Month: October 2020

Phil Mickelson will make his final Masters tune-up in the Lonestar State. Mickelson committed to the Vivant Houston Open, a week after stating he might not play in the event due to health and safety concerns. The Houston Open is allowing a limited amount of fans on property next week, a prospect that left Mickleson

5:52 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Playing his fourth event since revealing he’s fighting bladder cancer, John Daly shot an 8-under 64 on Friday for a share of the lead with Jim Furyk in the PGA Tour Champions’ TimberTech Champions. Daly had his lowest score in his five-year career on the 50-and-over

We see John Daly and everything seems as it always was. The outrageously colorful pants and oversized yellow shirt that is bright enough to be a beacon on a lighthouse. The flowing long hair, though it seems a tad more gray and less dirty blond now. The impossibly tanned and thick forearms, and the cartoonishly

6:26 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Ryan Armour and Wyndham Clark survived ferocious wind Friday in the Bermuda Championship to share the lead going into a weekend that includes 64-year-old Fred Funk. Armour could only guess where the 30 mph gusts would blow his golf ball across Port Royal. The 44-year-old from Ohio

After an absolutely prime day for scoring on Thursday in Bermuda, it looked like we were headed for another week where 20 under or lower was required to get a win. Mother Nature decided to fight back on Friday at Port Royal Golf Course. Here are our takeaways from the second round of the Bermuda

Camiko Smith making his long-awaited PGA Tour debut on the golf course he grew up on already had the makings of a Hollywood script. On Thursday, though, he produced the perfect climactic scene if there’s ever a movie made about his story. Smith’s childhood home abuts the fourth hole at Port Royal GC, site of

4:20 AM ET Mitch Waite and Johannes Veerman lead a tight pack after the opening round of the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open with four-time European Tour winner Andy Sullivan one shot behind. Sullivan, the highest ranked player in the field, posted a six-under 65 after he birdied the final two holes in a low-scoring day.

An abiding enthusiasm for golf fueled Tim Rosaforte’s nearly four-decade career covering the game, more than 20 years of it spent as a senior writer for Golf Digest and Golf World. So, too, did his curiosity to tell the stories of those who shared that enthusiasm, be they recreational golfers, club professionals or Hall of

7:46 PM ET PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Jim Richerson was elected the 42nd president of the PGA of America on Thursday at a virtual annual meeting that included Tim Rosaforte becoming the first journalist to be awarded honorary membership. Richerson, the senior vice president of operations for Arizona-based Troon Golf, succeeds Suzy Whaley, He

It may look like a laid-back affair on television, but make no mistake, there is a lot on the line for many players competing at this week’s Bermuda Championship. You’re going to hear “a good finish here could set (insert player) up for the rest of the season” this week, which is absolutely true. Here

Despite the success of our expert panel of golf handicappers over the last year, we’d never tell you that predicting winners is easy. Truth is, picking which tour pro will be the one holding the trophy on Sunday is much tougher than, say, betting on a football game with only a few outcomes. To think

11:39 AM ET Due to the lack of daylight during what will be a first Masters Tournament in November, the event will utilize a two-tee start in threesomes with morning and afternoon waves for the first two rounds, Nov. 12-13. Augusta National also announced Tuesday that the annual Par-3 Contest, which is played on club’s

Bryson DeChambeau’s driving prowess recently led to a first major title and currently have him as the favorite to win the 2020 Masters. But before you bet any of your hard-earned money on him, you might want to consider this stat first. No one is better at digging through numbers than 15th Club’s Justin Ray,

11:10 AM ET ESPN’s College GameDay Built By the Home Depot show has originated from dozens of college campuses across the country since 1993. On Saturday, Nov. 14, the show will combine two of sport’s greatest traditions — college football and the Masters. ESPN announced on Tuesday that College GameDay will originate from Augusta National

Ever since winning the Bermuda Championship last year, Brendon Todd has proven to be one of the more consistent players on the PGA Tour. He added a victory the following week at the Mayakoba Golf Classic, nearly won again the following week at the RSM, and has since made 11 of 14 cuts with five

Just a couple of weeks from the Masters, the Bermuda Championship is the second-to-last event before play begins at Augusta National. In its second year, the tournament will feature defending champion Brendon Todd and former FedEx Cup winner Henrik Stenson. There are several major champions competing this week including Danny Willett, Jason Dufner, Stewart Cink

10:46 AM ET Kamaiu Johnson, 27, is going from 8th grade dropout to playing on the PGA Tour. Farmers Insurance and the Farmers Insurance Open are announcing that Johnson, winner of the 2020 APGA Tour Championship, is being awarded an exemption into the 2021 Farmers Insurance Open in January. This will be his first start

After a good old-fashioned cold streak, our expert panel (Brandon Gdula specifically) got us back on the board at the Zozo Championship. Gdula gave out Patrick Cantlay at 30-1 in our Zozo column, and if you happened to tail him, we hope you celebrated accordingly on Sunday evening. This week, we’ll look to keep it