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☆ This Golf Galaxy employee was so nervous he drank three beers before a crucial playoff. Here’s what happened next
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —There are a variety of methods golfers can call upon to soothe their anxiety in the face of a dreaded playoff. Three beers and eight nerve-wracking holes later, the 27-year-old stamped his ticket to his first ever PGA Tour event. Nick Bienz works at Golf Galaxy, has never played any pga tour sanctioned event, he is so nervous he’s pounding beers. He had attempted to qualify for events before, including several on the Korn Ferry Tour – the PGA Tour’s developmental circuit – but had never been so close to getting over the line. “I don’t remember hitting the putt,” Bienz added to the PGA Tour.

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☆ Robert MacIntyre wins first PGA Tour event at the RBC Canadian Open with father as caddie
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

As his son tapped home to clinch his first PGA Tour title at the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday, Dougie MacIntyre – the head greenskeeper at Glencruitten Golf Club in Oban, Scotland – simultaneously became a PGA Tour-winning caddie. Tears flowed freely for father and son as the duo soaked up the weight of the achievement on the 18th green. “I’m crying with joy, but I’m laughing because I didn’t think it was possible,” MacIntyre, a first-time PGA Tour victor on his 45th start, told CBS Sports. I’m a grasscutter not a caddie,” 59-year-old MacIntyre, wiping away tears, added to CBS Sports. In a video call with his mother shared by the PGA Tour on X, formerly known as Twitter, MacIntyre warned her of the level of revelry expected to follow.

Persons: Robert MacIntyre’s, Dougie MacIntyre –, Scotland –, MacIntyre, Martin Laird, ” MacIntyre, –, ’, Frank Gunn, Scott Carmichael, Charles Schwab Challenge, “, Bob …, Bob MacIntyre, ”, caddies, Dad, I’m, Nathan Denette, ” –, MacIntyre –, Mackenzie Hughes, MacIntyre – steadied, reassurances –, ‘, that’s, Ben Griffin, Tom Kim, Rory McIlroy Organizations: CNN, RBC Canadian, Golf, Hamilton Golf, Country Club, PGA, CBS Sports, Canadian Press, Ryder, Team Europe, Hamilton Country Club, Twitter Locations: Oban, Scotland, Ontario, Scottish, Rome, America Orlando, Pinehurst, North Carolina

☆ Tiger Woods and US sporting royalty set to tee off high-tech indoor golf league
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Staged in partnership with the PGA Tour, the televised indoor golf league – the TGL – is the brainchild of TMRW Sports, a company co-founded by Woods and Rory McIlroy, and will feature 15 of the world’s current top 20-ranked men’s players. Here’s everything you need to know about the competition before it tees off on January 9. Meanwhile TGL New York is led by New York Mets owner Steven A. Cohen and his family office, Cohen Private Ventures. How to watchThe first two-hour match will air on ESPN and ESPN+ from 9 p.m. ET (1 a.m. GMT) on Tuesday January 9, with the second match aired a week later at 7 p.m.

Persons: Woods, Steph Curry, Williams, Rory McIlroy, TGL, ” Woods, “, –, TGL Who’s, Justin Thomas, Arhthur, Blank, McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick, Max Homa, Wyndham Clark, Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland, Brian Harman, Richard Heathcote, Tom Kim, Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood, Cam Young, Keegan Bradley, Collin Morikawa, Rickie Fowler, Thomas, Sahith Theegala, Lucas Glover, Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Min Woo Lee, Billy Horschel, Kevin Kisner, Serena, Venus Williams, Alexis Ohanian, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Alex Morgan, Michelle Wie, Marc Lasry’s, Curry, Andre Iguodala, Klay Thompson, Steven A, Cohen Organizations: CNN, PGA Tour, TMRW Sports, NBA, NFL, Premier League, Palm Beach State College, Atlanta, GC, The Home Depot, MLS, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United, TGL, ESPN, Fenway Sports Group, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Penguins, NASCAR’s RFK Racing, English Premier League football club Liverpool . Los, Reddit, National Women’s Soccer League, Angel City FC, Women’s National, Sports Fund, Golden State Warriors, New York Mets, Private Ventures, ABC Locations: Florida, American, Palm, LAGC, TGL New York

☆ Tom Kim becomes youngest golfer to win three PGA Tour titles since Tiger Woods
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Almost exactly a year on from easing to a three-shot victory at the same event, it makes Kim the first golfer to defend the Shriners Children’s Open since Jim Furyk in 1999, and the youngest to win three PGA Tour titles since Tiger Woods. Orlando Ramirez/Getty ImagesA meteoric riseSunday’s success moves Kim, who clinched his maiden PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship in August 2022, up five places to a career-high world No. “Certainly because I’m 21, I’m not the oldest guy out here, and the kids here are even younger than me. 46 Hadwin had looked on course for a second PGA Tour title before disaster struck at the par-five 16th hole, his approach shot splashing into the water. It’s the best feeling just seeing the amount of kids out there screaming ‘Lexi, Lexi, go Lexi’.

