Scottie Scheffler had earned $28 million playing golf this season. And smiled.
Today he made barely $37,000. And sobbed.
Some things don’t have a dollar amount.🥇
#ParisOlympics
Icing On the Cake: After a resurgent season that took her back to the top of women’s golf and the brink of the LPGA Hall of Fame, Lydia Ko tied the knot with Jun Chung today in her native Seoul.
For a decade, our
@GolfChannel
and
@SkySportsGolf
crews were touched by an angel. Sarah Holm brightened every room and life she entered. She passed today after a long illness, with husband Larry and loved ones near. She believed in the Resurrection so she is free. Here, we weep.
No Laughing Matter: The dudes from
@NoLayingUp
aren’t just here for a few yuks. They’re using their growing place in the game for good. Well done, fellas.
Sports don’t matter. Until they do. Check out
@aditigolf
’s timeline. One national dignitary after another applauding her performance at
@OlympicGolf
. Time will tell but this, on the back of her appearance in Rio 2016, could be a seminal moment for women’s golf in India.
#Golf
🇮🇳
My sweet dad, Nick Boone, passed peacefully this morning after a long illness. My mom, as she has been for the last 60 years, was by his side. He was 87.
He gave up a life as a teen heartthrob in show biz to help kids of all ages find a good home in his 3 decades in social work.
Remembering Lorena Ochoa on the 11th anniversary of her retirement. And baffled she still isn’t in the LPGA Hall of Fame. National icon, longest No. 1, earned 10 more points than required. But didn’t play 10 years — which also bars her from election by the Veterans Committee.
Our friend and colleague
@mpressel
receives the Arnie Award today at Pebble Beach for giving back through her
@MP_Foundation
. She joins Clint Eastwood and
@BrandtSnedeker
in being honored. Great career on course, even more significant off. Way to go Mo!
The entire
#DallasCowboys
2020 season highlight video should be the slo-mo of Jaylon Smith emphatically signaling Dallas had recovered a fumble...while the ball is being fought for 5 feet away from him.
In its 75 years, the LPGA has never had a Black winner. By Sunday they could have 2. England’s Georgia Oboh and Texan Lakareber Abe are 2 back at the
@dowchampionship
team event.
Neither are LPGA members. Oboh got in by winning the John Shippen Invite and took Abe as a partner.
During a week celebrating women’s golf, a moment of lament for a member of the LPGA sorority Jane Park. Her latest update on daughter Grace who two months ago this week had seizures leading to brain trauma. Grace’s first birthday is Sunday.
#SayGrace
A defining figure of women’s golf for more than 15 years but plagued of late by injury, Lexi Thompson says she will retire at the end of the season at age 29.
At 12, the youngest USWO competitor. Then the tour’s youngest winner and major champ.
She made an indelible mark.
Golf’s Superwoman Nelly Korda joined us in the phone booth after winning the
@TMobile
@LPGAMatchPlay
. It’s her 4th straight and 12th career title.
Week off for the tour then
@Chevron_Golf
. A W there would tie Nancy Lopez and and Annika for the longest win streak in LPGA history.
When ACU and Texas meet tonight, I'll be thinking of the late, great Sean Adams. He played football and ran for the Wildcats then covered UT online and on radio. We lost him way too early in 2017. And if ACU wins? I'll quote the title of one of his books: It's Okay to Be Crazy.
The news isn’t what Jane Park and Pete Godfrey had hoped for with their daughter Grace. Now they’re reaching out — not for sympathy but for ideas of where to go next. Please spread and refer those who might have expertise to her IG account. Long road ahead.
#SayGrace
Postscript from the
#USWomensOpen
:
1. I cover women's golf for a living but there were 40 players in the field I'd never met. Scrambling to double check pronunciations, the last one I spoke to Wednesday had one of the easiest to say - depending on the vowel sound. So...
Royal Treatment: For the inaugural
@QueenCityLPGA
,
@Jrprotalker
returns to her throne in the booth at a club (Kenwood CC) she played when the
@uswomensopen
was held here and a city (Cincy) where she played the final event of her Hall of Fame career.
@GolfChannel
4p ET Thursday.
Sebastian Korda knocks off 15th seed Alex de Minaur in Rd 1 at
#Wimbledon
. Which might crack the top 10 of family accomplishments this week.
#ThreeKordas
On the menu for tonight’s
@gwaa1946
’s 50th annual awards dinner? GOAT.
Our colleague and friend
@Jrprotalker
is the first woman to receive the
@PGA
’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. Yet another trail blazed.
