The first Match between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson featured a large pile of cash for the winner. The latest rendition will have crypto being doled out to the champ. This is all because the PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf showdown featuring Rory McIlroy and … [Read more...]
It’s rivalry week in college football. Here’s 8 imaginary matches pitting golfers against their college foes
It’s college football rivalry week, with a few games on Friday and a giant slate of matchups set for Saturday. Many of these games will go a long way to decide who makes up the new 12-team playoff in college football.All of them will give one school … [Read more...]
South Africa Continues to attract tourists who love luxury accommodations, great food, magnificent wildlife and fabulous golfing.
South Africa Continues to attract tourists who love luxury accommodations, great food, magnificent wildlife and fabulous golfing. Since leaving South Africa many moons ago, I have returned at least 20 times, if not more. It is one of the most … [Read more...]
So now what? Here’s what’s left in pro golf in 2024, including the Hero, Grant Thornton, PNC
The PGA Tour’s 2024 year ended with the RSM Classic. The LPGA ended the same day at the CME Group Tour Championship. The week prior, the DP World Tour put a cap on things for the year. The week before that, the PGA Tour Champions closed the books on … [Read more...]
These four PGA Tour players have been nominated for the 2024 Arnold Palmer Award (Rookie of the Year)
Nick Dunlap had a year unlike any other for a player on the PGA Tour. The University of Alabama product scored 19 points in the final round of the Barracuda Championship, the fifth and final opposite-field event and also the only one that uses the … [Read more...]
After buying a golf course a decade ago, a Texas school district might flip it due to rising costs
Back in 2014, the La Joya Independent School District near McAllen, Texas — just a few miles from the Mexican border — purchased Martin Valley Ranch Golf Course for the price of $5 million and converted it into Howling Trails Golf Course. In recent … [Read more...]
Tiger Woods says he’s ‘disappointed’ to be a no-go for the 2024 Hero World Challenge
It’s not the news most golf fans wanted but it’s probably not surprising. On Monday afternoon, Tiger Woods announced on social media that he will not compete in the upcoming Hero World Challenge, his annual bash in the Bahamas. “I am disappointed … [Read more...]
Jeeno Thitikul topped $6 million in 2024 to lead LPGA money list. Check out the top 10
A $4 million first-place prize goes a long way toward winning a money title.Jeeno Thitikul delivered a knock-out punch Sunday at the 2024 CME Group Tour Championship, going eagle-birdie on Nos. 17 and 18 to win the LPGA’s season finale by a shot.In … [Read more...]
Mexico’s Clarisa Temelo runs away with 2024 Women’s Amateur Latin America title
Clarisa Temelo earned the biggest victory of her life Sunday. The 18-year-old from Mexico and freshman at Arkansas won the 2024 Women’s Amateur Latin America, running away from the field for a six-shot victory. Temelo finished at 9-under 275 for the … [Read more...]
Joel Dahmen’s gritty final-round performance highlights who’s in, who’s out of the PGA Tour’s top 125
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – With a 6-foot par putt with his job for next year on the line, Joel Dahmen knew he was going to make it. “I’d come too far, I’d done too much today to 3-putt the last,” he said. But there was still the matter of making the … [Read more...]