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…
John Wangai remained supreme on his home course at Sigona Golf Course in Kenya as he claimed the second leg of the “Road to Karen” golf series last Wednesday. John was in good form as he birdied the 9th and 15th hole with a bogey on the 8th for a total round of 3 under…
Some of America’s greatest golf courses are among the courses where Tiger Woods has left his mark over his storied career. Muirfield Village, the site of this week’s Memorial Tournament, is among those spots that Woods built his legend. Tournament host, course designer and 18-time major champion Jack Nicklaus told reporters on Tuesday that he…
Golfer Lawrence Nganga playing off handicap 21 won the Samuel Njinu Tournament with 36 points over the weekend, the lowest score this year at the tough par 72 course of Ruiru Sports Club in Kenya. He beat men’s previous winner Frank Munyuah and Alex Machocho on count back. Irene Wamoro led the ladies with 32points…