Lunch Lady:
@SolheimCupUSA
assistant captain Michelle Wie West hands out 2 of the 12 sandwiches she made last night to her rookie pod members, Mina Harigae and Yealimi Noh, who are leading the first afternoon fourball. Good practice the mom of a 1-year-old.
"Just trying to be patient out there and just keep it simple."
Maria Torres (-5) moved up the leaderboard on Saturday from T9 to solo third.
She'll start Sunday five strokes off the lead.
Pins and Needles: The wait is over. Our 7 hours of live TV coverage today and 26 for the week at the
@uswomensopen
begins at 1p ET on Peacock then 3p on USA.
My fill in time is finished for this year at GC. I have loved working a little and seeing all my road friends. Thanks GC!
Appreciate being back if just for short times. Good friends, good golf!
.
22 (Grant’s Version): A year in the
@GolfChannel
booth broadcasting the LPGA that began in Orlando ends for me tonight in Tampa. In between, a coast-to-coast zigzag across 11 states plus France and Scotland; 22 events in my 22nd year calling golf on TV. Still a privilege and joy.
LPGA veteran Jane Park continues to write and share modern day Psalms as she mourns the loss of the baby Grace she knew for 10 months. The crisis of those first moments has given way to the everyday of a new world they long to escape.
We mourn and pray.
#SayGrace
Oregon Trail: In 1977,
@Jrprotalker
paired up with JoAnne Carner to win the
@PortlandClassic
, which in those years was a team event. This week, she will captain our
@GolfChannel
announce team as that tournament celebrates 50 years in the Rose City with Judy still in full bloom.
Lilia Vu's grandfather built a boat to escape Vietnam in the '70s and settled in LA where she was born. He died in 2020 as she considered quitting golf after a rough rookie season. His final words to her: "Go try to win." She has and now may win a big one.
#chevronchampionship
Head for the Hills: The LPGA week in SoCal began with a visit to the 90210 to hang with Uncle
@Pat_Boone
. They moved into this house on the corner of Sunset and Beverly in 1960.
After 7 decades in show biz, his career is now complete after finally meeting TV’s
@TomAbbottGC
.
Had I only lived 2 hours away from her, it would’ve been cool enough. To have sat 2 feet away and to know and be known by her all these years? Joy beyond measure. Happiest of happies to the legend
@Jrprotalker
. ❤️
Hats Off: Sporting her trademark bucket lid in the pro-am, 16 year old Anna Davis made the cut at
@LPGAfounders
— as she did in her first career start 2 weeks ago. She plays with another
@anwagolf
champion
@jenniferkupcho
today. Davis will also play the
@uswomensopen
next month.
Allisen Corpuz made it through all 3 stages of LPGA Q School in 2021 as an amateur and was unranked when her rookie season began in 2022. Currently 29th, a
@uswomensopen
victory would move her to around 6th. A rapid rise for a star in the making.
#USWomensOpen
Hostess with the Mostest: Pregnant pause with
@CaraBanksGC
before we kick off the 17th Solheim Cup with 25,000 of our closest friends at the Opening Ceremony in downtown Toledo. Join us live at 5p ET on and the NBC Sports app, replay 7p ET on
@GolfChannel
.
He was born the year his namesake team last made it to the World Series. And lived to see them win their first. Today was his final out. Goodbye, sweet Ranger boy.
In late August,
#Lexi
Thompson shot 76-80 (+12) in Canada. Beat only 8 other pros. Today she just shot 69 in a PGA Tour event to finish even par for 2 days.
She will come up just short of making the cut. But this was one of the finest moments of her brilliant career.
@jacknicklaus
@TheMasters
@jacknicklaus
, what does the T in GT stand for? If it's Thomas, and "Gary Thomas Nicklaus" made his first ace in front of Gary, Tom and Nicklaus and did it at
#themasters
, we'll have to make it into a movie.
Nelly begins her quest for an unprecedented sixth straight victory Thursday at the tournament honoring the LPGA’s 13 Founders who created the record books she’s trying to rewrite.
The sports world has lost a legend. Kathy Whitworth was 83. From tiny Jal, NM, she bought her first golf club with green stamps and became the LPGA’s winningest player and one of the first great female athletes. An absolute pioneer who left the game better than she found it.
"She just started beating up on us, and I thought, 'Who is this little twit?'"
88x Tour winner Kathy Whitworth explains her nickname for
@Jrprotalker
😂
At the annual Friday night dinner, CBS honors Verne Lundquist in his final weekend with a gift from Jack and Tiger whose defining Masters moments here he called.
#themasters
Seventh Heaven: Sahalee surprised
@BrookeHenderson
today with a plaque marking her 7 iron from 155 that won the 2016
@KPMGWomensPGA
when she was just 18. And they named her an honorary member.
