There was no shortage of drama when the Greater Spokane League settled the 4A/3A boys’ team championship and individual player of the year honors Tuesday at Wandermere Golf Course. Everything fell into place for Gonzaga Prep in the fifth and final league match.
The struggle was real for the University of Idaho sophomore, by way of Littlehampton, England. The results didn’t match his meticulous approach. Like every golfer, even high-level ones like Sykes stuck in a rough patch, it thoroughly tested his patience and the math major’s analytical mind. Finally, months of frustration melted away as Sykes regained his form and joined a short list of history makers in the Vandal program.
North Idaho College golf coach Russell Grove’s bid to qualify for the PGA Championship for a second straight year came up short Wednesday in Frisco, Texas.
Scottie Scheffler is not normal, not in his golf or his demeanor. It’s part of what makes him so damn dangerous for who knows how long: The release doesn’t come until the clock has been punched. This is a worker doing work. Why emote before it’s over?
AUGUSTA, Ga. – On the 18th green on the final day of this Masters, Scottie Scheffler, so steady and so determined, finally allowed himself a smile, lifting both hands into the air and bellowing toward the sky. It was bottled-up relief and excitement, for sure, but for the sports world, it served as an unmistakable pronouncement: Golf has a transcendent champion on its hands, the kind of talent who feels miles ahead of anyone else.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The one-and-only, the original was fading at a heartbreaking rate right before our eyes. So by Sunday afternoon at the Masters, auditions for the next Tiger Woods – or a reasonable facsimile – had become even more urgent. Good news, though. Scottie Scheffler stepped up and dazzled. He once more confirmed that he is the most certain thing in golf this side of overpriced cart ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The way Scottie Scheffler had played golf this week – shoot, the way he has played it for the better part of three years – the entire enterprise seems characterized by ease. Yes, when he powerfully swipes with his driver, he nearly swings out of his shoes. But the result is so often exactly what he intends: a long, loud cut that bisects the fairway and merely sets up irons that are the most precise the game knows at the moment.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – An uninvited gust swept through the Masters on Friday, rustling magnolia leaves, scattering hats and whipping up sandstorms across the course. It scattered the leader board and baffled the world’s best players.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Even through the bluster that blew hats off heads and sand out of bunkers by the beachful, there is a warmth to the applause provided by the gallery that surrounds the 18th green at Augusta National Golf Club. It is forever perfect in tenor and tone, meeting whatever moment that plays out on the lushness before it – celebratory and in awe of a round well played, appreciative and empathetic for a Masters career coming to an end, quietly acknowledging the struggles for a player who misses the cut.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Fresh off his 2020 U.S. Open win, Bryson DeChambeau made headlines when he said that, for him, the storied Masters course plays like a par-67 track, a pronouncement that rattled the dogwoods and starched the green jackets.
Professional golf makes its annual visit to Augusta National with this week’s Masters. Here’s a look at the first major of the season, which begins Thursday.
The case can be made that Rory McIlroy will hit the ground running this week, that his play has been ascendant, that he was runner-up here just two years ago, that his patience will finally be rewarded and that he will cap his historic career by completing his career Grand Slam with a victory in the 88th Masters.
The dramatic elevation changes of Augusta National are not always evident in Masters broadcasts. It's a common observation by first-timers to the storied golf course that it's far hillier than it looks on TV. The ups and downs of Tiger Woods? Plainly evident for the world to see.
The PGA Tour schedule so far this season has been ruled by long shots. Take away Scottie Scheffler’s two victories in 2024, and the tournament winners have mainly come out of nowhere.
A mild winter may be making it tough for local ski resorts, but some golfers are reveling in the weather and bringing their clubs to Liberty Lake’s Trailhead Golf Course.
