Alan Bastable

3 days ago | golf.com | Alan Bastable

Four months ago, we asked for your golf takes. You provided them, in droves. When we invited our audience to participate in a sweeping survey about all things golf — ranging from gear and game-improvement to the pro game and golf’s rules and customs — nearly 10,000 of you participated, spending, on average, 22 minutes on your responses, according to our survey platform.

4 days ago | golf.com | Alan Bastable

In the spring of 2022, James Piot received an offer he couldn’t refuse. It was from an upstart global golf league called LIV Golf. At the time, Piot was the reigning U.S. Amateur champion and wrapping up a five-year run at Michigan State. But his first few PGA Tour appearances, procured by sponsor invites and his U.S.-Amateur-champion status, had been forgettable. In three starts — at Bay Hill, the Masters and Harbour Town — Piot missed the cut at each and broke 75 just twice.

5 days ago | golf.com | Alan Bastable

For good or for ill, the 2025 Ryder Cup got more interesting in the dusk light on Sunday, a little after 6 p.m., as Keegan Bradley (excitable New Englander), Tommy Fleetwood (chill old Englander) and Russell (Do the Right Thing) Henley all marched up the final hole of the Travelers Championship, the enduring Hartford stop. Henley, who called a one-shot penalty on himself on Friday for ball movement only he could see, holed out a 52-foot birdie chip to give himself a chance to win.

5 days ago | golf.com | Alan Bastable

Keegan Bradley always has ranked high in the made-up PGA Tour statistical category of Strokes Gained: Grit. Maybe it has something to do with playing in inclement conditions during his New England upbringing. Or sharpening his game at shin-kicking Bethpage Black during his college days at St. John’s. Or grinding it out on the mini tours before breaking out on the PGA Tour with a major win (2011 PGA Championship) in his rookie season.

5 days ago | golf.com | Alan Bastable

As Rory McIlroy clawed his way to a historic and emotional victory at the Masters in April, among the players to hang back and watch the closing moments was McIlroy’s old Ryder Cup pal Tommy Fleetwood. The Englishman took in the action on a TV in Augusta National’s packed grill room, smiling after every holed putt and grimacing after every loose iron.