Persons: Tom Kim, Korean phenom, Adam Hadwin, Kim, Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods, Ferrero Rocher, “ I’m, ” Kim, “, ” Kim toasts, Orlando Ramirez, Brian Harman, it’s, Shriners Children’s, I’m, Hadwin, ” Hadwin, “ Tom, Thompson, Lexi Thompson, teed, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, ” Thompson, Lexi, Lexi ’, ” Organizations: CNN, Korean, Shriners, Shriners Children’s, Wyndham Championship Locations: Las Vegas, Vegas, Europe

Meanwhile, two indoor farming companies that attracted strong startup money — New Jersey's AeroFarms and Kentucky's AppHarvest — filed for bankruptcy reorganization. Advocates say growing indoors uses less water and land and allows food to be grown closer to consumers, saving on transport. Tom Kimmerer, a plant physiologist who taught at the University of Kentucky, has tracked indoor farming alongside his research into the growth of plants both outdoors and inside. He said some companies may be struggling to scale up, with problems that come from launching in spaces that aren't necessarily built specifically for indoor farming. Several of the companies say they're on the right track.

Persons: AppHarvest —, Jacob Portillo, Eden Green, that’s, ”, It's, they’re, Tom Kimmerer, “, Kimmerer, Hannah Burrack, you’re, ” Burrack, Evan Lucas, he's, Lucas, Eden, Eddy Badrina, Arama Kukutai, Matt Ryan, Curt Covington, isn't, “ It's, ” Covington, ___ Walling, Joshua A, Bickel, ___, Melina Walling Organizations: Eden Green Technology, Kroger, University of Kentucky, Michigan State University, Northern Michigan University, Eden Green, Walmart, AgAmerica, Associated Press, AP Locations: CLEBURNE, Texas, Dallas, Eden, Cleburne, California, Detroit, Elmwood, Farm, Lexington , Kentucky, Plenty, Chicago, Georgetown , Kentucky, Georgetown, ___

☆ Collin Morikawa pledges to donate $1,000 per birdie to Maui wildfire recovery
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Collin Morikawa will donate $1,000 for every birdie he makes on the PGA Tour this month to support those affected by the devastating wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, the American golfer announced Thursday. The two-time major champion will set aside the sum for each birdie holed across three FedEx Cup Playoff events, starting with the FedEx St. Jude Championship, which teed off in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday. Though Morikawa was born and raised in California, his family emigrated to Maui from Japan, with his grandparents owning a restaurant in Lahaina. 22 has already added $6,000 to the pot, having holed six birdies during an impressive opening round at the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Thursday. Ahead of the start of Friday’s round, Morikawa is two shots behind Spieth at five-under.

Persons: CNN — Collin Morikawa, Josh Green, Richard Bissen, Morikawa, ”, “, ” Morikawa, texted, ’, Andy Lyons, Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, Spieth Organizations: CNN, PGA, FedEx, FedEx St, Jude, It’s, Getty, TPC, BMW Championship, East Lake Golf Club Locations: Maui, Hawaii, Memphis , Tennessee, Lahaina, California, Japan, Instagram, Maui United, “, Illinois, Chicago, Atlanta , Georgia

☆ Romp in the rain as American Harman wins Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

It's just always bugged me but I was really proud of the way that I struck the ball today. Few of the thousands huddled under a sea of umbrellas would have tipped world number 26 Harman to win before the tournament. Likewise, Young, Rahm, Day and England's Tommy Fleetwood were all unable to hole the putts that would have at least asked some questions of Harman's nerve. But not even a Merseyside monsoon could rain on Harman's parade as he enjoyed a victory march down the last. Shubhankar Sharma tied for eighth place to post the best finish by an Indian at the British Open -- one of only 22 players to finish an attritional Open under par.

