CNN — Spanish golfer Jon Rahm won his third PGA Tour title in six starts with a stunning comeback to overturn a seven-shot deficit at the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. The world No. 5 even bogeyed Sunday’s first hole but went on a remarkable run to finish the final round with a 10-under-par 63. […]
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CNN — Scott Stallings arrived at his condo on Georgia’s Saint Simons Island to find a package holding the most prestigious letter in golf. He’d been invited to play in the Masters tournament in April. The only problem was this Scott Stallings is a realtor in Atlanta, not the the world’s 54th ranked golfer who […]
CNN — He’d won three World Cups, scored goals galore and become a global icon, but Pelé wasn’t quite done yet, so off he went to the US and helped transform the sport of soccer in North America. The Brazilian great was convinced to come out of retirement, signing in 1975 for the New York […]
CNN — Born into poverty – he used to kick a grapefruit around Brazil’s Minas Gerais state – Pelé finished his career as arguably soccer’s greatest ever player. He was that rarity; like Muhammad Ali, Pelé was a sports star, who transcended his sport. The Brazilian brought joy and creativity to a sport often stuck […]
CNN — Amir Malik is a man in love with golf. Yet golf has not always loved him back. A devoted sports fan since his childhood in Kingston upon Thames, London, he was fascinated with golf long before he took his first swing. But knowing nobody else who played, Malik settled for a sideline view. […]
CNN — Trying out golf for the first time, something just didn’t feel right about the conventional swing for Eliezer Paul-Gindiri. Uncomfortable, he adjusted his grip. His solution, quite literally, changed his life single-handedly. “It was a moment (that) just came out of nowhere,” Paul-Gindiri told CNN. “I held it in one hand and it […]
CNN — With his surname, you could say that David Cannon was predestined for a career behind the lens. Upon receiving the PGA of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Photojournalism in May, the 67-year-old was lauded for his “technical mastery and artistic proficiency.” Yet while his first professional camera was a Canon, the Englishman’s journey […]
CNN — As Linn Grant left the course at Halmstad Golf Club in Tylösand, Sweden, she found herself swarmed by a group of young fans. Clamoring for anything and everything in the Swede’s golf bag, they excitedly waved pens in the hopes of securing an autograph. Grant duly obliged, signing everything from hats to golf […]
CNN — Like most 15-year-olds, Ratchanon “TK” Chantananuwat thinks about school, exams, and college plans. But Ratchanon is not like most kids his age – he’s already a history-making amateur golfer competing against some of the game’s best professionals. In April – five weeks on from his 15th birthday – he made international headlines when […]
