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The true story of golf pro Scott Power.
There's so much to unpack, but the thing I keep going back to is this:
Rory McIlroy took a stand for what he believed was right—which brought an invisible pain and weight that can't be measured—and was sold out by the very thing he was trying to defend
Playing 20 minutes away from where George Floyd was killed by police officers, Richy Werenski has been wearing a Blue Lives Matter band this week at the 3M Open
For those scoring at home Bryson’s driver sucks, he needed more from his caddie, his 44 at US Open was nothing but bad breaks, he lives rent-free in Brooks’ head but wants no part of feud, rules marshals have it out for him, the USGA has it out for him and he’s not a slow player.
I've always wondered what could possibly break Golf Twitter. If Rory walks up the 18th tomorrow with a 3-shot lead—only to rip his pullover in two, revealing a LIV Golf shirt underneath—that might do it
Nothing underlines the current expanse between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson like these two these photos—one of Tiger's reception today at Riviera vs. Phil's last round playing in front of nobody in the desert
This, from Rory on Tiger's impact at yesterday's meeting:
Q. Did Tiger take a leadership position or was he just one of the guys talking when you guys all met?
RORY: I think it's pretty apparent that whenever we all get in the room there's an alpha in there, and it's not me.
Brooks Koepka is a guy who would push back if you remarked the sky was blue. But his performance today-defensive, combative, indignant-seemed like the response of a man resigned to the fact he had become the very person he swore he’d never be
Doing PGA/Valhalla research and Tiger’s mysterious “bounce” during his 2000 playoff win over Bob May remains one of golf’s greatest conspiracy theories
Players the tour needs to protect from LIV at all costs:
- Tom Kim
- Tiger
- Tom Kim
- Rory
- Spieth
- Tom Kim
- JT
- Tom Kim
- Homa
- Tom Kim
- Scheffler
- Tom Kim
- Hovland
- Tom Kim
- Willy Z
- Tom Kim
- Sahith
- Xander/Cantlay
- Tom Kim
Also, Tom Kim
For those keeping score, Patrick Reed's 2018:
1. Complaining about free baseball tix
2. Throwing Spieth/Furyk under bus
3. Yelling at TV crew for jingling keys in pocket
4. Jabbing Spieth to a rules official
5. Wife arguing with media
6. Shooting 85 at Ryder Cup
There's an 80 percent chance Dustin Johnson looks at Richard Bland tomorrow and thinks an Austin Country Club member accidentally walked onto the first tee
the thing about taylor swift is that she so perfectly encapsulates through her lyrics, the interior lives of women. It's why we all can't stop listening. We're all saying, "wait you felt that way? we were all feeling this way?"
do men have someone like that?
"And then he won the Tour Championship. People forget that, he won the Tour Championship last year." -- President Trump.
Wherever you sit on the political spectrum, think we can all agree no one forgot Tiger Woods won the Tour Championship last year
BREAKING: As
@GolfDigest
reported last week, British Open is canceled, formally expected today. Other announcements:
Tour will begin mid June, with no fans, at Memorial
PGA Champ Aug 6; Ryder Cup Sept 25
US Open Sept 17
Masters to Nov
Half-baked idea: Hold the Ryder and Solheim Cup at the same time, same venue. Beefs up the on-site experience (now 8 holes of live action rather than 4 during first two days) and gives women’s game the spotlight it deserves
As we do our year-in-golf reviews, I want to take a sec to honor a moment that I worry will be forgotten, yet one that encapsulates this beautifully stupid game as well as anything I’ve seen,
Listen if this all leads to a lawsuit that means Dustin Johnson and (likely) Phil Mickelson will have to be under oath and holy cow sign me the hell up for that
Happy Presidents Cup to all those that celebrate, and a reminder that in 2009 Robert Allenby alleged Anthony Kim was out until 4 a.m. getting drunk before their singles match. Kim beat Allenby 5 and 3.
If I’m Jay I call Phil and Bryson into my office, show them clips of Theegala, Dahmen/Higgs and scenes of delirious fans … and let the boys know not to let the door hit them on the way out.
Jerry Foltz: "Players will tell you the same thing [as the tweet]. We get ridiculed for saying such things, but the players will tell you it's got that atmosphere, that feel. ... [pause] They get ridiculed for it, too, but it's something special out here. It's just that simple."
In a way you have to respect* the audacity to wear a Saudi Golf logo the year after your son used Lee Elder’s Masters moment to hock golf balls
*absolutely do not respect
Scheffler in tears is going to stick with me. Some guys play bad and hide afterwards; Scottie felt embarrassed and angry yet labored through the pain because he felt being there for his teammates was important, which says more about him than any score
If Block beats Rory, put Block on the Ryder Cup. Seriously, think of the psychological warfare of running out a club pro against Europe's heart and soul during Sunday singles knowing the club pro bested him the last time out.
KD joining an upstart Nets team is the Brooklyn ideal: hip, hope, communal, full of wonder.
KD not playing until 2020 after Kyrie has killed the locker room is actual Brooklyn: overpriced, overcrowded, overrated, everyone is miserable.
Been at The Masters/Augusta National as a writer or patron since the ‘90s and can honestly say the course has never looked better, in case you needed any more reason to get excited for the next week
Bryson, 6 days ago, on LIV: "For me, I personally don't think that at this point in time I'm in a place in my career where I can risk things like that."
Bryson, today, is reportedly jumping to LIV. Strange the passage of time
Here are the three competition day uniforms for the U.S. Ryder Cup team this year, plus a sweater option that has Scottie Scheffler written all over it.
Brooks Koepka, on SiriusXM, was asked if Patrick Reed cheated:
"Uh, yeah. I mean, I don’t know what he was doing, building sand castles in the sand but you know where your club is. I took three months off and I can promise you I know if I touched sand."
Phil’s gonna pull a George Constanza and show up to Sawgrass like nothing happened.
"Oh, what? What? That? Are you kidding? I didn't try to start a mutiny! What? You took that seriously?"
Bryson DeChambeau average shot times at East Lake.
Drives: 31.58 seconds
Approaches: 43.57 seconds
50 yards and under: 46.89 seconds
Putts: 1 minute, 21 seconds
Players are generally expected to hit within 40 seconds.
Theegala said he was so nervous today—knowing a trip to East Lake and invites to the Masters and the Open were on the line—that he couldn't stop his hands from shaking. Asked him if that nervousness was fun and his answer did not disappoint