BLAINE, Minn. — Ryan Moore has had a couple of memorable occasions as a golfer in Minnesota. The first of those came 20 years ago as part of an amateur season that would have been phenomenal if it hadn't been actually better than that.

Moore had completed a junior year at UNLV by winning the NCAA men's individual title in late May 2004.

The ...Read more

When the term “NIL” was floating around as a concept, Division I college coaches had social media professionals visit their players, and all of them told them the reality of where the money is.

1. Great players.

1a. Pretty players.

Way down the list:

3. Odd, quirky, funny players.

Aaaaaaand scene.

What female athletes have discovered ...Read more

DETROIT — There's going to be at least one VIP spectator at next week's U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills.

While widely expected, the United States Golf Association has confirmed that Tiger Woods will be in the gallery at the storied club in Bloomfield Township to watch his 15-year-old son, Charlie, who is among the 264 players competing ...Read more

Royal Troon's Old Course is a breathtaking Scottish seaside links layout that since 1989 has hosted the British Open four times. Yet the winners aren't exactly a who's who of golf's elite: Henrik Stenson (2016), Todd Hamilton (2004), Justin Leonard (1997) and Mark Calcavecchia (1989).

None of the four had previously won a major championship, ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The British Open has historically been the most wide-open major golf championship, with six long shots of 125-1 or higher winning since 2003.

Here are the biggest long shots to win the British Open, dating back to 1979:

Brian Harman 125-1, 2023

The 5-foot-7-inch Harman stood tall atop the leaderboard at Royal Liverpool by five ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The British Open is the most unpredictable major golf championship because of the uncertain weather and the seaside links style of golf.

Eight of the last 20 Claret Jug winners have cashed at odds of 80-1 or higher, including back-to-back 500-1 long shots in 2003 (Ben Curtis) and 2004 (Todd Hamilton).

But sharp golf handicappers ...Read more

NEW YORK — The day after Rory McIlroy’s crushing collapse in the U.S. Open, the world’s second-ranked golfer went to New York City.

McIlroy had already planned the trip in advance of that weekend’s Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., which he ended up skipping, and used the Big Apple to help clear his head.

“I went to ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Bill Montigel now joins Bill Belichick and Wade Phillips as examples of coaches who are considered “too old” to do their job when all they want to do is to just keep coaching.

And yet none of the above is quite old enough to be President of the United States.

Among the many differences between the former TCU men’s ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Stuck between the British Open and the Paris Olympics on this season's golf schedule, the 3M Open has received commitments from 2022 champion Tony Finau, ranked No. 16 in the world, along with top-30 players Sahith Theegala (14) and Sam Burns (27). The tournament is at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine from July 25-28.

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DETROIT — The man from Down Under is on top in Detroit, again.

Cam Davis made it a double-up in the Motor City on Sunday, when he survived unusually difficult conditions at Detroit Golf Club to win his second Rocket Mortgage Classic championship.

Davis won in 2021 in a playoff, and it looked like it might take another playoff to get his ...Read more

DETROIT — Here's a snapshot look at Round 3 of the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club on Saturday.

Round 3 recap

It was a matter of who would blink first, and the truth is, neither really did. Akshay Bhatia, seeking his third PGA Tour win, and Aaron Rai, looking for his first, ended Saturday's third round right where they started ...Read more

DETROIT — Forget Amateur Hour. It's been Amateur Year on the PGA Tour.

Five months after Nick Dunlap became the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickelson more than 30 years ago, another amateur, Luke Clanton, is making a bid to match the feat at the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club.

Clanton, 20, out of Florida ...Read more

DETROIT — The lefty seems to have found the right stuff.

Akshay Bhatia, whose game has been trending in the right direction for the past three weeks, picked up Friday where he left off Thursday at Detroit Golf Club, firing another bogey-free round, this time a 5-under 67, to hold on to a share of his lead at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

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DETROIT — There's something about this area that seems to suit Troy Merritt, and his cousin, too.

Merritt is back up near the top of the leaderboard at the Rocket Mortgage Classic after firing an 8-under 64 in Friday's second round. He was two shots back of leaders Akshay Bhatia and Aaron Rai at the halfway point. Merritt has four top-17 ...Read more

DETROIT — Perhaps paying homage to Detroit and its roads, every damn road, the leaderboard after the first round of the PGA Tour's Rocket Mortgage Classic looked like a traffic jam.

Akshay Bhatia, trending in the right direction the previous three weeks, finished with two birdies and an eagle over his final three holes to put the exclamation ...Read more

CROMWELL, Conn. — The setting was as serene as a scene can be with tens of thousands of sports fans packed together jockeying for position.

They stood on toes, or tried to get a little higher on the hill to get a look at the pristine 18th green for the climactic putts of the Travelers Championship.

Then six climate protesters from out of ...Read more

CROMWELL, Conn. — The kind of moment conceived as ideal by the people who run these tournaments was unfolding. A dramatic confrontation on the 18th green, involving the No. 1 player in the world, surrounded by thousands of spectators packed tightly behind the ropes and in the pavilions overlooking it.

The national TV cameras were trained on ...Read more

CROMWELL, Conn. – Approaching the 18th green in the Travelers Championship final round, Scottie Scheffler made sure to take in the scene.

Hundreds of spectators lined the final green stadium-style, ready and waiting for their next roar with his ball 26 feet, nine inches from the cup. They had their opportunity to cheer with Tom Kim, one shot ...Read more

CROMWELL, Conn. – Sunday’s final round of the Travelers Championship is set up to be a shootout.

With Tom Kim still in the lead at 18-under, Scottie Scheffler and Akshay Bhatia right on his tail and the course only getting softer with all of the rain it took during delays Friday and Saturday, the winning score will likely be in the 20s ...Read more