At lon last, Michelle Wie gets 1st LPGA tour win: Michelle Wie won her first LPGA Tour title, fulfilling the promise of a decade with a 3-under 69 Sunday for a two-stroke victory over Paula Creamer in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational

posted by dviking to golf at 09:48 PM - 9 comments

Golf Added as Olympic Sport: Tiger Woods now has a chance to do something that Walter Hagen, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones, Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Sam Snead never did -- win an Olympic gold medal. The International Olympic Committee has voted to add golf to the 2016 Olympics, the first time it has been played at the event since 1904 -- thus ending George Seymour Lyon's reign as the longest Olympic champion.

posted by rcade to golf at 12:24 PM - 20 comments

One-legged golfer Manuel De Los Santos : Playing in the Dunhill Links in Scotland this week, he managed a remarkable individual score of 76 (+4) round Kingsbarns yesterday (combining with his professional partner Richard Bland for an opening pro-am score of 66). The fact that he plays off a 3 handicap is even more impressive when you realise that he is doesn't use a prosthetic leg when he plays golf. Refusing to take a golf buggy, he also insists on walking the full 18 holes using a set of crutches. [video 1] [video 2]

posted by JJ to golf at 08:46 AM - 6 comments

Tiger Woods Passes $1 Billion in Career Earnings: The $10 million bonus Tiger Woods earned last weekend with the FedEx Cup title has pushed him to career earnings of $1 billion in prize earnings, appearance fees, endorsements and golf course design jobs, according to Forbes. "The scary part is that Woods is only 33-years-old and might have 15 years of competitive golf left in him and 30+ years of designing golf courses," writes Kurt Badenhausen. "This is only the first $1 billion."

posted by rcade to golf at 07:56 PM - 2 comments

Meet the guy who makes more per hole than Tiger Woods: Tiger Woods has played 1,044 holes of golf this season and has earned $9.7 million, or approximately $9,300 per hole. Jason Hargett laughs at that figure. Laughs, I say!

posted by BornIcon to golf at 01:24 PM - 13 comments

Gary Nicklaus : 3rd son of Jack, has entered the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. 40 years old and several years after being reinstated as an amateur, he will tee it up in a pre-qualifier Sept. 22-25 at the Golf Club of Dallas. If he makes it through to final qualifying, he'll be playing at a course his dad designed. Also playing will be Arnold Palmer's grandson, Sam Saunders, while one of Jack's grandsons, Nick O'Leary, looks set to become a star football player.

posted by JJ to golf at 09:42 AM - 3 comments

Top 100 Golf Courses in the World: according to Golf Magazine. An explanation of how they ranked them, and discussion of the results from Mark Garrod. There are 51 American courses, 11 Scottish, 9 English, 7 Irish and some others from: Australia (6), Japan (4), Canada (2), New Zealand (2), Wales (1), Spain (1), Portugal (1), France (1), South Africa (1), Dominican Republic (1), Mexico (1), South Korea (1).

posted by JJ to golf at 09:19 AM - 7 comments

The King turns 80: Long live The King.

posted by mjkredliner to golf at 02:35 PM - 5 comments

Leaving the Logos behind: Ryan Moore gives up $300,000 a year to play the golf clubs he likes and wear the clothes he buys himself. Crafty or crazy?

posted by firecop to golf at 11:03 AM - 14 comments

Oldest Golf Course in U.S. Up for Sale: Oakhurst Links in White Sulphur Springs, W.V., the first golf course in the United States, has been put up for sale at a price of $4.5 million. Owner Lewis Keller, 86, bought it in 1959 and restored it to play in 1994. Players on the nine-hole course must use replica hickory clubs, gutta-percha balls, and tees formed from mounds of wet sand. One caution: If your ball hits a sheep you are assessed a one-stroke penalty.

posted by rcade to golf at 01:09 PM - 4 comments

Y. E. Yang Shocks Woods to Win at P.G.A.: Y. E. Yang has won the P.G.A. Championship, finishing at eight under, three strokes ahead of Tiger Woods.

posted by tommytrump to golf at 07:19 PM - 10 comments

Tiger wins for the second week in a row: Tiger Woods wins the Bridgestone Invitational. Thats two consecutive tournament wins and 5 wins out of 12 events in 2009. Can he put it all together to win the last major in 2009 to avoid being shut out of majors in '09?

