After eight consecutive outstanding seasons on the PGA Tour from 2010 to ’17, Matt Kuchar turned 40 in the summer of 2018 and did not have much to celebrate about on the golf course. Kuchar’s 2017-18 season was his least successful in almost a decade, and resulted in a lot more misses than hits on his annual to-do list. He failed to qualify for the Ryder Cup team, the … [Read more...]
PGA Tour Preview: Significant Changes Highlight 2019 Schedule
The 2019 portion of the PGA Tour schedule began with two events in Hawaii, and will be followed by four annual stops in California and one in Arizona, the same as it has for the past two decades. After that, the usually standard sequence of tournaments has been significantly shuffled, along with a number of rules changes that are slightly confusing but not overly impactful. … [Read more...]
9 Players with Georgia Ties Among Early 2019 Masters Invitees
With the 2018 golf calendar down to a handful of international tournaments, invitations are about to go out for the 2019 Masters, and a smaller than usual group of golfers with Georgia ties will be among those getting an invite in the mail. Only nine players with Georgia ties will be receiving Masters invitations over the holidays, and four of them have won in Augusta, which … [Read more...]
New PGA Tour Season Tees off in California with Large Georgia Contingent
Ten days after the 2017-18 PGA Tour season ended, the 2018-19 season begins this week in Napa, Calif., with the first of eight Fall tournaments played over the next seven weeks. Three of the events will be played in Asia, including a WGC tournament in China. There will also be a tournament that week in Jackson, Miss., with the 2018 portion of the schedule wrapping up with … [Read more...]
U.S. loses Ryder Cup in Europe again; Woods goes winless, Furyk fumbles pairings
After all the talk about the immense talent on the 2018 American Ryder Cup team, the final result was the same as that of the previous five matches played in Europe. The U.S. team lost by the second largest margin of the 6-match road losing streak, with Europe erasing a 3-1 deficit after the first session Friday morning to win the team matches 10-6. The Europeans clinched … [Read more...]
Reed, Watson Part of U.S. Ryder Cup Team Looking to Break Losing Streak in Europe
It’s been 25 years since the United States team won the Ryder Cup in Europe, but the U.S. losing streak is not quite as bad it as appears. Or is it? There have been just six Ryder Cup matches played in Europe over the past quarter century, but the Americans’ record in the U.S. during that span is less than stellar, especially compared with the Europeans’ home … [Read more...]
Woods Thrills East Lake Fans with First Victory in 5 years; Almost Wins FedExCup
After Tiger Woods won for the first time in more than five years in the Tour Championship at East Lake on Sunday, the exuberant reaction of both the fans and the media is a strong indicator that all is right in the golfing world. Woods had not won since the World Golf Championship event in 2013 at Firestone, which hosted that tournament for the last time this year. That was … [Read more...]
Kizzire Joins Watson, Reed in Field for Tour Championship
A total of 21 golfers with Georgia ties qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs, but only one of the 21 improved his position in the standings, and by the slimmest of margins. Five of the 21 began the Playoffs inside the top 30 in the standings with a sixth barely outside the top 30. But only three golfers with Georgia ties will compete next week at East Lake in the Tour … [Read more...]
At Least 20 Georgians Set to Compete in FedExCup Playoffs
The 2018 FedExCup Playoffs begin August 23 at Ridgewood CC in New Jersey, and at least 20 golfers with Georgia Ties will be among the 125 players qualifying for the first of four Playoffs events. The top 100 on the points list after the Playoffs opener will compete the next week in Boston, with the top 70 after that tournament moving on to Aronimink in Philadelphia. The top … [Read more...]