If you’re reading this column, you can likely relate. You’ve been the golfer at the Super Bowl party begging for the TV to remain on the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Oh, no—a playoff?! But the national anthem is about to start, and we have money on it, damnit! This is on the Mount Rushmore of
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1:48 PM ET For the first time, golf’s governing bodies appear poised to allow for significant rules differences between elite players and other golfers as a way to combat the distance gains the sport has seen with the advancement of technology. Known as “bifurcation,” it would mean the professional tours and elite amateur competitions could
“If I go to the mall and I see something I like, I see a shirt I like, I go home and I just get it embroidered with the Citi logo on the sleeve,” he said Tuesday, noting one of his other sponsors that chose to stand by and work with him. “It’s definitely a
If you weren’t paying attention a year ago, the USGA and R&A made it clear on Tuesday that they are serious about rolling back distance. What they actually might do is a little less clear, but more focused than it was. In other words, the rollback clock officially has started. “This problem obviously didn’t happen
7:26 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Showing no effects from a rules controversy a day earlier, Patrick Reed pulled away for a five-shot victory Sunday in the Farmers Insurance Open. Reed closed with a 4-under 68 at Torrey Pines, making an eagle on the par-5 sixth and finishing off his ninth PGA Tour
Patrick Reed’s behavior has occasionally been cloaked in smoke. That behavior appears to extend to the realm of social media. Reed’s official Twitter handle has long been noted for blocking media and golf fans from viewing Reed’s accounts. In itself this is not newsworthy; plenty of athletes and personalities block users who criticize them, although
4:12 PM ET PointsBet, an online sportsbook that has a partnership with the PGA Tour, has offered refunds to all of those who did not bet on Patrick Reed at the Farmers Insurance Open. Reed, who won the tournament Sunday, had a high-profile rules issue that was deemed to be handled correctly by the PGA
Patrick Reed has played in the last three Ryder Cups and been a stalwart for the United States in the biennial competition. After a five-stroke victory on Sunday at the Farmers Insurance Open, he has a chance to again be on the team for the Americans this fall. Points earned from his win at Torrey
Many golf fans were left with a bitter taste in their mouths on Sunday night following Patrick Reed’s win at the Farmers Insurance Open. Some who bet on someone other than Reed, however, wound up feeling better about the situation thanks to one sportsbook’s decision. Shortly after the conclusion of the tournament, PointsBet announced it
7:40 PM ET Patrick Reed did not cheat at the Farmers Insurance Open. To say otherwise is to be able to climb inside his head and figure out exactly what continues to trigger his brain in a manner that such actions continue to make many believe otherwise. The events that transpired over the weekend at
You didn’t have to scroll far on any social-media platform to figure out the sentiment toward Patrick Reed and his use of the embedded-ball rule Saturday at the Farmers Insurance Open. But Twitter hate and Instagram vitriol are so ubiquitous that the shouting becomes white noise. Plus, there is really only one group whose opinion
3:39 PM ET The rules issue that Patrick Reed faced during the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open is one that Rory McIlroy also confronted — without a rules official and with virtually no fanfare. Reed was allowed to take a drop from what he believed was an embedded lie on the 10th hole
As Patrick Reed’s embedded-ball saga unfolded on Saturday at the Farmers Insurance Open, part of the reasoning for why the PGA Tour stated it was comfortable with the way Reed handled the situation—despite the skepticism of TV commentators and some voices on social media—was that officials believed he acted in a manner consistent with the
Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz is the more recent winner on the PGA Tour, having claimed victory at the Vivint Houston Open in November. Yet it was just the first PGA Tour title for the 29-year-old compared to the eight that Patrick Reed has won during his career, one in which he’s claimed victories in seven of
6:13 PM ET Third-round co-leader Patrick Reed found himself dealing with another rules issue on Saturday at the Farmers Insurance Open when he sought relief for an embedded ball — that television replays show had first bounced — and then picked up the ball before a rules official could arrive. Reed, the 2018 Masters champion
SAN DIEGO—In the aftermath of Patrick Reed’s rules controversy at the 2019 Hero World Challenge, where he was penalized two strokes for twice sweeping sand from behind his ball on practice swings and dealt with the “cheater” label, Paul Azinger opined, “It’s pretty important for Patrick Reed to get it right at this point in
9:05 AM ET England’s Paul Casey carded an eight-under-par 64 in the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic on Saturday and tied the lowest round of the week to go 15-under overall and take a one-shot lead heading into the final round. Casey recorded six birdies and capped off his day with an eagle
In the more than three decades that have passed since former Ryder Cup captain Mark James won the European Tour’s inaugural event in the Middle East, the population of Dubai has multiplied more than five-fold. Lengthy traffic jams are now far from unusual on the 10-lane Sheik Zayed Road that runs past the entrance to