AKRON, Ohio – At this point last year Hideki Matsuyama seemed an unstoppable force in the game. He closed his Sunday round at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with three consecutive birdies on his way to a course-record-tying 61 and a five-stroke victory. A year removed from that commanding performance, Matsuyama has just a single top-10 finish […]
Monthly Archives: iulie 2018
AKRON, Ohio – An elbow injury that forced Henrik Stenson to withdraw from the Scottish Open earlier this month continues to be an issue for the Swede. On Tuesday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, his first start since The Open, Stenson said his left elbow is still not 100 percent despite having last week off to […]
AKRON, Ohio – As surprises go, this one ranks just ahead of the sun rising in the east. But then any time the powers that be start digging into players’ bags there will be interest. As a steady rain cut short most practice schedules on Tuesday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational players mulled around the range […]
AKRON, Ohio – The final WGC-Bridgestone Invitational will feature a fitting few days of high-profile pairings as the world’s best players assemble at Firestone Country Club. This week’s World Golf Championship, which will be relocated to Memphis next year and called the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, will be anchored by a foursome of marquee pairings, […]
Jarrod Lyle and his family revealed on Tuesday that the former PGA Tour player’s body was no longer able to fight its battle against leukemia. Lyle, a peer favorite on every tour on which he competed, has been placed on palliative care. Upon hearing the news, the golf world reacted with sadness. Man this is […]
The PGA Tour announced Tuesday that Tiger Woods has committed to play the first two legs of the FedExCup Playoffs: The Northern Trust (Aug. 23-26) and the Dell Technologies Championship (Aug. 31-Sept. 3). Woods, currently 47th in the FedExCup points race, has not qualified for the postseason since 2013, the year of his most recent […]
LYTHAM & ST. ANNES – In-Kyung Kim returns this week to defend her Ricoh Women’s British Open title still feeling the fulfillment her victory brought her at Kingsbarns. “I feel finally in peace,” Kim said. Kim won a lot of hearts with the resilience she showed coming back from that devastating loss at the ANA […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Jessica Korda would love to see American girls coming up in golf get the boost other nations get with a national team. Korda, a five-time LPGA winner, is the highest ranked American teeing it up at the Ricoh Women’s British Open this week at No. 9 in the world with […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Jessica Korda has a high threshold for pain. She proved that this year coming back to win in her first start after undergoing a difficult offseason surgery to alleviate migraine headaches caused by a misaligned jaw. She won the Honda Thailand still feeling the debilitating ache of the healing process. […]
In a joint release Tuesday, the R&A and USGA announced their plans to limit the use of green-reading materials beginning in 2019, „reaffirming the need for a player to read greens based on their own judgement, skill and ability.” Starting Tuesday, the proposal detailed below will be subject to a six-week period of „feedback and consultation […]