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...]
Quality RSM Classic Field Features Strong Group of International Players
The RSM Classic will be played this week with likely the strongest field in its history, largely due to an influx of international players, (mostly from Europe), who are making the trip from Augusta to St. Simons Island after competing in the Masters last week. This is the 11thyear for the PGA Tour tournament, which is being held from Nov. 19-22 on the Seaside and Plantation … [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...]
Woods Rallies for First Time in a Major to Take Fifth Masters Title
While he was winning 14 majors between 1997 and 2008, Tiger Woods established a 100 percent predictable model for divining whether he was going to win a Grand Slam event going to the final round. When leading or sharing the lead after 54 holes, Woods was 14-0 in Grand Sam events. When he was trailing going to the final round, he was 0-for-everything else. His spotless … [Read more...]
Masters Memories: Woods, Mickelson dominated for 2 decades
For more than two decades from the mid-1990s to the mid-2010s, golf fans could count on seeing the names of Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson on the leader board at the Masters on an annual basis. From 1995 to 2013, either Woods or Mickelson (and frequently both) finished at least seventh in the Masters. After that streak ended when Woods did not play and Mickelson missed the … [Read more...]
Kisner Defeats Kuchar in Finals of WGC Match Play
For the second straight year, former Georgia Bulldog golf team member Kevin Kisner found himself in the finals of the WGC Match Play Championship against a familiar competitor. Last year it was fellow ex-UGA golfer Bubba Watson, who used his considerable distance advantage to put a 7&6 beating on Kisner in the title match. This time, Kisner drew a player whose style … [Read more...]
2017 Masters Field to Add 12 More Players
Bill Haas, Louis Oosthuizen are among the latest additions With no more events of consequence remaining on the 2016 professional golf schedule, the Masters is about to add a dozen players to the field for next year’s event, bringing the current total to 85 with an amateur to make it 86 early in 2017. The 12 soon-to-be Masters invitees are among the top 50 in the World … [Read more...]