As of this writing, Ian Poulter’s chances of automatically qualifying for the European Ryder Cup team are slim, at best. He’s 21st on the European Points list, which puts him 17 spots back of an auto bid. On the World Points list, he’s five spots back of Shane Lowry, who is currently in position to
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Among the number of growing curiosities surrounding Bryson DeChambeau is the accusation that the 2020 U.S. Open champ fails to properly yell “FORE” on errant drives. DeChambeau himself has dismissed these claims. “I do shout ‘Fore,’” he said at this year’s Open Championship. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. There are plenty of people
1:38 AM ET Associated Press KAWAGOE, Japan — Nelly Korda had to work for pars instead of making birdies look routine, and the 23-year-old American did well enough to keep her distance in pursuit of an Olympic golf medal. Korda saved par with a 5-foot putt on the 17th hole and then got up-and-down from
As the sun beat down late on a steamy Friday afternoon at Kasumigaseki Country Club, American Nelly Korda holding a three-shot lead through three rounds of the women’s Olympic competition, the same question lingered on everyone’s minds: Will there be a fourth round come Saturday? Tropical storm Mirinae was moving steadily towards the eastern coast
12:37 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Justin Thomas sat in the chair, exhaled, then did his best to keep his eyes open. He might have simply said the media questions he fielded were putting him to sleep. But he didn’t have the energy for humor. A long stretch of golf across the globe was taking
After steamrolling through the Florida Swing, Bryson DeChambeau has simply not been the same player in the summer months. There was a brief glimpse of greatness on Sunday at the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, but a back-nine 44 spoiled his near title-defense. During DeChambeau’s mini dry spell, every headline involving his name has had
Say what you will about Nelly Korda “settling” for a nine-under 62 on Thursday during the second round of the women’s Olympic competition. Yes, a double bogey on the last hole hurts when a birdie could have given the 23-year-old American just the second 59 in women’s pro golf history. Even so, Korda’s still impressive
4:01 AM ET Associated Press KAWAGOE, Japan — Already with her first major title and the No. 1 ranking, Nelly Korda took a big step toward a gold medal Thursday with a 9-under 62 that tied an Olympic record and gave her a four-shot lead. Still to be determined was how much golf was left
Nelly Korda stood on the 18th tee at Kasumigaseki Country Club in the second round with an opportunity to elevate the 2020 Tokyo Olympics into an echelon of their own in golf. With a birdie on the last, Korda could complete the second 59 in the history of the women’s game. But after missing left
9:57 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN Lexi Thompson had a new caddie on her bag for the second round of the women’s golf tournament at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday: Drew Hinesley. Hinesley, who was in Tokyo working with NBC, took over because Thompson’s regular caddie, Jack Fulghum, suffered from heat exhaustion and dehydration during the
Bryson DeChambeau says he lost 10 pounds and had some “coughing spurts” during his illness with COVID-19, but he now doesn’t see a need to get a coronavirus vaccine. “The thing is, the vaccine doesn’t necessarily prevent it from happening,” DeChambeau told Golfchannel.com after practicing on Wednesday for the WGC-St. Jude Invitational. “That’s where for
Lexi Thompson grew up in Florida, so the LPGA Tour pro knows from hot. But what she and the rest of the field faced on Wednesday at Kasumigaseki Country Club was a different level of heat. Temperatures rose into the high 90s and the heat index reached 110 degrees. But the situation grew scary for
7:47 AM ET Charlotte S Gibson Aditi Ashok, 23, might not be a household name or winner on the LPGA Tour quite yet. But back home in India, she’s a top-ranked woman golfer, two-time Olympian and current second-place holder in Tokyo. In her first round of the women’s golf tournament at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics,
After picking a pair of winners in consecutive weeks, our expert handicappers finally cooled off at the Olympics men’s golf tournament. Shockingly, no one on our normally very pro-Xander Schauffele betting panel was on Xander to win gold, despite many signs pointing to that outcome. That just means we’ll be digging a bit deeper this
2:05 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Xander Schauffele had the presence of mind to bring his Olympic gold medal with him to Memphis, just not enough bravado to wear it around his neck as he emerged from a two-day blur to resume life on the PGA Tour after winning the Olympic men’s tournament on Sunday.
With the news that the FedEx St. Jude Invitational will become the first event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs in 2022, this year’s tournament will be the last under the World Golf Championships banner. Nevertheless, this week’s WGC event at TPC Southwind will host a plethora of top-ranked players, including the brand-new Olympic gold medalist.
Mike Whan became the LPGA Tour commissioner in January 2010, three months after the International Olympic Committee announced golf’s return to the Olympics beginning with Rio in 2016. Part of Whan’s new duties included attending quarterly Olympic Board meetings to discuss how golf would fit into the Games, meeting alongside the power brokers of golf:
10:11 AM ET GERMANTOWN, Tenn. — The PGA Tour announced significant changes to its 2021-22 schedule, collaborating with the European Tour to co-sanction three events, dropping two World Golf Championship events and relocating the first FedEx Cup playoff event to the backyard of its umbrella sponsor. For the first time outside of the World Golf