The Sam Houston State senior, a surprise semifinalist at this summer's U.S. Amateur, resembles a character living in a country western song

Wil Besseling leads the Alfred Dunhill Championship by a shot after a 7-under 65 in the first round of the European Tour’s 2020 season-opening event

A 1st for European Tour as players allowed to wear shorts during tournament play because of high temperatures in South Africa

A 1st for European Tour as players allowed to wear shorts during tournament play because of high temperatures in South Africa

Recognized as the game’s No. 1 instructor, Butch Harmon steps in as a student this time and takes a lesson from rising-star teacher George Gankas. Watch as Gankas uses his hands-on teaching style to help Harmon straighten out his iron play by speeding up his body rotation—a move that most amateur golfers need.

While we've enjoyed every installment of Phil Mickelson's “Phireside with Phil” series, let's be honest, some of them can drag on. That's bound to happen when you're dealing with a man as loquacious as Lefty. In the latest Phireside chat, we learn that Mickelson did not get that loquaciousness from his father.
Lefty's dad, Phil Sr., was the guest, and, as Mickelson put it, “is a man of very few words.” Mickelson wasn't exaggerating, as his father said literally zero words in the short, but sweet clip. Enjoy:
https://twitter.com/PhilMickelson/status/1199539854616518656
Surprise, surprise, Mickelson has been causing mischief ever since he was a child. How about his dad burning the candy? Aggressive! Imagine that happened today? Poor Phil Sr. would be canceled before he could even muster up a word to defend himself, not that he'd say anything anyway.
By the way, for those wondering, there is a reason behind the incredibly small chairs they are sitti..

Our latest 'Golf, Interrupted' story comes from a woman who used golf to help he during her fight against breast cancer

LPGA, Ladies European Tour announced joint partnership to expand women’s game

In an effort to revitalize the Ladies European Tour and create new opportunities for women golfers in Europe, the LPGA and LET have joined forces.

There’s a rule on the PGA Tour that states if a regular member plays fewer than 25 tournaments in a season, he has to add an event to his schedule he hasn’t played the prior four seasons. Perhaps, this should be a requirement of golf writers as well.
Tasked with covering a fall event for the first time, I felt a bit like those tour pros trying to round out my schedule—save for the fact I wouldn’t be attending one with the chance of earning a fat check. I wound up choosing the RSM Classic, because, well, honestly, the other options were gobbled up by a colleague. But upon arriving at Sea Island Golf Club on St. Simons Island, Ga., it didn’t take long to realize I had lucked out in terms of a work assignment. I soon began taking (bad) photos with my phone to document my experience covering the final official PGA Tour event of the year (and decade!). Here’s what I saw.
At approximately 12 miles long and three miles across at its widest point, St. Simons Island is about the size of Manhatt..