There are two main conversation points this week in Rochester: the conditions and the course. For the opening narrative, let’s concentrate on the conditions. Ninety-nine of the Top 100 in the OWGR have descended upon northwestern New York to decide the season’s second major championship. Oak Hill Country Club’s East Course will be the venue for the 105th PGA Championship.
Four days following the black eye at Bethpage, we have the Sanderson Farms Championship. A repeated FedEx Fall Series event, the PGA TOUR cardholders and hopefuls are familiar with the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi. A par 72 venue that stretches 7,461 yards on the scorecard annually presents an exciting finish. Four of the last…
Walking into the SoFi Center last week, I was blown away. I grew up scrubbing hooks at a small club in New Jersey. Little did I know back then what golf would become today. Approximately 2,000 fans filled the simulator stadium for the inaugural TGL match. The Bay GC gave us a clean 2-0 card…
Two hours northeast of Las Vegas in southwest Utah sits a stunning setting of red rock mountains overlooking beautiful black lava fields. The Black Desert Championship is a new event on the schedule and if this landscape is any precursor of the competition, it should be very entertaining. Designed by Tom Weiskopf and Phil Smith, the course…
The conclusion of the 2023 RBC Canadian Open was one of the most memorable moments of last season. Not only did a Canadian win the national championship for the first time in 69 years, but that incredible security guard tackle of Adam Hadwin lit up social media like a bolt of lightning. Of course, we had Tommy…
The American Express is a really fun event. A field of 156 players competes across three different golf courses for a purse of $8.4 million dollars. Not enough excitement, add in a pro-am field filled with amateur golfers and an average winning score in the 25 under par range. Top this tournament and you take home…
The 18th Solheim Cup matches are set to take place this week in Andalucía, Spain. Just a little north up the south east coast above Gibraltar, Finca Cortesin will host 24 of the best players Europe and America has to offer. The matches started back in 1990. The American side holds a 10-7 edge in the previous…
