A lot of people will tell you that the golf shot of the year was the one Bill Haas played out of that pond on 17 at East Lake in the second hole of his three-hole playoff with Hunter Mahan in Atlanta in October. You remember. It was the playoff where the eventual winner didn't even re...
1.) What can Gavin Hall do when he’s healthy? The affable lefty from Pittsford, N.Y., spent much of 2011 sidelined with a wrist injury that eventually required arthroscopic surgery in March. Shortly after his return he won the AJGA’s Junior Players in March, which begs the question, w...
Contest: Who is the hottest golfer today? Preview: Our 12 bold predictions for 2012 Donald, tseng, lehman win golf writers' awards LPGA founding member Danoff dies at 88 Els, Goosen not yet in 2012 Masters field Miyazato claims let money title in odd fashion San Fran mayor's decision ...
On the face of it, 275 yards might not seem that bad, but on TOUR, it puts you at the very bottom of driving distance stats. There are still plenty of courses where short hitters can win, but it's a decided disadvantage. With 480-yard par-4s becoming the norm, the reality is hard to i...
The two 18s, both opened in 1998, were Coore & Crenshaw's first design in the Arizona desert. Upon an initial inspection, it's difficult to see how the duo manipulated the 350 acres of open farmland east of Scottsdale into such a tour de force for all level of linksters. Both courses ...
Scores • Patriot All-America Invitational (Rd. 2) Cory Whitsett, a sophomore at Alabama, shot 64 Thursday in the second round of the Patriot All-America Invitational to take a two-shot lead after 36 holes. The event, co-hosted by the Folds of Honor Foundation, features 84 college play...
Tseng the game's dominant force BY Bruce Young | 30 Dec 2011 Yani Tseng Tseng holding aloft one of many trophies in 2011, this one her Ricoh Women's British Open Championship silverware. (Photo: Tristan Jones/LET) The world of women’s golf in 2011 can be best summed up in just two wor...
The concierge in Edinburgh scoffed at our 6:40 a.m. tee time. Only “naked lady caddies” would get him on a golf course that early in the morning. But this, we tried to tell him, was the Old Course at St. Andrews, and well worth the sacrifice. Besides, we’d literally won the lottery to...
Woods, shown here in 1989, grew up in Orange County, Calif., and was a golf prodigy, as his father Earl introduced him to the game by age 2.
October 28, 1996 Woods wins two tournaments in his rookie season. Read the story.
Surely things can’t get any better for European golf next year, can they? I made the same statement at the end of 2010. With three European Tour players lifting majors and victory in the Ryder Cup, it seemed inconceivable it could get any better this year. It did. Another three Europe...
Kuala Lumpur, December 30: The 2012 Asian Tour Qualifying School next month has attracted a record turnout of 599 participants who will chase playing rights on the new 2012 Asian Tour season. The Tour hopefuls, who are made up of players from over 30 countries including former world a...
Waste not, want not. The saying has gained steam across the golf industry. Josh Heptig, Director of Golf Operations at County of San Luis Obispo, is doing more than speaking about it, however. “We’re trying to eliminate all waste from our property,” he said of the initiative. “Whether...
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a three-part, where-are-they-now series chronicling the careers of Beth Bauer, May Wood and Catherine Cartwright. • • • The fan mail keeps coming. Can’t wait for you to get back out there, the letters implore. “It’s been five years since...
accomplished something in 2011 that may never be duplicated, as he won the money titles on both sides of the Atlantic. The European Tour crown came with relative ease but Donald had to add -- and win -- the final event of the PGA TOUR's Fall Series to earn the Arnold Palmer Award in a...
LONDON -- If the greatest sporting victories blend pure talent and relentless determination with high drama and tear-jerking emotion, then the award for the United Kingdom's Sportsman of the Year in 2011 should have gone to Darren Clarke. Clarke's triumph at the Brtish Open at Royal S...
Reason to Celebrate: Woods finished birdie-birdie to win the Chevron World Challenge, his first win in more than two years.
This week Robert Lee is joined by John Hawksworth in a special edition of the European Tour Race to Dubai show as we take time to reflect on the 2011 season which culminated in Luke Donald’s incredible achievement of topping both the US and European money lists. We’ll hear from the Wo...
With the 2009 U.S. Open coming to Bethpage Black in June, Phil Mickelson again is thinking about trying to win the national championship he covets on a course he thoroughly enjoys. He's had a few close calls and a few that were not so close, such as last year's Open at Torrey Pines in...
Golf courses have been hit hard the past few years with the country's economy struggling. Those who still have the means to play regularly, though, stand to benefit. "2012 is going to be another good year for the green-fee paying public as the market continues to correct itself. High-...
Golf’s first major off-season equipment signing could signify a Happy New Year for Callaway Golf. An industry source confirmed to me late Wednesday that the Carlsbad, Calif., company will announce it has signed Jim Furyk to a multi-year endorsement deal in 2012. This coming on the hee...
Bradley and McIlroy were both major champions, but Donald was rewarded for his incredibly consistent performances throughout the year, which included two victories in the US and a further 12 top-10 finishes in 19 starts, stats which had already earned him the 2011 PGA of America playe...
LPGA.com counts down 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. Read about teen Lexi Thompson's record-setting LPGA win in Story No. 2. Lexi Thompson Becomes Youngest Player To Win On LPGA Florid...
