Category: Golf News
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Phil Mickelson’s tumultuous week capped
At the LIV event in New Jersey last week, Phil Mickelson didn’t say how he was feeling about the forthcoming book from his former gambling partner Billy Walters in which Walters alleges that Mickelson, who built his brand around risk-taking, incurred a nine-figure sports-gambling debt and tried to bet 400 large on a U.S. win at the 2012 Ryder…
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2023 St. Jude Championship predictions
The top 70 players from the regular season duke it out in the postseason opener The 2023 FedEx Cup Playoffs get underway this week with the FedEx St. Jude Championship batting leadoff. Becoming the first event of the postseason just a year ago, St. Jude immediately delivered with theatrics as Will Zalatoris claimed his first PGA Tour…
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‘A dream week’: Lee Hodges blows away field to win 3M Open
What’s in the water in pro golf? A week after Brian Harman’s stunning six-stroke win at the Open Championship, fellow southerner Lee Hodges delivered one of the most lopsided wins of the year at the 3M Open, blowing away the field at TPC Twin Cities to win by seven strokes. Hodges captured his first PGA Tour win at the…
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Jordan Poyer cancels golf event
Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer is canceling his annual golf charity event at the Blue Monster at Trump National in Doral, Florida, next month, he announced on his Instagram on Saturday. Poyer cited that the event had to be rescheduled until next year because teams and sponsors pulled out of the event due to its location. He initially…
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Rory McIlroy makes surprisingly honest admission
LOS ANGELES — Few tests in sport rival Sunday afternoons at major championships. Players fight, claw and cry; they optimize, strategize and agonize; they grind over 10-footers and sweat over 5-footers. And then, for every contender not in the coveted final pairing, comes the hardest part of all: They must hang around to see how their…
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Rory McIlroy Appears to Have Canceled U.S. Open
Rory McIlroy was slated to speak to the media at Los Angeles Country Club on Tuesday at 9 a.m. PT, but now it appears as though the 2011 U.S. Open champion’s name has been removed from the pre-tournament press conference schedule. Collin Morikawa is currently listed as the first player to speak on Tuesday morning…
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Under pressure, Arizona State survives NCAA playoff
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The past few weeks, Arizona State head coach Matt Thurmond would end each practice with a pressure drill. For example, all five players would have to find the fairway, then get up and down from a bunker, then hole a 10-foot putt. And if any player failed a task, they’d all have…
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PGA Championship 2023: Michael Block
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Michael Block didn’t win the Wanamaker Trophy on Sunday at Oak Hill Country Club, but it’s easy to believe he won just about everything else that mattered during four scintillating storybook days in the 105th PGA Championship. He won over the toughest sporting crowd in America. He won admiration and respect both…
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John Daly Withdraws From PGA Championship Due To Injury
The 57-year-old, who won the Major in 1991, will no longer tee it up at Oak Hill Country Club John Daly has withdrawn from the PGA Championship, making him the third former winner of the tournament to pull out of the Major. The 57-year-old had been expected to compete in the tournament he won in…
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Tony Romo slammed by golf fans over his pace of play at U.S. Open qualifier
Former NFL star, Tony Romo, has failed to advance in his local qualifier for this year’s U.S Open. The one-round shoot-out at Odessa Country Club’s Old Course saw Texas Tech senior Ludvig Aberg lead the way with a 5-under 67, but CBS analyst Romo found himself way off the pace by the time play was finished. The…