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Month: February 2019
After weeks of speculation, Matt Kuchar confirmed on Wednesday he paid David Giral Ortiz, a local caddie nicknamed El Tucan, $5,000 after earning nearly $1.3 million for winning the Mayakoba Golf Classic in November. Whether the payment was fair (typically, a player’s full-time PGA Tour caddie receives 10 percent of a first-place check) has caused
4:48 PM ET Associated Press FAR HILLS, N.J. — Teen prodigy Lucy Li gets to keep her amateur status after the USGA gave her a warning for appearing in an Apple Watch advertisement. That clears the way for the 16-year-old Li to play in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur the first week in April.
Lucy Li, the No. 8 ranked amateur golfer in the world and the youngest female ever to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open, will get to keep her amateur status despite the USGA issuing her a warning for her participation last month in an advertisement campaign for the Apple Watch. USGA officials determined that the
While Phil Mickelson was touting a resurgence in his clubhead speed as one of his keys to his victory at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, there may be another less overt element to his newfound fountain of youth. The three lines on his golf ball might be making his eyes work better. It’s the kind
If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your golf wardrobe, but aren’t sure where to start, look at your feet. Socks are an easy place to show a little bit of style without taking much risk. Don’t worry, we’re not throwing you off the deep end here. For this post, we’re not going beyond stripes, which
The phrase “risk-reward” is thrown around rather haphazardly as it relates to course architecture. Strategically, though, there is no denying the greatness when risk-reward elements are incorporated successfully into a great par 4. As the great architect George C. Thomas wrote in his Anatomy of a Golf Course: “The great courses entice the golfer to
Phil Mickelson is on an all-time heater in the early portion of the 2019 season. In the last month alone he’s won his 44th PGA Tour event, finished second in another, hit every fairway in a round for the first time in 21 years, shot a 60, pulled off this impossible recovery shot, gone viral
4:20 PM ET Associated Press LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. — Ben DeArmond had a debut to remember on the Web.com Tour because of one hole he will never forget — a score of 17 on the par-4 second hole Thursday in the Lecom Suncoast Classic. “I’ve never made a 17 in my life, not even when
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What was initially billed as a feel-good story continues to transform into one of golf’s more curious tales. In the fall, Matt Kuchar won for the first time in four years with David “El Tucan” Ortiz on the bag, a local caddie at Mayakoba who served as a fill-in loop. “He was definitely my lucky
10:32 PM ET Matt Kuchar said Wednesday that he doesn’t regret paying caddie David Giral Ortiz $5,000 from the $1.296 million he received for winning the Mayakoba Classic in November. The amount has been criticized by some as being too small; caddie deals on the PGA Tour vary greatly, but there is often an extra
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan recently described the six-month stretch that kicks off with the Players in March as “the season of championships.” But could this reconfigured part of the schedule possibly begin without one of the tour’s biggest stars? It sure sounds that way. RELATED: The Players raises purse, boasts biggest tournament payday in