14-year-old Guan receives exemption for Memorial Tournament
Guan Tianlang, the eighth-grader who became the youngest ever to make a cut at a major championship when he finished 58th at the Masters last month, has accepted an exemption to play in next week’s...
View ArticleTiger meets Merion, mentions Sergio and defends at Memorial
Before Tiger Woods arrived in Ohio to defend his title at Jack Nicklaus’ tournament, the Memorial, he made an important pit stop in the Philadelphia area. Similar to his preparation for last year’s...
View ArticlePGA Tour seems likely to follow USGA anchoring ban
The Masters champ has retained a lawyer but doesn’t plan to sue The PGA Tour Player Advisory Council (PAC) gathered for an official meeting on Tuesday at Muirfield Village Golf Club to discuss the USGA...
View ArticleTiger shoots blah 71, Freddie and Guan impress again, Rory frustrated
Tiger Woods starts slow in defense of title Tiger Woods got schooled by 53-year-old Fred Couples, the oldest player in the 120-man field, in the first round of the Memorial Tournament. “He kicked my...
View ArticleFred Couples takes trip to White House, meets President Obama (again)
Presidents Cup captains pose with President Obama Fred Couples didn’t even get to play a practice round at the Memorial Tournament. Instead, he got a call from PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem that...
View ArticleTiger Woods back to doing what he does best: breaking records
No, that’s not a fist pump Tiger Woods began his third round at the Memorial Tournament today in a comfortable, if unremarkable, tie for 43rd position. He ended it by signing for a seven-over-par 79 to...
View ArticleSaturday at the Memorial: Tougher than most!
Kuuuuuuuch! On a grueling day at Muirfield Village, the swirling winds gave players fits — most notably, Tiger Woods posted the worst nine holes in his career, 44, on the back nine — but several...
View ArticleNot Tiger’s week: Shoots a meaningless 72
Tiger in the doo-doo “Two pars–better than the start I had yesterday,” quipped Tiger Woods on the 12th tee to Zach Johnson and his caddie Damon Green, who were paired with Woods yesterday when he shot...
View ArticleThe best and the worst of Sunday at Memorial: Kuchar uncatchable
Kooooooch Since yesterday’s “Hot or Not” format received such positive feedback, I’ll keep going with the trend of mixing it up and try a superlative-type format. Thanks for your patience while I...
View ArticleBy the Numbers: The Memorial Tournament
A tale of two week’s: Kuchar and Tiger The Memorial Tournament is traditionally one of the hardest tests on the PGA Tour calendar, and with high winds and firm greens at this year’s edition, it once...
View ArticleAnd your U.S. and International Presidents Cup captains picks are…
The Picks After Phil Mickelson played with Jordan Spieth on Monday at the Deutsche Bank Championship and watched the 20-year-old phenom fire 62, he was impressed, to say the least. Mickelson was so...
View ArticleWUP Hangout: Talking Presidents Cup captains’ picks with Ryan Ballengee
The Golf News Net’s Ryan Ballengee joined me to chat about our thoughts and reactions to the Presidents Cup captains’ picks by Fred Couples for Team USA and Nick Price for the Internationals. Tune in....
View ArticleBack to your regularly scheduled programming…
As my regular readers know, I’ve been home in Seattle for a high school event the past week, and I don’t get back there often, so it gets pretty busy between hanging out with my parents and friends...
View ArticleVideo: Spieth makes ace in practice round, on the hook to buy…sodas
Jordan Spieth jarred a 7-iron on the par-3, 173-yard, 12th hole at Muirfield Village, during a practice round for the Presidents Cup. Spieth collected high-fives from the other three guys in his group...
View ArticleDeLaet’s journey: From back surgery to Presidents Cup
DeLaet warming up for his Prez Cup debut Not long ago, Graham DeLaet wasn’t sure if he’d ever be able to play golf again, let alone professionally with the world’s best. Almost two years after having a...
View ArticleThursday’s four-ball mid-afternoon top five: Red rules, bro shakes and pet...
Lindsey Vonn and former President George W. Bush on the first tee Well, so much for that fast start the International team needed in Thursday’s four-ball matches! When play was suspended at 2:38pm due...
View ArticleThursday’s hit list at the 2013 Presidents Cup: Internationals show heart,...
Lindsey pranks Tiger with the squirrel As I said earlier today, I hoped the Internationals would turn the momentum to their favor after the weather delay, and indeed, that’s exactly what happened. At...
View ArticleFriday’s hit list at the Presidents Cup: Closer than most
I thought they weren’t into fist-bumping? Aside from the crappy weather and delays — which we’re pretty used to this year on the PGA Tour — this Presidents Cup is much more intriguing than most...
View ArticleAmericans start to pull away…wait! Internationals fight back…wait, never mind...
Please see the very bottom for updates… Totally normal Well, the Internationals held on longer than the majority expected at the historically U.S.-dominated Presidents Cup. [*Wait, they're making a...
View ArticleVideo: Zach Johnson holes out to close match in style
Zach Johnson and Jason Dufner started slow, going 2 down through 7 to Richard Sterne and Marc Leishman in Saturday’s foursomes (fourth round). However, the momentum shifted when Dufner, aka Duff Daddy...
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