Rory McIlroy: A Year of Heartaches
Will Rory McIlroy get over the painful loss at Pinehurst, the heartache of Royal County Down, and the off-course issues of 2024?
Webb Simpson: Priorities and Perseverance
In the fall, Webb Simpson will play in four tournaments and he’s got a blueprint for how he’ll stay in game-shape when 2025 arrives.
Keegan Bradley: Home Roots to the Ryder Cup Captaincy
Everything about the evening of June 26 was validation of Keegan Bradley’s decision to buy a second home in which to spend summer months in his beloved New England. Correction. Make it “their” beloved New England because Keegan’s wife, Jillian, is his quintessential soulmate. Like Keegan, Jillian is a Vermont native who embraces a true […]
Xander Schauffele: Uncanny and Relentless
For casual viewers who glance at those small leaderboard graphics on televised PGA Tour tournaments, the similarity in names is striking. “Scheffler” is there again, but so, too, is “Schauffele.” What gives? First up, understand this: Scottie Scheffler, who turned 28 on June 21, is the world’s top-ranked player and it’s not debatable. But Xander […]
Ludvig Åberg: Living Up to the Hype
Hype is for the social media crowd, the folks who sit upon barstools and at tables following their rounds and pontificate about what they know about young golfers they haven’t seen. And just how do they “know?” Well, because they heard from someone who was told by someone, or they read it somewhere—though they can’t […]
The Curious Case of Justin Thomas
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.—Four days after patrons at the 88th Masters were provided eclipse glasses to view a rare natural phenomenon, they had no such assistance to help comprehend the inexplicable meltdown of Justin Thomas on April 12. Truth is, nearly two weeks later, what transpired late in Round 2 of the Masters still left […]
Tom Watson: A Never-Ending Passion for Golf
There was room for criticism, if you studied the numbers. In 1973, for instance, Tom Watson had finished 35th on the PGA Tour money list. Thirty-fifth. Pretty stout. Then, over the first three months of the ’74 season, Watson made the cut in each of his 12 tournaments and was 16th in money earned as […]
Scottie Scheffler: Uncommonly Consistent, Unflappably Good
Before yet another atmospheric river interrupted the proceedings at early February’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am—not rudely, mind you, but devastatingly—there was a crossing of paths with Scott and Diane Scheffler. Having been to Pebble Beach for glorious U.S. Open weather in June 2019, this was their first sojourn to the famed “Crosby Clambake” and they […]
Team Europe Captain Luke Donald is Not Done Competing
Insufferable, this obsession for analytics that have overrun our sports world. Meander into the statistics tab of a PGA Tour database that keeps track of tournaments and players and there’s a minimum of 39 categories where you can explore to your heart’s content. But for those of us who can respect that a 4-under 67 […]
Adam Scott: New Challenges for the Consummate Professional
Global locales of great splendor that are deep in family ties (Australia’s Gold Coast) and owed to travel convenience (Crans-sur-Sierre in the Swiss Alps) have afforded Adam Scott the chance to live where he can protect what is at the heart of his persona. Reserved, but hardly shy, and a deep thinker who doesn’t act […]
