Golf fans have three decades experience of being wowed by Phil Mickelson’s short game. But on Saturday, the five-time major champ pulled off a par save that even impressed himself. After a hot start to the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am put him near the lead, the defending champ hit a loose
Month: February 2020
3:12 PM ET Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The Women’s Asia-Pacific Amateur has been postponed next week in Thailand because of the new virus from China. That makes three golf events canceled or rescheduled because of the coronavirus that has infected more than 34,800 people worldwide and killed more than 700 — nearly all
We hate to go all handicap police here, but, well, we’re going all handicap police here. Again. Because Larry Fitzgerald is leading the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Again. Hmm. . . Two years after a dominant performance with Kevin Streelman at the annual PGA Tour event/Bill Murray yuckfest raised eyebrows, the future NFL Hall-of-Famer got
8:23 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jason Day received a warm reminder Friday at Pebble Beach how good it feels to hit shots the way he wants, make a bunch of putts and see his name high on the leaderboard. Day made two long birdie putts across the green, holed a 40-yard
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Chris Baker, a 33-year-old rookie, has been to hell and back to finally reach the pinnacle of his sport, the PGA Tour. Well, maybe not hell, though Kazakhstan wasn’t a particularly idyllic stop on his journey. Moscow, on the other hand, wasn’t terrible. “I enjoyed it there. It was actually beautiful,”
Motocaddy has introduced five new models to its bag range for 2020. Featuring brand new Dry-Series, M-TECH, Club Series and Lite Series cart bags – plus a new Hydro FLEX carry bag – the 2020 range all feature the brand’s Easilock bag-to-trolley connection system, which removes the need for a lower bag strap. Across the six bag models there
It’s intended to be a conversation starter, but it is a conversation that started some time ago, with sides that are passionately entrenched. Perhaps that’s why the USGA and R&A’s release of its long-awaited Distance Insights report has been viewed by some as a verdict rather than an opening statement. But that statement was clear:
10:57 AM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Ernie Els brought big changes to the International team in the Presidents Cup, and then he added one more he wants to see. He doesn’t think someone should be captain more than once. Els tells the golf blog Morning Read that he will not return as
The secret to great wedge play is being able to produce any distance on command and that comes from knowing how to control speed at impact. There are two leading methods: Vary the length of the backswing and accelerate through, or make whatever backswing you want and just feel out the right speed at impact.
Ernie Els will not be returning as captain of the International team for the 2021 Presidents Cup. Els’ agent confirmed on Friday what sources associated with the International team had told Golf Digest, that Els, 50, will give way to another choice when the 14th Presidents Cup is contested at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte,
8:25 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Nick Taylor opened with an eagle, closed with two birdies and made a gorgeous day feel even better with an 8-under 63 at Monterey Peninsula that gave him the lead Thursday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Most of the interest over the three courses in
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – J.J. Henry knows the drill. The PGA Tour veteran has been an alternate before at plenty of tournaments, especially in the last few years, but he had never been an alternate at an event like the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. His apprehension level was high. “I never felt so unprepared for
In celebration of Golf Digest’s 70th anniversary, we went back through our archives to find a collection of interesting—and sometimes controversial—instruction images and asked today’s top teachers to evaluate whether the advice presented in them still holds up for the modern player. In this article from June 1952, Dave Bauer analyzes the swings of his
SMU men’s golf coach Jason Enloe announced on Thursday that he has stepped down from his position as the spring portion of the 2019-’20 is getting underway. Enloe entered the national spotlight in 2018 when his wife, Katie, succumbed to leukemia. Through the heartbreak, which included now raising two young daughters without their mother, Enloe
11:12 AM ET The first senior golf event that Phil Mickelson will be eligible for after turning 50 will be the U.S. Senior Open, but he has no interest in playing that event — and isn’t too keen on playing much Champions Tour events in the future. “None whatsoever. No,” Mickelson replied when asked if
Golfers are commonly told to lock everything down and just rock their shoulders when they putt. The problem with that little gem of advice is, freezing any part of the body causes tension, which destroys feel. RELATED: Hot List Mallet Putters Let’s focus on the head. When you try to keep it still, you create
PEBBLE BEACH — The Morgan silver dollar is worn as smooth as polished marble, which isn’t surprising given its age. Circa 1900. Yeah, it’s 120 years old, and its silver content, just over three-quarters of an ounce, has a melt value of roughly $13.50. In mint condition, the coin is worth about $31. This coin,
8:29 AM ET It was no coincidence when Phil Mickelson‘s partners during the pro-am at last week’s Saudi International tournament happened to be three key figures in a proposed new golf tour that could potentially shake the foundations of the longstanding PGA Tour and European Tour and enrich the biggest names in the game. A