Thanking them she said, “This place changed my life.”
New Rolex Rankings. With her 6th win of 2024, Nelly Korda now has twice as many points as Lilia Vu in 2nd. Which means — ready for this? — the gap between her and Vu is greater than the gap between Vu…and the last of the 1620 ranked players.
Began the day 4 back, made 11 birdies in 21 holes including the winner on the 3rd playoff hole.
She joins Grace Kim and Rose Zhang as rookie winners.
And at 19 today, she is the youngest LPGA winner this year and youngest since Brooke Henderson in 2016.
Give your country its first ever
@LPGA
title and you get a congratulatory tweet from the president…
…who by the way looks exactly how I hoped he would.
Congratulations to
@leona_maguire
for her historic achievement in becoming the first Irish
@LPGA
Tour winner at the Drive On Championship. Another fantastic Irish sportswoman leading the way internationally.
A year ago today, a favorite LPGA family’s life changed forever. At the event in DFW, Jane Park and husband/caddy Pete Godfrey’s 10-month-old Grace began having seizures, traumatizing her brain.
Their care for her is heroic. She may be the most loved little girl in Tour history.
Lucy Li cruises to her second
@EpsonTour
win in her last 4 starts. With 8 events to go, the 19 year old from Northern California is running away with the money title and will be an LPGA rookie next season.
After a day of hurt and hard feelings from a controversial ruling, the two Solheim Cup teams were united on this Sunday at Inverness by Grace. On the day she turned 1, both sides sent their love to the ailing daughter of LPGA player Jane Park and caddy Pete Godfrey.
.
@mpressel
’s usual caddy is Barry “Rock” Cesarz. But for today’s Solheim Cup celebrity match with Team USA’s head cheerleader
@bubbawatson
, she had me — more of a Pebble, the annoying kind that gets stuck in your shoe. No one was injured and they played 9 holes in -6.
Rachel Heck, whose 2021 NCAA title preceded her BFF Rose Zhang's in 2022-23, birdied the 36th hole today of the
@uswomensopen
qualifier in San Mateo CA to get the 2nd alternate spot. She missed most of the season with a shoulder injury. Teammate Kelly Xu was medalist.
Full Blast: Members of
@RepStanLambert
’s fraternity when he attended ACU (Sub T 16) greet
@GregAbbott_TX
with the theme song to “Dallas” — home of Liz Case, handpicked by Abbott to primary Lambert in TX House Dist 71.
Which is in Abilene, 3 hours from where Case lives and votes.
With regular caddie Pete Godfrey in DFW with his wife Jane Park caring for their daughter Grace, Ariya Jutanugarn is teaming up with
@mpressel
’s longtime caddie Barry “Rock” Cesarz for the time being. Rock said of filling in for Pete: “I’m here to help a friend.”
#SayGrace
@bennyjohnson
His mistake was only using the word as an adjective. Had he been guilty of the verb form with some woman he’d grabbed by the P, he might have actually been elected.
Birdie at 18 for
@thechiaranoja
caps a 2nd round 67. Playing on a sponsor’s exemption, the 17 year old German is currently T3 in her first LPGA start.
Our R2 coverage begins on
@peacock
at 4:30p ET, then
@GolfChannel
5:30.
Noja shot 68 Friday, 3rd best score of the windier afternoon wave. She’s T13 as R2 begins.
A top 10 finish gets her into next week’s
@MeijerLPGA
, which she likely would play.
If she wins? Because she isn’t 18, she’d need (and I believe get) commissioner approval to join the tour.
The first tournament
@RichLernerGC
and I ever called was a windswept
@attbyronnelson
media day in 1996, 2 DFW radio guys doing play-by-play of our round to no one as he led us to victory. Soon we’d both landed at
@GolfChannel
. Teammates again this week at
@uswomensopen
.
Toby Keith loved him some Cups, be they Red Solo or Solheim. And he loved golf, particularly the LPGA which he cheered and promoted. He was at
@TheSolheimCup
in Des Moines in 2017, cheesing with players and hanging on the first tee, whipping a rowdy crowd into further frenzy.
My special pal Larry grew up in
@Bannyrooster28
’s hometown of La Marque TX. Sisters were his classmates. Had Jeff’s dad Bob for 11th grade history. Hadn’t seen him since 1982. Until now. Jeff treated him like a long, lost friend. Very cool.
The 75th
@uswomensopen
being 6 months later than scheduled meant Christmas came early for me. What a treat to be part of the broadcast team at Champions. The stocking stuffer was working alongside the legend
@Jrprotalker
.
