Last week was not a good week for Phil Mickelson.Continue Reading
Stop thinking of the PGA Championship as the black sheep of majors
There is a belief among artists that the moment you argue why you matter is the moment you prove the opposite.Continue Reading
The Premier Golf League hasn’t gone away, but neither have questions about its ultimate viability
The latest news from the upstart golf league that won’t go away diffused slowly throughout Quail Hollow Club on Tuesday, just barely beating the rainstorm that washed away an afternoon of practice for the Wells Fargo Championship.Continue Reading
The $40 million question surrounding the PGA Tour’s new bonus program
There are many more questions than answers right now on the subject of what the PGA Tour is calling its Player Impact Program, which will be known going forward as the PIP.Continue Reading
The story behind Sir Willie Innes, the PGA Tour’s only tournament mascot
He appeared before me on Friday: Sir Willie in the flesh, dressed in a red tartan cloak and leaning stylishly on an old wooden club.Continue Reading
10 lessons we learned from the PGA Tour’s one-of-a-kind 2020 season
The PGA Tour ended, or should we say passed, its challenging 2020, the Mayakoba Golf Classic serving as the final event of this season unlike any other. Continue Reading
Joaquin Niemann is in a desperate race to save his infant cousin’s life
You can donate to Made and Felipe Calderon for the treatment of their infant Rafita, here.Continue Reading
Camilo Villegas plays on, just as his brave daughter did
Camilo Villegas posted the lowest 36-hole score of his career over the first two days at the RSM Classic, and his story this week is inseparable from the death of his 22-month-old daughter Mia, who passed away in July from cancer. Continue Reading
After Dustin Johnson’s Masters win, who deserves a second major championship the most?
Who deserves No.2?Continue Reading
There are stirring golf triumphs to celebrate, even when they fly under the radar
On Sunday afternoon, while most Americans were watching football, an American golfer was pulling off a stunning feat. The golfer, though, wasn’t Bryson DeChambeau or Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods.Continue Reading
The Bryson DeChambeau Effect: Ready or not, the game is about to change
Let’s forget the weight and distance gain, the muscle activation fitness regimen, the protein shakes, the single iron length, the putting lasers, and a thousand other things that fall under the umbrella of “science.” Forget it all and think broadly.Continue Reading
The big letdown—Is winning majors before age 30 a predictor of future major success?
Here are a few things you already know: Tiger Woods won his first major, the 1997 Masters, at age 21. Then he kept winning, and kept winning, and kept winning.Continue Reading
An open letter to new golfers, from the rest of us
We are thrilled to hear you have taken up the sport. Our game is one of endless joy and incessant frustration. If that sentence doesn’t come off as a paradox, congrats, you’re in the right place.Continue Reading
A likeable tour pro’s win reminds us when political differences shouldn’t matter
Several years ago, I was standing on the practice range at a golf tournament talking to then-PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, who worked for President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale, before he got involved in golf.Continue Reading
Was Collin Morikawa’s drive on 16 the greatest shot in PGA history?
In order to call it the greatest shot in PGA Championship history, we need to introduce that last critical element: History.Continue Reading
Brooks Koepka gets a karma check and some are happy to see it happen
Injustice to the two-time defending champion? Or just desserts for one of golf’s most quotable players who might have gone a quip too far?Continue Reading
Breaking down why Rory McIlroy’s PGA Tour restart has been so sluggish
It’s not easy for someone like Rory McIlroy to fly under the radar for any length of time, but since the PGA Tour resumed its 2020 season last month at the Charles Schwab Challenge, that’s kind of what’s happened. Continue Reading
Why the Memorial was praised for a setup that would have been ridiculed at the U.S. Open
It was supposed to be Open Championship week. Maybe that’s why Jack Nicklaus delivered a Memorial masquerading as a major.Continue Reading
