ATLANTA – KPMG has been integral in pushing the women’s game forward. This week, they will take another step toward bringing more equity to golf by launching a statistical program aimed at providing the best female golfers in the world with the same insights used by their male counterparts. “Someone shared with me that the women golfers, […]
The U.S. Open heads to Brookline next year, site of arguably the most important championship in American golf history. Francis Ouimet, then a 20-year-old amateur, won the 1913 U.S. Open at The Country Club at Brookline, defeating British legends Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in a playoff. The colossal upset marked the rise of the […]
In the past 12 hours, three notable contenders for Olympic Gold have pulled out of the Summer Games in Tokyo. Sergio Garcia, Louis Oosthuizen and Tyrrell Hatton each announced on Twitter that they would not be representing their respective countries in next month’s Olympic golf event, which will be held July 29-Aug. 1 at Kasumigaseki Country Club. […]
ATLANTA – The season’s third major championship, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, brings with it the added pressure of the Olympic standings being finalized upon the conclusion of play. The week marks the final opportunity for Americans to jockey for one of the four spots on Team USA, which will head to Tokyo for the Summer Olympic Games, beginning […]
ATLANTA – When the Summer Olympics were postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the delay came with an unforeseen gift. Players who hadn’t performed as well as they’d hoped over the previous four years were given an additional 12 months to improve their position in the Rolex Rankings. On the other hand, players […]
Here’s a look at what’s happening on the LPGA and PGA Tour this week, and how you can watch it: LPGA KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Thursday-Sunday, Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands), Johns Creek, Ga. Course specs: Par 72, 6,831 yards, designed by Robert Trent Jones and Joe Lee, redesigned by Rees Jones (2006) Purse: $4.5 million Defending champion: Sei Young Kim […]
The men’s Olympic teams were set following the U.S. Open, with Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele and Bryson DeChambeau qualifying for the U.S. team. This will mark four different American players than the ones who competed in the 2016 Games. “I’m so excited. Obviously, it’s a little consolation to not winning here this week, […]
Among the spoils of Jon Rahm’s U.S. Open victory is a return to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking. Rahm supplanted Dustin Johnson atop the rankings thanks to the Spaniard’s triumph at Torrey Pines. Johnson had been No. 1 since winning in last year’s playoffs. Rahm previously was No. 1 for a total […]
Rory McIlroy was dialed in … until Torrey Pines ate him up like it did so many players coming down the stretch on Sunday at the U.S. Open. “I gave myself a great chance today. Even through 10 holes, I was right in the thick of things. It was really two holes that basically stopped the […]
Brooks Koepka continued his impressive play in majors at the U.S. Open, but to Koepka’s standards, his play at Torrey Pines wasn’t impressive enough as he finished tied for fourth at 2 under. Shooting a 69 on the final day, two shots better than Round 2 and 3, Koepka shot up in the standings with a bogey-free […]