Nike Golf is not known to stick to typical golf tradition. Perhaps that’s rooted in the way it was born. Ben Hogan never touched a Nike golf club. Until June rolls around, a Nike club will have...

Just a few months after changing every golf club in his bag, World No. 2-ranked golfer Rory McIlroy will be making another huge change. The Irish Independent was first to report that McIlroy will leave his agent Conor Ridge...

Nike Golf’s new line of VR_S Covert drivers and fairway woods have been the most talked about new offering from the company in its history. But for many golfers, the differences between the company’s “Performance” and “Tour”...

Mark Twain was once said “There are lies, damned lies and statistics.” This is often a popular adage from critics of an advanced metrics point of view. Normally this tends to occur with people who utilize anecdotal...

“The winner of this tournament doesn’t just win a major,” Phil Mickelson said in 2001, when the 30-year-old was still trying to win his first major championship. “He becomes a part of the history of the game,...

As the world’s most popular golf tournament plays this week, I wanted to give a rundown of the Masters from a statistical perspective. First, I want to discuss what I call the “Critical Holes” in a golf...

The best pro golfers in the world will be strolling the fairways of Augusta next week…or are they strutting runways? It’s a little unclear, at this point. For the past several years, Nike has released photos of...

Martin Laird started the final round of the Valero Texas Open five shots back of the lead, but after nine birdies and no bogeys, Laird walked away with a punched ticket for The Masters and the 2013...

The last opportunity for players to gear up for the season’s first major is in San Antonio, Texas, home of the Valero Texas Open. Defending champion, Ben Curtis, along with the world’s No. 2 Rory McIlroy, lead...

GolfWRX is live from the Valero Texas Open at the TPC San Antonio bringing you the best photos from the range. 2012 Champion Ben Curtis is back to defend, but all eyes will be on Rory McIlroy...

Rory McIlroy was scheduled to have the week off before The Masters, but after a poor showing in the first two rounds of this week’s Shell Houston Open he’s decided to tee it up next week at...

The Tavistock Cup, the golf world’s yearly paean to excess, was slated to kick off Monday morning at ritzy Isleworth Golf Club with names like Tiger Woods, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose and others slated to appear. But...

She’s poured the perfect Guinness in Ireland, outplayed poker pros in Las Vegas, swam with dolphins in Hawaii, and even wrestled an alligator in Orlando. And oh by the way, she’s also done some sizzling bikini modeling...

On the Monday morning after Tiger Woods secured his seventh career victory at Doral, it was the lead story on ESPN.com. Not baseball, basketball nor football. What was known to be true has been confirmed; there has...

Just as we have come to expect from World Golf Championships, the field at this week’s WGC-Cadillac Championship features the best of the best, as 48 of the world’s top 50 players will face the TPC Blue...

The tough conditions at the Champions Course at PGA National in Palm Beach, Fla., saw most of the field at The Honda Classic fall apart on the final day. But through it all, one player held on. Alabama alum...

I do give Rory some slack. For one reason:  He’s 23!  To be No. 1 in the world at anything is tough but at 23 it is unimaginable. But this is golf and there are two things...

By Ryan David, GolfWRX Contributor Rory McIlroy isn’t making it easy to be a fan lately. A missed cut in Dubai and a Round-1 loss at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship stirred many observers into voicing concern...

Defending Honda Classic winner Rory McIlroy withdrew from the Honda Classic after an ugly start to Friday’s second round. McIlroy, who is ranked No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings, was 7-over through 8 holes, and...

Defending champion Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, the world’s Nos. 1 and 2 ranked golfers respectively, will look to reestablish their dominance on the PGA Tour this week at the Honda Classic held at PGA National Resort...

If you filled out a bracket for this year’s World Golf Championships Accenture Match Play and printed it out, it’s probably looking like the dog ate it right now. In the gathering darkness and bitter cold north...

At 9:25 a.m. Eastern Time Wednesday morning, golf fans will be following and enjoying probably the most exciting wire-to-wire golf event that the professional tours have to offer. The top 64 golfers in the world will be...

Hunter Mahan will defend his title this week at the Accenture Match Play, the first of the four annual World Golf Championships to be staged once again in Marana, Ariz., at the Golf Club at Dove Mountain....

GolfWRX is inside the ropes at The Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona, where 64 of the world’s top players are battling it out for Walter Hagen Cup. In 2012, American Hunter Mahan downed Northern...

There has been some talk lately of the passing of the torch from Tiger Woods to Rory McIlroy, and it’s hard to ignore some of the parallels. Rory McIlroy has put together dominating major performances in consecutive...

At just 23-years-old, Rory McIlroy has 10 professional wins, including two major championships victories. The Northern Irishman’s first major championship came in dominant fashion as he cruised to an eight-stroke victory at the 2011 U.S. Open at...

The Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship always features some of the strongest fields of the year. And every year since its 2006 inception, it’s been one of the biggest events on the European Tour. This year however,...

In January 1993, McDonald’s released an iconic advertisement for their Superbowl submission that featured two of basketball’s greatest athletes in a friendly game of horse, competing for a Big Mac. It started out with Larry Bird in...

Nike has signed Rory McIlroy, the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world, to a multi-year contract to use the company’s golf equipment and wear its apparel, hat, glove, footwear and accessories. The announcement cames from a Nike...

Eye-wear giant, Oakley, filed suit in Federal Court in California on December 10, 2012, against Rory McIlroy for breach of contract. The suit alleges McIlroy breached the terms of his contract  with Oakley by refusing to accept...

When you think Dustin Johnson, you think raw power. You think majestic, soaring drives, like the kind he hit to win the 2013 Hyundai Tournament of Champions by four shots over defending champion Steve Stricker and lead...

Rory McIlroy ended the past season as golf’s undisputed heavyweight champ. Any ideas to the contrary were put to rest when the 23-year-old captured the 94th PGA Championship by a record eight strokes. The way McIlroy continued to...

In the grand tradition of Golf Digest’s “Tweets of the Year,” I present the best tweet of 2012 from each of the 10 best men’s golfers on Twitter. Unfortunately, the Nos. 5, 7 and 10 in the...

By Kees Jan Stel GolfWRX European Tour Contributor With Europeans Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Justin Rose, Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia, Graham McDowell and Padraig Harrington already playing in America, the top European golfers spent more time...

Tiger Woods gives some of the most squeaky clean interviews of any professional athlete, but golf fans know from his numerous on-course outbursts that he has a potty mouth. Check out Golf Channel clip from Woods and...

Traditions arrive with much anticipation annually. There’s football, the World Series and new seasons on TV. In the golf world, other yearly rites of passage are circled on the calendar — the cup competitions and the race...

By John Wunder GolfWRX Contributor On Aug. 15, 1999 the world was witness to what potentially could have been one of the most exciting rivalries in golf history. It had all the makings of Nicklaus vs. Palmer...

By Tim Gavrich GolfWRX Contributor 7:20 am (all times CT): Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell (EUR) vs. Jim Furyk and Brandt Snedeker (USA) Since he was first picked, I’ve told anyone who’d listen that Brandt Snedeker is...

 By Stan Kosinski GolfWRX Contributor The 2012 Ryder Cup kicks off this week at storied Medinah Country Club in Chicago for the 39th time.  Team U.S.A and Team Europe both enter the match play events with world...

By Brody Franzen GolfWRX Staff Writer  This week, the United States will host one of the world’s largest sporting event, The Ryder Cup. The stage is set at Medinah Country Club, a majestic layout of golf right...