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Padraig Harrington, Sandra Palmer lead Class of '24 inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame
Read full article: Padraig Harrington, Sandra Palmer lead Class of '24 inducted into World Golf Hall of FamePadraig Harrington never thought much about the World Golf Hall of Fame when he was growing up in Ireland.
Picking Koepka from LIV Golf was easy for US Ryder Cup captain Johnson. Because everyone wanted him
Read full article: Picking Koepka from LIV Golf was easy for US Ryder Cup captain Johnson. Because everyone wanted himThe U.S. Ryder Cup team is holding a two-day training camp on the Marco Simone course outside Rome that will host the Sept. 29-Oct. 1 event.
Woods withdraws before completing 3rd round of Masters
Read full article: Woods withdraws before completing 3rd round of MastersTiger Woods withdrew from the Masters before the resumption of the third round Sunday, ending his streak of completing all 72 holes of every tournament he has played at Augusta National as a professional.
Sept. 11 families plan protest as LIV tees off in Oregon
Read full article: Sept. 11 families plan protest as LIV tees off in OregonLIV Golf’s first U.S. event was set to begin Thursday, with a group of survivors and families who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 terror attacks planning to gather at a nearby park to speak out against the Saudi Arabia-funded tour.
Triplett shoots 63 to take PGA Tour Champions lead in Iowa
Read full article: Triplett shoots 63 to take PGA Tour Champions lead in IowaKirk Triplett shot a 9-under 63 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over Jerry Kelly, Ken Tanigawa and Brett Quigley after the first round of the PGA Tour Champions’ Principal Charity Classic.
Love appointed captain again, this time for Presidents Cup
Read full article: Love appointed captain again, this time for Presidents CupThe PGA Tour has selected Love to be U.S. captain for the Presidents Cup in 2022 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was captain when Europe rallied from a 10-6 deficit to beat the Americans in the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah, and he was Ryder Cup captain for a rare U.S. victory four years later at Hazeltine. He also was an assistant captain in the Ryder Cup under Corey Pavin in 2010 and Jim Furyk in 2018 and is on the staff of Steve Stricker this year. The Presidents Cup was supposed to be played this year until the COVID-19 pandemic led to the Ryder Cup being postponed one year to this September. ... Tony Finau has 35 finishes in the top 10 since the start of the 2016-17 season on the PGA Tour without winning.
Johnson's tears for a green jacket and major validation
Read full article: Johnson's tears for a green jacket and major validationJohnson grew up about an hour away in South Carolina, and the Masters is the one major every Southern kid dreams about winning. Johnson already had become owner of a label not talked about enough: The best player to have only one major. He went from a 12-foot eagle putt for the win to a three-putt par to finish one shot behind. And then he delivered the key shot, an 8-iron down the slope to a pin tucked on the corner shelf. It will be the shortest time any Masters champion gets to keep the green jacket with him.
Ageless wonder Bernhard Langer oldest to make Masters cut
Read full article: Ageless wonder Bernhard Langer oldest to make Masters cutLanger, a two-time Masters champion and ageless wonder, gets to play two more rounds. He became the oldest player to make the 36-hole cut at the Masters, topping the record by Tommy Aaron in 2000 by 33 days. Tiger Woods constantly cites Langer and Fred Couples as examples of Masters champions who can find their way around the course and post good scores. When golf returned from the pandemic in June, Langer teed it up twice on the PGA Tour because the 50-and-older PGA Tour Champions had not resumed. Langer still decided to check on the policy on Tuesday night during the Masters Club dinner for past champions.
DeChambeau has grand plan to cut Masters course down to size
Read full article: DeChambeau has grand plan to cut Masters course down to sizeBy the time the Masters ends Sunday, fans might still be debating whether that’s good for the game. Earlier in the week, DeChambeau was out on the practice range experimenting with a 48-inch-long driver — right up against golf’s rulebook and nearly two inches longer than most players use. In one memorable episode, the Masters tournament committee shelled out several million dollars to buy a piece of land about the size of four parking spaces from the country club next door to move back the 13th tee. During his practice round with Woods, they began comparing notes. At the 505-yard, par-4 11th, DeChambeau hit a pitching wedge and asked Woods, “What did you hit in ’97?”Woods replied: pitching wedge.
DeChambeau brings his bulk and behemoth drives to Augusta
Read full article: DeChambeau brings his bulk and behemoth drives to AugustaHe has everyone curious about whether his bulk and his behemoth tee shots can undress Augusta National. “It's a substantially easier golf course for him than it is for everybody else,” said Justin Thomas, who joined DeChambeau, Woods and Fred Couples for a practice round at the start of the week. More recently, it was the excitement at home in Dallas when one of his drives carried just over 400 yards. “Every day I’m trying to get faster and stronger and I’m trying to hit it as far as possible,” DeChambeau said. Rory McIlroy still believes Augusta National provides the proper test no matter how far DeChambeau or anyone else hits it.
Johnson unable to keep momentum going at U.S. Open
Read full article: Johnson unable to keep momentum going at U.S. OpenA balky putter cost him any shot at a second U.S. Open title. Unable to get much going from the start, Johnson closed out his tournament with a even-par 70 on Sunday in final round. The 2016 U.S. Open champion opened this year's tournament with a 3-over 73 and never really got on track at Winged Foot. “I felt like I hit a lot of good putts, just none that went in the hole,” Johnson said. Fred Couples (1979), Brad Faxon (’83) and Phil Mickelson (’90, ’91) and are among previous low amateurs at the U.S. Open.