An amateur was talking to his golf pro. Amateur: “How do you get so much backspin?” Pro: “Before I answer that, tell me, how far do you hit a 5 iron?” Amateur: “About 130.” Pro: …
If you are going to make a hole-in-one, do it when there’s brand new $150,000 performance automobile on the line. On Saturday during the third round of the European Tour’s Porsche European Open in Hamburg, Germany, countryman …
Finding time to date while you’re grinding to keep your PGA Tour card is no easy feat. Fortunately, the digital age has made it infinitely easier to meet people with certain apps, with one of the …
For as simple of a game as golf is, it can be endlessly complicated. In its simplest form, golf is a game that asks you to get the ball into the hole in as few …
The devil was holding a meeting with all of his little demons. He stood up and said, “Well, you poor useless lot of sissies, this guy Jesus is putting too much good in the world. …
Rules controversies don’t only apply to the professional tours. On Friday during the USGA’s U.S. Girl’s Junior, 17-year-old Erica Shepherd was battling Elizabeth Moon in a semifinal match at Boone Valley in Augusta, Missouri. Down …
Here’s something you don’t see every week on the PGA Tour: the tournament director of this week’s RBC Canadian Open, Brent McLaughlin, has been suspended of his duties mid-event. RBC Canadian Open tournament director Brent …
If you watch the Open Championship for the links golf, sideways rain, and gusty winds, you’re in luck. Royal Birkdale may be over, but the Senior Open Championship is being played this week at Royal …
Dustin Johnson can hit a golf ball to places most players would never even consider. When he’s playing well, that’s usually a good thing, leading on-course announcers to describe the area in which one of …
Over the course of the last month and a half, both of golf’s governing bodies, the R&A and the USGA, held their major championships. Coincidentally, both of them had scoring records broken culminating on Saturday …
A keen, but unskilled golfer plays the same course every week and has particular trouble with the water hazard on the 14th hole, losing a ball in it every time he plays that hole. One …
If you are in the market for a new driver, do the honorable thing and pay for it, or else risk going to jail for up to five years. A couple weeks ago, a man …
A golfer is in a competitive match with a friend who is ahead by a couple of strokes. The golfer says to himself, “I’d give anything to sink this next putt.” Just then, a stranger …
There are certain privileges reserved only for major champions, one of which is access to the “past champions” section of the locker room at the Open Championship. It’s a place where only an elite fraternity …
Nobody likes being called a cheater, Bernhard Langer especially. The 59-year-old German has been in the limelight recently for a couple of reasons, some good and some bad. The good is that he’s picked up two …
Golf is a game of history and tradition, but behind all of the rules and etiquette are players out on the course to get away from the stress and pressure of their everyday lives. Partnering …
