5:39 PM ET A Tiger Woods–Phil Mickelson golf match involving football legends Peyton Manning and Tom Brady is planned for May, according to Turner Sports. Sources confirmed to ESPN that “The Match: Champions for Charity” will benefit COVID-19 relief. The event will air live on TNT — possibly Memorial Day weekend — at an undisclosed
How does a network news anchor reconcile a golf jones with the demands of a high-profile job that in the midst of an international crisis requiring his full attention virtually all day every day? Fox News’ Bret Baier is no different from anyone equally obsessed with the game and with limited options. It’s challenging. “It’s
With no live golf these days—unless you count the Outlaw Tour—there has been a surge in rewatching old tournaments. It’s how golf fans got through a Masters week with no Masters, and apparently, it’s how some players are passing the time as well. Take Justin Leonard, who hosted his own private viewing party for Tuesday
5:52 AM ET World number one Rory McIlroy says he would prefer this year’s Ryder Cup to be postponed until 2021 rather than stage the event with no fans present due to the coronavirus pandemic. The golf calendar has been ravaged by the new coronavirus outbreak, with three of the sport’s four majors — the
For all of Brooks Koepka’s success—four career majors on his way to becoming the first player to hold back-to-back titles in two majors simultaneously, reaching No. 1 in the world, seven career victories on the PGA Tour, to name a few—he has endured his share of embarrassing moments. They’ve been rare but have spanned the
9:15 AM ET Associated Press Tim Finchem, who expanded the PGA Tour’s footprint around the world and negotiated TV contracts that more than tripled prize money during his two decades as commissioner, has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame. Finchem was elected through the contributor category and will become the ninth administrator
Though some states are re-opening their courses this week, the safest place to work on your putting stroke is at home. And though your carpet or hardwood floor is a fine surface, those little indents in your floor don’t provide the best of putting surfaces. For a smoother roll, there are a lot of putting
A general consensus seems to be forming among PGA Tour stars: a Ryder Cup without fans is not worth having at all. World No. 1 Rory McIlroy became the latest high-profile golfer to come out against a fan-less Ryder Cup, which PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh said is a possibility given the COVID-19 pandemic.
In celebration of Golf Digest’s 70th anniversary, we’re revisiting the best literature we’ve ever published. Each entry includes an introduction that celebrates the author or puts in context the story. Catch up on earlier installments. They used to say, one of the dirty little secrets of sports is that more money was wagered at a
2:32 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Sports around the world have only been on hiatus since mid-March, but when the numbers are crunched, the impact coronavirus has had on the industry will certainly leave an impact for years to come. Only 53% of the sports events originally scheduled for 2020 are likely to take place this
In 22 years as PGA Tour commissioner, Tim Finchem nimbly shepherded the organization through a myriad of difficult circumstances, from the antitrust battle with the Federal Trade Commission early in his tenure in 1995 to Greg Norman’s World Tour overtures in the late 1990s to the 2008 economic downturn. But none of it, he says,
4:16 PM ET The idea of staging the Ryder Cup in September without spectators is being discussed, according to PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh. In a radio interview on WFAN in New York, Waugh acknowledged that “fans are the Ryder Cup, to a certain degree,” and that it’s “hard to imagine one without fans,”
It wasn’t long ago that Erik van Rooyen was playing on the Challenge Tour, so finding himself near the top of the leaderboard at the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black was something of a “pinch me” moment. In just his second major championship appearance, the South Africa native and University of Minnesota grad found
Dr. Bhrett McCabe is used to talking athletes down off the figurative ledge. Most of the issues the peak-performance coach usually deals with have to do with confidence, coming back from injuries and improving on-course or on-field decision-making. What McCabe’s clients—and all of us—face in this chaotic and uncertain time goes way beyond sports. But
In celebration of Golf Digest’s 70th anniversary, we’re revisiting the best literature we’ve every published. Each entry includes an introduction that celebrates the author or puts in context the story. Catch up on earlier installments. John Daly will have lived 54 years on April 28 and weighs 215 pounds; it says so in his profile
12:23 PM ET If you cannot sell winning or success to your fans, the next best thing you can sell them is hope. The PGA Tour is now dealing in the currency of hope, something we need in America as much as we have ever needed anything. People are still getting sick, and people are
Picking your favorite Tiger Woods’ stat is a little like choosing your favorite ice cream: It’s hard to go wrong with whatever flavor you say you like most. Any number of numbers point to Woods’ dominance during his two-decade-plus PGA Tour career, none as straight forward as 82 overall wins (it might be vanilla, but
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