By: Staff and Wire Reports of Global Golf Post Talk about going out with a bang. Rickie Fowler put a spectacular stamp on the final PGA Tour event of the calendar year by shredding Albany Golf Club while flirting with the magical 59 target. Fowler had a very good 2016-17 season, winning once while finishing…
By Staff and Wire Reports at Global Golf Post It hasn’t taken Austin Cook long to make himself comfortable on the PGA Tour. Look back at the 2015 Shell Houston Open, when the 26-year old Arkansas native dipped his toe into Tour competition and he was just one stroke behind entering the final round in his…
By Staff and Wire Reports at Global Golf Post Patton Kizzire has quietly established himself as a solid player on the PGA Tour, but until last week along Mexico’s Riviera Maya, he hadn’t found a way to win. That changed with his strong performance during a long, rain-interrupted week when he was at or near…
By Staff and Wire Reports of Global Golf Post After all that Patrick Cantlay has been through in his still-young-career – a back injury that sidelined him for an extended period and the accidental death of his caddie – having to work a little extra to pick up his first PGA Tour win seemed only…
By Staff and Wire Reports of Global Golf Post With a birdie on the 72nd hole, Justin Rose won the Turkish Airlines Open, his second title in as many weeks. Rose shot 69-68-64-65 for an 18-under 266 total at Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort. “I think this is the first time I’ve gone back…
By Staff and Wire Reports of Global Golf Post Just when it seems golf is predictable, the WGC-HSBC Champions happens. Dustin Johnson, the No. 1-ranked player in the world, started the final round with a six-stroke lead, with Justin Rose eight shots behind him. On a difficult Sunday, Rose played brilliantly, making five birdies on…
By Staff and Wire Reports at Global Golf Post Justin Thomas is going to be sorry to see 2017 end. Thomas won for the fifth time in this calendar year – and the first time in the 2017-18 season – handling difficult conditions and shaking off a double bogey early in the final round to…
By: Global Golf Post One year ago, Pat Perez was in Malaysia starting a comeback from shoulder surgery, uncertain about his future in the game. A year later, Perez has won twice and the 41-year-old is in the prime of his career. “Everything is just going unbelievable. My wife is unbelievable, (swing coach) Drew Steckel, my…
By: Global Golf Post So it’s maybe not as impressive as what Tiger Woods did at Bay Hill or Torrey Pines but Brendan Steele and the Safeway Open at Silverado have become a thing. Steele’s victory Sunday was his second consecutive win in the season-opening event and, were it not for a disappointing final round in…
By: Global Golf Post The LPGA operations team will surely be hearing from players in the coming weeks. For the second time in as many events (the previous being the controversially shortened Evian Championship), players were on the course in extremely rough conditions. On Sunday, with golf-ball-sized hail peppering Windross Farm Golf Course and wind…