So you think you know your golf, huh? Jack Nicklaus held a Ryder Cup team bonding dinner on Thursday night at his home near PGA National, the site of the Honda Classic. He and his wife, …
Name: John Andrew Smoltz Claim to Fame: Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher for the Atlanta Braves Handicap: Connections to Golf: – Took up the game to kill time while pitching in Class A ball in Lakeland, Fla. as …
When you come at the king, you best not miss. Brandel Chamblee’s finding that out the hard way. During a conference call previewing the upcoming Florida Swing, Chamblee questioned whether Rory McIlroy’s workout regiment might ultimately doom …
How did the greatest basketball player of all time get so addicted to golf? It had to start somewhere. Ahmad Rashad talks to Michael Jordan about who introduced him to the game he’s grown to love. …
Name: Peyton Williams Manning Claim to Fame: NFL Quarterback, winner of Super Bowl XLI and 50. Handicap: Connections to Golf: – Shot 77 at Augusta National Golf Club while playing with John Elway and John Fox – Teamed up with Tom …
Phil Mickelson is a golfing treasure and not only from a purely talent-based perspective. Over the course of the left hander’s 24-year professional career, Mickelson has made golf fans around the world wow and wince, depending on which …
The West Coast Swing kicks into high gear this week as the Tour moves from the weather-controlled PGA West to the shores of the Pacific Ocean at Torrey Pines for the Farmers Insurance Open. Torrey is most well-known …
Name: Carson Jones Daly Claim to Fame: Host of The Voice, Last Call With Carson Daly, Total Request Live Handicap: 9 Connections to Golf: – Grew up in Santa Monica, Calif. wanting to be a priest, but left behind religious aspirations …
A recent Wall Street Journal article put a number on Jordan Spieth’s globetrotting schedule for 2016, reporting that the World No. 1 would cover more than 125,000 travel miles between October 2015 and August 2016. Playing a schedule that has included trips …
Jack Nicklaus and his design team are responsible for upwards of 400 golf courses in 41 countries around the world. His tracks have hosted about 900 championships and 142 tour stops. Celebrating his 76th birthday on Jan. …
Each week in the fall on a different campus around the country, ESPN’s College GameDay comes to town to preview a marquee match up and preview the day’s slate of games. This past weekend the GameDay bus …
Tom Brady could very well be considered the Tiger Woods of the football world. He’s undeniably gifted, incredibly divisive and a practitioner of questionable fashion. Last week, Brady bridged the gap between football and golf when talking about …
The year’s first (or final) World Golf Championship event is in Shanghai, China this week with a field that boasts 10 of the top-15 players in the world. Yet, even with most of the biggest names …
Golf companies have been in a silent competition for years to see who can film the funniest commercial ever. We all benefit, of course, since there have been some great ads. Here are some of our …
Niall Horan, one-fourth of the boy band One Direction, is an admitted golf nut. The Irish-born Horan picked up the game when he was 10 or 11 and hooked up with Rory McIlroy through mutual friends in recent …
It turns out there’s still a place for what amounts to the “silly season” in golf. The Skins Game returned under a slightly different format — held on Black Friday instead of the weekend after Thanksgiving, and a …
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The opening tee shot still two days away, the gamesmanship at the Ryder Cup began Wednesday when European captain Luke Donald took a few subtle jabs on pay-for-play during his speech at the opening ceremony. “We’re …
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The Ryder Cup had moments of inspiration in vastly different forms during a quiet Monday start to golf’s most chaotic week. There were tears for the Americans as they gathered on the first tee at …
Troy Merritt didn’t get into the Procore Championship until Monday, only his sixth start this year on the PGA Tour. Just don’t get the idea that he’s had a lot of idle time. Most of that time is …
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Justin Rose has reason to feel his age at the Memorial when he sees his framed photo on the wall of his first PGA Tour victory. That was 15 years ago. “It’s …
