Reporting from inside professional golf. Caddie economics, tour money, scheduling, rivalries, and the cultural mechanics of the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf. The bits the broadcast networks miss.
The majors are done. Now the PGA Tour’s postseason opens at TPC Southwind — top 70 to Memphis, then 50 to Bellerive, then 30 to East Lake. A preview of the three-week sprint for the FedEx Cup.
The Race to East Lake: The 2026 FedEx Cup Playoffs Begin in Memphis Read More »
The 2026 Open final-round preview: Sam Burns takes a two-shot lead into Sunday at Royal Birkdale, chased by Ryan Fox’s record-tying 62, Si Woo Kim, Lucas Herbert, Ludvig Aberg, Bryson DeChambeau and a lurking Scottie Scheffler.
Sunday at Royal Birkdale: Burns Leads, Fox Flies, and the Open Won’t Sit Still Read More »
Tommy Fleetwood learned the game a few miles from Royal Birkdale. A profile of the Southport local and what an Open win at home would mean.
The Local — Tommy Fleetwood’s Royal Birkdale Read More »
Tom Kim entered the 2026 Scottish Open ranked outside the world’s top 40. He shot a bogey-free 64 on Sunday at The Renaissance Club to win his first tournament in three years. He arrives at Royal Birkdale this week as the most in-form player in the field. Here’s how a player who had briefly looked like a lost prodigy became, in the span of a single Sunday, the story of the summer.
Tom Kim’s Renaissance — How a Bogey-Free Sunday 64 Changed Everything Read More »
The 154th Open Championship tees off Thursday at Royal Birkdale in Southport. Scottie Scheffler arrives as world number one and +700 favourite. Rory McIlroy arrives with links form and a T4 memory of 2017. Tommy Fleetwood arrives as the local, wanting the story of a lifetime. The final men’s major of 2026 has the field it deserved.
The Open at Royal Birkdale — Scottie, Rory, and the Only Major Left in 2026 Read More »
Before Sunday at Aronimink, Aaron Rai was professional golf’s most underrated technician — a Wolverhampton-born Englishman of Sikh and Kenyan-Indian heritage who hit fairways for a living and made very little noise doing it. The major championship that announced him to the world was a long time coming. Here’s how he got here.
Aaron Rai’s Long Road to Aronimink — How the Quietest Player on Tour Won a Major Read More »
Behind every Sunday red number is a man with a yardage book. Here’s how Tour caddies really get paid — base, bonus, and the part nobody talks about.
The Caddie Economy — How Much Tour Caddies Actually Earn Read More »
He has more second-place finishes in the last two years than most players collect in a decade. Cameron Young is the best player in the world without a major. That’s not a knock. It’s a pressure that would break most people — and he keeps showing up.
Cameron Young: Golf’s Most Compelling Nearly Man Heads to Aronimink Read More »
The second major of 2026 begins Thursday at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania. Rory McIlroy arrives as reigning Masters champion. Scottie Scheffler arrives as defending PGA champion. One of them is about to do something that will take a long time to forget.
PGA Championship 2026: Rory McIlroy, Aronimink, and a Shot at Something Permanent Read More »
Tiger Woods, 2001-2002. Rory McIlroy, 2025-2026. The list of players to defend a green jacket since 1990 is two men long. We pull apart what made it possible — and why it’s the rarest achievement in modern Major golf.
Rory’s Back-to-Back — Why Defending the Masters Was Always the Hardest Part Read More »
