When average driving distance on the PGA Tour saw a 3.6-yard increase at the end of 2011, it marked the largest single year gain since 2003 and set an all-time high for players averaging more than 300 yards (21). It also broke the 290-yard barrier for the first time. Perhaps most tell...
Once you're finished with that last helping of potatoes and gravy and opened that final present under the tree, there's only one thing left to do: turn on the television and watch football. After all, the bowl season is the most wonderful time of the year. And those who enjoy their fo...
, who was granted his wish to be grouped with Tiger Woods a few weeks ago in Sydney, will begin wearing a decidedly more youthful line from adidas Golf in 2012, proclaiming that his new clothes want to "make him go out and work harder" ... There's a man who has a lifelong quest to cre...
Beman convinced corporate America to pay the freight. In return, they received substantial brand exposure outside of commercial breaks. In the new model, Beman eliminated the networks' risk, guaranteeing not only the production costs, but the rights fee it paid. In addition, the Tour ...
: Honestly, that is one of the most important things to me. Travis Mathew does a lot for charity and I love KENTWOOL's story. Each sock is made entirely in the USA. It's a family-owned textile company that's been around for almost 200 years, that's impressive. They're clearly experts ...
When average driving distance on the PGA Tour saw a 3.6-yard increase at the end of 2011, it marked the largest single year gain since 2003 and set an all-time high for players averaging more than 300 yards (21). It also broke the 290-yard barrier for the first time. Perhaps most tell...
Yet to be finalized on the 2012 schedule are the events to be played in Asia in September. As of the date of this schedule announcement, Champions Tour officials were in final discussions with representatives in South Korea on the renewal of the event that was played in that country t...
Beman convinced corporate America to pay the freight. In return, they received substantial brand exposure outside of commercial breaks. In the new model, Beman eliminated the networks' risk, guaranteeing not only the production costs, but the rights fee it paid. In addition, the Tour ...
LPGA.com begins its countdown to the end of 2011 with the LPGA Tour's 11 top stories of the year. Join us as we look back at the year's most memorable milestones. We begin here with Story No. 11. Sandra Gal Earns First LPGA Victory At The Kia Classic Sandra Gal edged out Rolex Ranking...
is set to struggle to return to his previous level of fame within the sport, one expert has claimed. This is according to Paul Pierson, a partner at Carbone Smoan Agency in New York, who told Forbes the task would be extremely difficult even with public support. "People love a persona...
Change, and plenty of it, is on the horizon for the Nationwide Tour. Instead of looking forward, let's look back at what was an interesting season for the PGA Tour's secondary circuit. • • • 1. Change is in the air The Nationwide Tour isn't often a hot debate topic. Only the hardcore ...
Insider: Breaking down the bowls, PGA TOUR-style text size Lecka/Getty Images Jonathan Byrd and Lucas Glover were on opposite sides at the Wells Fargo Championship, but they would be united for Clemson at the Orange Bowl. Dec. 21, 2011 By Stan Awtrey, PGATOUR.COM Contributor Once you'...
Far Hills, N.J. – The United States Golf Association today announced the selection of five players to represent the USA in the 2012 Curtis Cup Match, to be conducted June 8-10 at The Nairn Golf Club in Scotland. The players are: Amy Anderson, 19, of Oxbow, N.D.; Lindy Duncan, 20, of F...
While John Solheim’s suggestion to create three different golf balls is not being dismissed by the U.S. Golf Association, the revolutionary plan will encounter some hazard-filled terrain as the USGA plots the future direction of the Rules of Golf. USGA executive director Mike Davis, r...
December 21, 2011 youtube.com Rory McIlroy on the Burj Al Arab Helipad @Jumeirah
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 06/05/2011 30/05/2011 02/06/2011 07/07/2011 29/09/2011 21/12/2011 Great sadness surrounded the end of a remarkable season There's talk of me reporting back to Ollie - I only live 30 minutes away from the Ryder Cup course Medinah The loss of my father came...
PITTSBURGH, Pa. and PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- The Constellation Senior Players Championship and the PGA TOUR's Champions Tour announced today that the tournament will move to Fox Chapel Golf Club in Pittsburgh in 2012. After five years of being played in the fall, the tournament move...
ORLANDO, Fla. — If ever an award in golf needed an asterisk, it would be for Ai Miyazato winning the Ladies European Tour money list. She played in only two tournaments — both part of the LPGA Tour schedule — winning the Evian Masters and missing the cut at the Women's British Open. B...
Change, and plenty of it, is on the horizon for the Nationwide Tour. Instead of looking forward, let's look back at what was an interesting season for the PGA Tour's secondary circuit. • • • 1. Change is in the air The Nationwide Tour isn't often a hot debate topic. Only the hardcore ...
Severiano Ballesteros is an enigma, no doubt about it. However, we who know only the English-speaking way of golf make him out to be rather more enigmatic than he really is. We try to translate him into terms we can understand, so that we can relate to him, but the message becomes gar...
About the only player from the Pacific Northwest - male or female - who can rival the career record of Anne Quast Sander is her long-time rival, JoAnne Gunderson Carner. But while the titles won by the "Great Gundy" took place on amateur and professional stages, all of Sander's came a...
Yet to be finalized on the 2012 schedule are the events to be played in Asia in September. As of the date of this schedule announcement, Champions Tour officials were in final discussions with representatives in South Korea on the renewal of the event that was played in that country t...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The first PGA Tour event of the new year at least will sound like a big tournament. The Hyundai Tournament of Champions at Kapalua will be hosted on the Golf Channel by Dan Hicks of NBC Sports, and for the first time will feature the dual commentary of Nick Faldo and ...
Smile Financial Foundation, micro financing institution chaired by Chairman Seung Yoo Kim of Hana Financial Group, held a special event at HFG's Headquarters, announcing the charitable contribution it received from the 2011 LPGA HanaBank Championship through the "Birdies of Love" prog...
If he doesn't either play himself back into the top 50 in the first few months of the new year (he is currently ranked 56th) or win a PGA tour event during the same time (save for those held concurrently with WGC events), Els will miss the Masters at Augusta for the first time since 1...
Five players have been named to the U.S. Curtis Cup team for the 2012 match, to be played at Nairn Golf Club in Scotland on June 8-10. The Curtis Cup is a biennial international women’s amateur golf competition between the United States and Great Britain and Ireland. The U.S. Golf Ass...
On Monday, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee vetoed legislation that would have turned Sharp Park Golf Course over to Golden Gate National Recreation Area officials and led to its likely closure. Earlier in December the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the legislation by a narrow 6-...
This holiday season, we've exhausted ourselves -- and you -- by asking what golf-related items you'll be giving and which you're hoping you'll be receiving. So, it was time to come up with something a little different, and we think we've done that. A Quick Nine Each week, the editors ...
One common theme of 2011 was the varied -- and often extreme -- effects of Mother Nature. Severe weather seemed to be stalking the sport, causing everything from irritating suspensions (The U.S. Women's Open, most notably) and cancelations (The Barclays being cut to 54 holes) of tourn...
Ranking/movement: +20 (No. 27 to No. 7) Why the rise? Looking back, Lewis wasn’t surprised she upset World No. 1 Yani Tseng at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. She had gained distance (25 yards off the tee), muscle and confidence around the greens. In her mind, a victory was simply a m...
