This Thanksgiving when you peel yourself off the couch and gather around the table to offer thanks, we hope the list is long, and that it extends beyond golf. Then again, to love golf is to appreciate the game for its broad strokes as well as its tiny brush marks: from kinship to natural beauty […]
Read MoreAn all-time Tiger Woods prop bet lock, Phil Mickelson’s special “training” for THE MATCH, and golf's revival tour rolls on
Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we’re feeling extra thankful this Turkey Day. You see, before Tiger Woods made Thanksgiving week car crashes all the rage, I had one of my own in 2008 that I celebrated the 10-year anniversary of on Monday. You never heard about it because it predated my arrival […]
Read MoreCharles Howell III dishes on his equipment and explains why he tries every single adjustable setting on his driver
Charles Howell III has enjoyed one of the most consistent careers on the PGA Tour and now in his 20th season has played with equipment from several different manufacturers. Recently Howell committed to a full bag overhaul, putting 13 Titleist clubs in the bag (Howell, it is safe to say, will officially sign with Titleist […]
Read MoreOur insider’s guide to the proper 2018 Thanksgiving golf outing
Backyard football is the unofficial sport of Thanksgiving, but pick-up pigskin works better as concept than reality. Half the crew is out of shape, there's always one guy delivering cheap-shots, and the quarterbacks are so bad they make Nathan Peterman look competent. Which is why we humbly propose a new Thanksgiving tradition: a round of […]
Read MoreGolf's moonshot: PGA Tour announces new official stop in Japan with space pioneer
Yusaku Maezawa fancies himself a space pioneer. He's hoping his new collaboration with the PGA Tour moves golf into the stratosphere in his native country. Maezawa, the founder of the Japanese fashion website Zozotown who was recently tabbed as first commercial passenger to attempt a flight around the moon with SpaceX, announced on Tuesday that […]
Read MoreLes Miles is literally speechless about his new job as Kansas football coach
What's Les Miles been up to you since vacating his position as LSU ball coach/head grass eater? Well, apart from an ill-fated fling with the bright lights of Hollywood, absolutely nothing. I mean why else would you accept the head coaching position at Kansas football—the single worst Power Five program over the course of the […]
Read More2018-'19 PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list standings (through the RSM Classic)
The season-long FedEx Cup points standings will help determine who keeps their PGA Tour cards for the 2019-'20 season as well as who'll be eligible for the FedEx Cup Playoff in August. In addition this season, a new $10 million bonus will be split among the PGA Tour's top 10 regular-season finishers—the Wyndham Rewards Top […]
Read MoreRickie Fowler, Justin Thomas producing Alabama-Auburn college golf docu-series
The first season of "Driven," a documentary series on Golf Channel, took golf viewers behind the scenes of the Oklahoma State program, a move that proved fortuitous as the Cowboys captured their 11th national championship. The show, helmed by OSU alum Rickie Fowler, is returning for a second year, and while Stillwater will still be […]
Read MoreMan sets luggage on fire to protest cancelled flight, is all of us this holiday season
It's the most wonderful time of the year once again. The halls are decked, the stockings stuffed, and the partridge is in the pear tree or whatever. But this season, instead of roasting chestnuts on the open fire, toast your Samsonite instead—a tribute to this righteous rage monster who will be spending the holidays in […]
Read MoreA beginner’s guide to Fortnite, from a clueless holiday father
If you’re noticing more teens driving into telephone poles and elderly pedestrians in your town lately, there’s a perfectly logical reason: They’re driving while playing Fortnite! As you know if you’ve recently parented, interacted with or literally laid eyes on a human under the age of 32, Fortnite is the planet’s hottest video game, teen […]
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