posted by sgtcookzane to golf at 08:00 PM - 7 comments

Tiger's Roar: The world number one was back to winning ways at the weekend. He let it rip [video] on the back nine (allegedly, although CBS denies it), but it wasn't the first time. How do his farts rate compared to Jack's?

posted by JJ to golf at 09:34 AM - 14 comments

Rick Reilly: Tiger Woods Should Calm the Bleep Down: After "two days of Tiger Tantrums" at the British Open last weekend, former Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly said that it's time for Tiger Woods to outgrow his temper. "It's disrespectful to the game, disrespectful to those he plays with and disrespectful to the great players who built the game before him. Ever remember Jack Nicklaus doing it? Arnold Palmer? ... Only one great player ever threw clubs as a pro -- Bobby Jones -- and he stopped in his 20s when he realized how spoiled he looked."

posted by rcade to golf at 04:28 PM - 47 comments

Tom Watson continues to lead the field at the British Open.: Tom Watson looked around at the amazing scene Saturday, his eyes tearing up a bit as all the Scottish fans surrounding the 18th green toasted one of golf's greatest champions. Man, I wish I was there!

posted by dviking to golf at 03:08 PM - 10 comments

Tiger Woods Misses Cut at British Open: Tiger Woods missed the cut today at the British Open, only the second time in 49 majors as a professional he's had the weekend off. His second-round 74 left him five over par at 145, missing the cut by one stroke. Given this result, should we now be asking if Woods spends too much time on his charitable efforts?

posted by rcade to golf at 03:59 PM - 14 comments

Should Tiger Woods Be Doing More for Charity?: After Jim Brown publicly called him out for not doing more to achieve social change -- unlike himself, Arthur Ashe, Jackie Robinson and Bill Russell at the height of their fame -- Tiger Woods gave his $1.1 million winnings from this weekend's AT&T National to his charity the Tiger Woods Foundation. "I want to do it right and not just do it, "Woods said last week of his charitable efforts, focused thus far on helping disadvantaged kids with academics and golf. "That takes time. You just don't jump into something."

posted by rcade to golf at 09:35 AM - 68 comments

Phil Mickelson hits backwards better than you hit forwards: Phil Mickelson demonstrates how much better at golf he is, compared to the rest of us.

posted by BoKnows to golf at 11:04 PM - 10 comments

Jimmy Fallon Challenges Tiger Woods to Wii Golf: Tiger Woods will play golf against late-night TV host Jimmy Fallon Thursday in Times Square -- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 on the Nintendo Wii. Fallon, who gives videogames frequent coverage on his show, tweeted that "it's the only way i have a chance."

posted by rcade to golf at 01:25 PM - 2 comments

Drunks Heckle Tiger Woods, Fred Funk at US Open: During a long day of golf due to rain, drunk fans heckled Tiger Woods, Fred Funk and other golfers as the action at Bethpage Black came to a close Sunday. "Suck it up, you've got your own video game!" one fan yelled at Woods as he waited to play under an umbrella.

posted by rcade to golf at 12:09 PM - 24 comments

Quite possibly the world's toughest golf hole: "The hole itself plays as a par 3, albeit the longest par 3 in the world at 587 m."

posted by mr_crash_davis to golf at 10:25 PM - 19 comments

First hole of her life. First swing on a course. Hole-in-one.: "I didn't know it was that big of a deal,'' she said. "I thought all golfers do this.''

posted by bobfoot to golf at 12:31 AM - 5 comments

The Naked Golfer: - Bernhard Langer climbed a tree and faced down a bear, Woody Austin took a swim, and now Henrik Stenson strips to his underwear in order to try and save a shot or two.

posted by JJ to golf at 07:18 AM - 11 comments

Guess who's back?: Meow.

