Opinion
Golf Doesn't Need You to Break 80
There is a particular kind of golfer who cannot enjoy a round until the maths has been settled. Somewhere around the twelfth hole, usually after a three-putt …
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PGA Tour
Jon Rahm's Return to PGA Tour Golf Is About More Than One Player
There was a small, easily missed line in Jon Rahm’s press conference at the Renaissance Club on Tuesday that said more about the state of professional …
LPGA
Carolina Chacarra's Third Start Ends in a Trophy at Hulencourt
There is a particular kind of pressure that comes with a two-shot deficit on a Sunday you did not expect to be playing in contention, and Carolina Chacarra had …
Courses
Merion East: The Course That Refused to Get Bigger
Most golf courses that host a U.S. Open get bigger afterwards. Land is bought, tees are pushed back, a corporate village materialises somewhere that used to be …
PGA Tour
Closing the Deal: Chris Gotterup's Bogey-Free 62 Wins the John Deere Classic
There is a version of Sunday at TPC Deere Run that plays out most years, where a leaderboard bunched at the top since Thursday spends the back nine slowly …
Tips and Instruction
The Punch Shot: Your Best Friend When the Trees Get in the Way
Every golfer who has played more than a handful of rounds knows the feeling. The tee shot has drifted into the trees, there is a gap somewhere up ahead that …
PGA Tour
Fireworks on the Fourth: Rickie Fowler's 63 Lights Up a Wild Moving Day at the John Deere Classic
There is a particular kind of Saturday at TPC Deere Run where the course seems to hand out low numbers to anyone patient enough to ask for one, and this …
Equipment
What Actually Matters When Choosing a Golf Ball (It Isn't Compression)
Ask ten amateurs why they play the ball currently sitting in their bag and at least half will mention compression at some point, usually something like “I …
PGA Tour
Glover & Blair Lead, Ben Griffin Quadruples as John Deere Classic Opens in a Flurry of Eagles
TPC Deere Run turned up its usual trick on Thursday: a course that looks gentle enough on the card until someone actually goes low, and then it turns out half …
Opinion
The Best Golf Is Played in Weather Nobody Wanted
There is a particular kind of golf broadcast that shows up every few weeks: blue sky, no wind worth mentioning, greens rolling at a fair and predictable speed, …