Author: ALEX RASKIN
Source link By ALEX RASKIN Published: 17:10 EDT, 14 April 2025 | Updated: 17:15 EDT, 14 April 2025 Just when Rory McIlroy thinks he’s slayed his ghosts, Bryson DeChambeau just happens to visit the scene of his greatest collapse.After finishing four strokes behind his rival, McIlroy, at Augusta on Sunday, DeChambeau was pictured Monday at the ACC Championships in Pinehurst, North Carolina, where he famously beat the newly crowned Masters champion for the 2024 US Open title.’Class A run-in,’ read a caption on the post from members of the Stanford women’s golf team, which is now part of the ACC…
Source link Rory McIlroy’s wife, Erica Stoll, went conspicuously unmentioned as the Masters champion discussed his current support network with his rumored ex-flame, CBS Sports reporter Amanda Balionis.Just 11 months earlier, McIlroy had filed for divorce from Stoll, sparking speculation of a potential romance with Balionis after the pair appeared to enjoy a strong rapport during a flirtatious interview at the Wells Fargo Championship.However, McIlroy and Stoll have since reconciled and appeared to be every bit the happy couple after he won his first green jacket in Augusta on Sunday.Neither Balionis nor McIlroy have addressed their rumored romance, which was…
Source link The PGA Tour has reportedly suspended Wesley Bryan for playing in a LIV Golf influencer event two weeks ago and now the Saudi-backed Phil Mickelson is calling on Donald Trump’s Justice Department to go after his former employer. ‘Here’s a question,’ Mickelson, one of the major PGA stars to defect to the rival LIV circuit, wrote on X. ‘Normally when an entity violates independent contract law, they deny that it happened and forces (sic) the contractor/individual to prove that it did.’In this case the PGA Tour blatantly admits they are illegally banning an independent contractor so why doesn’t they…
Source link By ALEX RASKIN Published: 17:58 EDT, 17 April 2025 | Updated: 18:02 EDT, 17 April 2025 Florida State alum and LIV Golf star Brooks Koepka is among many grieving Thursday’s tragic shooting at the school’s Tallahassee campus.’My heart is broken reading the news,’ Koepka wrote on X. ‘Praying hard for my whole FSU family and Tallahassee.’A shooter identified as Phoenix Ikner, 20, is accused of killing two and injuring six others Thursday at the FSU campus. Officials said his mother is Leon County Sheriff’s Deputy Jessica Ikner, adding that he had ‘access to one of her weapons, and…
Source link By ALEX RASKIN Published: 18:32 EDT, 16 April 2025 | Updated: 20:22 EDT, 19 April 2025 Golf is known as a serene game while Canadians are famously polite and friendly, but neither generalization is entirely true.Take Monday’s incident at the Two Eagles Golf Course in West Kelowna, British Columbia, about 240 miles east of Vancouver, where two groups of players came to blows over accusations of slow play. The fight grew so intense that one combatant was left with a bloody mouth and a broken jaw, according to online reports.’It’s Monday night f***ing golf,’ one angry golfer is…
Source link No, the smile still hasn’t been wiped from the face of Rory McIlroy coming off his recent Masters win and completion of the elusive career grand slam.Speaking with CBS Sports reporter and his own rumored ex-flame, Amanda Balionis, McIlroy was positively gleeful on Saturday at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.’Trevor Immelman said this is the most relaxed and the happiest he’s maybe ever seen you in your career,’ Balionis said, referring to her CBS colleague and another Masters winner.’Why would he say that?’ McIlroy said, interrupting her question with some false modesty. Balionis followed suit: ‘I don’t know.…
Source link By ALEX RASKIN Published: 14:32 EDT, 7 May 2025 | Updated: 14:36 EDT, 7 May 2025 A disgusting porta potty mess at a recent PGA event in South Carolina has given golf fans a mid-week mystery to crack as the tour ramps up for this month’s PGA Championship.The inside dirt was shared online by PGA’s Michael S. Kim, who described something of a Fred Funk emanating from the toilets at last month’s RBC Heritage event on Hilton Head Island.’There are player/caddie only porta potties near tee boxes,’ Kim wrote on X. ‘One caddie went to use one on…
Source link By ALEX RASKIN and WIRES Published: 09:33 EDT, 12 May 2025 | Updated: 11:22 EDT, 12 May 2025 There won’t be any spectators for Monday’s practice rounds at the PGA Championship in North Carolina, where a week of rain promises to complicate things for players at Quail Hollow Club outside Charlotte.In addition to a few inches of precipitation, Accuweather is also predicting heavy thunderstorms in the area with temperatures in the low 70s Fahrenheit (20s Celsius)The PGA of America announced that any ticket holders for Monday’s practice rounds can use their passes Tuesday or Wednesday, when rain forecasts…