Category: Blog
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Ted Scott, Scottie Scheffler’s caddie, has likely made more money than 80 percent of PGA Tour players in 2024
There’s no shortage of money in professional golf right now. Scottie Scheffler is likely going to set a record this year for most money made in a single PGA Tour season, and after Sunday’s win at the 2024 Travelers Championship, he moved to fifth on the all-time PGA Tour career money list after another $3.6 million hit…
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Bryson DeChambeau outduels Rory McIlroy to win 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2
PINEHURST, N.C. — Bryson DeChambeau swept up a pile of sand in his hand and placed it in the U.S. Open trophy for safe keeping. A short time earlier, he’d punched his second shot at the 18th hole into a sandy lie in the North Carolina Sandhills, 55 yards from the hole location where one of…
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What Would You Shoot At The US Open? This Cool New USGA Tool Reveals Just That
Ever wondered what you would shoot at the US Open? The USGA has a handy tool that shows golfers of any level their target score if they were teeing it up at Pinehurst No.2 this week – and most won’t even come close to breaking par. The US Open is considered to be the most…
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Jim Furyk announces U.S. President’s Cup captain’s assistants, and one is a match-play bulldog
U.S. Team Captain Jim Furyk has announced his captain’s assistant for the 2024 Presidents Cup, scheduled for Sept. 24-29, 2024, at The Royal Montreal Golf Club in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Stewart Cink, Justin Leonard and Kevin Kisner were named to Furyk’s contingent, although he can still name two more assistants before the event. The International team…
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Lexi Thompson, 29, announces retirement at end of 2024 season
LANCASTER, Pa. — Lexi Thompson’s history with the U.S. Women’s Open began as a prodigious 12-year-old when she became the youngest to ever compete in the championship in 2007. Though she’s never won this event, it seems fitting that she makes a big life announcement at this event. In the lead-up to the 79th U.S.…
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Xander Schauffele won 2024 PGA Championship with skill, but deserved it on attitude
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Spend enough time around elite golfers and it becomes clear that the ingredients for success – and sanity, for that matter – are a short memory, a thick hide and a stout ego. All three are intimately connected, but ego is the most important component, with the others essential for keeping it…
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Jimmy Dunne resigns from role on PGA Tour Policy Board: ‘I’m superfluous. It’s time to move on’
Jimmy Dunne, the Wall Street deal maker who helped architect the PGA Tour’s controversial deal with the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund last summer resigned from the Tour’s Policy Board on Monday. Dunne informed his fellow board members in a letter sent at 5 p.m. In a call with Golfweek, Dunne explained his decision. “There’s a…
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Jack Nicklaus remembers the exact moment he knew it was time to pass the baton (and it included Tiger Woods)
For Jack Nicklaus, the moment came in 2000 at Valhalla, the site of next week’s PGA Championship. Nicklaus, then 60, was playing in what would be his final PGA Championship. He missed the cut at 4 over, not able to recover from an opening-round 77. And when he walked off the course it hit him.…
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How Nelly Korda’s streak of five consecutive LPGA wins ranks in the history of golf
Nelly Korda joined rarified air on Sunday at the 2024 Chevron Championship when she collected her fifth consecutive LPGA title. Only two women have ever accomplished the feat (Annika Sorenstam and Nancy Lopez) and three men (Byron Nelson, Tiger Woods and Ben Hogan). Korda became the first player currently ranked No. 1 to win an LPGA…
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The Five Biggest Recent Changes To Augusta National For The Masters
Augusta National has regularly made changes for The Masters to keep up with the times, here’s the five biggest ones of recent years: As the host of the first Major of the year, Augusta National has become an iconic course in the world of golf, but how has it changed recently to make The Masters more of…