Tagged: History
10 Factoids To Know About the PGA Championship
No longer titled "Glory's Last Shot," the PGA Championship will now be contested as the season's second major - sandwiched between the Masters (April)...
The Big Guide: Wells Fargo Championship
In this new format, we're packaging our three primary pieces of pre-game content (Primer, Storylines, and Tee Times) into one aggregated post to make...
The 6 Greatest PGA Tour Legends… (Almost) Nobody Remembers
In the United States, even those who have never had any interest in stepping foot on a golf course know who Tiger Woods, Jack...
2018 Safeway Open Primer: History, TV, Field, Pairings, Odds
The 2018 PGA Tour season could not have ended more perfectly: At East Lake, Tiger Woods looked like the Tiger of old, fighting off...
Video: 9 Moments That Shaped Today’s Ryder Cup
In this video, the PGA looks back at nine moments that helped shape the Ryder Cup and turn it into one of the greatest...
Ranking The Open Champions at Carnoustie
Pro Golf Weekly ranks the seven Open Championship winners who've raised the Claret Jug at Carnoustie Golf Links in this post titled: Ranking The...
Remembering: George Duncan’s 14-Shot Comeback To Win Inaugural Irish Open
This week’s DDF Irish Open marks 90 years since the inaugural edition, though it hasn’t been played every year because of war interruptions and...
History: Jack, Arnie, Pete Dye and Harbour Town
Though more than 60 golf courses now exist within an hour’s drive of Hilton Head Island, the sport was a relative newcomer when pioneering...
Spieth’s (Almost) Greatest Final Round In Major Championship History
Jordan Spieth nearly pulled off the impossible. Down nine shots to Patrick Reed to start his final round, Spieth famously said something along the...
The Unfair Legacy of 1968 Masters Winner Bob Goalby
Bob Goalby sensed something wasn’t quite right when he saw Roberto de Vicenzo still at Augusta National’s scoring table when he arrived from his...
PGA Tour’s Brief History With Match Play
Though match play still has deep roots in the amateur game, its history on the PGA Tour is fairly short. Even such longstanding stops...
Quick Hit: How Bay Hill Became Arnie’s Place
Bay Hill Club & Lodge was a golfing outpost tucked away on Orlando’s western outskirts when Arnold Palmer first visited in 1962. It didn’t...
Rewind: 16-Year Old Tiger Tees It Up at Riviera in 1992
Narrated by George Savaricas, the Golf Channel takes a look back at Tiger Woods' first PGA Tour start at Riviera Country Club, 26 years...
The Starter: Golf World Order Restored, the Coliseum Awaits, and Whatnot
This week’s edition won’t leave you in the dark, as opposed to the finishes on the PGA Tour and LPGA circuits. Didn’t they have...
7 Factoids: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
The Shriners Open kicks off the fifth week of the 2017-18 PGA Tour season with Rod Pampling looking to defend his title at TPC...
The Northern Trust Primer: Storylines, History, TV, Field
With Henrik Stenson’s winning putt in Greensboro at the Wyndham Championship, the PGA Tour regular season reached its conclusion. Thirty-nine arduous weeks of the...
12 Historical Nuggets: Firestone Country Club
Firestone Country Club in Akron (Ohio) has hosted some of the most iconic golfers to ever play the game.
Long before it became the...
10 Stats & Facts From Round 2: THE PLAYERS Championship
Louis Oosthuizen shot 6-under 66 in the second round of the THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass, and is tied for the 36-hole lead...
10 Interesting Stats: THE PLAYERS Championship
The PLAYERS Championship tees off on Thursday from TPC Sawgrass with Jason Day seeking to defend his title against the some of the biggest...
Vintage: Titleist Golf Balls Packaged Like Powdered Donuts
This post from Titleist caught my eye this morning. It's a photo of a 3-pack of Titleist golf balls from the 1940s. According to...
