Opinion
In Praise of the Runaway Victory
Every so often a tournament ends the way this week’s did in Memphis, with the leaderboard settled by Friday teatime and Sunday reduced to a procession. …
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PGA Tour
Scottie Scheffler Runs Away With the FedEx St. Jude Championship
There is a version of dominance that keeps a tournament interesting until the back nine on Sunday, and there is the version Scottie Scheffler produced at TPC …
Tips and Instruction
Grip Pressure: The Fundamental Nobody Actually Checks
Ask most golfers about their grip and they will talk about hand position. Strong, weak, neutral, where the V’s point, how many knuckles show on the lead …
PGA Tour
Jordan Spieth Shares the FedEx St. Jude Lead With a Bogey-Free 65
TPC Southwind opened the FedExCup Playoffs on Thursday the way it usually does, with low scores from players who needed them and a leaderboard that will look …
PGA Tour
A Kid from Norristown Leads the U.S. Amateur Home to Merion
There is a particular kind of pressure that comes from playing a national championship in your own back garden, and Josh Ryan spent Tuesday proving he does not …
Equipment
Swing Weight: The Number on the Spec Sheet Nobody Explains
Pick up two drivers that share the same head, the same shaft model and flex, the same length and the same grip, and there is a decent chance they will still …
PGA Tour
Justin Rose Defends a Streak Nobody Has Broken as the FedExCup Playoffs Open
The regular season ended in Greensboro on Sunday, and by Monday morning the FedExCup standings were final enough that nobody outside the top 70 has anything …
Courses
Sedgefield Country Club: The Donald Ross Course the Tour Still Trusts
Michael Brennan closed with a 64 at Sedgefield Country Club last Sunday to win the Wyndham Championship and vault himself into the FedExCup playoffs, and …
LPGA
Asterisk Talley Wins the U.S. Women's Amateur, and This Time There Was No Late Collapse
Asterisk Talley has come close before. The 17-year-old from California was the runner-up at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, close enough to a major …
Opinion
Golf's Strangest Rule Is Also Its Best One
Picture almost any other sport and imagine asking the competitors to referee themselves. A footballer waving away a penalty because the contact was actually …