LPGA’s 6-foot final qualifying medalist can reach speeds of more than 110 mph and leads several Euro grades

The European players watched this week at home in Mobile, Alabama. Five of the top 10 players on this year’s Ladies European Tour, which closed the season on Nov. 30, earned LPGA cards in final qualifying on Tuesday. This also applies to medalist Helen Briem, the 1.80 meter tall German who won her LET debut […]

Field, format, TV times for PNC, with Tiger and Charlie Woods

The 28th PNC Championship will be held Dec. 20-21 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando (Fla.) in Grande Lakes. Bernhard Langer and son Jason are the two-time defending champions, having defeated Tiger Woods and son Charlie last year in a play-off. Team Woods will not return this time as the elder Woods continues his recovery […]

Rory McIlroy’s preparation for the Optum Golf Channel Games included a flop shot… over Tiger Woods

In some ways, Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler have been training for the Optum Golf Channel Games their entire lives. Yes, golf is golf, but the sport’s two megastars haven’t always followed the traditional route when practicing and playing. Take McIlroy, for example, who played many solo rounds around Holywood Golf Club in his native […]

With some player input and goals set, what a future PGA Tour schedule could look like

If there was any ambiguity about Brian Rolapp’s vision for the PGA Tour, it was cleared away last week by Tiger Woods, the chief architect and frontman of the CEO’s Future Competition Committee. “There will be some eggs spilled, crushed and broken, but I think in the end we will have a product that is […]

How Golf Learned to Speak: The Surprising Origins of Par, Birdie, Caddy, and More

This article was adapted from original content first published in Golf Journal, the quarterly print magazine available exclusively to USGA members. Golf is a sport full of contradictions, starting with the fact that golfers don’t ‘play golf’: they play golf. Yet in casual conversation you still hear, “I’m playing golf today,” a phrase that makes […]