Category: Golf

Cast your mind back to early 2022, when LIV Golf was confirmed as going ahead with its intentions to disrupt the ecosystem of professional golf. Back when the notion of “no one likes change” was at its strongest, and LIV was getting the most pushback from fans in its 2.5-year timeline. Back then, could you...

[PHOTO: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images] It was another riveting day’s golf in the second round. Here are some of observations from on the ground. Turf crew under the pump Spare a thought for the greenkeeping staff at The Grange Golf Club who have kept the course in superb condition for the second rendition of LIV Golf...

[PHOTO: Sarah Reed/Getty Images] American Brendan Steele leads, but the HyFlyers star’s one-shot buffer will make him a marked man in front of 30,000 parochial Aussies on Sunday at Grange Golf Club. Steele played some outstanding golf on day two at LIV Golf Adelaide, turning in nine birdies and a bogey to jump to 14-under...

“[Playing partner] ‘Gracey’ [Branden Grace] made a putt from the top tier and some drinks landed on the green. That’s good fun, and it’s in the right spots so we can deal with it. A few pushed it too far. But the crowd self policed and they got some boos when they were throwing things...

Grace Kim’s sharp shots at the 2024 JM Eagle LA Championship have landed her at the top of the golf world bulletin. The young Australian professional golfer gained a first-round lead after shooting a 7-under 64 at the Wilshire Country Club. But Kim is not new to living her life in the spotlight. Born on...

Swedish superstar Henrik Stenson once made headlines when he cruised down Augusta National’s Magnolia Lane, windows down, with his favourite music blaring. On Friday night at the Port Adelaide vs St Kilda AFL showdown, he made even more noise by winning one lucky fan a brand new car of their own thanks to his laser-precision...

Sometime in early March, Sam Flood, the executive producer and president of production at NBC Sports, told a few colleagues he needed to shake up the network’s golf coverage. Undoubtedly, eyes must have been rolling. Because the last thing NBC’s golf production needed was for Flood to shake things up further. The duration of an...

There has been lots of handwringing about golf on TV in 2024, from ratings declines to complaints about too many commercials to frustrations over not enough live coverage. And yet there’s been lots of handwringing about golf on TV for years. Listen to hear if this sounds at all familiar: Golf Digest surveyed fans who...

One of the sneaky news bits of the week is that LIV Golf’s future road map includes plans for “home-team” events, a move that could help to bolster the league’s struggling team dynamic. From the looks of things at The Grange, however, Ripper G.C. captain Cam Smith already has a formidable homefield advantage cooking as...

The 2000 PGA Tour season was Tiger Woods’ best and one of the greatest seasons any tour player has ever had. That year he won three consecutive major championships—the U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship—by a combined 24 shots. He had nine total wins in 2000, and he was named the PGA Tour Player...

LONDON — No one said it was going to be easy. And less than a month into his tenure as just the fifth Chief Executive in the European/DP World Tour’s more than 50 years of existence, Guy Kinnings isn’t having to look too far for problems that need solving. Predictably, one in particular is dominating...

LONDON — Blame Rory McIlroy. In the immediate aftermath of two-time major champion Jon Rahm’s decision to join the LIV Golf League, the Northern Irishman wasted no time in expressing his fear that the Spaniard would therefore miss out on a fourth Ryder Cup start for Europe in 2025. “The European Tour is going to...