This Week in Golf: Dustin Johnson Does It Again At WGC-Bridgestone
By Sam McPherson Dustin Johnson shot a closing 66 on Sunday to win the Bridgestone Invitational, his third World Golf Championships event victory in the last four seasons. With 11 PGA Tour wins under...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: PGA Tour Midseason All-Stars
By Sam McPherson It was a quiet week for the PGA Tour. The Greenbrier Classic, scheduled for July 7 -10 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, was canceled a few weeks ago due to weather-related...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Stenson’s Sunday 63 At Open Championship Makes History
By Sam McPherson When explaining the 2016 Open Championship at Scotland’s Royal Troon, even the superlatives don’t seem to make sense. Two golfers –Sweden’s Henrik Stenson and America’s Phil Mickelson...
View ArticleThis Week in Golf: Vegas Wins Canadian Open With Closing-Round Comeback
By Sam McPherson Jhonattan Vegas sat in the clubhouse on Sunday afternoon at the RBC Canadian Open patiently wondering if his 276 total — good enough for 12-under par — would hold up. It did. When the...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Walker Holds Off Day To Win PGA Championship
By Sam McPherson Many golf fans were probably surprised to see Jimmy Walker leading after the first three rounds of the 98th PGA Championship. After Sunday’s thrilling finale at the famed Baltusrol...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Knox Wins Travelers; Furyk Shoots Record Sunday 58
By Sam McPherson Scotland’s Russell Knox won the Travelers Championship on Sunday with a 14-under par score, after shooting all four rounds at TPC River Highlands in the 60s. He held off three...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Moore Wins John Deere; Rose Gets Gold In Rio
By Sam McPherson Professional golf had an unusual week as two different tournaments on two different continents held the attention of fans. The PGA Tour rolled through Silvia, Illinois, where a...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Si Woo Kim Runs Away With Wyndham Championship
By Sam McPherson In the final PGA Tour event of the season before the FedExCup playoffs, South Korean golfer Si Woo Kim shot 21-under par at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina to...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Patrick Reed Takes The Barclays To Open FedExCup Playoffs
By Sam McPherson If the purpose of the FedExCup playoffs on the PGA Tour is to generate excitement, The Barclays at Bethpage Black did not disappoint this weekend as Patrick Reed held off a bushel of...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Rory McIlroy Gets Impressive Win At Deutsche Bank
By Dan Reardon He’s back. At least for one week, Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy has quieted his doubters and silenced his critics with a tour-de-force performance on the second leg of the FedExCup...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Dustin Johnson Wins BMW Championship, Eyes FedExCup
By Sam McPherson With a round of 63 in Friday’s second round, Dustin Johnson took control of the BMW Championship at the Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana. He then held on over the weekend...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: 5 Golfers Who Can Win The FedExCup
By Sam McPherson After a year-long schedule of golf tournaments, only five PGA Tour professionals have a chance to win the 2015-2016 FedExCup this weekend at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. This...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Rory McIlroy Wins FedExCup, Arnold Palmer Passes
By Sam McPherson The final day of the 2015-16 PGA Tour season will be remembered for a long time, and much of that has little to do with the Tour Championship itself, won by Rory McIlroy in a four-hole...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Watson Wins WGC-Dell, Houston Open Next
By Sam McPherson It has been four years since Bubba Watson last won a major tournament. But with his second victory of the PGA Tour season, on Sunday in the WGC-Dell Match Play event at the Austin...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Reed Wins Masters, Holding Off Fowler, Spieth
By Sam McPherson American Patrick Reed did most of the hard work on Friday and Saturday at Augusta National, although his Sunday was anything but easy. He shot a one-under par 71 on the final day, and...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Reed Wins Masters, Holding Off Fowler, Spieth
By Sam McPherson American Patrick Reed did most of the hard work on Friday and Saturday at Augusta National, although his Sunday was anything but easy. He shot a one-under par 71 on the final day, and...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Kodaira Wins RBC Heritage, His First PGA Tour Title
By Sam McPherson After tying for 28th place last week in his inaugural appearance at The Masters, Satoshi Kodaira of Japan won his first PGA Tour event on Sunday at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head,...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Landry Wins Valero Texas Open With Steady Play
By Sam McPherson In January, Andrew Landry just missed winning his first PGA Tour event when he lost on the fourth hole of sudden death to Spain’s Jon Rahm at the CareerBuilder Challenge in Palm...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Horschel, Piercy Go Low Sunday, Win Zurich Classic
By Sam McPherson The Zurich Classic of New Orleans and its unique team format once again provided loads of excitement for golf fans on Sunday. Billy Horschel and Scott Piercy carded a fourth-round best...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Jason Day Wins Wells Fargo By Two Strokes
By Sam McPherson If the Wells Fargo Championship this week at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, was any indication, then the golf world needs to take notice: Jason Day is back in a...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Webb Simpson Buries Field At Players Championship
