SAN FRANCISCO — New Jersey high-schooler Megha Ganne is committed to Stanford for her golf and education, so she already has that going for her. She must have a good mind for figtures, too. In her U.S. Women’s Open sectional qualifier, Ganne, 17 and heading into her senior year of high school, was playing the
11:03 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — High school junior Megha Ganne shot a 4-under 67 on Thursday to become the first amateur in 15 years to have a share of the lead after any round at the U.S. Women’s Open. The 17-year-old from New Jersey made back-to-back birdies on the back nine to
Following Phil Mickelson’s stunning victory at Kiawah—one of the biggest upsets in recent golf history—the world’s best players are set to arrive at Torrey Pines for what feels like a wide open 2021 U.S. Open. It’s the second time the South Course at Torrey has hosted this event, but don’t expect to learn much from
With full-time boss Tiger Woods sidelined for the foreseeable future, Joe LaCava has picked up a pretty solid side gig: loopin’ for Boom Boom. LaCava will guest caddie for Fred Couples in the Principal Charity Classic, this week’s PGA Tour Champions event at Wakonda Golf Club in Des Moines, Iowa. It’s not a new arrangement—LaCava
9:46 PM ET Joe LaCava is back inside the ropes this week — caddying for his old boss, Fred Couples. LaCava, who has caddied for Tiger Woods for the past 10 years, said in a text message Thursday night that “I’m actually eating pasta and watching hockey with [Couples] right now. Like nothing has changed
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CRUSH YOUR IRONS WITH 2 SIMPLE TIPS – Simple Golf Tips In this golf lesson Matt Fryer Golf takes you through two things that could be leading to poor iron strikes when you’re out on the golf course. Using the boditrak pressure mat, Matt Fryer identifies two key areas that cause fat and thin shots
DUBLIN, Ohio — Bo Hoag might be largely unknown among golf fans, but the second-year PGA Tour member is living large at this week’s Memorial Tournament. Hoag, 32, is a local guy who should feel more at home at Muirfield Village Golf Club than anyone but tournament founder and host Jack Nicklaus. His late grandfather,
10:12 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Clay Feagler two-putted from 35 feet on the 18th hole to wrap up Pepperdine’s first men’s golf national championship in 24 years, a 3-2 victory over Oklahoma on Wednesday at Grayhawk Golf Club. Pepperdine took an early lead on a sizzling day in the desert, allowed Oklahoma
The vast majority of European Tour events start on Thursday and finish on Sunday. Occasionally, there has been a Friday start, most notably in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, to take advantage of a Monday holiday. But rarely if ever has an event been reduced from 72- to 54 holes as a prelude to
It was a day of reckoning that ended a long week a year late for the Pepperdine and Oklahoma men’s golf teams, who on Wednesday settled a lingering question: Which had the best team? On any given day the answer likely would fluctuate, but on this day, well, score one for “the Waves of Malibu,”
5:27 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The LPGA Tour’s CP Women’s Open was canceled Wednesday because of logistical challenges and border restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was scheduled for Vancouver’s Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club on Aug. 26-29. Golf Canada and Canadian Pacific said Shaughnessy will host the 2023
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Because of how good he was between 2015 and 2017, anything less in the ensuing years from Jordan Spieth was always going to be cause for concern. When he went without a victory in the next three seasons, and experienced a particularly lean 2020, concern levels reached DEFCON 5. Thankfully, in 2021 Spieth has seemingly
5:21 PM ET The PGA Tour heads to Dublin, Ohio this week for the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Despite a final-round 75, Jon Rahm won last year’s even at Muirfield Village by three shots. Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props are worthwhile? Betting analyst Chris
SAN FRANCISCO—Jessica Korda was so distracted, so excited that she forgot just a couple of minor things as he rushed out of her Florida home for her trip to California for the U.S. Women’s Open. She could play maybe the hardest major of her life as if eyes were smeared with Vasali peering through a
Gamblers are a funny bunch. Last week in this space, one of our “experts” gave out Jason Kokrak as their sleeper pick (45-1). The rest of our crew cleaned up on matchup bets—and we hit a few of our top-10 bets, too—so anyone who followed us made a nice chunk of change. Rubbish, we say.