Erik van Rooyen was in the gym when his phone chimed. It was Nov. 1, 2023, the end of the worst year of his professional career, and a day he will never forget. Heading into the last three weeks of the PGA Tour season, the then-33-year-old South African was the FedExCup bubble boy. With no

The final leaderboard from the Sanderson Farms Championship was littered with young talent – winner Sam Burns, Cameron Young, Hayden Buckley, Sahith Theegala. And then there was Nick Watney. The 40-year-old Watney’s co-runner-up finish on Sunday wouldn’t have been all that surprising a decade ago, when Watney was a top-10 player in the world. But

Images from U.S. presidential hopeful and former First Lady Hillary Clinton playing golf. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts to her chip shot onto the 9th green of the Mink Meadows Golf Club in Vineyard Haven, MA., Friday, Aug. 27, 1993. Clinton joined her husband on the last two links of the nine hole course

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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – The first thing Condoleezza Rice told playing partner Jason Bohn when she walked onto the practice green at picturesque Pebble Beach eased any tension in the group. ”Roll Tide,’’ she said. A smart move for the fellow Alabama fan. Also maybe the lightest – and least nerve-racking – moment of her

While compiling the greatest career record of his generation, Tiger Woods has been no stranger spending time on the sideline because of injury. Here’s a look back at some of the ailments that have caused Woods to miss time during his career: December 2002: Woods has surgery to remove fluid from around the anterior cruciate

As a professional tennis player, Mardy Fish won more than $7 million. So his earnings for winning the celebrity competition of the Diamond Resorts Invitational were not exactly going to make or break him. Still, a hundred grand is a hundred grand. That’s what Fish earned for topping the celebrity field. That’s twice as much

Davis Love III was immortalized in tattoo form on this fan. The signature was added on later. A close-up of the tatoos on the arm of Melissa Reid during the first round of the ISPS Handa Ladies European Masters at The Buckinghamshire Golf Club on July 2, 2015 in Uxbridge, United Kingdom. (Photo by Andrew

The one common denominator you see among all good players is their posture. Good posture is important, as it will determine the shape of your swing. The one thing I generally notice when I am on site at a tour event is the posture is fairly consistent for most golfers. They all look really good

Have you ever wondered why you don’t hit the ball as far as you think you should? I can’t tell you how many times that I have had a student ask me: “Why do my friends who are much smaller than me hit the ball so much further?” If you have ever uttered these same