Category: Golf
The 12 American Golfers Set to Represent the U.S.
The 2024 Presidents Cup team is set and ready for action. The top-six finishers in the point standings that are U.S. PGA Tour members automatically qualified for U.S. Captain Jim Furyk’s team. Furyk then made his six captain’s picks to round out his 12-man squad that will seek to continue America’s domination of the biennial…
Billy Horschel shares valuable putting tips to improve amateur performance on the greens
Billy Horschel’s victory at the BMW PGA Championship was spectacular for many reasons: the 20-under winning total, 26 birdies across the four rounds over Wentworth’s West Course and the way he eagled the second extra hole to edge out Rory McIlroy were just some of the highlights. On Saturday the American made seven straight birdies…
Meet the 12 players representing the International team in the upcoming tournament
International Team Captain Mike Weir has his share of major winners on his team, including Hideki Matsuyama, Adam Scott and Jason Day, but the International side enters the biennial competition as an underdog on paper, based on the Official World Golf Ranking. But never fear, Weir is here to steer the the 12-man team behind…
19-Year-Old German Golf Prodigy Helen Briem Dominates the Competition at 6-Foot-3
It’s hard to miss Helen Briem. For starters, the 19-year-old German is 6-foot-3-inches tall, and lately, she’s been the one holding the trophy. The long-hitting Briem extended a magnificent run of late with a victory at the La Sella Open in her first Ladies European Tour start as a professional. The new pro began the…
Potential Traffic Concerns for Fans at the 2024 Presidents Cup
The shuttle service for spectators at the Solheim Cup last week was an unmitigated disaster for the LPGA Tour, marring the biennial competition’s otherwise delightful playing at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Manassas, Virginia. On the first day of the competition, fans waited for upwards of 90 minutes for what should have been…
The story behind Fred Couples’ unique six-wood strategy in his golf bag
When you’re 64 and have a long history of back problems then you need all the help that you can get. Fred Couples, winner of the 1992 Masters and a former World No. 1, manages it by packing his bag full of headcovers. This season we’ve seen very little of the American but he’s been…
Get to Know the Assistants for the 2024 Presidents Cup International Team Captain
Captain Ernie Els of South Africa and the International team reacts on the first tee prior to Friday foursome matches on day two of the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Course on December 13, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images) Els, a 19-time PGA Tour winner, has appeared in eight…
Getting to know the United States team’s assistant captains for the 2024 Presidents Cup
Justin Leonard acknowledges the crowd after his final putt on the 18th hole during the first round of the Dominion Energy Charity Classic at The Country Club of Virginia on October 20, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) Leonard, 51, has competed in the Presidents Cup five times (1996, 1998, 2003, 2005,…
Young golfer Josele Ballester clinches his first college victory at OFCC following his U.S. Amateur triumph
Josele Ballester picked a good place to pick up his first collegiate victory. The senior at Arizona State made pars on his final two holes Sunday morning to hold on and win the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational, one of the top events of the season, at Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois. Because of Sunday’s weather…
Lydia Ko triumphs at the 2024 Kroger Queen City tournament, silencing retirement rumors
Lydia Ko picked up right where she left off — winning. On the heels of an Olympic gold medal and the AIG Women’s British Open victory at St. Andrews, Ko added another first-place prize at the 2024 Kroger Queen City Championship, topping the field by five strokes after a three-week break. Incredibly, she had only…