CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bryson DeChambeau walked off the 15th green like Mick Jagger needing something to do with his hands during the “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” guitar solo. He opened his arms wide, raised both index fingers and gave a few pumps, each bringing more applause.
Try this one on, the three best golfers in the world all walk into the tee box at the 16th hole at Quail Hollow … and walk off the green a few minutes later with matching double bogeys and frustrated glares.
Idaho men’s golf, after a one-year absence, and Eastern Washington, after the program was dormant for the last 23 years, are officially back in the Big Sky Conference, which is officially back to sponsoring men’s golf.
Greater Spokane League players, led by Gonzaga Prep’s Dillon Schrock, got off to a strong start in Monday’s first round of the 4A District 6 Tournament at Downriver Golf Course.
West Valley’s Melia Cerenzia and Gonzaga Prep’s Lisette Durkin played together Thursday at the Kalispel Championships, traded the lead a few times and were within a shot or two of each other throughout the round.
Cheney and Lewis and Clark went at it Tuesday at Wandermere Golf Course, just like the two boys teams have done all season in the 4A/3A Greater Spokane League.
Dahmen graciously sought out winner Garrick Higgo and Higgo’s wife Chandre to offer congratulations and a hug. Dahmen then answered media questions with brutal honesty about what went wrong down the stretch, often in painstaking detail, and trying to move forward from a setback that’s “going to sting for a while.”
Clarkston native Joel Dahmen’s bid for a wire-to-wire victory at the Corales Puntacana Championship came up agonizingly short Sunday on the finishing holes. Dahmen, who led after each of the first three rounds, lost his grip on a one-shot lead with bogeys on the last three holes at Corales Golf Course in the Dominican Republic.
There was a lot of wind and movement on moving day Saturday at the Corales Puntacana Championship, but Joel Dahmen remained consistent while others scaled the leaderboard in both directions. Dahmen entered the third round with a four-stroke lead and exited with a three-shot edge after a steady 1-under 71 at Corales Golf Course in the Dominican Republic.
One day after shooting a course-record 62, Clarkston native Joel Dahmen on Friday quickly dismissed the golf axiom that it’s typically tough to follow a low round with another low score.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A concoction of sweaty bodies and long-lens cameras was deadlocked in the upper left-hand corner of the No. 15 grandstand at Augusta National as Rory McIlroy’s 7-foot eagle putt slid underneath the cup. At that point in the day, the phoneless Masters Tournament patrons were not unfamiliar with the sound of thousands of simultaneous groans. Hearing and participating in them repeatedly, however, was not getting any easier.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – There is a version of Rory McIlroy’s career that is easier, the one in which, 10 years ago, Jack Nicklaus said: “Rory’s going to win plenty of Masters. He’s going to win a lot more majors” – and he went on to win plenty of Masters and a lot more majors. Back then, it seemed not just possible. It felt probable.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – In a head-spinning, stomach-churning, history-making round of golf, Rory McIlroy outran demons, overcame blunders and etched his name among the game’s giants Sunday night. He finally won the Masters and slipped on the green jacket that he had chased for so long, the vibrant wool covering years of heartbreak and scar tissue.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – At 2:54 p.m. on a pleasant Saturday , the Masters began anew – albeit in new gear and with a new protagonist. It went from entertaining sporting event to must-see TV – and, just maybe, became the prelude to what could be a historic Sunday at Augusta National.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Bryson DeChambeau had turned in one of the day’s best performances, outdriving the next-longest driver by an average of 15 full yards and needing only 24 putts to get through his opening round of the Masters. So what did he do? DeChambeau reported right to the driving range Thursday evening for some postround practice.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Time stands still at Augusta National and change can be undetectable at the Masters. The color of the flowers lining the course, the manually operated leader boards telling the tournament’s story, and those greens, slicker than a bowling lane and less forgiving than an ex. Springtime in Augusta doesn’t particularly care what year it is.
Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. is on the course at Augusta National Golf Club this week. The 13-time All-Star isn’t in this week’s Masters Tournament field but is shooting alongside them, working as a photographer for Masters.com.
