Author: Bob

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Without fans, there’s not much that distinguishes one PGA Tour event from another, and that includes next week’s PGA Championship, the first major championship played in over a year. “All these tournaments are created by their atmosphere …

Rory McIlroy: Every tournament after PGA Tour shutdown ‘has felt the same’ Read more »

Gaby Lopez won’t get the chance to add to her two LPGA titles when the tour makes its restart at the Drive On Championship in Toledo, Ohio, this week. She is the first LPGA player to test positive for COVID-19, …

Gaby Lopez first LPGA player to test positive for COVID-19; WDs from return Read more »

LPGA pros didn’t have to wait long to be reminded what’s at stake as they make their restart this week at the Drive On Championship in Toledo, Ohio. With Wednesday’s news that Gaby Lopez became the first LPGA player to …

LPGA players excited to return, ready to adapt to COVID-19 changes Read more »

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Following months of silence from the Premier Golf League, the offshoot circuit resurfaced last week with a report in The Guardian that several top players had received formal offer letters to join the PGL. Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott, …

Premier Golf League talks still on-going and Henrik Stenson’s in the know Read more »

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – For the second consecutive tournament Justin Thomas will need a replacement caddie after his regular looper, Jimmy Johnson, became ill. About halfway through the third round at the Memorial two weeks ago, Johnson left the course after …

With caddie still ill, Justin Thomas to have Jim ‘Bones’ McKay loop in Memphis Read more »

At least two of the three majors this year will be played without spectators. The USGA announced Wednesday, in conjunction with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, that the U.S. Open at Winged Foot will be played without fans because of …

U.S. Open to be held without fans because of coronavirus pandemic Read more »

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Not all missed cuts are missed opportunities. Consider Brooks Koepka’s missed weekend at last week’s 3M Open. It was his second missed cut in his last five events since the restart, and with the exception of a …

How a missed cut at the 3M Open was a good thing for Brooks Koepka Read more »

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Webb Simpson has an answer for golf’s distance debate and it doesn’t have anything to do with high-tech golf balls or clubheads, Bryson DeChambeau’s diet or gym memberships. For Simpson, who it should be noted is not …

Webb Simpson: Better course design the answer to golf’s distance debate Read more »

The year’s first major is just around the corner, but first there’s a WGC trophy to play for. A field of 78 will contest the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational this week in Memphis, including 44 of the top 50 players …

Q&Gray: Can the Bash Brothers break out of slump in Memphis ahead of PGA? Read more »

Thorbjorn Olesen will make his first start in a year when he returns to action this week at the European Tour’s Hero Open. Olesen has not played a tournament since last year’s WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, after which he was …

Thorbjorn Olesen Making First Start in a Year Following 2019 Arrest Read more »