Those players in the morning wave of Sunday’s opening round at the 42nd National Professional Championship faced a couple of meteorlogical obstacles: hours of cool drizzle just heavy enough to be a nuisance, and winds that often gusted to 20 mph. But the conditions produced no complaints from Kevin Savage.
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After winning the U.S. Open, Lucas Glover’s reaction wasn’t really what the Monday Scramble had in mind. His putter looked more excited. Still, that didn’t keep the “Lucas Locos” from celebrating.
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Lonnie Nielsen has won the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open.
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The number of rounds played nationwide increased 0.9 percent in May and contributed to a 1.6 percent gain year-to-date.
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Bradley S. Klein, Golfweek’s architecture editor, offers his opinion on one great hole.
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This might come as news to some, but golf in Oregon is played at places other than Bandon Dunes Resort, whose three courses occupy the top three spots on the state’s Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play list.
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Atlantic City has a winning lineup of golf to match its game scene. Seven of the top 15 Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play in the state are an easy drive from the boardwalk. And locals insist another half-dozen tracks are just as good, if not better.
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Oride took ClubCorp
in a playoff.
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Rodgers won SAP Open
by 12-stroke margin.
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Phil Mickelson is in position to make a move on Monday at Bethpage. As Sean Martin writes, not only would that juice up the Big Apple, but create a storybook ending too good to be true.
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For the past few years, David Duval has boasted that he was close to winning again. Each time his play has made him out to be a man in denial. But as Adam Schupak writes, this time might be different.
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The wife of Nationwide Tour player Chris Smith was killed in an auto accident Sunday near Angola, Ind., and their two children were severely injured, according to a report in the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, which cited rescue officials.
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Kennesaw State junior Matt Nagy is No. 773 in Golfweek’s college rankings, but that doesn’t matter now. Nagy earned his way into the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage and he’ll be blogging on his experiences for Golfweek throughout the week.
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Oklahoma State junior Rickie Fowler is playing in his second U.S. Open this week at Bethpage Black. He’s going to speak with Golfweek.com each day to give you an inside-the-ropes view of our national championship.
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