5 Reasons the British Open Is the Best Major Tournament

In terms of viewership, the Masters has golf fans glued to their television screens in a way the other three majors can hardly approach. Augusta’s carefully orchestrated, well-protected mystique and prestige account for some of this, to be sure, as well as the splendor of the venue and history of entertaining finishes. The Masters, however, is not the best major. Rather, it is the least watched among the four in the U.S. market that ought to stand paramount. Before offering five reasons why the British Open is the best of the four majors, we can limit the list of potential “bests”... 

Scottish Open 2016: Thursday Leaderboard Scores and Highlights

Scott Hend and Felipe Aguilar are in a two-way tie for the lead at the 2016 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open after each shooting an opening-round 69 at Castle Stuart Golf Links on Thursday.  Tough weather threatened play all day during this qualifying series tournament for The Open Championship. Here’s what the leaderboard looks like after Day 1 of the tournament: All scorecard information is via the European Tour’s official site.      Recap Aguilar was pleased with his effort, particularly given the conditions, a fact he made clear via Twitter: As... 

US Women’s Open Golf 2016: Tee Times, Dates, TV Schedule, LPGA Prize Money

The 2016 U.S. Women’s Open is set to begin on Thursday and run through Sunday at CordeValle in San Martin, California. Per the LPGA, this is the “first time the championship will be held in the Bay Area and will feature the largest purse on tour—$4.5 million.” LPGA players are excited to be playing CordeValle, sharing their impressions of the course with Golfweek: All the information you need regarding the TV schedule, tee times and prize money is below, including a preview of the women who will be competing for not only the LPGA title, but to qualify for the 2016... 

The Top 10 Golfers in the World Under 30 Years Old

Looking at the best golfers in the world, a large swath tend to be in their 20s. That’s the physical prime and, more often than not, a confidence prime based on youth and relative naivete. They grew up watching Tiger Woods in his prime and missed the Richter-scale shaking nature of the Woods-induced fear he imparted on the PGA at large. The players on this list account for eight majors over the past few years, and that doesn’t include the handful of wins at the Players Championship, the unofficial fifth major. Many of these young men have already made a splash and will continue... 

Today’s Top Golf Stars and Their Legendary Equivalents

“What’s past is prologue,” Shakespeare wrote in The Tempest. Applying that sentiment to the world of professional golf—as The Bard would surely never have anticipated—golf stars of the past are similar fixtures in the cast of characters to top golfers of the present.  “Similarity,” of course, is a broad term. There are multiple possible points of overlap between any two pro golfers. In most of these cases, today’s stars overlap with their “legendary equivalents” at more than one point, which we’ll detail.  So who are the... 

Barracuda Championship 2016: Final Leaderboard Scores, Prize-Money Payouts

While the focus for most golf fans was on Dustin Johnson’s win in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Greg Chalmers narrowly held off a challenge by Gary Woodland to win the 2016 Barracuda Championship in Reno, Nevada, on Sunday. Chalmers earned five points with an eagle on the final hole of the tournament to defeat Woodland by six points: The Barracuda Championship is the only tournament on the PGA Tour schedule that utilizes modified Stableford scoring, which can create confusion for those not familiar with the format. A golfer earns a set score on each hole depending on how he performs.... 

Winners and Losers from the 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

After all that, Dustin Johnson is a winner again. A tournament that looked, for 69 holes at least, to belong to Jason Day ended as Dustin Johnson’s second victory in a row, banishing any suggestion of a major championship letdown. The long-hitting Carolinian is the week’s big winner, for obvious reasons, and he moves to the head of the pack for British Open contenders. The hole where Jason Day’s hopes of victory sunk in a green-front water hazard too, won this week—and you’ll want to hear what Jordan Spieth had to say about No. 16. Who (or what) were the other winners... 

WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 2016: Leaderboard Scores, Prize-Money Payouts

Sunday’s final round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational saw the world’s top-ranked golfer succumb to a charge by the game’s most recent major champion at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Jason Day entered the last 18 holes tied for the lead, but U.S. Open winner Dustin Johnson emerged with the victory by two strokes thanks to his second straight four-under 66, which got him to six under par overall. Below is a look at the other top finishers at the WGC event, including the prize-money payouts from the lucrative $9.5 million purse: ESPN.com’s Jason Sobel reflected... 

100th Open De France 2016: Leaderboard Scores, Prize Money Payouts

Thongchai Jaidee cruised to victory at the 100th Open de France at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, France, on Sunday, shooting a final-round three-under 68.  Jaidee finished 11 under for the tournament, beating Francesco Molinari by four strokes and Rory McIlroy by five. He also got his son quite the birthday gift, per the European Tour on Twitter: His victory built upon an already impressive legacy, per Justin Ray of the Golf Channel: Coming into the day, Jaidee was just two strokes clear of McIlroy and Wang Jeunghun. But while he stayed hot, McIlroy could only... 

Barracuda Championship 2016: Saturday Leaderboard Scores and Highlights

With three rounds in the book at the Barracuda Championship at Montreux Golf and Country Club in Reno, Nevada, Greg Chalmers holds the lead with 39 points after recording 15 on Saturday.  As a reminder for fans wondering how a golfer could have a lead with 39 points, the Barracuda Championship is being played under the Modified Stableford format, which rewards and deducts points depending on how each golfer fares. Here is the scoring system: This is what the leaderboard looks like after three rounds of play: After an early bogey on No. 1, Chalmers put together a solid round Saturday, recording... 

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