Rickie Fowler didn’t win the Scottish Open, but he produced the most unbelievable highlight from the event. In the third round on Saturday, Fowler smashed a 458-yard drive that surprised fans trying to cross the course. How did Rickie Fowler crush a 458-yard drive at the Scottish Open? The situation set up perfectly for Fowler.…
Has it really been four years since Rory McIlroy last won a major championship? When said like that, it feels like an eternity. Worse yet, a slump. Some might consider it one given McIlroy’s enormous talent and how quickly he amassed his first four major titles, winning them all by age 25 and in a…
Mention the Ping DOC 17 putter and a wry smile crosses the face of nearly everyone who remembers it. First released in 2004, it was massive. Shaped like a half-circle, the DOC 17 measured 6.7 inches across. Made from aluminum to keep its weight down, the DOC 17 was – at that time – the…
Golf player Paige Spiranac never expected her Instagram page to become quite as popular as it did, but it gained fans extremely fast and is now standing on 1.4 million followers. Now standing alongside famous golfers such as Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, which opened up many opportunities for her professionally. But even though…
CROMWELL, Conn. — Bubba Watson keeps adding his name to the history book. One day it could be in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Sunday at the Travelers Championship, Watson picked up the 12th victory of his career, which includes two Masters titles and a World Golf Championship. He once joked about retiring after…
Player profile: Samba Niang Country: Senegal Age: 29 Height: 181cm Weight: 83kg Turned Pro : 2008 National rank: 1 West Africa Golf Tour ranking: 4 Pro wins: 18 Samba Niang is the number one golfer in Senegal for the last 8 years. He started playing golf in Senegal when he was three years old. He…
Brooks Koepka stepped up to his approach on No. 16 on Sunday afternoon at the U.S. Open. At +1, he was a single stroke ahead of Tommy Fleetwood, who’d been in the Shinnecock Hills clubhouse for two hours after posting a record-tying 63 earlier in the day. Koepka had no margin for error, and he…
Southampton (United States) (AFP) – Dustin Johnson likes the view from the top, and the long-hitting American says there’s no downside to arriving at the 118th US Open as the number one ranked player in the world. “If anything, it takes pressure off me just because I played well last week,” Johnson said Tuesday at…
The tournament might already have been wrapped for Dustin Johnson, but that didn’t stop him from putting a neat little bow on it with his final shot of the weekend. Holding a four-stroke lead over second-place finisher Adam Putnam, all Johnson had to do on the 18th hole was avoid catastrophe on a historical level.…
That question has haunted Phil Mickelson year after year during his quest to win an elusive U.S. Open title. And it’s understandable why the question continues to be asked — he’s a six-time runner-up in the event, including in 2004 at this year’s venue, Shinnecock Hills. Mickelson, who has 43 PGA Tour victories, will try…
