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R&A to strictly enforce fan code of conduct at Open ChampionshipWith fan behavior becoming a regular topic at major tournaments, a warning shot was fired by the R&A before next week's Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England.,With organizers expecting crowds to exceed 300,000, the R&A issued a reminder of guidelines centered around being "welcom...

Dustin Johnson’s major streak to end after WD from The Open final qualifyingDustin Johnson will not attempt to qualify for the Open Championship next month at Royal Birkdale, ending a couple of impressive major streaks.,Johnson will be absent from a major for the first time since the 2017 Masters, ending a string of 38 straight major starts. He was one of the top players in...

Michelle Wie West is retiring and she’s leaving behind a weird legacySomehow, Michelle Wie West is only 33. She was a grown adult when I was a kid and now the prodigy is only two years older than me. After a professional golf career of nearly two decades, Wie West is hanging up the clubs after this week’s U.S. Open. Wie West, who didn’t marry Kanye or Adam, but Golde...

Kobayashi was the GOAT

In one of the weirder federal holiday traditions in America, Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, takes place every Independence Day. The 2001 event will go down as a turning point for the event as a 23-year-old skinny Japanese man named Takeru Kobayashi burst onto the Brooklyn stage and stole the show....

5 magical moments for Tiger at the Masters

It’s been 25 years since Tiger Woods walked onto Augusta National and shocked the world with a record-breaking Masters win at the age of 21. It’s been three years since he won his comeback Masters, and just over one year since he was in a car accident that nearly killed him. The ability to walk agai...

Major Golf Events Are Being Cancelled Everywhere, But States As Hard Hit As N.Y. Still Think It's Safe For Courses To Remain Open

Like every other sport realizing its proper place in a society in crisis, the PGA and professional golf around the globe is undergoing major shifts in its schedule. Today, the British Open was canceled for the first time since 1945, while tournaments over on this side of the pond have been shifted t...

Playing With J.B. Holmes Was Brooks Koepka's Personal Hell

As the top golfer in the world, Brooks Koepka has shown that he has no problem confronting, or at least calling out, his fellow competitors when he takes issue with something they’ve done. It’s the kind of personality that led him to calling Sergio Garcia a whiny baby, and getting into a physical al...

This Is How It Feels To Get Whacked By A Tiger Woods Golf Ball

Tiger Woods’ hopes of winning British Open championship came to end at the same time as one fan’s hopes of leaving Carnoustie without any bruises. With Tiger in sole position of the lead on the 11th hole, his second shot took a wrong turn somewhere in the sky and smacked a gallery member to the gr...