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Kobe Bryant, Amy Bockerstette and the impact both have had on U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland

Gary Woodland was practising at TPC Scottsdale on Sunday when the news of Kobe Bryant’s death broke. At first, he tried to figure out if it was real, then a wave of emotion swept over him.

January 30, 2020

Omega Dubai Desert Classic

Stenson: ‘The golf course doesn’t know if you’re 20, 30 or 40 when you’re teeing it up’

Henrik Stenson spent the off-season working on his driving, a 40-foot RV around the Californian countryside that is. He’ll take all of February off too for fear of “running out of fuel” later in one of the busiest golf seasons on record.

January 22, 2020

Presidents Cup

Louis Oosthuizen and Abraham Ancer turn a mismatch into a winning match

Many times during any year pitting Dustin Johnson and Gary Woodland against Louis Oosthuizen and Abraham Ancer would be a match with only one result. In a card game, a pair of U.S. Open champions invariably trumps an Open champion and an Australian Open champion.

December 12, 2019

PGA Tour

Gary Woodland is looking ahead…to the final round of the Hero World Challenge

Gary Woodland is headed to Australia next week, too. It will be his first Presidents Cup. But first thing’s first.

December 6, 2019

PGA Tour

Gary Woodland leads Henrik Stenson by one at the Hero World Challenge as Tiger lurks

Between a charge from Tiger Woods and a rules controversy involving playing partner Patrick Reed, it’s a miracle Gary Woodland was able to stay focused on Friday at the Hero World Challenge.

December 6, 2019

PGA Tour

Gary Woodland, Patrick Reed lead Hero World Challenge as U.S. Presidents Cup contingent generally shines

The Presidents Cup is still a week away, but with 11 of the U.S. team’s 12 players in the field at Albany for the Hero World Challenge, this week figures to be a pretty good entree to the matches at Royal Melbourne.

December 5, 2019

Presidents Cup

Tiger Woods uses one of four Presidents Cup captain’s picks on himself

He will become the first playing captain of a Presidents Cup team in 25 years.

November 8, 2019

The Grind

Tiger Woods’ record-tying win, Brooks Koepka’s bold Halloween costume, and the craziest tee shot in PGA Tour history

With Tiger Woods and LeBron James playing at the same time, I hadn’t been so excited about staying up late...

November 1, 2019

Presidents Cup

Jason Day, Tiger Woods, Gary Woodland among those unable to play their way onto Presidents Cup teams

Day will now have to rely on being a captain’s pick to be on the International Presidents Cup team at Royal Melbourne in December.

August 19, 2019

The Grind

A new rule comes too late, Matthew Wolff channels (good) Sergio Garcia, and Phil Mickelson’s groovy photo

Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we have some tragic news to report, unfortunately. I always thought returning from my annual buddies trip without the green jacket was the worst possible outcome.

August 9, 2019

Major Rewind

The best, worst, and weirdest from the 2019 major season

Four majors in four months produced a few stars and a few disappointments

July 24, 2019

John Feinstein

Rejoice in ‘out-of-nowhere’ winners like Nate Lashley, but appreciate they’ve prepped for such moments their entire lives

I think back to that night often on a weekend like this past one, when someone like Nate Lashley goes from wandering the wilderness of professional golf to being a millionaire with a...

July 2, 2019

The Grind

An epic victory celebration, Michelle Wie’s tearful goodbye(?), and a caddie blasts his former boss

Welcome to another edition of The Grind where we almost got killed at the Travelers Championship last week. An American golfer who shall remain nameless nearly drilled me with a drive on No. 15.

June 28, 2019

U.S. Open

15 things you need to know about Gary Woodland

Previously known for his prodigious length and elite ball-striking, Gary Woodland’s career-defining victory at Pebble Beach puts the 35-year-old into a new category.

June 19, 2019

U.S. Open

Caddie Brennan Little celebrates his second major win, only this time he skipped sneaking out to play the course

It has been quite a week for Gary Woodland. Woodland’s caddie Brennan Little, meanwhile, isn’t doing too bad, either.

June 19, 2019

U.S. Open

This video of Gary Woodland surprising Amy Bockerstette with the U.S. Open trophy is priceless

Among the fringe benefits of watching Gary Woodland come through and win the U.S. Open this past weekend at Pebble Beach was to be re-introduced to Amy Bockerstette.

June 19, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: How Gary Woodland held off Brooks Koepka and claimed his first major title

Gary Woodland once caught a knee in the throat in a high-school basketball game in his native Topeka, Kan., that landed him in the hospital with a collapsed trachea.

June 18, 2019

Close Call

U.S. Open 2019: Brooks Koepka remains relentless in majors, even in defeat

Brooks Koepka is human after all. We think. “He’s like a cockroach,” Xander Schauffele said. “He just won’t go away.”

June 18, 2019

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