Persons: Brian Harman, Phil Noble, Harman, Rahm, Straka, Kim, Brian Harman romped, Spain's Jon Rahm, Austria's Sepp Straka, Tom Kim, Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, Emiliano Grillo, Cameron Young, Brooks Koepka, McIlroy, Young, Tommy Fleetwood, Fleetwood, Scott Tway, Shubhankar Sharma, Martyn Herman, Ken Ferris Organizations: 151st, Royal, 151st Open, REUTERS, Royal Liverpool American, Sunday, Tour, Northern, Local, Thomson Locations: Royal Liverpool, Hoylake, Britain, England, Liverpool, Georgia, South, American, Austrian, Merseyside

☆ Brian Harman powers to 2023 Open Championship victory, clinching first career major
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

CNN —Brian Harman won the 151st Open Championship on Sunday, sealing the first major of his career in dominant fashion. When Faldo birdied at the subsequent hole, Hoch's hopes of a first major win similarly went up in the air. David Cannon/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images Lorena Ochoa, US Women's Open (2005) Ochoa secured a top-four finish at the 2005 US Women's Open. Not when you led at the final hole. A par at the final hole would have been enough to put the American into the playoff, but an agonizing missed putt [pictured] epitomized her painful afternoon in San Francisco.

Persons: Brian Harman, Australia’s Jason Day, Austria’s Sepp Straka, Tom Kim, Jon Rahm, Harman, “ I’m, ” Harman, Osullivan, Brooks Koepka, Wyndham Clark, Rahm, Kim, Rory’s, Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo, ” McIlroy, “, ”, Luke Walker, Greg Norman, France’s Jean van de Velde, –, McIlroy, Andrew Redington, Sam Snead, Snead, Lew Worsham, Louis, Arnold Palmer, Palmer, Billy Casper, Casper, Ed Sneed, Sneed, Fuzzy Zoeller, Tom Watson, Watson, Scott Hoch, Hoch, Nick Faldo, skyward, Faldo birdied, Hoch's, Mark Calcavecchia, Calcavecchia, Colin Montgomerie, Germany's Bernhard Langer, Norman, Faldo, David Cannon, Jean Van De Velde, Van De, Van De Velde, Frenchman, Barry Burn, Paul Lawrie, Lorena Ochoa, Ochoa, Birdie Kim, Harry, Phil Mickelson, Mickelson, Lefty, Geoff Ogilvy, Ezra Shaw, Stewart Cink, Warren Little, Dustin Johnson, Johnson, Graeme McDowell, Donald Miralle, Jason Dufner, Dufner, Keegan Bradley, Bradley, Adam Scott, Ernie Els, Scott, Jordan, Buddy, Jordan Spieth, Danny Willett, Spieth, Jim Watson, Lexi Thompson, Yuka Saso, Thompson, Sean M, Mito Pereira, Pereira, Justin Thomas, Will Zalatoris, Christian Petersen, Van de Velde, Stuart Franklin, Ghostbuster Harman, Tommy Fleetwood, Read, Brian Harman shrugs, unflappable Organizations: CNN, 151st, PGA, Reuters, Northern, Royal Liverpool, PGA Championship, North, Louis Post, Bettmann, Augusta, Augusta National, Getty, Ryder, American, Scottish, Team Europe, . Augusta National, Barry Burn . Pictures, South Korean, Chevron, Royal Lytham, Nasa, Mito, Southern Hills Country Club, eventual Locations: Royal Liverpool, South, Georgia, Carnoustie, Augusta, North America, San Francisco, Kiawah, Europe, Jean Van De Velde , British, Scotland, Mexican, British, Turnberry, Atlanta, American, New York, St, Annes, squander, Tulsa, Liverpool, Harman’s

☆ Harman unstoppable in drama-free British Open win at Hoylake
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

United States' Brian Harman celebrates on the 18th green after winning the British Open Golf Championships at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England, Sunday, July 23, 2023. Brian Harman turned back every challenge in the British Open, from big names to bad weather, and took his place among major champions Sunday with a victory that was never seriously in doubt at Royal Liverpool. He closed with a 1-under 70, making an 8-foot par putt on the last hole for a six-shot victory. Harman took the lead on Friday morning with the second of four straight birdies early in the second round. Harman drained a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 sixth, a 25-foot birdie putt on the next hole and he was on his way.

Persons: Brian Harman, Harman, Sergio Garcia, outdoorsman, Jon Rahm birdied, Tom Kim, Sepp Straka, Jason Day, Rahm, Corey Conners Organizations: Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Royal Liverpool, Wells, PGA Locations: United States, Hoylake, England, British, Listowel, Ont

☆ McIlroy cards first PGA hole-in-one at Travelers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 23 (Reuters) - Players as accomplished as Rory McIlroy rarely have notable firsts late into their careers but the Northern Irishman crossed another milestone on Thursday by carding his first hole-in-one on the PGA Tour at the Travelers Championship. McIlroy's tee shot at the par-three 214-yard eighth landed on the green and rolled directly into the hole. The 34-year-old threw both arms in the air and high-fived his caddie and playing partners Tom Kim and Viktor Hovland. According to the PGA Tour, the four-time major winner had previously played 3,253 par-three holes on the circuit. McIlroy, who finished with a two-under-par 68 for the round, eight shots behind leader Denny McCarthy, did not keep the ball as a memento.

