Does The Players Championship Deserve Billing of Golf’s Fifth Major?

The Players Championship has all the elements of big-time tournament golf. A remarkable golf course, an always star-studded field and a gigantic purse converge every year to make the PGA Tour-owned event one of the highlights of the annual calendar. What The Players does not, and should not, have is the status of a major championship. Professional golf is just fine with the four they have. It wasn’t... 

Why Have There Been so Many First-Time Winners on the PGA Tour in 2013?

The likes of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy still dominate PGA Tour headlines, but as witnessed this weekend at Quail Hollow, a new wave of talented and confident golfers are quickly making their mark by claiming first-time victories at an accelerated rate. Tour rookie Derek Ernst emerged from the pack Sunday to win the Wells Fargo Championship in a playoff over David Lynn in Charlotte,... 

The 10 Best Golf Celebrations in History

Ahead of great accomplishments typically lives significant pressure, especially in golf where success or failure, glory or misery rests solely with one person. There’s no coach to instruct, no teammate to help. It’s just the golfer, the course and the shot. It stands to reason, then, that when pressure gives way to success, the celebration that results is emotional, raw and unpredictable…just... 

5-Year Projections for All of Golf’s Young Stars

Ahh, the promise of youth. Ughh, the frustration of potential. The only thing we love more than identifying promising young golfers is predicting what their short- and long-term futures are going to look like. There’s really no science to the process. We see where they are, we envision where they are going and then sit back and watch it happen for better or worse. Some predictions are nailed;... 

Ranking the 10 Most Incredible Golf Shots of 2013

Clutch. Improbable. Pressure packed. Never before seen. These are just a few ways to describe the incredible when we see it unfold off the clubs of the world’s finest golfers. Although just shy of midway through the 2013 season, we’ve already seen some amazing golf shots that are etched into our memories because they delivered a meaningful championship, caused agony or despair, defied the... 

Luke Donald: Will Former World No. 1 Ever Become a Dangerous Closer?

It wasn‘t all that long ago that Luke Donald was the world’s top-ranked golfer with only his ability to win a major golf championship left to prove. Two short years later, the Englishman has slipped all the way to sixth and now faces the question of whether he’s lost the ability to close in PGA Tour events, much less major championships. Coming off a disappointing performance in the... 

Jordan Spieth: Is 19-Year-Old Next Great American Star?

  As a 16-year-old Texas phenom competing in the 2010 Byron Nelson Invitational, Jordan Spieth served notice that he was a player to watch in the coming years. This weekend at the RBC Heritage, the emerging PGA Tour star made it clear that those years are coming sooner than anyone expected. Playing in only his sixth tournament as a professional, the 19-year-old Spieth claimed his third top-15... 

RBC Heritage 2013: Players and Storylines to Watch at Harbour Town

With the excitement and controversy of the Masters resonating, the PGA Tour turns to the RBC Heritage on Hilton Head Island with storylines still flowing from Augusta National. Yet with a strong field of top-ranked players and a world-class venue of its own, the Heritage is poised to make its own headlines this weekend. It takes a special event to run second to the Masters, and for decades, the Heritage... 

Is Tiger Woods the Greatest Closer Ever?

History will ultimately define Tiger Woods as the greatest closer that the game of golf has ever seen. Recent history, however, suggests that he has lost some of that closing power in the wake of physical injury, personal saga and swing retooling. That said, Sunday’s final round will tell us whether this Tiger Woods is a return to the past, or a lot of more of the recent same. There’s no... 

Tiger Woods Penalty: Should He Have Disqualified Himself After Illegal Drop?

There have been throngs of players, pundits and golf fans who have bemoaned the Masters Rules Committee’s decision to allow Tiger Woods to play Saturday—not to mention his own decision not to disqualify himself.  Woods turned a deft ear to this criticism, teeing it up at 1:45 p.m. today in the third round at Augusta National. And the world’s No. 1 player was exactly justified... 

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