The stories that accompany an ace are rarely as interesting as the feat itself, but both the backstory of the one made by Allison Koehnke, a 36-year-old from Salem, Ore. over the weekend at Bandon Dunes Resort …
The U.S. Amateur Championship is the pinnacle of amateur golf, and unfortunately for Segundo Oliva Pinto, his run towards golf immortality was derailed by an overzealous local caddie. Oliva Pinto, who transferred to Arkansas this summer, was …
One of the coolest parts about golf’s return from the pandemic-induced break is that without fans on the premises at tournaments, television microphones are better suited for picking up natural sound from the golf course. While …
Brooks Koepka has said on numerous occasions that he doesn’t view Rory McIlroy as a rival, and perhaps that’s true, but it’s hard to deny there are some bubbling undertones to something, especially following this past week’s …
The knock on Rickie Fowler over the course of his successful and prosperous career is that while he may be eminently marketable and as good of a guy as you’d hope to come across, he hasn’t …
Bryson DeChambeau had another run-in with a rules official during the first round of the PGA Championship at Harding Park on Thursday, but there wasn’t any of the contentiousness we’ve seen in recent weeks. Instead, the …
The 17th hole at Forest of Arden Country Club, the host of this past week’s European Tour’s Hero Open, is guarded by a penalty area to the right of the green in which Henderson’s Island sits, a small …
Bryson DeChambeau may be the most entertaining man in golf currently — non-Tiger Woods division — and his latest act took place on Thursday at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational on the par-4 7th hole at …
The whole goal of taking the club back into the transformational zone of the backswing is to load the body in three planes of motion. We’re loading every part of our body so that we can …
Significant issues with pace of play can result from players needing to take stroke-and-distance relief for a ball that is out of bounds or cannot be found when a provisional ball has not been played. The purpose of this Local Rule …
In the build-up to the PGA Tour’s restart last month, there was a lot of hypotheticals about who the pandemic-induced break “helped” the most – not in the sense that a pandemic is good for anyone, …
We’ve all seen it. You or one of your playing partners has hit a really good putt that just runs out of steam before getting to the hole. Even still, the putt is hanging over the …
It’s important to get in the habit of marking our balls correctly every time we are on the green. Doing so will result in good etiquette, allow us to roll the ball more efficiently and eliminate …
Phil Mickelson has long been one of professional golf’s beautiful minds, so when he was faced with a 78-yard approach into the severely-pitched 13th green on Sunday while well out of contention, Phil got creative. Facing …
There are times that, depending on the design of the course or the angle of the shot, you’re faced with blind shots. While you may know where the putting surface is and have done your due …
If Bryson DeChambeau weren’t playing so well over the last few months, he could be considered a sideshow, but with eight top-10s in 11 starts this season, including a win, it’s clear what DeChambeau has been …
The whole thing started innocuously: Collin Morikawa had fought back from three strokes down with three holes to play in the inaugural Workday Charity Open at Muirfield Village against the No. 3-ranked player, Justin Thomas, and …
Under Rule 16.3, the player is entitled to free relief from an embedded ball when it occurs within the “general area” of the golf course. The “general area” is defined as every part of the golf …
Bryson DeChambeau won on Sunday at the Rocket Mortgage Classic by three strokes in a performance that married his new and improved distance off the tee with a field-leading week on the greens, however a confrontation …
On the weekend where the most interesting man in golf won for the first time with his new bulked-up physique, another of the game’s most popular characters was the protagonist of a blunder unheard of in …
