When he hung up the phone after Steve Stricker called last month breaking the news that he wasn’t going to be a captain’s pick for the 2021 U.S. Ryder Cup team, Sam Burns felt a twin set of emotions. “Definitely kind of gut wrenching,” was how the 25-year-old Louisiana native characterized being one of the
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The race for the 2022 FedEx Cup title is under way as the 2021-22 PGA Tour season begins with the fall series. The season-long FedEx Cup points standings will help determine who keeps their PGA Tour cards and who’ll be eligible for the FedEx Cup Playoffs come August. The 2021-22 season includes 45 regular season
7:36 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Sam Burns ran off four birdies in a six-hole stretch to start the back nine and pulled away for a 5-under 67 to win the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday for his second PGA Tour victory this year. Against a list of contenders looking for their first
The Yosemite Sam mustache is no more, the whiskers falling like leaves at the turn of the calendar. The outlaw disposition? Very, very much alive. While all eyes were elsewhere on welcoming the latest young gun to the sport, Sam Burns quietly and confidently captured the Sanderson Farms Championship. “Yeah, I think it’s, it hasn’t
2:00 PM ET Associated Press Danny Willett celebrated his birthday by winning the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship by two strokes on Sunday. The Englishman took a three-shot lead into the European Tour event’s final round, which was played over the Old Course at St. Andrews. Willett shot a 4-under 68 and finished on 18 under
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Despite what you may have heard elsewhere, timing isn’t quite everything. Not in life; not in golf. But it is a good attribute to have in each, as Danny Willett can surely attest More than seven years separate the former Masters champion’s maiden victory on the European Tour (the 2012 BMW
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland—It was a day for patience out on the links. With a brisk autumnal breeze sweeping towards the ever-chilly North Sea, tough questions were being asked of the players in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. There were answers to be found though. And so far no one has come up with more correct
10:55 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — In his first weekend contention on the PGA Tour, California rookie Sahith Theegala is handling the pressure and his golf just fine in the Sanderson Farms Championship. Theegala began the back nine Saturday at Country Club of Jackson with three straight birdies, had an eagle chip spin
If you follow college golf, you already know Sahith Theegala, the 2019 Fred Haskins and Ben Hogan player of the year who had his senior season at Pepperdine cut short by COVID-19. The Waves were ranked no. 1 that spring, but Theegala and his teammates never got to play for a national title, which left
2:07 PM ET Former Masters champion Danny Willett produced an impressive bogey-free round of 6-under 66 to claim a three-shot lead at the end of the third round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Saturday. The Englishman finished the day at 14 under for the tournament, ahead of overnight leader Tyrrell Hatton, who started
Collin Morikawa already knew his Ryder Cup teammates coming into the week, but he didn’t know them like that. Team competitions provide the world’s best players an opportunity to form deeper bonds than is possible from the cordial hellos they share on a PGA Tour driving range. At team dinners, hanging out between matches, away
MESQUITE, Nev. — Bryson DeChambeau’s run in the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship has come to an end, but not without fireworks. DeChambeau was eliminated in the Round of 8 after battling through the Round of 16. DeChambeau drew a gauntlet group in his first set of the day, battling Martin Borgmeier, Nick Vorbeck
9:42 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau‘s first foray into the world of long driving has come to an end. DeChambeau made it to the final eight of the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship but was eliminated in the next round Friday night in Mesquite, Nevada. DeChambeau squeaked into the top eight, in the final spot,
While Will Zalatoris was lighting it up on the PGA Tour a season ago, one of his former Wake Forest roommates, Cameron Young, was watching in awe like the rest of us. Young, who earned his PGA Tour card at the end of the summer, used to beat Zalatoris at school regularly, which had to
12:54 PM ET Tyrrell Hatton overcame three bogeys on a frustrating back nine to card a two-under 70 and take a one-shot lead in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship second round on Friday. The Englishman, who has twice won the tournament, started the day at 8 under and looked in control with two early birdies
Move over, Jim Furyk, there’s a new “Mr. 58” in professional golf. Alejandro Del Rey joined an exclusive club on Friday by firing a 58 in the second round of the Challenge Tour’s Swiss Challenge. OK, so it’s not quite the same as pulling off the feat on the PGA Tour, but Del Rey actually
They have been like the brothers in the neighborhood who are wrestling in the dirt one minute, about to send each other home bloodied and crying, and the next moment they’re united against the world. Bubba Watson and his caddie, Ted Scott, are among the most recognizable pair on the PGA Tour, and they’re also
9:32 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau is on to the final round of the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship after finishing tied for fourth in the third round of the tournament on Thursday in Mesquite, Nevada The event began Tuesday, when the field was narrowed down to 64. It went down to 32 on Wednesday,