The Golf Gods giveth and taketh, depending on your perspective: Team USA locks in Tony Finau after his big Northern Trust win over a great leaderboard, while Patrick Reed is hospitalized with pneumonia, all but ruling out his Ryder Cup return. In the latest Quadrilateral for my generous paid subscribers, I consider this news plus […]
Tony Finau first held up a trophy, victorious on the PGA Tour, in 2016 at the Puerto Rico Open at Coco Beach. Since that win, Finau has had 40 top-10 finishes, eight second-place finishes and five years without holding another trophy. Only Louis Oosthuizen has had more runner-up finishes (11) than Finau among active players. […]
7:48 PM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The FedEx Cup playoffs started with 125 players. When the weather-delayed Northern Trust finally came to an end Monday evening, only 70 advanced to this week’s BMW Championship. After that, the top 30 will qualify for the season-ending Tour Championship with a shot at […]
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Tony Finau ended more than five years and 142 tournaments without winning with a dynamic charge on the back nine and a big miss from Cameron Smith to capture the rain-delayed Northern Trust in a playoff Monday. Finau was three shots out of the lead when he ran off a birdie-eagle-birdie […]
Patrick Reed is recovering in a Houston hospital after being diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, according to the Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis. Reed released a statement to Lewis, saying he is on the road to recovery, and that he looks forward to returning to the golf course once he is cleared by the doctors to go […]
J.R. Smith is finally getting the college-athlete experience he missed out on nearly two decades ago. The 16-year NBA veteran who skipped college basketball, won two world championships and made millions is now a freshman walk-on for the North Carolina A&T men’s golf team. Now, instead of first-class cross-country travel for nightly games against the […]
Bryson DeChambeau has accepted an invitation to compete in the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship in Mesquite, Nev., on Sept. 27. DeChambeau posted on Instagram that he believes that long-drive competitions are an opportunity to help grow the game of golf. “I want to show the world how incredibly talented and hard working these […]
Andrew Gregory, 2020 Boys Champion (MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) — The 53rd annual George Holliday Memorial Junior Tournament, which will be played November 25-27 on Myrtle Beach National’s three highly regarded courses, is now accepting entries. One of the premier junior events in the Carolinas, the George Holliday Memorial Junior Tournament counts current PGA and LPGA […]
Destination Marketing Organization Has Garnered Awards for Creative Work; Now Available for Hire by Third Parties – Brands, Businesses, and Organizations of All Types (SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO) – Discover Puerto Rico – the private, not for-profit Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) that has made the Island visible to the world as a premier travel destination […]
Photo: R&A (Carnoustie, Scotland) — Anna Nordqvist claimed her third Major title after a thrilling success at the AIG Women’s Open at Carnoustie. The Swede closed with an excellent three-under-par 69 for a 12-under-par total and a one-shot victory over a trio of players over the famous links. Nordqvist was level with Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz […]
