European Tour pro Joachim Hansen hit a terrible bunker shot, but got a fantastic result at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
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Golf-course architect pulls off rare hole-in-one feat on his own design at Pinehurst
Holes-in-one are some of the rarest occurrences in golf. Gil Hanse pulled off an impressive feat this week on his own course
Golf equipment truths: Does a club deteriorate over time?
Can a golf club actually deteriorate over time? Our golf-equipment experts have the answers
Lombard leads by 1 in Sun City, Oosthuizen tied for 2nd
Zander Lombard will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City and is in position to win his first European Tour title
Danny Lee settles for 62 to lead Mayakoba Classic in Mexico
Danny Lee gets hot early, cools late and settles for 9-under 62 to lead Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico
PGA Tour pros have emotional meeting with. . . some guy they met through a video game
I have never played the video game Call of Duty so I can't speak to the bonds of friendship created by sharing a (fake) foxhole. But the following video will prove that technology does in fact bring people, including PGA Tour pros, from all over the world together. And can even lead to (gasp!) face-to-face meetings between millennials.
Here's the backstory. Apparently, Harold Varner III and Carlos Ortiz are hooked on Call of Duty in addition to being PGA Tour pros. Hey, you've got to pass all that time spent in hotels somehow, right? But at some point while playing with each other remotely, they came across a guy named Arturo. This young man from Mexico was so good at the game that Varner and Ortiz became virtual teammates with him and eventually actual friends spending as much as five hours a day talking with him while they played. And with the tour coming to Mexico for this week's Mayakoba Golf Classic, the trio decided to take their friendship to the next level—o..
Lombard moves ahead at Sun City, Oosthuizen second
Zander Lombard shot 65 to overtake fellow South African Louis Oosthuizen and take a two-shot lead after two rounds at the Nedbank Golf Challenge
Lombard moves ahead at Sun City by 2, Oosthuizen second
Zander Lombard shot 65 to overtake fellow South African Louis Oosthuizen and take a two-shot lead after two rounds at the Nedbank Golf Challenge
This is it, this is the luckiest break in the history of golf
Belgium's Thomas Detry was the beneficiary of one of the all-time luckiest bounces you'll ever see in golf, and maybe all of sports.
Mina Harigae, a former amateur star from a golf Mecca, isn’t giving up on her LPGA dreams
A prodigy from the Monterey Peninsula, Mina Harigae turned pro at 19, was forced to return to Q School at 30, and feels her best days are ahead of her