MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — August is the biggest month of the golf season – and not just because big professional events like the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs are contested then. The PlayGolf Myrtle Beach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship was different but every bit as impressive. Staged for the 36th time on 55 courses in…
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This World Am golfer is used to playing with sharks
MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina – This 37th Myrtle Beach World Amateur Handicap Championship has 161 international players among its 3,215 entries, and Steve Muller may have come the furthest to get here. He is one of eight players from Australia in the tournament, and the only one from Brisbane. Oh, yes, he’s also the only…
Arcadia Bluffs’ new South course will attract its own devotees
ARCADIA, Michigan — For years I had been told that Arcadia Bluffs and Forest Dunes were in a battle for best golf course in Michigan with Bluffs usually getting the nod. I’ve now played them both, and I’m not so sure about that. The Bluffs definitely has the scenery. Its waterfront views of Lake Michigan…
World Am Handicap tourney puts the golf spotlight on Myrtle Beach
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — August might be the biggest month of the golf season – and not just because big professional events like the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs are contested then. The PlayGolf Myrtle Beach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship is different but every bit as impressive. It is older and has many more players….
Illinois PGA moves its championship to Ruth Lake next week
Play in next week’s Illinois PGA Championship won’t resemble the birdie blitz that was witnessed by visitors to the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship at Medinah last week, but this IPGA has been conducting the event since 1922 and the golf is plenty good. Since 2001 the IPGA Championship has been dominated by University of Illinois…
The stage is set for Thomas to cash in big again at East Lake
Record scores were the story after each of the first three rounds of the BMW Championship at Medinah. Not so in Sunday’s final round, however. While Justin Thomas came out the champion, the final 18 at Medinah basically set the stage for what comes next – The Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta. The…
Cantlay will get another shot at Thomas in The Tour Championship
Patrick Cantlay had his best round of the week on Sunday, shooting a 7-under-par 65. Only Hideki Matsuyama (63) did better. Neither could overhaul Justin Thomas at Medinah but they’ll have a chance to do it next week in the final FedEx Cup Playoff event in Atlanta. Cantlay goes into it with a two-stroke deficit…
Is Medinah No. 3 no longer the monster it used to be?
Just how low can these guys go? Medinah No. 3 has long been considered one of the world’s most difficult courses. It won’t be after the BMW Championship concludes there on Sunday. Only two of 69 players are over par after 54 holes and leader Justin Thomas is 21-under. Thomas has set the pace in…
Woods shows improvement at Medinah — but probably not enough
Tiger Woods played better on Saturday. He shot a 5-under-par 67 at Medinah No. 3, but it may not matter. Woods’ chances of getting into the top 30 on the Fed Ex standings still aren’t good going into Sunday’s final round. “I figured I’m going to have to do something in the mid-60s for two…
Matsuyama’s 63 is Medinah No. 3 record — but is it the best round there?
Lots of great rounds, by lots of great players, have been shot over Medinah Country Club’s No. 3 course over the years. So many, in fact, that it’s tricky determining which one was the best. Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama staked the best claim yet to the record on the storied course on Saturday. The layout that…