PINEHURST, N.C. — Austin Squires was Cinderella at Pinehurst Resort, thanks to being just the third No. 64 seed to ever reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Championship. But he had the label stolen away on Friday afternoon by a teenager who probably should have been carrying it all along. Cohen Trolio is 17
Month: August 2019
MEDINAH, Ill. – “I just need to make more putts, there’s no doubt about that,” Tiger Woods said Friday at Medinah Country Club, and, boy, truer words were never growled. Woods carded a second consecutive one-under-par 71 on Friday on Medinah’s No. 3 Course when he deserved so much better. The swing looked even more
Q: My friend Fred teed off on No. 17. His ball hit a tree on the right side of the fairway, bounced onto the 16th green and rolled into the hole. Does this count as . . . anything? —Jack Haga, Nicholasville, Ky. A: Absolutely. Although it wouldn’t have affected his score (he needed to
Those stingers you see the pros hit on television look cool, and they’re valuable shots on a windy day, but the last thing most amateurs need is a low-trajectory tee shot. You need more hang time. Studies have proved that the slower you swing, the more you’ll benefit from a trajectory that keeps the ball
PINEHURST, N.C. — John Augenstein came to the Pinehurst Resort with two goals, the second of which was to win the U.S. Amateur. You can only image, then, how important the first one is to the 21-year-old Vanderbilt senior-to-be. “The Walker Cup is just really the peak of amateur golf,” Augenstein said. “It’s the biggest
MEDINAH, Ill. – Tiger Woods had his reasons for feeling rather pleased with his opening round Thursday in the BMW Championship. It’s just that his score wasn’t one of them. Woods weathered 18 holes at Medinah Country Club without incident, but also without a lot of birdies, settling for a one-under-par 71 that left him
MEDINAH, Ill. – When Jim Furyk says that Chicago has been good to him, he’s not exaggerating. Frankly, it’s more of an understatement. Attempting to qualify for next week’s Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta for the first time since 2015 – which he missed because of a wrist injury – Furyk
When most golfers climb into a greenside bunker, it’s like an out-of-body experience. They lose all sense of what they need to do, fear takes over, and a few hacks later . . . triple bogey. The good news is, most of the mistakes I see come at address, and those are the easy ones
Slow play came to the forefront at the Northern Trust after video of Bryson DeChambeau’s “deliberate” approach to analyzing a tricky 70-yard shot went viral. DeChambeau strongly defended himself, and after the tournament said he was going to do everything he could to play faster so that he could be a good example for the
PINEHURST, N.C. — Austin Squires woke up at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning uncertain if his amateur golf career was already over. Thirteen hours later, he was the talk of the 119th U.S. Amateur Championship. The in-between was a crazy odyssey that began by finding out the cutline for match play at Pinehurst Resort had moved
PINEHURST, N.C. — It took 3 hours, 46 minutes for Austin Squires to play four holes of golf on Wednesday morning/afternoon at the U.S. Amateur Championship. Before you close your browser, rest assured this isn’t another story harping on the ills of slow play. No, this is about something far more wonky. This is a
MEDINAH, Ill. — It appears as if BMW is staying on as title sponsor of the PGA Tour’s second FedEx Cup Playoff event. According to a report in Wednesday’s Chicago Tribune, BMW is set to pull a U-turn after indicating it would end its long-running sponsorship of the tournament that formerly was the Western Open
MEDINAH, Ill. — Tiger Woods went through the paces of a full itinerary Tuesday afternoon at Medinah Country Club. But only a small part of it was devoted to preparation for this week’s BMW Championship, the second of three PGA Tour events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Having withdrawn from last week’s Northern Trust after
The answer largely depends on the CBD company and that’s why doing research is so important. For golfer Charley Hoffman, one of three PGA Tour players to endorse Medterra CBD, the product’s purity is as important as its health benefits. “I did my research,” said Hoffman. “I had heard a lot of players talking about
Remember the “Frank” headcover logo Tiger Woods wore at the Masters earlier this year? A hat sporting the famous logo hasn’t been available at retail—until now. Limited quantities are now for sale ($35) on the Nike website and at Trendy Golf USA. TW Heritage 86 Frank Cap BlackBUY NOW: $35 Woods first wore the logo
