By Beth Ann Nichols | June 3, 2021 11:57 pm ET Follow @golfweeknichols SAN FRANCISCO ’ A total of 15 players broke par in the opening round of the 76th U.S. Women’s Open. On a day when the USGA moved up several tees, a Solheim Cup veteran (Mel Reid) and an amateur (Megha Ganne) topped
9:46 PM ET Joe LaCava is back inside the ropes this week — caddying for his old boss, Fred Couples. LaCava, who has caddied for Tiger Woods for the past 10 years, said in a text message Thursday night that “I’m actually eating pasta and watching hockey with [Couples] right now. Like nothing has changed
The golf gods have a sense of humor. A cruel, twisted sense of humor. Got to feel for Jack Nicklaus. His fear of increasing distance gains was so fierce that it prompted him to do an overhaul of his beloved Muirfield Village. Just in case you forgot, he made sure to let you know by
By Bill Rabinowitz, Columbus Dispatch | June 3, 2021 2:32 pm ET COLUMBUS, Ohio ’ Playing a PGA Tour event in your hometown can be tricky. The familiarity and crowd support are certainly helpful, but the pressure to do well can be a burden. “Yeah, I’m trying to figure that out,” Columbus native and Ohio
Jason Day has withdrawn from the Memorial prior to his Thursday tee time. The PGA Tour communications department announced Thursday morning that Day, 33, cited a back injury as the reason for his WD. It is Day’s 11th career WD on the PGA Tour and his second this season. The 2019 PGA champ and former
5:27 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The LPGA Tour’s CP Women’s Open was canceled Wednesday because of logistical challenges and border restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was scheduled for Vancouver’s Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club on Aug. 26-29. Golf Canada and Canadian Pacific said Shaughnessy will host the 2023
By Beth Ann Nichols | June 2, 2021 9:13 pm ET Follow @golfweeknichols On the eve of the 76th U.S. Women’s Open, Golf Canada announced the cancellation of its national open for a second consecutive year due to logistical challenges and continued border restrictions related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The CP Women’s Open was
It was a day of reckoning that ended a long week a year late for the Pepperdine and Oklahoma men’s golf teams, who on Wednesday settled a lingering question: Which had the best team? On any given day the answer likely would fluctuate, but on this day, well, score one for “the Waves of Malibu,”
By Adam Woodard | June 2, 2021 11:20 pm ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. ’ You get the feeling it just had to end this way for Pepperdine. Needing one point to clinch the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship for the second national title in program history and first in the match-play era, fifth-year senior Clay
10:12 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Clay Feagler two-putted from 35 feet on the 18th hole to wrap up Pepperdine’s first men’s golf national championship in 24 years, a 3-2 victory over Oklahoma on Wednesday at Grayhawk Golf Club. Pepperdine took an early lead on a sizzling day in the desert, allowed Oklahoma
SAN FRANCISCO’This will be a nostalgic week for Webb Simpson. Nine years ago this month, he came from back in the pack on Sunday, shot 68 and seized the U.S. Open at Olympic Club for what is his only major victory in a seven-win PGA Tour career. You’d think the 35-year-old would make it a
By Steve DiMeglio | June 2, 2021 3:40 pm ET Follow @Steve_DiMeglio DUBLIN, Ohio ’ Players in this week’s Memorial Tournament have been forced to familiarize themselves rather quickly to a brand new golf course after a complete renovation by designer and builder Jack Nicklaus. New bunkers, expanded tees, the addition of a SubAir system,
Because of how good he was between 2019 and 2019, anything less in the ensuing years from Jordan Spieth was always going to be cause for concern. When he went without a victory in the next three seasons, and experienced a particularly lean 2020, concern levels reached DEFCON 5. Thankfully, in 2021 Spieth has seemingly
2:02 PM ET Associated Press FARSO, Denmark — Bernd Wiesberger retained his title at the Made in HimmerLand event on the European Tour by shooting 7-under 64 to win by five shots on Sunday. The Austrian golfer won the tournament in Denmark in 2019 and it was canceled last year because of the pandemic. The
By Rob Oller, Columbus Dispatch | June 2, 2021 7:00 am ET Follow @rollerCD DUBLIN, Ohio ’ As if there in person, Jack Nicklaus could feel the crush of fans as he watched on TV the swarming crowds close in around Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka 10 days ago on the 18th fairway of the PGA
Gamblers are a funny bunch. Last week in this space, one of our “experts” gave out Jason Kokrak as their sleeper pick (45-1). The rest of our crew cleaned up on matchup bets’and we hit a few of our top-10 bets, too’so anyone who followed us made a nice chunk of change. Rubbish, we say.
