For its first five years, the FedEx Cup seemed like an over-hyped, under-appreciated second tier holiday, like having a formal ball to celebrate Arbor Day. Even with Tiger Woods busting the piñata in two of the first...

By Zak Kozuchowski GolfWRX Managing Editor Jim Furyk shot a 6-under 64 on Friday at the Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola to take the lead heading into the weekend of the PGA Tour’s final FedExCup event. Furyk...

By John Wunder GolfWRX Contributor It’s the year 2000 and I am in Palm Desert, Calif. It’s 7:30 a.m. and at this point I had already ran 3 miles, worked out and practiced my short game. Now...

By Zak Kozuchowski GolfWRX Managing Editor Tiger Woods and Justin Rose shot first-round 66s to lead the Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola, the final event in the PGA Tour’s season-long Series for the FedExCup. Only the top...

By Zak Kozuchowski GolfWRX Managing Editor These 2012 Vokey Ryder Cup wedges were given to Vokey loyalists who qualified for the Ryder Cup at this week’s Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola at East Lake Golf Club. They...

By Zak Kozuchowski GolfWRX Managing Editor There’s a list of things that scare Tiger Woods, and despite what Greg Norman told FoxSports.com on Tuesday, being intimidated by Rory McIlroy is not one of them. As McIlroy said...

By Stanley Kosinski GolfWRX Contributor There’s no shortage of story lines this week at the Tour Championship, the PGA Tour’s Playoff finale that will make one of the season’s top-30 finishers $10 million richer. The Tour Championship...

By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer The PGA Tour playoffs conclude this week with the fourth and final event of the FedExCup Playoffs, the Tour Championship in Atlanta. And for each of the 30 remaining gladiators battling...

GolfWRX is member published and that means you can join and share your opinions. Last week a member started a rumor that he heard Rory McIlroy is headed to Nike Golf for 250 million dollars over 10...

Rory McIlroy shot a final-round 67 to claim his second FedExCup event in as many weeks at the BMW Championship. McIlroy finished at 20-under, two shots clear of Lee Westwood and Phil Mickelson. This story will be...

By Zak Kozuchowski GolfWRX Managing Editor Vijay Singh is more than twice the age of some of the players in the field this week at the BMW Championship. But the 49-year-old has the lead at 13-under par...

By Zak Kozuchowski GolfWRX Managing Editor Lift, clean and place are code words on the PGA Tour for low scores, and Round 1 of the BMW Championship was no exception. Graeme DeLaet, Rory McIlroy, Webb Simpson and...

By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer Crooked Stick Golf Club is one of five Pete Dye designs on the Tour schedule this season (TPC Sawgrass, Harbor Town, TPC Louisiana, and Kiawah Island). Unfortunately for most players in...

By Brody Franzen GolfWRX Contributor In the wake of his second major victory at the PGA Championship just weeks ago, Rory McIlroy was able to hold off the field at the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston...

By Zak Kozuchowski GolfWRX Managing Editor If there’s one thing we’ve learned from Rory McIlroy this season, it’s to never count him out. McIlroy leads the Deutsche Bank Championship field after two rounds of 65s at TPC...

By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer The FedExCup Playoffs continue this week with the 2012 Deutsche Bank Championship, and when the last shot is fired Labor Day evening at TPC Boston only 70 players will be left...

Warning: if you don’t like comparisons of Rory McIlroy with Jack, Tiger, Hogan and other all-time greats, please change the channel now. Thank you. The rest of you, follow me. Rory McIlroy staked his claim as the...

By Zak Kozuchowski GolfWRX Managing Editor By the time first-round leader Adam Scott teed of in the second round of the British Open, he was no longer the leader. He was several shots behind Brandt Snedeker, who...

By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village is one of my favorite events of the season.  And not just because it’s a stone’s throw down the road from me in Dublin, Ohio,...

By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer  You knew it was coming.  Every sport has them.  The events you circle on your calendar.  And this tournament always brings out the best. The 2012 Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow once again...

By Brant Brice GolfWRX Contributor With over an inch of rainfall on Wednesday, and the annual par three competition a partial washout, Thursday’s forecast wasn’t much better. Although rain threatened to stall the opening round of the...

Tom Watson. Jack Nicklaus. Johnny Miller. Greg Norman. Just looking at the names on paper gives you a sense of awe and the mind begins to churn out familiar catch phrases. 18 majors. Six green jackets. Duel...

By Brant Brice GolfWRX Contributor The winner of the 2012 Masters is … not Tiger, Phil, Rory or Luke. While you may believe one of these men will roll to victory, there is s new class of...

By Michael Williams Special to GolfWRX Seemingly on the brink of regaining the form that propelled him to greatness, Tiger’s Achilles’ heel turned out to be his Achilles heel. Last week, Woods dominated the story line by...

By GameDayDog GolfWRX Contributor                     On the day that Rory McIlroy officially became the world’s No. 1 male golfer, the mailman delivered my copy of April’s Golf Digest...

By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer I never imagined these words would be uttered from my lips; let alone believing I’d have the thoughts to begin with.  So forgive me. But golf is starting to take on a...

By Michael Williams Special to GolfWRX Sports debate is driven by fact but the destination is an opinion. Even when the scoreboard is clear cut, there are varying conclusions that can be drawn about who is the...

By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer Vince Lombardi once said, “You’ve got to be smart to be number one in any business.  But more importantly, you’ve got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.” And...

By Dennis de Jesus Jr. GolfWRX Contributor Since late 2010, the world’s No. 1 position has changed a handful of times, giving golf’s most accomplished tour players not named after a zoo animal bragging rights as the...

By GameDayDog GolfWRX Contributor Since I’m a gambling man, I’m willing to go out on a limb once again and state that Rory McIlroy may not become the No. 1 male golfer in the world by winning...

By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer Three years ago at the 2009 Honda Classic, Rory McIlroy met his idol Jack Nicklaus.  It was at the time only McIlroy’s second ever appearance on the PGA Tour.  But Jack knew immediately...

The opening weeks of the 2012 golf season have been the best in recent memory, and this week did not disappoint as Hunter Mahan won the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, closing out world No. 2...

By Seth Kerr GolfWRX Staff Writer The buzz entering the final day of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship was whether Rory McIlroy or Lee Westwood would be able to reach No. 1 in the world....

By Seth Kerr GolfWRX Staff Writer Fans, NBC executives, and tournament officials had to be praying Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy won their quarterfinal matches at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. Let’s face it, Sung-Moon...

By Michael Williams Special to GolfWRX The 2012 WGC-Accenture World Match Play Championship gets underway today at the Ritz-Carlton Club in Marana, Ariz. and this year is sure to provide all the drama and unpredictability that is...

By Pete Pappas (The Greek Grind) GolfWRX Staff Writer Robert Rock won’t soon forget this one. He went to head-to-head against his idol and 14-time major champion Tiger Woods in the final group Sunday in the Abu...