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BANDON, Ore. – Stewart Hagestad is in the final year of his 20s. He’s played in 20 USGA championships, half of them U.S. Amateurs, and qualified for each of the past three U.S. Opens. He won the U.S. Mid-Amateur in 2016, took low-amateur honors the following spring at the Masters and has been on two winning Walker Cup teams.Oh, and he had just shot 66 some 15 hours earlier.Most 18-year-olds playing in their first U.S. Amateur would be understandably intimidated drawing the decorated

Danielle Kang’s quest to win a third consecutive title will be challenged overseas this week.Yes, there’s been added angst with international travel amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, but the competitive challenge for Kang is about links golf at this week’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open and next week’s AIG Women’s Open.By the way, the LPGA reported Wednesday that there have been no positive tests among players and caddies in Scotland, so far.

This year's Masters will have a different spot on the calendar, and a much different feel without patrons or guests walking the grounds of Augusta National Golf Club.Tournament officials made the announcement Wednesday that the year's final major would be played without galleries present. The decision confirms that all three of the 2020 majors will be played without fans and all but ensures that the calendar will turn to 2021 before the public can once again line the fairways and greens of a Tou

European Tour winner and Ryder Cup player Gordon J Brand has died at the age of 65 following a short illness.
Cambridge-born Brand made more than 450 appearances on the European Tour and 196 appearances on the European Senior Tour, winning six times across the two Tours.Brand was a popular and respected figure throughout his long career on the European Tour from 1977 to 2003, and he was prolific winner on the Safari Tour during that period, winning seven times, including three victories at the I

Kirk Triplett will have a Black Lives Matter sticker on his bag this week at the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship, becoming the first player on a PGA Tour-sanctioned circuit to openly support the movement via golf bag signage or clothing.Triplett and his wife, Cathi, have an adopted son who is African-American. He explained that some of the difficult conversations he has had recently with his 18-year-old son, Kobe, prompted him to add a public display of support heading into the first maj

The strangest season in PGA Tour history is officially entering the home stretch.This week’s Wyndham Championship marks the final regular season event of the 2019-20 campaign, one that was truncated and rearranged by the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a chance for some players to take a breather after last week’s major, but also an opportunity to bolster positions heading into the Tour’s three-week playoff run.From a familiar past champion to a reeling star and major champs on t

Amen Corner will be quiet this fall.Augusta National Golf Club announced Wednesday that this year’s Masters will be played without patrons in attendance because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The decision comes exactly three months before the rescheduled Masters is set to be played, Nov. 12-15.“Since our initial announcement to postpone the 2020 Masters, we have remained committed to a rescheduled Tournament in November while continually examining how best to host a global

Zach Johnson had quick success after a long road to the PGA Tour. He won as a rookie and reached the Tour Championship in Atlanta, where one of the perks was attending a ceremony to watch Jay Haas accept the Payne Stewart Award.He remembers it being powerful, inspiring, motivating.It brought Johnson to tears 16 years later when he was selected Wednesday to receive the Payne Stewart Award.''It makes everything I've done on and off the golf course worth it,'' Johnson said. ''It makes everything wh

TaylorMade has expanded its range of Spider putters to include the all-new Spider FCG (Forward Centre of Gravity), a design which promises to offer blade-like performance from a mallet-style head.
The challenge of engineering a mallet with blade-like performance starts with CG placement. In traditional mallet designs, much of the weight is in the perimeter and rear of the putter head – which helps to increase MOI and enhance distance control.
With Spider FCG, two-thirds of the to

Rustington Golf Centre PGA Professional Michael Bullen had to produce what he described as one of the rounds of his career to deny Angus Mottershead outright victory in the PGA Kent Open.
The pair completed the two-round Stableford format event at Prince’s Golf Club locked on 78 points, each collecting more than £1,000 as a result of sharing the prize money allocated for first and second places and finishing as the leading trainees. In addition, Bullen won £200 for posting the

BANDON, Ore. – Two of the top amateurs in the field saw their U.S. Amateur hopes end Tuesday afternoon on Bandon Dunes’ final hole.Cole Hammer, the Texas junior and reigning McCormack medalist, bogeyed the 537-yard, par-5 18th to miss a playoff for the final match-play seeds by a shot while Preston Summerhays, the Arizona State commit and last year’s U.S. Junior champ, made triple to go from safely in the Round of 64 to two shots below the cut line.Hammer didn’t know exac