When Tommy Fleetwood signed with TaylorMade, the biggest surprise for him was how well their ball performed. Sergio Garcia, who at the time wasn’t even with the company (although he has recently re-joined), told him “Finally you get to see what you have been missing out on”. The ball was also a standout performer at
By Beth Ann Nichols | June 1, 2021 10:00 pm ET Follow @golfweeknichols SAN FRANCISCO ’ The mowers went to work late Monday afternoon. The chop-fest out of the rough at The Olympic Club got a little too choppy, even by U.S. Women’s Open standards. “It defeats the purpose of some graduated rough,” said the
10:10 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Quade Cummins sank an 8-foot birdie putt on the drivable par-4 17th hole at Grayhawk Golf Club in the NCAA men’s national semifinals on Tuesday, clinching Oklahoma’s place in the title match against Pepperdine. Oklahoma and host Arizona State played close matches all afternoon after advancing to
It’s time to return to The House That Jack Built. This year’s Memorial Tournament at the renovated Muirfield Village is shaping up to be quite the event with the top five players in the FedEx Cup standings all looking to impress The Golden Bear. The most recent Memorial winner, 2020 champ Jon Rahm, can potentially
When asked to name a women’s golf equipment brand, Ping is the name that comes to mind. Why? Well, many people don’t realise that The Solheim Cup is named after the Karsten Solheim, who is the founder of Ping, and the biggest event in women’s professional golf is still supported by the family to this
By Adam Woodard | June 1, 2021 2:54 pm ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. ’ Match play just hits differently. Despite only eight teams being on the course Tuesday morning for the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship compared to 30 earlier this week for stroke play, the buzz around Grayhawk Golf Club hasn’t
Much like golf’s last go-around with the Olympics, the 2021 Summer Games lead-up has been marked by withdrawals and issues with the competition rather than the competition itself. However, with three weeks remaining before the men’s field is set, the sport received two strong endorsements Tuesday morning. Speaking at Muirfield Village ahead of this week’s
7:52 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Jason Kokrak played in 233 PGA Tour events before getting his first victory. The big hitter didn’t have to wait nearly as long to win again, though this one might have been harder because he had to overcome a local favorite at Colonial. Kokrak shot an
By Jason Lusk | June 1, 2021 7:00 am ET Follow @GolfweekJLu The best of public-access golf in Maine combines old and new, as well as private club-style amenities with resort accommodations. Golfweek ranks courses by compiling the average ratings ’ on a points basis of 1 to 10 ’ of its more than 750 raters
The course remains one of the toughest tests of the year’a second-shot course that will challenge the game’s best this week. It’s another great field, as defending champion Jon Rahm (10-1) leads the odds board at this invitational event. Seven of the top-10 and 16 of the top-25 ranked players in the world will compete
By Michelle Gardner, Arizona Republic | May 31, 2021 10:39 pm ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. ’ The Arizona State men’s golf team just needed to make match play, that means finishing in the top eight after 72 holes of the NCAA championship. But the Sun Devils weren’t content to just do that. Coach Matt Thurmond’s squad
10:18 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Turk Pettit had a stellar start to his collegiate career, winning a tournament as a freshman and posting five top-10 finishes. One bad round seemed to put him a funk. Then his clubs were stolen. The tall, lanky player from Alabama appeared to get back into a
SAN FRANCISCO’It’s one of those occasions when you wonder, “Why didn’t anybody think of this before?” Remarkably, the Korda sisters of the LPGA Tour, Jessica and Nelly, had never been grouped together in the first round of a women’s major championship. That will change come Thursday, when they will play alongside each other and former
By Beth Ann Nichols | May 31, 2021 2:58 pm ET Follow @golfweeknichols SAN FRANCISCO ’ Golf fans (and Korda parents) rejoice! Sisters Jessica and Nelly Korda will be grouped together for the first time in the opening round of a major at the U.S. Women’s Open. The Kordas will tee off at 11:28 a.m.
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