More Weekly Read: ‘Old Man’ Collin Morikawa Regrouping | What Will the PGA Tour’s Fall Be in 2023? | Jim Nantz’ Masters Target | Fore! ThingsThe Player Impact Program (PIP) won by Tiger Woods in 2021 has gone from a $40 million bonus pool to $100 million this year—a $50 …
Read More »Sports Roundup: Girls Golf wins SYML championship | Sports
Mountain Golf closed out a stellar year in courses throughout Kern County by winning the South Yosemite Mountain League championship and achieving a perfect 7-0 mark in tournament play.The Lady Warriors had the top-four in averages among all teams in the league, with Rylie Jelleschitz (55.7), Makenna Paxton (57.2), Kassie …
Read More »Golf: Boafo, Watson win Pink Cup 2022
Men Group B winner Phillip Ayesu (left) receiving his prize Amateur golfers Kwame Boafo and Julia Strachan Watson emerged as the winners of the Pink Cup 2022 held last Saturday at the Achimota Golf Club in Accra. Boafo and Watson returned respective Stableford points of 41 and 35 to win …
Read More »Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship 2023 venue confirmed
While the WAAP aims to inspire future generations of women golfers, it also provides the champion with a launchpad into international golf through exemptions into multiple women’s major championships and other elite amateur championships. The winner will be invited to compete in three major championships – the AIG Women’s Open, …
Read More »Dow Finsterwald, Golfer Known for Some Close Calls, Dies at 93
Dow Henry Finsterwald was born on Sept. 6, 1929, in Athens, Ohio.When he was 14, his father, Russell, a former head football and basketball coach at Ohio University in Athens, got him a summer job at the Athens Country Club. He bought a set of clubs, went on to play …
Read More »PGA Tour accuses LIV Golf’s Saudi benefactors of claiming immunity from U.S. courts
A newly public court filing alleges that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and a lead executive have refused to produce documents or sit for depositions by claiming U.S. courts don’t have jurisdiction over them.LIV Golf’s financing from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund has loomed over the upstart golf circuit since its …
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