer’s amazingly elaborate display of 15,000 golf balls might be golf’s most impressive amateur collection

(Luis Barrero) 15,000 golf balls, all alphabetised and coloured: You need to see this impressively organised golf-ball collection By Stephen Hennessey Perhaps it’s unusual to say that a member’s house is a required stop when playing a golf course. Visitors to Belfair Golf Club, the 36-hole golf community in Bluffton, ...Continue Reading

The Masters Viral Videos

Tiger Woods’ winning Masters putt already has 7.4 million more views than Patrick Reed’s from a year ago

(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) By Joel Beall In case golf needed a reminder that Tiger Woods doesn’t so much move the needle as he is the needle, Masters Sunday served as a shout-from-the-rooftops reminder. Despite fears that the moved-up tee times—the leaders went off five hours earlier due ...Continue Reading

The Masters

Fraudulent Masters ticket scheme leads to charges against Texas family

Masters patron shows off his many badges in stylish fashion. (Getty Images) By Stephen Hennessey Four relatives of a Texas family were charged in a scheme to attempt to obtain Masters tickets, according to a release by the U.S. Attorney’s office on Monday. Charges of conspiracy to commit mail and ...Continue Reading

News & Tours

PGA Tour grants temporary membership to Euro star who took down Tiger Woods in Match Play

(Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) By Joel Beall Lucas Bjerregaard introduced himself to many golf fans by taking down Tiger Woods in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. The 27-year-star will get the rest of the season to become properly acquainted with American galleries. On Monday, the PGA Tour announced the ...Continue Reading

Media

Jim Nantz wasn’t where you thought he was for Tiger Woods’ winning putt, reveals how historic Masters moment went down

By Alex Myers Jim Nantz has been widely praised for his handling of Tiger Woods’ win at the 2019 Masters, most notably for the two-and-a-half minutes he went without saying anything in the immediate aftermath while Woods celebrated a long-awaited 15th major title with his caddie, family, and other members ...Continue Reading

PGA Tour

Dustin Johnson fails spectacularly to rescue the RBC Heritage from Masters fatigue and Tiger’s absence

Streeter Lecka By John Strege Tiger Woods turned back the clock last week, but presumably, he did not turn it back to the 2000s, when any tournament without him was consigned to the remainder table. The world of golf has changed. Woods, a fifth green jacket notwithstanding, is not likely ...Continue Reading

PGA Tour

C.T. Pan cards final-round 67 to claim first PGA Tour victory at the RBC Heritage

By Christopher Powers C.T. Pan has had a few opportunities to pick up his first victory in PGA Tour events in the last few years, most notably at the 2017 Farmers Insurance Open and the 2018 Wyndham Championship. On both occasions, he couldn’t quite finish the round, specifically at the ...Continue Reading

News & Tours

17-year-old am Akshay Bhatia makes Web.com Tour cut after Monday qualifying into field

(Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images) By Joel Beall Akshay Bhatia might not be an amateur for much longer. If his recent results are any indication, the fledgeling talent should assimilate into the pro ranks just fine. Bhatia, the 17-year-old who made his PGA Tour debut last month at the Valspar ...Continue Reading

PGA Tour

Dustin Johnson rides red-hot putter to third-round 68, leads by one at Harbour Town

By Christopher Powers Dustin Johnson hit just five fairways and only 11 greens on a windy Saturday at Harbour Town Golf Links. For most players, those statistics would likely spell doom. Dustin Johnson is not like most players. Somehow, even in the tough conditions, Johnson managed to shoot a three-under ...Continue Reading

LPGA

Brooke Henderson defends LOTTE Championship title, wins by four in Hawaii

KAPOLEI, HAWAII – APRIL 21: Brooke Henderson of Canada watches her drive on the fifth hole during the final round of the LOTTE Championship at Ko Olina Golf Club on April 21, 2019, in Kapolei, Hawaii. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) By Keely Levins On a windy Sunday in Oahu, ...Continue Reading

Summer golf in Abu Dhabi has never looked so attractive

SPONSORED CONTENT: The first summer offers are being released in the UAE and Abu Dhabi’s premier clubs have set the bar high with their new ‘Summer Pass’.Continue Reading

"The Return To Glory"

Jim Nantz calls Tiger Woods’ 2019 Masters win “the best event I’ve ever covered”

Jim Nantz speaks onstage during Radio Hall Of Fame 2018 Induction Ceremony. (Michael Kovac) By Alex Myers For more than three decades, Jim Nantz has called the biggest events in sports for CBS. But he’s already calling Tiger Woods’ 2019 Masters win “the best event I’ve ever covered.” RELATED: Tiger ...Continue Reading

The Bear on Tiger

Jack Nicklaus effusive in his praise of Tiger Woods: ‘I was very happy for him, and I was proud of him.’

By Dave Shedloski “I thought we might get to that.” Jack Nicklaus expelled a hearty laugh when he playfully chided a television reporter who waited for the obligatory niceties to pass before he asked golf’s 18-time major winner about the exploits of golf’s newly minted 15-time major winner. Any conversation ...Continue Reading

PGA Tour

The tweaked Tour Championship will have two different leader boards, but golf fans will only see one

Justin Rose holds the FedExCup while Tiger Woods holds the Calamity Jane trophy after the final round of the 2018 TOUR Championship. (Stan Badz) By Alex Myers In an effort to make the conclusion of the FedEx Cup Playoffs easier to follow, the PGA Tour announced last year the move ...Continue Reading

News & Tours

Viral sensation Ho-sung Choi receives second PGA Tour sponsor exemption

(Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) By Joel Beall It appears the most electrifying man in golf is returning to the states. Ho-sung Choi, whose eccentric swing and demonstrative demeanour turned the Korean golfer into a viral sensation, has accepted a sponsor exemption to play in this year’s John Deere Classic. ...Continue Reading

Tiger Watch

Why Tiger Woods might be ranked No. 1 in the world again sooner than you think

David Cannon By Alex Myers If you’ve followed Tiger Woods’ comeback at all, you know his ascent up the Official World Golf Ranking has been as improbable and dizzying as Alex Honnold’s climb in the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo. OK, maybe not quite as dizzying, because that film was tough ...Continue Reading

The Grind

Tiger Woods wins the Masters(!), Phil Mickelson’s all-time dagger, and the greatest four minutes in sports history

By Alex Myers Welcome to another addition of The Grind where we would have made a parody music video about Tiger Woods years ago, if we knew it would mean he’d win another major. Any podcast karaoke requests before next month’s PGA Championship? Anyway, what a freaking week. Did that ...Continue Reading

Women's Golf

Erin Hills announced as 2025 U.S. Women’s Open host, and former champs are psyched

Courtesy of Paul Hundley By Keely Levins Erin Hills Golf Club is remembered by many for its wide fairways and low scores after the course northwest of Milwaukee hosted the 2017 U.S. Open. Brooks Koepka took the first of his back-to-back U.S. Open titles there with a 16-under 272, a ...Continue Reading

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