Articles by Christopher Powers

November 22nd, 2024

‘The marketing of the Ryder Cup has gone too far’: This 2004 headline continues to prove prophetic 20 years later

The recent drama surrounding the exorbitant ticket prices for the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black is hardly surprising to anyone who has been paying attention. This is the way sports are now. Overpriced. Over commercialized. Overdone in every which way imaginable. The biggest and best events are often built up to a point that Read more…

November 21st, 2024

Ludvig Aberg had zero clue about the proposed PGA Tour changes, might be the most blissfully unaware player alive

You’ll have to forgive Ludvig Aberg for not keeping up on the happenings in professional golf during his offseason. The young Swede was a tad pre-occupied after undergoing knee surgery following the Tour Championship, which forced him to put the clubs away for four weeks to heal up. “It’s been quite nice,” Aberg said on Read more…

November 20th, 2024

RSM Classic picks 2024: No one is more ‘due’ than Eric Cole

Just like that, we’ve reached the official end of yet another action-packed season on the PGA Tour. There were plenty of highs, like Stephen Hennessey’s incredible top 10 record and our 15 outright winners as a panel on the year, and some lows, too (everyone else’s top-10 record). We appreciate you all for reading, tailing Read more…

November 20th, 2024

Why Rory McIlroy deserves ‘extra credit’ for his up-and-down 2024 season

After yet another 0-for-4 season in the majors, inlcuding an utterly crushing defeat at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, we were the first to call 2024 another lost year for Rory McIlroy. Some would argue even after he claimed his sixth Race to Dubai title on the DP World Tour this past Sunday that it Read more…

November 20th, 2024

How does your post-round routine compare with a tour pro’s?

After your last putt drops on the 18th, it’s possible the rest of your day proceeds exactly like a tour pro’s—from the 1970s, that is. Some sequence of burger, shower, cocktail to cap a long walk in the sun. Maybe a few pulls on a heater with deep thoughts about how you could do better Read more…

November 19th, 2024

Watch this DP World Tour pro lose his mind and take a chunk out of the fairway after poor shot

Tempers were short in Dubai at the 2024 season finale on the DP World Tour.

November 15th, 2024

This story of a NHL legend making an eagle after getting the call from the Hall of Fame is almost impossible to believe

You know when you hear a story that is literally impossible to believe until you remind yourself the person involved is a legend and legendary things seem to always happen to legends? Yeah, this story about Hockey Hall of Famer Ray Bourque, a living legend, is one of those stories. RELATED: Caitlin Clark nearly takes Read more…

November 14th, 2024

Caitlin Clark nearly takes fans’ heads off with her opening tee shot at The Annika pro-am

As Happy Gilmore once famously said, they literally should not have been standing there.

November 13th, 2024

Butterfield Bermuda Championship picks 2024: We’re rolling with a very popular pick

This week, it appears our expert panel is in search of one of the rarer occurences in golf betting – a community win. For those unaware, a community win occurs when seemingly everyone—gambling twitter, assorted talking heads, your Aunt Judy, etc.—is betting on the same player. That player this week appears to be Ben Griffin, Read more…

November 13th, 2024

Does playing on Bermudagrass actually suck?

Picture this: you live in a cold weather part of the country and golf season is coming to an abrupt end. To extend it a little longer, you book a trip down to Florida. A few more rounds of warm bliss before truly shutting it down for the year. You stripe your opening drive, then Read more…

November 13th, 2024

LPGA pro’s clubs get absolutely mangled by airline ahead of crucial tournament

It’s like somebody purposely took a blowtorch to the top of Jennifer Chang’s bag, then scraped the 9-iron all over the pavement.

November 6th, 2024

World Wide Technology Championship picks 2024: This former major champ may ball-strike his way to a win

After a much-needed one-week break, the PGA Tour returns this week with the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico. How can we put this lightly? This field is … not the best field we’ve ever seen. That makes it much harder to find value at the top of the board, though our experts did their Read more…

November 4th, 2024

Bryson DeChambeau shows up at his university’s student section with US Open trophy, still a man of the people

Bryson DeChambeau is still not done parading around with his US Open trophy. Nor should he be.

November 2nd, 2024

How to play ‘Rabbit’: The game where you want to be ahead of the pack

Golf gambling games come in all shapes and sizes. Some are complex, some can cost you a heap of money on a bad day and some can remain relatively low stakes while still being fun and highly competitive. “Rabbit” is very much in category No.3.

November 1st, 2024

Aspiring Australian pro has permanently lost vision in his left eye after freak accident, vows ‘I will be back’

One of the more brutal stories in golf just took another brutal turn on Thursday. Last month, 20-year-old Jeffery Guan, an aspiring tour pro from Australia, was struck in his left eye by an errant tee shot from a pro-am participant. The freak accident took place just one week after Guan had made his PGA Read more…

October 31st, 2024

Social media rips LIV golfer for comments on PGA Tour and playing in America

Former Australian Open champion Adrian Meronk says part of the reason he went to LIV Golf is that he would have felt “lonely and miserable” in America had he played on the PGA Tour in 2024.

October 31st, 2024

The biggest loser of the PGA Tour’s proposed changes and the most ‘golf drama’ story ever

It’s time to change things up. Do things differently. Inject a little life. And no, we’re not just talking about the PGA Tour’s proposed changes for 2026, which were revealed on Tuesday. RELATED: The Grind: An amazing driver off the deck and a vicious driver off the dome The other thing we’re talking about is Read more…

October 29th, 2024

How to play ‘Defender’: The ultimate ‘Me vs Everybody’ game

This format employs a 2 vs 1 situation the entire round when played properly.

October 25th, 2024

This exchange between Xander Schauffele and caddie Austin Kaiser after two botched shots off a tree root is simply sensational

It was a genuine “tour pros are just like us” moment.

October 24th, 2024

Popular comedian/podcaster Theo Von comes up with absolutely incredible nickname for Charley Hull on the spot

Von is a stand-up comedian, actor and former reality television personality who has rose to prominence via his podcast “This Past Weekend”, which is currently ranked 10th overall on the Spotify Podcast Charts.

October 23rd, 2024

Zozo Championship picks 2024: It’s a near-consensus pick on Sungjae Im

Let’s just face facts – the Fall Swing FedExCup Fall has not been kind to us, at least in terms of hitting outright winners. We need to fix that. The Zozo Championship is the perfect opportunity to get right, as it’s been a good spot for big names to get victory before turning the page Read more…

October 23rd, 2024

What’s the more egregious ticket price? $750 for the Ryder Cup or $160 for TGL?

One week after the social media firestorm created by the $750 price tag to attend one competition day at the Ryder Cup, the TGL unveiled its schedule for its inaugural season. Another thing buried at the bottom of the schedule announcement was the ticket price to see one of the matches for this new indoor Read more…