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1 week ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Ajay Kumar |Riya Singhal
The LPGA has a new face—Craig Kessler. And with that role comes a lot of expectations. You know what they say. “With great power comes great responsibility.” Kessler has great power now. And even greater responsibilities. To carry those out, Kessler will need help from the top guns. People know that. “I hope that the new commissioner, Craig Kessler, is able to establish a rapport with her.
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1 week ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Ajay Kumar |Riya Singhal
For fans who mostly follow golf, Adam Schefter might be a not-so-common figure. For fans of football, Schefty is a one-in-a-million soul. The ESPN reporter has covered the National Football League for ESPN over the last sixteen years. He became a football analyst with ESPN in 2009 after having spent time as a journalist in the football world across several other platforms.
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1 week ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Ajay Kumar |Riya Singhal
Lexi Thompson was severely criticized online after fans noticed Charley Hull at the ninth tee while Thompson was still putting on the eighth green. Thompson and Hull were part of the same tee group along with Nelly Korda.
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1 week ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Ajay Kumar |Riya Singhal
So near, yet so far. That will likely be going through Sam Burns’s mind right now. In two weeks, Sam Burns has produced brilliant performances on the golf course but has fallen short at the final stretch. First, it was the RBC Canadian Open, where he battled hard. He was seemingly out of contention on day 3 but fought hard and carded a brilliant 8 under par to tie for the top spot on the leaderboard with Ryan Fox. What followed was a long playoff battle, in which he lost out at the end of four holes.
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1 week ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Ajay Kumar |Riya Singhal
Unpredictability at its finest. That should be the motto of the 2025 LPGA Tour. The Tour has seen 15 events take place, and each of the 15 events has 15 unique winners. This is in stark contrast to the 2024 season, where Nelly Korda, herself alone, registered six victories before the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship took place. This time around, Nelly Korda is surprisingly title-less.
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1 week ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Ajay Kumar |Riya Singhal
“I look forward to returning to the course sometime around late summer/early fall.” This was part of Billy Horschel’s statement on X on May 6, 2025. Horschel had announced that he would be having right hip surgery in a week in Colorado as a preventive measure, in a bid not to cause any issues down the line. Surgery would mean that the PGA Tour pro would be away from the golf course. Just the course, not the sport. Billy has been closely following the ongoing US Open action.
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2 weeks ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Ajay Kumar |Riya Singhal
The scene is the 2016 US Open. The venue is the Oakmont Country Club. Scottie Scheffler just heaved a huge sigh of relief after watching his putt go in. He had uncharacteristically rushed his two-and-a-half-foot putt for par so that he could finish the play before it got suspended. Why the rush? It was so that he could stay late and watch the NBA Finals without worrying about finishing his round early the next day.
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2 weeks ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Ajay Kumar |Riya Singhal
Legacy is a powerful thing in sports. It defines a person’s contribution not just as a purveyor of the sport but as a flagbearer to the very ethos of it. Michael Jordan was a player who defined the legacy of the NBA. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for soccer. The Big Three—Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic—for tennis. Even Golf has several legacy members in their ranks. Jack Nicklaus’s legacy stands out for his immense dedication to success and pursuit of it.
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2 weeks ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Ajay Kumar |Riya Singhal
“I beat everybody here, not only Tiger Woods. But I wasn’t able to beat the golf course. The golf course beat me.” Ominous words, right? This was what Angel Cabrera had to say after his hard-fought victory at the Oakmont Country Club eighteen years ago at the 2007 US Open. And most of the golfing world sure does agree. Oakmont is one mean and mighty mistress.
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2 weeks ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Ajay Kumar |Riya Singhal
During the 2023 Ryder Cup campaign, Captain Zach Johnson wanted to bring the team together. So, he asked an influencer to make a video to show the team. That influencer was Club Pro Guy (CPG). Ultimately, Johnson saw the video and decided against showing the team. Nevertheless, CPG released the video later through Skratch. The video was a quirky and funny one aimed at all the players in the Team USA lineup, calling them out in a funny manner, with several well-intentioned jokes on all the players.
