Golf

Does gold go with green? Reigning Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama sure hopes so. With Naomi Osaka bounced from women’s tennis in the third round of the Olympics, Matsuyama will take center stage as the most prominent Japanese athlete in the Tokyo Games. During his pre-tournament press conference on Tuesday, MatsuyamaContinue Reading

Amateur golf is steeped in tradition, and the calendar normally repeats itself from year to year. One of the final stops for the nation’s best college players is the Patriot All-America Invitational at the Wigwam Golf Resort in Litchfield Park, Arizona. Beginning in 2021, the “best” college players will meanContinue Reading

World No. 11 Viktor Hovland may be the best medal hopeful for Norway at the Summer Olympics, but he and fellow Norwegian Kristian Johannessen, who ranks No. 297 in the world and plays primarily on the European Tour’s Challenge Tour, delivered a Gold-medal level pre-tournament press conference on Wednesday inContinue Reading

There are 33 different sports and 339 gold medals up for grabs at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Two of those gold medals will be won by golfers. After making its return in 2016, golf is once again part of the Summer Olympics. Prior to that, golf had last been anContinue Reading

After narrowly missing the cut by one stroke at the 3M Open in Minneapolis this past weekend, former University of Georgia golfer Sepp Straka boarded a plane on Monday for Tokyo. There, the Austrian native will play in the Olympics for his home country this coming weekend before boarding aContinue Reading

It’s not often that a player withdraws from a tournament after making the cut – unless due to injury – but that’s what Hank Lebioda did last Friday at the 3M Open. At the time, he cited “personal reasons,” and it generated the typical uproar on social media, infuriating gamblersContinue Reading

Beer. That’s the first liquid Collin Morikawa poured into the Claret Jug after he won the British Open two weeks ago after adding the coveted hardware to his collection that includes the Wanamaker Trophy he captured at the 2020 PGA Championship. “Couldn’t tell you what kind,” Morikawa said Tuesday aheadContinue Reading

A shadow of disappointment moved in over the men’s golf competition in the Summer Games following the withdrawals of world No. 1 Jon Rahm of Spain and No. 6 Bryson DeChambeau of the U.S. after the past two winners of the U.S. Open tested positive for COVID-19. Then word cameContinue Reading

After making its competitive return at the Rio Olympics in 2016, Olympic golf is back once again this week in Japan. Kasumigaseki Country Club plays host to both the men’s and women’s competition. Kasumigaseki’s East Course will play 7,447 yards for the men, July 29-August 1. For the women, AugustContinue Reading

Public-access golfers looking for a highly ranked private-club experience can focus their gaze upwards to the mountains of Colorado, where Red Sky Golf Club in Wolcott offers two courses that allow guest play on alternating days. Golfweek ranks courses by compiling the average ratings – on a points basis of 1Continue Reading