Category: Golf

When you’re a player of Adam Schenk’s caliber, which is to say, not a superstar, you’ll take any TV time you can get. That’s why it was such a big deal to his wife, Kourtney, that Adam was on featured groups coverage on PGA Tour Live Friday morning at the 3M Open. A chance to...

Since its inception in 1860, the Open Championship has been played at 14 different courses—all within the United Kingdom. The Irish Government is hoping to change that as it’s exploring a bid to host both the Open and the AIG Women’s Open at Portmarnock Golf Club in Dublin. The famous course has been a constant...

Folks, we have great news. News so good that it could potentially unite this ailing nation: Football is officially BACK This week NFL teams from Seattle to Foxborough returned to training camp, gearing up for their annual gridiron campaigns. That included the Buffalo Bills, who will look to claim their fifth straight AFC East championship...

The idea of golf in the Olympics has taken some getting used to since its return in 2016 to the Summer Games after a 112-year absence. But with Paris marking the third time that the sport’s elite will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals, players and fans who once questioned the marriage of the...

They’re seriously good golfers but the boys at Ripper GC can never be accused of taking things too seriously. Maybe that’s the secret? The all-Aussie LIV lineup love a good laugh at the expense of each other. Remember when newest team member Lucas Herbert was on the losing end of a ‘bad shirt’ prank? This...

Victorian Richard Green has continued his trend of finishing day one of a major championship up the pointy end of the leaderboard as play at The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex got underway overnight at Carnoustie. The tall left-hander is in a share of second after an opening round 3-under 69, one shot back of...

A common misconception about putting, especially when it comes to good distance control, is that the putterhead should be accelerating as it hits the ball. That’s not actually true. If the putter is accelerating at impact, gathering momentum, the energy of the collision makes it very difficult to regulate distance. Thanks to technology and the...

Aussie Olympian Jason Day has taken to social media to reveal his Aussie-theme golf shoes ahead of the 2024 golf competition in Paris. Day received a special package from his friends at Payntr Golf, with a special message to boot. Check it out: OK, so a couple things we picked up: The level of detail...

July 26th, 2024 By Australian Golf Digest The LPGA is in Canada this week for the CPKC Women’s Open, putting the focus, of course, squarely on Brooke Henderson, the tour’s top Canadian star. The won the event back in 2018. Henderson, 26, has played consistently all year and will again represent Canada in the Olympics,...

July 26th, 2024 By Australian Golf Digest LIV Golf’s season is quickly nearing its end. Sure, two months remain, but this week’s event in the United Kingdom is the 11th of the 14 on its schedule. The field at JCB Golf & Country Club is competing for the usual $US20 million overall purse with the...

To walk or not to walk, that was the question for five members of the field in this week’s Senior British Open at Carnoustie. Citing various degrees of physical distress, Tim Herron, John Daly, Vijay Singh, Bernhard Langer and Paul Broadhurst each requested that they be allowed to ride in a cart. Only Herron’s plea...

Sahith Theegala is off to a strong start at TPC Twin Cities. After his first round, Theegala is two strokes off the pace set up by early leader Patrick Rodgers, with five birdies and no bogeys on his card. Cam Smith won’t be at the Olympics, but will watch and cheer on Australia It hasn’t...