World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler continues to play flawless golf at FedEx St. Jude Championship
Once again, the best player on the planet put in a masterful performance at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Scottie Scheffler put himself in great position after 36 holes on Friday, shooting a bogey-free 5-under 65. He’s at 9-under par for the tournament, two strokes behind leaders Hideki Matsuyama and Denny McCarthy. “It’s good to […]
Bobby Cox Got Jeff Francoeur To Fake An Injury During A Spring Training Game So He Could Play Golf With Tiger Woods
Stories like this are why I became a Braves fan. During spring training early in his career, MLB legend Jeff Francore had the unique opportunity to not only meet Tiger Woods, but play golf with him. Francore was willing to do the responsible thing and stay on the team, but manager Bobby Cox (Atlanta Braves) […]
Graeme McDowell suspended, fined by LIV Golf for anti-doping violation
Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell was suspended for one tournament and fined $125,000 by the Saudi Arabia-backed golf association LIV Golf on Sunday for violating the association’s anti-doping rules. According to LIV Golf, McDowell’s violation occurred at the league’s Nashville tournament in June, when the Northern Ireland native took a decongestant that contained a […]
Team USA collapses in the women’s golf event, no medal in the 2024 Olympics
The U.S. team failed to reach the podium in the women’s golf competition at the 2024 Olympics. Rose Chan, Nelly Korda and Lilia Vu put in valiant efforts but fell short. Lydia Ko shot a 1-under 71 to finish at 10-under par and win by two strokes over silver medalist Estelle Henseleit of Germany and […]
PGA Tour’s exciting golf marathon for the Wyndham Championship
Welcome to Playing Through’s daily ritual, Golf Talk Today. Each day, the crew will discuss a different element of the PGA Tour, LPGA, LIV Golf and more. The PGA Tour postponed the first round until Friday, holding a golf marathon to complete the Wyndham Championship at Sedgeville Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. The first […]
Paris Olympics day 15: men’s marathon, golf, basketball, athletics and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Main Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Sport climbing was one of my favorite events in the upcoming Olympics, so I thoroughly enjoyed Ewan Murray’s article about British teenager Toby Roberts and his incredible gold medal effort. The article includes this great quote from Roberts: I’ve always loved climbing […]
Golf cart used to simulate drunken driving injures 5 at NJ police event
For those attending the New Jersey State Police event, the drunk driving simulation was all too real. Authorities said Wednesday that a golf cart being used to demonstrate the dangers of drunk driving at a “National Night Out” community event at Fox Park in Wildwood on the Jersey Shore lost control and struck five people, […]
Golf cart rigged to simulate drunk driving goes wild, runs over 5 people at NJ police fair
This drunk driving lesson was a little too real. A golf cart rigged to replicate the dangers of driving while intoxicated at a New Jersey police fair went out of control and struck five people, all of whom were sent to the hospital, authorities said Wednesday. On Tuesday evening, the cart went off a special […]
2024 Olympics: Nelly Korda, Rose Zhang love really epic atmosphere, shed light on women’s golf
The first round of the 2024 Olympic women’s golf competition is over, with Nelly Korda and Rose Chan both signing at par 72. Le Golf National tested them but neither felt undercut by their performance, despite being seven strokes behind first-round leader Celine Boutier, the Frenchman setting the tone with a seven-under 65 to take […]
Paris 2024 Olympics day 12: women’s golf begins, diving, canoe sprint and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Important Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature In other good news for Australia, 14-year-old Alyssa True lived up to the gold medal expectations. The Australian came into the Olympics in good form, having won qualifying matches in Shanghai and Budapest, but looked a little shaky in the early qualifying […]