It all felt too familiar. Entering the final round three shots back of 54-hole leader In Gee Chun, Lexi Thompson had erased her playing partner’s lead by the third hole. By the turn, Lexi had built …
You’d need a video game controller to play better golf than Michigan’s Andrew Ruthkoski did last week. And even then, the margin for error would be impossibly slim. Ruthkoski, a 39-year-old club pro from Muskegon, Mich., …
Joke Of The Day As he is walking his dog one weekday afternoon, Fred, the bookie the gamblers love to hate, sees a young man on the local course. Fred stops for a moment to watch …
You either die a hero, or you LIV long enough to see yourself become the villain. Thankfully those aren’t the actual stakes for Rory McIlroy, who, like Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent (before, you know, …
Joke Of The Day A group of golfers are putting on the green when, suddenly, a ball drops in their midst. One of the golfers winks at the others and shoves the ball into the hole …
A significant renovation designed to restore the difficulty of one of Augusta National’s signature holes is underway, and aerial photos published Tuesday seemed to confirm the appearance of a new tee box. Photos of the 510-yard, …
Joke Of The Day One summer day, a golfer decided to go to his favorite course on the spur of a moment. His wife, who knew nothing at all about golf, wanted to go with him …
The thumb was out. The Boston galleries were favorable. Yes, it felt like business as usual for Phil Mickelson — he just couldn’t get his game to cooperate. Playing in perhaps his most anticipated opening round …
Rory McIlroy is getting the hang of this “first round at a major” thing. It’s an absurd statement, yes. Yet, prior to May’s PGA Championship, we’d grown accustomed to watching the four-time major champion shoot himself …
SwingU, the sports technology and media company, would like to congratulate SwingU Collegiate Ambassador Caleb Manuel for qualifying for this week’s United States Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. Manuel, a junior at the …
Golf immortality is priceless. But somebody’s leaving Boston a whole lot richer — and as an added bonus, they won’t have to apologize for it. USGA CEO Mike Whan on Wednesday announced a $17.5 million total …
This time last year, Jon Rahm was recovering from an especially ill-timed COVID case and getting ready to embark on a legacy-altering week in Southern California. So it speaks to how far we’ve plunged into the …
As any golf movie buff can tell you, Happy Gilmore got revenge on the alligator that prematurely ended the playing career of his swing coach, Chubbs Peterson, and later gifted his mentor with the one-eyed beast’s …
