Golf

The Open Championship is the oldest and most international tournament in professional golf. Since 1860, the Open has been played over some of the world’s…

The Shark turns 62 today. Gregory John Norman was the most dominant golfer of his era.  He won 91 international tournaments, including 20 PGA Tour…

Today we celebrate the birthdays of two members of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Curtis Northrup Strange lived for golf because his father died from…

Walter Hagen was the first superstar of American golf. In the first quarter of the 20th century, professionals were considered beneath wealthy amateurs in the socially…

The Old Course at St. Andrews is one of the greatest and most important golf courses in the world. Established in 1552, it is a…

The Ryder Cup is one of the last great sporting events founded on prestige rather than prize money. The Ryder Cup is a biennial men’s…

The 1991 PGA Championship may rival the Mike Tyson-Buster Douglas boxing match as the most improbable outcome in the past three decades. The PGA Championship…

Arnold Daniel Palmer is the most important golfer ever to stick a tee in the ground. Born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, September…

Billy Casper was an overlooked titan of golf. Born in San Diego, California, on this date in 1931, William Earl Casper moved to Silver City,…

The Wall Street Journal wrote, “When God decided what He wanted a golf swing to look like, He sent Sam Snead down to show us.” In 1912,…