ATHENS, Ga. --- Georgia alum Harris English was named to the United States Ryder Cup Team on Wednesday. English earned one of Steve Stricker’s captain’s picks for the event, which will take place Sept. 24-26 at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisc. He will be joined on Team USA by Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Cantlay, … [Read more...]
2021 TOUR Championship: Final Field and Starting Leaderboard
ATLANTA – The field is set for the 2021 TOUR Championship with the top 30 players in the FedExCup standings qualifying following the BMW Championship. Patrick Cantlay captured his fifth PGA TOUR title and third of the season in a thrilling six hole playoff over Bryson DeChambeau. Cantlay will be paired with Tony Finau in Thursday’s opening round. Finau captured the first … [Read more...]
FedExCup Standings Update: Finau takes standings lead with win in Playoffs opener
ATLANTA – With his first win in five years, Tony Finau is the new FedExCup standings leader after capturing the FedExCup Playoffs opener on Monday at THE NORTHERN TRUST. Finau outlasted Australia’s Cameron Smith in a playoff to move from No. 23 to the top of the standings with the second of three Playoffs events set to get under way on Thursday at the BMW Championship. World … [Read more...]
FedExCup Standings Update: Jon Rahm up to No. 2 with U.S. Open victory
ATLANTA – Jon Rahm’s historic U.S. Open victory on Sunday has him in position to qualify for his fifth consecutive TOUR Championship, with the Spaniard vaulting from No. 19 to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings with his come-from-behind win at Torrey Pines that secured his first major championship victory while reclaiming the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking. The … [Read more...]
FedExCup Standings Update: Phil Mickelson up to No. 45 with historic PGA Championship win
ATLANTA – Following a historic triumph at the PGA Championship that saw Phil Mickelson become the oldest major winner in PGA TOUR history, the 50-year-old has vaulted up the FedExCup standings from No. 168 to No. 45 in search of his 10th career TOUR Championship appearance and first since 2018. The TOUR Championship will once again serve as the culminating event of the … [Read more...]
Almost Everything Will Be Different as Masters Moves to November
For both players and golf fans viewing at home, this week’s Masters will look different and sound different from every Masters previously played. Because of the changes to the PGA Tour schedule resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 Masters will be played in November for the first time, with no spectators on the grounds of Augusta National. Other than a smattering … [Read more...]
3 Former Bulldogs Among Players in Field for Tour Championship at East Lake
Spectators will not be all that’s missing from the 2020 Tour Championship. The event returns to East Lake Golf Club this week for the 20thtime, and will be unlike the previous 19 Tour Championships held at the historic Atlanta club. Like the previous 13 PGA Tour events played this year after the three-month cancellation of tournaments due to Covid-19, the Tour Championship will … [Read more...]
2020 TOUR Championship: Final Field and Starting Leaderboard
ATLANTA – The field is set for the 2020 TOUR Championship with the top 30 players in the FedExCup standings qualifying following the BMW Championship. Jon Rahm captured his fifth PGA TOUR title and second of the season in a thrilling playoff over standings leader Dustin Johnson. Rahm and Johnson, the top two players in the Official World Golf Ranking and FedExCup standings, … [Read more...]
Golf’s Elite Look Strong Heading into U.S. Open; So Does Matt Kuchar
After the run of problems encountered by the USGA with the U.S. Open in recent years, they return to the one site seemingly immune from the recent snafus regarding course selection/set-up or application of the rules. This year’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach features multiple story lines featuring the game’s elite players, starting with Tiger Woods and Brooks Koepka and … [Read more...]