PONTE VEDRA, Fla. — The call, like the shot, was better than most. It was 25 years ago, the third round of the 2001 Players Championship, when NBC golf announcer Gary Koch’s call of an impossible 60-foot Tiger Woods birdie…
PONTE VEDRA, Fla. — The rate of upward trajectory in Chris Gotterup’s golf career is enough to give you vertigo, it’s been so dizzying. The 26-year-old who grew up in Little Silver, N.J., down the Shore, and played at Rutgers,…
Happy 50th, Tiger. Hopefully, Tiger Woods properly celebrated his birthday Tuesday for all he’s done in the game of golf, seismically changing the sport arguably more than anyone in its history. Hopefully, Woods also used the day to properly celebrate…
So, now what? In the aftermath of the Americans’ stunning Ryder Cup loss to the Europeans at Bethpage Black, where the Keegan Bradley Experiment didn’t produce the desired result for Team USA, what does the PGA of America do about…
Maybe it’s time we just accept the truth: The Europeans are simply better at this Ryder Cup thing than the Americans. Sure, the U.S. has had its moments in this biennial competition, winning its share of matches on home soil.…
Golf has looked really easy for Scottie Scheffler for the past few years as he’s won 19 times since 2021, including 13 the past two years, and spent 156 weeks as the No. 1-ranked player in the world. On Friday,…
Yes, Bryson DeChambeau is just one of 12 on the U.S. Ryder Cup team, but there isn’t a more pivotal or polarizing player for the Americans this week at Bethpage Black. The wildly popular, quirky Californian is, quite simply, the…
They come in darkness, adrenaline surging, imagination unchained. They drive through silent suburban streets, equipped with beer, snacks and childlike enthusiasm. They curl up in discomfort, in cars turned cots, accepting what little sleep they get before the 4:30 a.m.…
There was a tinge of irony inside the Bethpage interview room Tuesday when Scottie Scheffler — No. 1 in the world since May 2023, the PGA Tour de force of the past two cycles — fielded a question about Tiger…
There isn’t a more stunning “Where did this come from?” story among the 12 U.S. Ryder Cup players who’ll compete against Europe this week at Bethpage Black than J.J. Spaun’s. Before 2025, Spaun’s goals in golf were rather raw and…