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Jason Kokrak (finally) gets it done and 4 other Sunday takeaways from the CJ Cup

Shadow Creek may not be every golf fan’s cup of tea, but there’s no denying it provided a highly entertaining week and finish as the temporary host of this week’s CJ Cup.

October 19, 2020

PGA Tour

Russell Henley can take big career jump with win and other takeways from Day 3 at Shadow Creek

This CJ Cup boasted a world-class field, with 14 of the top 20 players in the world teeing it up at pristine Shadow Creek. And, yet, it’s a player well outside the top 100 who sits atop the leader board heading into Sunday.

October 18, 2020

PGA Tour

Xander Schauffele rolls some impressive numbers in Vegas and other takeways from Day 2 at Shadow Creek

Golf at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas is akin to watching a video game. Conditions are pristine with nary a blade of grass out of place and the backdrop at times jaw-dropping.

October 17, 2020

2020 U.S. Open

Ranking the top 100 golfers competing at Winged Foot

And just like that, it’s major week once again.

September 14, 2020

2020 Tour Championship

Dustin Johnson can’t possibly lose and three other takeaways from Day 3 at East Lake

After yesterday’s 2-for-14 fairways-hit performance from Dustin Johnson, all signs pointed to this becoming a tightly contested golf tournament. To that, DJ said, “hell nah” on Sunday at East Lake.

September 7, 2020

PGA Tour

With no staggered start, the Tour Championship leaderboard would be much tighter entering the final round

The leaderboard says that Dustin Johnson is leading the Tour Championship at 19 under after 54 holes at East Lake. The scorecards tell a different story, though.

September 7, 2020

2020 Tour Championship

Why Xander Schauffele thinks making his bed(!) can help him win the Tour Championship

Xander Schauffele’s goal each day?

September 3, 2020

Golf can be Cruel

The lipouts that cost Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa the Charles Schwab Challenge will leave you grimacing

Seriously?!?

June 14, 2020

PGA Tour

Jordan Spieth provides more chaos and four other takeaways from Day 3 at Colonial

Moving day at Colonial was as entertaining as you'd expect. That 36-hole leader board wasn't going to have it any other way.

June 13, 2020

News

You’ll never guess the crazy number of PGA Tour winners in next week’s Heritage field

The field for next week’s RBC Heritage didn’t just attract a star-studded field unseen at Harbour Town. It rivals nearly anything seen for a regular PGA Tour event in a couple of decades.

June 13, 2020

PGA Tour

Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial boasts star-studded field for PGA Tour’s return next week

The Charles Schwab Challenge field was finalised on Friday, a field that’s as star-studded as the Fort Worth event has seen in its 74-year history.

June 6, 2020

Coronavirus + Golf

Xander Schauffele battling cabin fever, ‘feeling unemployed’ during PGA Tour shutdown

Like the rest of us, Xander Schauffele is bored. Very, very bored.

April 2, 2020

The Grind

Justin Thomas passes Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed’s enemies list grows, and Pat Perez’s $8,000 toilet

Welcome to another edition of The Grind where we started the new year not with a bang, but with a beep. In fact, a series of very annoying pre-dawn beeps thanks to the batteries dying in a carbon monoxide alarm.

January 10, 2020

PGA Tour

Xander Schauffele on the one that got away: ‘I should have won the tournament’

A two-putt from 43 feet was all that stood in the way of Xander Schauffele winning for the fifth time in his PGA Tour career and for a second straight year at the Sentry Tournament of Champions on Sunday.

January 6, 2020

PGA Tour

Defending champion Xander Schauffele leads Patrick Reed, Joaquin Niemann by one at the Sentry TOC

Xander Schauffele snuck up on everybody last season at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, shooting a final-round 62 to come from behind and win by one stroke over Gary Woodland. If he’s able to defend his title in 2020, he won’t be sneaking up on anyone this time.

January 4, 2020