Month: July 2020

In honor of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, FootJoy has released a charitable collection that was designed by patients at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. More than 30 golfers in Memphis will showcase the whimsical pattern across the collection of golf shoes, apparel and gloves. The main collection—which includes a pattern comprised of artwork
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Given the questionable health of his left knee—and the unquestionable struggle to find consistency in his game—it’s no stretch to say that Brooks Koepka does not enjoy the kind of momentum or top-flight form heading into next week’s 102nd PGA Championship he has exhibited leading up to other major title defenses. (Quick aside: God help
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5:41 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN Haley Moore had been waiting three months to start her professional career. It was the first week of February, and the time had finally come. Moore, 21, was finally teeing it up as a member of the LPGA Tour at the third tournament of the season, the ISPS Handa Vic
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TPC Harding Park’s debut as a major-championship venue may do more than showcase a venerable public track to the world and its greatest golfers. Instead, thanks to the current technology of statistics tracking, it may provide a telling—maybe even chilling—demonstration of just how wide the gap now exists between average golfers and the game’s elite.
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6:51 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Bryson DeChambeau hits tee shots farther than anyone else on the PGA Tour, thanks to his suddenly beefed-up physique and protein-heavy diet. The six-time Tour winner is apparently no match for a few fire ants. In Thursday’s opening round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind, DeChambeau
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Nick Faldo summed things up nicely during Golf Channel broadcast of the opening round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. In response to another Bryson DeChambeau rules official encounter, he quipped, “There’s a lot going on for a quiet Thursday afternoon, isn’t there?” Indeed, DeChambeau’s situation was entertaining yet just one of several notable things
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12:37 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Former world No. 1 golfer Brooks Koepka, who will try to defend his WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational title this week and then become the first three-peat winner in the stroke-play era of the PGA Championship next week, said he still has pain in left knee, but won’t decide whether
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1:08 PM ET The 120th U.S. Open will be played in September without fans at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, the United States Golf Association announced on Wednesday. Spectators also won’t be allowed at next week’s PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco because of the coronavirus pandemic. “Following months
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3:07 PM ET The PGA Tour has made a modification to its health and safety policy that will allow players and caddies who test positive for COVID-19 and have symptoms — but have gone 24 hours without a fever — to return to competition after 10 days. They also will be allowed to use the
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