Phil Mickelson has never played this much golf this late in the year since the PGA Tour began a new season in October instead of January. Then again, he’s never had this much of a reason.
Viktor Hovland tied the PGA Tour record at The Greenbrier with his 17th consecutive round in the 60s, and it could shed some light on how much golf has changed in two decades.
Seventeen days after Rory McIlroy won the FedExCup, a new season begins. That’s nothing new. The biggest difference is the amount of golf in the fall - and the amount of streaming coverage.
Hideki Matsuyama has never missed the Tour Championship since his first full year on the PGA Tour. He played Friday like he doesn’t want the streak to end.
The Player Advisory Council is meeting this week to discuss slow play. How far those talks get, however, depends on how many players are willing to admit they’re part of the problem.
The focus at the Wyndham Championship is usually on the players trying to qualify for the PGA Tour’s first playoff tournament. Now there’s more reason to pay attention to those near the top of the points list.
Doug Barron celebrated his 50th birthday with a last-minute trip to play links golf for the first time with some old friends. The week ended with a tie for fifth in The Senior Open.
Adam Scott already has spent seven days at Royal Portrush. What he saw was better than he imagined. Portrush hasn’t hosted an Open since 1951 and has a mystique except for the few who know it well.
That was Tiger Woods slipping on the green jacket. But it’s not the same Tiger Woods. The evidence has less to do with how he plays, and more to do with how often he plays.
As he prepares to defend his John Deere Classic title, Michael Kim comes in after missing the cut in all 17 tournaments he has played since the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
The text messages kept coming until David Berganio Jr. stopped counting, somewhere around 100, all wanting to celebrate his small role in an unlikely victory.
Maria Fassi’s play has brought with it enormous expectations at the pro level. So could she be the next LPGA superstar? She isn’t shying away from the chatter.
Brooks Koepka says he cared too much about it the world No. 1 ranking when he first got to the top and was consumed by trying to stay there. Now the four-time major champ has a new outlook.
