Van Zyl Leads BMW Open

Is the 15th time the charm for Jaco Van Zyl? The South African who has played the BMW SA Open 15 times without a victory, despite winning 13 other times on the Sunshine Tour, took a 1-shot lead at the tournament in Ekurhuleni on Thursday as the European Tour kicked off its 2016 calendar year. … Continue reading Van Zyl Leads BMW Open →

Outlook 2016: Top 5 Golfers 25 and Under

Tiger Woods turned 40 last week, and won't be playing on the PGA Tour again for much if not all of the 2016 season. While Woods, 45-year-old Jim Furyk, and 52-year-old Miguel Angel Jimenez would very much like to convince you it's still a veteran's game out there, the crop of young talent emerging from … Continue reading Outlook 2016: Top 5 Golfers 25 and Under →

2016 Outlook: Jim Furyk

What separates Jim Furyk from the rest of the top 10 to start 2016? About a decade of experience, and two decades in the case of world No. 1 Jordan Spieth. Yes, at 45, and 46 come May, Furyk is the senior citizen of the Top 10, but proved himself quite a live wire in … Continue reading 2016 Outlook: Jim Furyk →

2016 Outlook: Dustin Johnson

The mystery of why Dustin Johnson vanished from the PGA Tour at the end of the 2015 season remains a mystery for water coolers and sports bars. The question of whether his game vanished along with it was answered time and again during an impressive 2015 season Just a few weeks after his son was … Continue reading 2016 Outlook: Dustin Johnson →

Golf Birthdays: January 4-10

January 4 David Toms, winner of 13 PGA events including the 2001 PGA Championship, turns 49. He turned pro in 1989, but did not win a tournament until 1997. He became one of the best golfers in the world over the next few years, winning twice in 1999, once in 2000, and three times in … Continue reading Golf Birthdays: January 4-10 →

2016 Outlook: Justin Rose

Justin Rose was the model of consistency in 2015. He won the Zurich Open of New Orleans on the PGA Tour, his sixth straight season with a PGA win, and also took home the crown at the UBS Hong Kong Open Crown on the European Tour, his fourth straight year with a Euro win. It … Continue reading 2016 Outlook: Justin Rose →

2016 Outlook: Rickie Fowler

After his rare air season of 2014 in which he finished in the top five of all four Majors, Rickie Fowler could only improve if he won one of the Big Four. He didn't, yet still moved up four spots to No. 6 in the world thanks to a pair of wins on the PGA … Continue reading 2016 Outlook: Rickie Fowler →

2016 Outlook: Henrik Stenson

Henrik Stenson went winless on the PGA and European Tours for the first time since 2011, and it cost him in the world rankings in 2015, dropping from No. 2 to start the year to No. 5 to end it. Regardless of his lack of wins, Stenson was in position to win the FedEx Cup … Continue reading 2016 Outlook: Henrik Stenson →

2016 Outlook: Bubba Watson

Only one player in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Rankings ended 2015 in the same ranking he started the year. That player? Bubba Watson. His rank? Fourth in the world. He maintained his spot in the world hierarchy despite a pretty pedestrian season by his lofty status, winning just once - at … Continue reading 2016 Outlook: Bubba Watson →

2016 Outlook: Rory McIlroy

It would have been pretty amazing if Rory McIlroy has continued the pace he put forth in 2014 into the following year - two Major victories, the win at the Race to Dubai, and leading both the PGA and European Tours in money earned. Surely one guy would be better in 2015, but two? Yes, … Continue reading 2016 Outlook: Rory McIlroy →