April 20th in News, Short Game.

Tales From Q School

Paige Mackenzie

The most pressure-inducing shots in golf aren’t made to win majors — after all, a U.S. Open title can certainly define a career, but that second-place paycheck of $810,000 goes a long way towards salving your wounds.

But when a shot can mean the difference between $40,000 and $400,000 in income for the coming year? That’s one that’ll start your knees knocking.

Such is the case every December in the final stages of the PGA and LPGA Tour Qualifying Tournaments, where …

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August 30th in Features, People.

Gove Grinds It Out

With Tiger, Phil and the Boos, Bubbas and Baddeleys popping up on the leaderboard each week, sometimes it’s easy to forget that there’s about a hundred other guys duking it out each week on the PGA Tour. Each are hoping to put four good rounds together to be in contention and at least make enough cuts to keep their card for next year.

This is no simple feat: Only the top 125 on the money list at the end of the …

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