Persons: Rory McIlroy, Tom Kim, Viktor Hovland, I've, McIlroy, Wyndham Clark, Denny McCarthy, Hritika Sharma, Peter Rutherford Organizations: PGA, Travelers, PGA Tour, U.S, Thomson Locations: Abu Dhabi, Hyderabad

☆ Matt Fitzpatrick criticizes US Open's Los Angeles course and 'very poor' atmosphere
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Yet not everyone has given the host glowing reviews, including the major’s reigning champion Matt Fitzpatrick. And following Saturday’s third round, Fitzpatrick – whose hopes of becoming the first player to defend the US Open title since Brooks Koepka look slim – again spoke about the quality of the course and the atmosphere. Fitzpatrick added: “I’ve seen Brooks’ comments and I tend to agree with what he feels like that about this golf course. Yet firmer greens and fairways brought fresh criticisms of the course, and atmosphere, from Fitzpatrick on Saturday. “Very poor … It’s disappointing on the USGA side,” said Fitzpatrick of the atmosphere, according to Barstool Sports journalist Dan Rapaport.

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☆ Kim has no regrets after crawling through the mud at PGA Championship
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Unfortunately for the South Korean, a viral video clip of him crawling through the mud will make it difficult to forget. Sky Sports commentators laughed heartily at his expense and when he was told he had gone viral, Kim sank to his knees and hid his face with his cap but he laughed it off. It could be the difference of me having a chance to win on Sunday or making the cut," Kim told ESPN. "I was told it was in the mud and if I'm able to hit a shot, I'm doing everything I can to do it. Every single shot matters so much to me."

☆ Scheffler gets late Masters tee time, LIV Golf players separated
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Frank Pingue | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

World number one Scheffler, bidding to become the fourth player to repeat as Masters champion, will go out in the third-last group at 1:36 p.m. Australian Smith, one of 18 players from the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit in the field at Augusta National, will set off at 10:54 a.m. ET in the company of 2021 Masters winner Matsuyama on Japan and South Korea's Im Sung-jae. Among other notable LIV Golf players at the year's first major, three-times Masters champion Phil Mickelson will play alongside fellow American Tom Hoge and South Korea's Kim Si-woo. Dustin Johnson, who won the 2020 Masters before making the move to LIV Golf last year, will tee off with Canada's Corey Conners and England's Justin Rose.

☆ Reflective Woods content with 'small victories'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Even last year returning to competitive golf at Augusta National 14 months after a car crash nearly resulted in the amputation of his right leg, a defiant Woods insisted he was there to win. But given the opportunity during his pre-Masters news conference, a reflective 15-time major winner was content to talk of "small victories". "I didn't win the tournament, but for me to be able to come back and play was a small victory in itself," Woods told reporters. "I just have to be cognizant of how much I can push it," said Woods. "I just think it's understanding, picking some guys' brains and figuring out what they need to do to win this tournament."

☆ Woods and McIlroy fly PGA Tour flag at Masters practice
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Frank Pingue | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Woods and McIlroy, two of golf's biggest names who have both been vocal opponents of LIV Golf, went out off the 10th tee under overcast skies alongside former Masters champion Fred Couples and South Korea's Tom Kim. There are 18 LIV Golf competitors at this year's Masters, including 2020 champion Dustin Johnson, and while all did not schedule practice rounds on Monday those who did were also greeted warmly by the patrons. Former word number one Johnson, wearing a shirt with the logo of the 4Aces team he captains on LIV Golf, practised with current PGA Tour players Kevin Kisner, Brian Harman and Gary Woodland. Johnson, who won the inaugural season-long LIV Golf individual championship, was excited to reconnect with his former PGA Tour peers and said he does not feel any different being at Augusta National compared to years past. "I still play golf for a living.

☆ South Korea form backbone of International team's Presidents Cup hopes
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Im Sung-jae, Kim Si-woo, Tom Kim and K.H. "Four guys is fantastic, in 2003 it was just me in South Africa, very difficult," Choi told reporters on Wednesday. Im and Tom Kim were among the six automatic qualifiers while Lee and Kim Si-woo were two of Immelman's captain's picks. Adding Japan's Hideki Matsuyama, a record five Asian players are represented on the International squad. "When you look at our team, what we're trying to tap into is the international team represents billions of people all over the world.

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