By Sam McPherson There was little suspense on Sunday at the The Players Championship, as American Webb Simpson began the fourth round with a seven-shot lead and cruised to his his first victory in five...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Aaron Wise Wins First On Tour At AT&T Byron Nelson
By Sam McPherson Playing the weekend in 11-under par, PGA Tour rookie Aaron Wise won his first tournament on Sunday at the AT&T Byron Nelson, played at the Trinity Forest Golf Club course in...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Justin Rose Dominates Fort Worth Invitational
By Sam McPherson It’s been 20 years since England’s Justin Rose leaped onto the scene, when he finished fourth at the British Open as an amateur. Since then he has done pretty well for himself, winning...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: DeChambeau Wins Three-Way Playoff At Memorial
By Sam McPherson Winning The Memorial always has special meaning, thanks to tournament founder and golf legend Jack Nicklaus. Now Bryson DeChambeau can forever be linked with the Golden Bear after he...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Dustin Johnson Runs Away With FedEx St. Jude Classic
By Sam McPherson A Sunday showdown never materialized at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis on the TPC Southwind course, mostly because 2016 U.S. Open champion, Dustin Johnson, would not let one...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Brooks Koepka Defends U.S. Open Title At Shinnecock Hills
By Sam McPherson American Brooks Koepka won his second straight U.S. Open on Sunday at Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, New York, becoming the first repeat champion of the United States Golf...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Bubba Watson Flips Script To Win Travelers
By Sam McPherson As the final round of the Travelers Championship started on Sunday morning, not too many experts had their eyes on American Bubba Watson. But the lefty shot one of the PGA Tour’s best...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Molinari Masterful In Quicken Loans National Win
By Sam McPherson When someone wins a PGA Tour event by eight strokes, it is quite an achievement. And that is exactly what Italian Francesco Molinari did at the Quicken Loans National on Sunday by...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Kevin Na Dominates Sunday At The Greenbrier
By Sam McPherson What Sunday’s fourth round at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier lacked in drama it certainly made for in pure awe. Almost 20 players thought they had a legitimate chance to win the...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Michael Kim Laps The Field At John Deere Classic
By Sam McPherson American Michael Kim is headed to the British Open in Scotland this week, after winning his first PGA Tour event over the weekend with stunning dominance. Kim won the John Deere...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Molinari Tames Carnoustie In British Open Victory
By Sam McPherson Italy’s Francesco Molinari won the 2018 Open Championship on Sunday at Carnoustie. What is most impressive is how he did it, though his winning score of 8-under par does not do the...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Dustin Johnson Takes RBC Canadian Open
By Sam McPherson Even though the big prizes have evaded him this year so far, top-ranked Dustin Johnson still is having a superb season on the PGA Tour. His winning ways continued on Sunday at the RBC...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Justin Thomas Wins WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
By Sam McPherson The 2018 PGA Championship takes place later this week, and the rest of the field better be aware of defending champion Justin Thomas. The 25-year-old from Kentucky, who just won the...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Koepka Holds Off Tiger, Wins PGA Championship
By Sam McPherson Brooks Koepka won the 100th PGA Championship on Sunday at Bellerive Country Club outside of St. Louis, and in doing so, he became one of just five golfers in history to win the U.S....
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Snedeker Leads Start To Finish To Win Wyndham
By Sam McPherson It would have been a shame for Brandt Snedeker to waste his opening-round 59 at the Wyndham Championship, and he did not disappoint. He followed up his blistering first round with...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: DeChambeau Wins Northern Trust, Tops FedExCup Standings
By Sam McPherson Every PGA Tour playoff tournament has lots of jockeying for position, and The Northern Trust, which opened the FedExCup Playoffs, was no exception. Bryson DeChambeau emerged from a...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: DeChambeau Wins Dell Technologies, Leads FedExCup
By Sam McPherson Bryson DeChambeau does not turn 25 years old until September 16, but over the last two weekends, he has played with more experience and wisdom than his age would suggest. After a...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Bradley Clips Rose To Win BMW Championship
By Sam McPherson It had been more than six years since one-time golfing sensation Keegan Bradley had won a PGA Tour event. But thanks to fortune and opportunity, he now can add the 2018 BMW...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Tour Championship Preview And The Year In Review
By Sam McPherson The 2017-18 PGA Tour season comes to a close this week with the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. The best golfers in the world will play the final 72 holes of the...
View ArticleThis Week In Golf: Woods Takes Tour Championship, Rose Wins FedExCup
By Sam McPherson Tiger Woods won the moment, thrilling the fans in attendance, but it was Justin Rose who ended up winning the FedExCup. That is the way the golf world will remember the 2018 Tour...
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