MELBOURNE, Australia — In the end, there was no doubting these Thomases. Armed with a two-shot advantage on the 18th tee, the Belgian pair of Pieters and Detry combined for their 25th birdie of the week (they also threw in a couple of eagles) over the Metropolitan Club to emphatically clinch the 59th World Cup […]

The Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson showdown a Shadow Creek was a spectacle, in every sense of the word, on Friday. At least to those that saw it. A contingent of viewers were unable to watch the pay-per-view event, receiving error messages on their screens following their purchase. As technical issues mounted, officials at Turner, which was […]

Kevin Chappell announced on Saturday morning that he will undergo microdiscectomy surgery, which will sideline him for the foreseeable future. "2018 has been a tough year for me physically," Chappell wrote on Instagram. "After considering all options with my team we have decided having a microdiscectomy is the best option for my future. I’ll be […]

Perhaps the most recognizably bad golf swing on the planet belongs to Charles Barkley. Renowned instructor Hank Haney worked with Barkley on a full season of "The Haney Project," attempting to rectify the former NBA star's cringe-worthy motion. No such luck: "He's my life-long project," Haney would famously say. "He's not much of a golfer." […]

The spectacle that was the Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson match is now in the books, and it was … well, it was something. It managed to live up to the hype while manifesting some of the biggest fears into reality. There were numerous awkward moments, yet moments that were genuinely entertaining. Fans were locked out of […]

Golf fans had different responses to the experience of trying to purchase Bleacher Report’s live online video stream of “The Match” between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson depending on when they logged in and tried to connect on Friday afternoon. Many fans who jumped in to try to watch the one-hour pre-game show ahead of […]

The pre-game show, featuring the comic stylings of a former basketball star, was one circle shy of a three-ring circus, suggesting a long afternoon under an ill-conceived big top for the pay-per-view Capital One’s The Match featuring Tiger vs. Phil on Saturday. The telecast from Shadow Creek Golf Club in North Las Vegas wasn't that, […]

For all the haters who told us all a million times how they had NO interest in "The Match," and would NOT pay $20 for it, we hope you've stayed off Twitter on Friday. Despite the fact the actual golf has been pretty lame, Tiger vs. Phil is all anybody can talk about. You can't […]

Enough of the hype. Enough of people saying how excited they are. And especially, enough of people spending even more time saying how NOT excited they are. THE MATCH between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson is here (Officially, "Capital One's The Match," because both golfers are getting PAID no matter who wins), and we're watching […]

PXG continues its tradition of introducing a limited-edition product on what it calls “Darkness Friday” with its new Darkness Operator putter. The putters will sell for $700. As for availability, in typical PXG unpredictable fashion, the company says they will be “available until they aren’t.” Unlike last year’s unveil of the Darkness Bat Attack, the […]