There are a lot of reasons that slow play is such a huge problem on the PGA Tour, but one that’s taken much of the blame of late is the use of green-reading books, also known as greens books or green-reading materials. These “maps,” which resemble something you’d find on your Weather Channel app, have
Earning a PGA Tour card for the first time is the ultimate goal for any tour pro, which is what Bo Hoag did after winning the Korn Ferry Tour’s WinCo Foods Portland Open last week. The 31-year-old’s big leap up was made even better when Jack Nicklaus called him to congratulate him on his career-defining
Not all 7-irons are alike. We’re not talking about shape or even materials. We’re talking about loft—for all of golf eternity the most basic building block to determine ball flight. Some clubmakers keep lowering the “standard loft” of their 7-irons in a race for more distance. (The 7-iron is what most golfers test first when
Most golfers, amateur and pro, have a stock shot—a ball flight and trajectory they’re used to producing. It’s the one they rely on most. For example, I like a baby draw, seeing the ball start right of the target and curve back toward it. Without that shot, I’m nothing. That being said, you can’t get
That Brandon Wu would hold a one-shot lead after Day 1 of stroke play at the 119th U.S. Amateur Championship is hardly a surprise. The recent Stanford grad who helped the Cardinal win the NCAA title in May is in the midst of an impressive summer run that includes becoming the first amateur golfer to
He’s won a major, he’s won a gold medal, and he’s won the PGA Tour’s pot of golf—the $10 million bonus (now $15 million) that accompanies the FedEx Cup. But in addition to having one of golf’s most varied and impressive resumes, Justin Rose also has one of the game’s most incredible stories of perseverance.
The PXG 0311 ST continues the classic blade-like look of the heritage of the company’s 0311 franchise. But unlike the rest of the 0311 family, the 0311ST actually is a pure blade, not the hollow construction with the thin, high-strength steel face insert. As such, it’s a special entry aimed at elite players, according to
For some, golf is stress relief—a pastoral stroll interspersed by 70 or 80 golf swings and maybe a stop for a hot dog at the turn. For others, it’s a fist-clenching, nerve-racking, nearly out-of-body experience where success is often defined by getting through 18 holes without feeling like you need to see a therapist afterward.
Dear Tiger: I write to you today, not as a friend—although claiming that might give you a good laugh—but as someone who wants what is best for golf. I’m here to say I hope you play well this week in Chicago and get to defend your title next week at the Tour Championship in Atlanta.
The TaylorMade TP Patina putter collection may get attention for its distinctive tarnished finish, but it’s what’s not seen that is the hallmark for improvement in the company’s lineup of traditional putters. While TaylorMade’s putter lineup has gotten the majority of attention for its high-stability, alignment-focused Spider mallets, including this year’s Spider X, the company
Wedges are an interesting category as it often can be difficult for a manufacturer to come up with a technology story that resonates with consumers. TaylorMade was able to make some inroads with its original Milled Grind and Milled Grind Hi-Toe wedges, and now is seeking to expand on an already solid idea with its
Jason Day’s partnership with caddie Steve Williams is over after six tournaments. Day told the Australian Associated Press that Williams will no longer be on his bag, citing a “disconnect” between the two after missing the cut at the Northern Trust. “Parting with Steve was a mutual decision and not an easy one to make,”
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Slow play remained a topic of discussion on Sunday at the Northern Trust, but the place where that discussion became most intriguing turned out to be the practice area at Liberty National. That’s where Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau had an impromptu meeting on the matter, one in which Koepka has
The focus at the Northern Trust is about earning FedEx Cup points in order to improve your position in the standings. The goal is to be in the top 70 after Sunday and qualify for the BMW Championship, or better yet get yourself in position to be in the top 30 after the BMW and
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Good news, golf fans. Justin Rose agrees that the pace of play on the PGA Tour is quite slow. Bad news, golf fans. He doesn’t believe it could be that much faster, no matter what’s done to combat it. Following a two-under 69 on Saturday at Liberty National, the Englishman spoke