Spieth Has Ground To Make Up In Quest For Grand Slam
Quail Hollow presented a stern test in Thursday's opening round of the final major, primarily because of the firm, fast and frightening greens for which the U.S. Open is known.
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Quail Hollow presented a stern test in Thursday's opening round of the final major, primarily because of the firm, fast and frightening greens for which the U.S. Open is known.
So while Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson and the rest of golf's glamour names likely will dominate the headlines later in the week, the eve of the season's final major championship belonged to Beach and the 19 other club professionals who scratched their way into the field at Quail Hollow.
Three down, one to go for Jordan Spieth. Only it's not that simple. Of the five players who have won the career Grand Slam, no one has ever completed it at the PGA Championship.
Tiger Woods has dropped out of the World Golf Rankings Top 1000 for the first time in his career.
Winning is winning. Comebacks are cool. But great golfers take pride in closing. "Because I feel totally different," Jordan Spieth said. "I'm a lot more uncomfortable in the closing scenario, playing with the lead."
The PGA Tour is beefing up its anti-doping policy by adding blood testing next season.
In the 117 year history of the U.S. Open, our National Championship, there have been 2 players to finish at -10 or better. There were 7 this weekend.
A blimp flying near the US Open golf tournament in Wisconsin has crashed.
Police say Tiger Woods was asleep at the wheel but had no alcohol in his system when officers spotted his car stopped along a Florida road.
Tiger Woods attributed an "unexpected reaction" to prescription medicine for his arrest on a DUI charge that landed him in a Florida jail Monday for nearly four hours.
With his 4-under 66 on Thursday, Jon Rahm was a stroke behind first-round leaders Kelly Kraft, Derek Fathauer and PGA Tour rookie J.T. Poston.
PGA Tour golfer Billy Horschel didn't know his wife planned to go public about her alcoholism.
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will make his CBS broadcasting debut this weekend at the PGA Dean & DeLuca Invitational in Fort Worth.
Brittany Horschel said last weekend marked the one-year anniversary of her sobriety.
A year after losing to Sergio Garcia in a playoff at the TPC Four Seasons, Koepka settled for a 3-under 67 and trailed co-leaders James Hahn and Ricky Barnes by three shots.
This will be the 35th and final year before the Byron Nelson Golf Classic moves to a new golf course designed by Ben Crenshaw and his longtime architecture partner, Bill Coore.
Jordan Spieth is joining the long list of athletes to be depicted on a Wheaties cereal box.
The best golfers from around the world are in North Texas this week for the AT&T Byron Nelson tournament in Irving. Even by just being a spectator, visitors are helping a worthy cause.
One day after saying his back was progressing, Tiger Woods had a fourth back surgery to alleviate pain and will go through another year without playing a major.
Jordan Spieth played the final round of the Masters precisely how he planned, which is why he couldn't believe that his run at another green jacket Sunday turned into one of the worst rounds of his young career.
Sergio Garcia has won the first major championship of his career with a dramatic, sudden-death victory over Justin Rose at the Masters.
Justin Rose charged from behind on the back nine at Augusta National. Sergio Garcia received the kind of break that allowed him to wonder if maybe the golfing gods are finally on his side after all these years.
Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from the Masters after injuring his lower back in a fall at the home he was renting for the week.
Russell Henley overcame a four-shot deficit Sunday in the Houston by closing with a 7-under 65 for a three-shot victory, one of the most important final rounds of his career. Only later did he realize it might have his best.
Rickie Fowler shot an 8-under 64 for a one-shot lead over Sung Kang after the first round of the Houston Open on Thursday.