Can’t wait to watch the final round drama tomorrow.
Today may end up as the defining moment of A Lim Kim's career. If it is, that finish, like her namesake Birdie's, will forever live in
#USWomensOpen
history. Or maybe this is the beginning of something special. I don't know. But at least we'll know how to say her name. (end)
The
@CMEGroupLPGA
is reaching new heights! ⭐️
Starting in 2024:
- $11 million purse
- $4 million first-place prize
- $1 million second place prize
Additionally, every competitor who qualifies for the 60-golfer field will be awarded at least $55,000! 👏
Adversity often elicits excellence. Forced to win an LET event just to be eligible for the Solheim Cup, LPGA rookie Matilda Castren did today. On home soil in Finland in her 4th straight week, 3rd time zone, 2nd country. The star born at
@MEDIHEALChamp
last month keeps rising.
The LPGA family of players, caddies, officials, fans, announcers is made up of people with a wide range of beliefs, about everything. But we are united in our plea for the well-being of one of our own. Which to me is holy. So even if we don’t pray the same way, we all say Grace.
Your support and prayers have been overwhelming in a good way. Please continue to keep our little girl in your thoughts. We can feel your support surrounding us in this small hospital room.
All week we watched a young Japanese golfer, in the shadow of Pearl Harbor, robustly cheered on as she tried to win a tournament.
Twitter tends to catch humanity’s worst side. Easter reminds that even the deepest of wounds can heal and forgiveness just might be the last word.
In a place where women can do very little without a man’s permission, hopefully moments like this will inspire Saudi girls to dream of independence. And embolden those who dared to and are suffering the consequences.
Patty T is back! 🇹🇭
Just look what it means to Patty Tavatanakit who returns to the winner’s circle in style at Riyadh Golf Club 🏆
#RaiseOurGame
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#GolfAndMore
The 1st and 10th tees at Inverness are awesome in any circumstances, sharing a small plot of land with a practice green. For the Solheim Cup even more so, horseshoed in by the grandstands. The ending has a plot twist of its own: Nos. 9 and 18 are reversed.
A true Player of the Year. Won the 2nd event of the season, won 2 of the last 4 with a dozen top 10s in the middle.
She wins Player of the Year again, 7 years after her 1st. Matching Joanne Carner for the longest span between.
While you were sleeping, Lydia Ko turned back the clock. Playing with current teen phenom Atthaya Thitikul, Ko shot 65 to win the BMW by 4. Her 1st multiple win year since 2016. Ties Hollis Stacy, Meg Mallon with 18 total.
With Thitikul finishing 6th, Jin Young Ko remains No. 1.
Not even old enough for a checking account. Which for this week is fine because wherever she finishes she won’t earn a check to cash. But the long term dividends look promising.
2022
@anwagolf
winner Anna Davis is making her
@LPGA
Tour debut at the
@PV_Champ
pres. by
@BankofAmerica
as a sponsor invite.
Davis said she’s “for sure” wearing bucket hats again this week. “I have some new ones.”
I woke up on Nov. 23, 1991, with a severe hang-under after my alcohol-free, church gym bachelor party. Which was fine because this woman herself was intoxicating enough and 29 years later remains so. Cheers to us.
No more underrated HC in CFB than
@NAVYCoachKen
. At one of the toughest places in the nation to recruit, this is 10 winning seasons out of 12 and a third 7-1 league mark in 5 years since joining
@American_Conf
. Exactly the kind of man you'd want leading
#NavyFootball
.
The latest from Jane Park, a week after her daughter, now with special needs, had her first birthday and as husband Pete prepares to return to the LPGA to caddy. A tear of joy, the face of Grace.
While you were sleeping…Celine Boutier and Atthaya Thitikul were trying to wait until you woke up. Boutier wins the 2nd longest LPGA playoff ever. With 4 wins in 4 different countries, she moves ahead of Lilia Vu for Player of the Year. And very close to No. 1 in the world.
Anna Buckets finishes eagle-birdie-par to go from 2 off the cut line to making it to the weekend by 1 at
@PV_Champ
. The 16-year-old high school sophomore who won
@anwagolf
is playing in her first LPGA event.
Don't put it past her. She has played the last month like the Lexi of old (T19-T8-T5 + 3-1 at Solheim Cup). Long/straight off the tee, tons of GIR, great scrambling (one notable exception), making tons of putts.
Played with guys all her life. Don't think she will be intimidated.
My hope is that Rose’s transcendence brings new fans to a tour already on a sharp upward trajectory and one full of amazing players and inspiring stories. Her American tale is the latest.
#RoseZhang