posted by JJ to golf at 09:20 AM - 7 comments

A Real Display of Honesty Pays Off: Remember that guy who DQ'd himself during Q-School last November? Well, guess what? His honesty is paying off and could very well "pay" off as well. (Update from previous thread)

posted by BoKnows to golf at 10:57 PM - 10 comments

Playing Golf May Damage Your Hearing: The sound made by striking thin-faced titanium clubs from manufacturers such as King Cobra, Callaway, Mizuno and Nike can damage your hearing, according to a new study by ear, nose and throat doctors. "Our results show that thin-faced titanium drivers may produce sufficient sound to induce temporary or even permanent cochlear damage in susceptible individuals," said Dr Malcom Buchanan, the lead researcher. The loudest club was the Ping G10, which you can hear in a YouTube video.

posted by rcade to golf at 09:59 AM - 13 comments

Golfer Plays Illegal Ball in PGA Qualifying Round: After two rounds of PGA Tour qualifying last week, golfer J.P. Hayes made an excruciating discovery -- a ball he had used during the first round was a Titleist prototype that wasn't approved for competition. He could say nothing and go on to a likely berth in the final qualifying stage in December or turn himself in and be disqualified. "I called an official in Houston that night and said, 'I think I may have a problem,'" he said.

posted by rcade to golf at 06:53 PM - 12 comments

Five Aces in a Week?: "It's incomprehensible this kind of luck could happen, but it does happen ..."

posted by BoKnows to golf at 04:10 AM - 15 comments

9 years of Ryder Cup angst ends: With a raucous crowd covering every inch of the grounds around the hole, U.S. captain Paul Azinger riding down the fairway in his cart pumping up the fans and "Boooo" cheers echoing throughout the golf course, the underdog Americans pulled it off.

posted by dyams to golf at 03:15 PM - 9 comments

USA-halla?: "I don't want anybody feeling handcuffed well, I mean, I don't care if Europe feels handcuffed, but yeah, I don't want our guys to feel handcuffed," Azinger says.

posted by BoKnows to golf at 10:46 PM - 7 comments

LPGA Tour will suspend memberships if players don't learn English: The LPGA will require its member golfers to learn and speak English and will suspend their membership if they don't comply.

posted by BornIcon to golf at 09:35 AM - 34 comments

ESPN's Top Ten All Time Golf Shots : [part 2] [part 3]

posted by JJ to golf at 10:42 AM - 4 comments

Michelle Wie Disqualified for Scorecard Gaffe: In second place at 17 under after three rounds of the State Farm Classic Saturday, Wie was disqualified from the tournament for failing to sign her second-round scorecard until after leaving the scorer's tent. "She was like a little kid after you tell them there's no Santa Claus," said LPGA official Sue Witters.

posted by rcade to golf at 05:17 PM - 62 comments

Kid brothers drill back-to-back aces at Sawgrass.: The odds of two players in the same group making a hole-in-one have been estimated at 17 million-to-1 by Francis Scheid, a retired Boston University math professor who was commissioned by Golf Digest to calculate hole-in-one odds under various scenarios. The odds for a PGA Tour player have been pegged at 3,700-to-1 and a handicap golfer at about 13,000-to-1.

posted by BoKnows to golf at 06:50 PM - 4 comments

Who is going to replace Tiger Woods?: Say, did you hear Tiger Woods is out for the year? Some folks have been talking a little bit about it here and there. Anyhoo, Tiger's absence from the last half of 2008 means there's suddenly a vacancy on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Who's going to get the nod? We offer up some potential choices:

posted by BoKnows to golf at 05:59 PM - 10 comments

Tiger Woods reportedly to miss rest of season : Tiger Woods will miss the rest of the season because of a left knee that will require more surgery, a person with knowledge of the decision said Wednesday.

posted by BornIcon to golf at 10:56 AM - 24 comments

An Instant Classic: - Single link YouTube post. "Unbelievable. I knew he'd hole it."

posted by JJ to golf at 02:42 AM - 52 comments

The greatest golfer ever : is someone you've never heard of: John Montague. (aka LaVerne Moore)

posted by Adept to golf at 04:34 PM - 8 comments

Sorenstam to retire: After 72 wins, the 37 year ld Swed is calling it quits.

posted by giveuptheghost to golf at 07:58 PM - 3 comments

PGA Dresses Down John Daly for Golfing Topless: A video of John Daly golfing in Branson, Mo., with no shirt or shoes has prompted this response from PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem: "There are certain things about presentation that we must insist on."

posted by rcade to golf at 06:35 AM - 38 comments