Hailey Davidson came up short in her quest to become the first transgender golfer to earn an LPGA card. Davidson closed with an even-par 72 at the second stage of LPGA Qualifying at Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Florida, on Friday. A total of 43 players advanced to December’s Final Qualifying. Davidson’s four-round…
Once upon a time the driver was the hardest club in the bag to hit. These days they are packed with technology to help mid-to-high handicappers get the most out of the game. They will help you find some extra distance, accuracy and, most importantly, forgiveness. While the tour pros swing the driver at anywhere…
A 68-year-old man was killed last weekend when a tree snapped on the Oregon golf course he loved playing, pinning him to the ground. Bob Dunn, who split time between Tillamook, Oregon, and a home in Nicaragua, was playing the Mook at Alderbrook when the tree collapsed and killed him. The managing partners of the…
Isi Gabsa didn’t want to admit it, but she reckons this is probably her 10th trip to LPGA Qualifying School. The 29-year-old German has been there enough to know the goal is always to win at the no-cut event. The top 35 and ties after four rounds at Plantation Golf and Country Club advance to…
It’s probably the number one mistake that the average golfer makes. At the very least it is among the first made in the backswing. And it is so, so, so destructive. What is is? It’s swaying off the ball. The hacker does it, the average golfer does it, even decent handicap golfers do it. Good…
Many of us dream of scoring a hole-in-one. But for one New Jersey golfer, the realisation of that much-desired feat was worth so much more than the customary photo with the flagstick. With a three-day trip to famed Pebble Beach on offer for an ace, Andrew Ferrara stepped up to the 11th hole, a signature…
Standing on the ninth hole at the Marshfield Country Club about to hit his final tee shot as a member of the Marshfield High golf team in Massachusetts, Owen McCall looked at the green and was a little worried. It was Senior Day (Oct. 9) and parents had surrounded the hole to greet the players…
Get ready for a wave of “Let’s go, Gilly!” cheers this week at the Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas. That’s the nickname of Ian Gilligan, a 21-year-old senior at the University of Florida who won the Southern Highlands Invitational to earn a berth in the PGA Tour field this week at TPC Summerlin. Gilligan…
Steven Alderson is an accomplished golfer, one who’s stockpiling victories on his resume. Less than a month ago, the 44-year-old captured the South Australian All Abilities Championship, winning by a full three strokes. In 2023, he captured the Webex Players Series South Australia, and back in 2020, he was the winner of the South Australian…
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — Lauren Cupp is always on the run. She’s the men’s and women’s golf coach at Hamilton College in New York, her alma mater. She and her husband, Wes, own Rome Country Club. The couple has three children, ages 10, 7 and 3. When she’s not running around the country coaching her…
