The second green at Augusta National as viewed from the fairway. (Stock Photo) Raymond Floyd strode down Augusta National's second fairway during the first round of the 1976 Masters Tournament. Known as Pink Dogwood, the par-5 2nd was the course's longest hole, both for pros and members, but played shorter than its measured 555 yards. With his drive safely clear of the fairway bunker on the right, Floyd meticulously examined his lie, surveyed the wide, shallow green over 220

Two weekends ago, eastern South Carolina was blanketed with an unusual five inches of snow, prompting dozens of local children to break out everything from sleds to plastic storage lids to cardboard boxes and head to the hill on Florence Country Club's 18th hole for a day of high-speed winter fun. As I viewed the photos of the children and their parents sledding on the golf course and later that afternoon, read about the LPGA's debacle down in Florida, my curiosity got the be

Charlie Coe receives the Havemeyer Trophy from USGA President John Ames at the 1958 U.S. Amateur (AP Wire Photo) Thank God it was a 36-hole match. That thought crossed Charlie Coe’s mind several times as he fiddled with his swing on the first nine of his final match at the 1958 U.S. Amateur. During his semifinal match, a 3 and 2 win over Roger McManus, he couldn't get comfortable in his stance. The insecurities that plagued him the previous year were threatening to resurface

FMU Hall-of-Famer Tommy Randall (FMU Golf Photo) This past week, a 17 year-old golfer from South Carolina fell victim to the Rules of...

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Ed Furgol accepts the 1954 U.S. Open Trophy Anyone familiar with golf knows about the WGR and the WAGR, the systems for ranking the...

LPGA and World Golf Hall of Famer, Carol Mann Televised Golf's Beginnings When Babe Zaharias won the inaugural U.S. Women's Open in 1948,...

Oakmont Country Club's 182 yard, par 3 13th Hole (USGA photo) Twelve holes into his third round, Bobby Jones could taste victory as if it...

Golf historian Lane Demas credits Jimmie DeVoe with being the first African-American golfer to compete in the Los Angeles Open in 1944,...

If you were watching the telecast, you probably still remember Jim Nantz's call as the ball was in the air. "The fairy tale story...,"...

You'd never put these two guys together. If the PGA Tour had a Word Association Test, the name Gary McCord would evoke adjectives such as maverick, irreverent, and outspoken. In contrast, Larry Nelson would be characterized by words like quiet, unassuming, and family man. They were both star baseball players in high school, and they were both married before age twenty to their high school sweethearts, but other than that--and their mutual love of golf--there are few similarit

You've heard of The Match and the Battle at Bighorn, but have you ever heard of the Nebraska Nassau? Well, that's not its real...

Horton Smith helps settle 1950 PGA uprising that served as early precursor to the PGA Tour

Meet Henry J. Brown, the man who made history caddying for Lee Elder in the 1975 Masters Tournament.