News
Jordan rips Obama’s golf game, Poulter races new BMW i8 and more
Martin Kaymer and Bernhard Langer had a long-drive contest in a commercial for Mercedes-Benz — no drivers, just a putter. Bernhard topped out at 190 meters (208 yards), while Kaymer hit one 212.3 meters (233 yards).
I’m personally a little under-impressed here. Jamie Sadlowski averages like 300 yards with a flatstick. Get your distance up boys.
Also, Kaymer didn’t know how old Bernhard Langer is? Bernhard Langer?! Aren’t they both German? Gotta know that one, Martin.
[youtube id=”tTaKhGLB-Ds” width=”620″ height=”360″]
After taking care of Keegan Bradley on Twitter, His Airness went after President Barack Obama in an interview with Ahmad Rashad, proving nobody is immune to wrath of Jordan’s trash talk.
“I never played with Obama, but I would. But nah, I take him out, he’s a hack. It’d be all day playing with him. I never said he wasn’t a great politician, I just said he was a s****y golfer.”
Again, MJ??
Lastly, Ian Poulter and Wu Ashun raced Justin Rose and Paul McGinley in Shanghai at the European Tour’s BMW Masters. Poulter and Ashun hopped in BMW’s new i8 sports car, while Rose and McGinley rode a tandem bike.
Watch the video to see who won, or merely to ogle BMW’s fine new automobile.
I’m going to gush in this intro paragraph, to get the emo stuff done early. I’ve not pulled harder for a professional to win, than Cameron Young. I coach golf in New York state, and each spring, my best golfers head to a state championship in Poughkeepsie. I first saw Cameron there as a 9th grade student. I saw him three more times after that. I reconnecected with Coach Haas from Wake Forest, an old interview subject from my days on the Old Gold and Black, the Wake newspaper. He was there to watch Cameron. After four years at Wake Forest, Young won on the Korn Ferry Tour, made it to the big tour, almost won two majors, almost won five other events, and finally got the chalice about 25 minutes from the Wake campus. Congratulations, Cameron. You truly are a glass of the finest. #MotherSoDear
OK, let’s move on to the Tour Rundown. The major championship season closed this week in Wales, with the Women’s Open championship. The PGA Tour bounced through Greensboror, N.C., while the PGA Tour Americas hit TO (aka, Toronto) for a long-winded event. The Korn Ferry lads made a stop in Utah, one of just two events for that tour in August. The many-events, golf season is winding down, as we ease from summer toward fall in the northern hemisphere. Let’s bask in the glory of an August sunrise, and run down a quartet of events from the first weekend of the eighth month.
LET/LPGA @ Women’s Open: Miyu bends, but she doesn’t break
Royal Porthcawl was not a known commodity in the major tournament community. The Welsh links had served as host to men’s senior opens, men’s amateurs, and Curtis and Walker Cups in prior years, but never an Open championship for the women or the men. The last-kept secret in UK golf was revealed once again to the world this week, as the best female golfers took to the sandy stage.
Mao Saigo, Grace Kim, Maja Stark, and Minjee Lee hoped to add a second major title to previous wins this season, but only Lee was able to finish inside the top ten. The 2025 playing of the Women’s Open gave us a new-faces gallery from day one. The Kordas and Thitikulls were nowhere to be found, and it was the Mayashitas, Katsus, and Lim Kims that secured the Cymru spotlight. The first round lead was held at 67 by two golfers. One of them battled to the end, while the other posted 81 on day two, and missed the cut. Sitting one shot behind was Miyu Yamashita.
On day two, Yamashita posted the round of the tournament. Her 65 moved her to the front of the aisle, in just her fourth turn around a women’s Open championship. With the pre-event favorites drifting off pace, followers narrowed into two camps: those on the side of an underdog, and others hoping for a weekend charge from back in the pack. In the end, we had a bit of both.
On Saturday, Yamashita bent with 74 on Saturday, offering rays of hope to her pursuing pack. England’s Charley Hull made a run on Sunday closing within one shot before tailing off to a T2 finish with Minami Katsu. Katsu posted the other 65 of the week, on Saturday, but could not overtake her countrywoman, Yamashita. wunderkind Lottie Woad needed one round in the 60s to find her pace, but could only must close-to’s, ending on 284 and a tie with Minjee for eighth.
On Sunday, Yamashita put away the thoughts of Saturday’s struggles, with three-under 33 on the outward half. She closed in plus-one 37, but still won by two, for a first Major and LPGA title.
PGA Tour @ Wyndham: Young gathers first title near home
Cameron Young grew up along the Hudson river, above metro New York, but he also calls Winston-Salem home. He spent four years as a student and athlete at Wake Forest University, then embarked on tour. This week in Greensboro, after a bit of a break, Young opened with 63-62, and revved the engine of Is this the week once more. Runner-up finishes at the Open, the PGA, and a handful of PGA Tour events had followers wonder when the day would come.
On Saturday, Young continued his torrid pace with 65, giving him a five-shot advantage over his closest pursuer. Sunday saw the Scarborough native open with bogey, then reel off five consecutive birdies to remind folks that his time had, at last, arrived. Pars to the 16th, before two harmless bogeys coming home, made Young the 1000th winner of an official PGA Tour event (dating back to before there was a PGA Tour) throughout history. What’s next? I have a suspicion, but I’m not letting on. Mac Meissner closed with 66 to finish solo 2nd, while Mark Hubbard and Alex Noren tied for third.
Korn Ferry Tour @ Utah Championship: Are you Suri it’s Julian?
Who knows exactly when the flower will bloom? Julian Suri played a solid careet at Duke University, then paid his dues on the world’s minor tours for three years. He won twice on two tours in Europe, in 2017. Since then, the grind has continued for the journeyman from New York city. At age 34, Suri broke through in Beehive state, outlasting another grinder (Spencer Levin) and four others, by two shots.
Taylor Montgomery began the week with 62, then posted 64, then 68, and finally, 70. That final round was his undoing. He finished in that second-place tie, two back of the leader. Trace Crowe, Barend Botha, and Kensei Hirata made up the last of the almost quintet. As for Suri, his Sunday play was sublime. His nines were 32 and 31, with his only radar blip a bogey at ten. He closed in style with one final birdie, to double his winning margin. Hogan bloomed late…might Suri?
PGA Tour Americas @ Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos – CBM Aggregates
Some tournament names run longer than others. This week in Toronto, at the Heathlands course at TPC Toronto, we might have seen the longest tournament title in recorded history. The OVOPBVCCBMA was a splendid affair. It saw three rounds of 62 on Thursday, but of those early risers, only Drew Goodman would stick around until the end. 64 was the low tally on day two, and two of those legionnaires managed to finish inside the top three at week’s end. Saturday brought a 63 from Patrick Newcomb, and he would follow with 64 on Sunday, to finish solo fourth.
Who, then, ended up winning the acronym of the year? It turns out that Carson Bacha had the right stuff in TeeOhhh. Bacha and Jay Card III posted 63 and 64, respectively, on day four, to tie for medalist honors at 23-under 261. Nathan Franks was one shot adrift, despite also closing with 63. If you didn’t go low on Sunday, it was about the check, not the championship.
Bacha and JC3 returned to the 18th hole twice in overtime. Card nearly chipped in from the thick stuff for birdie, while Bacha peeked and shoved a ten-feet attempt at the win. On the second go-round, Card was long with his approach, into the native grasses once more. He was unable to escape, and a routine par from the fairway was enough to earn the former Auburn golfers a first KFT title.
Card III and Bacha both miss their birdie tries on the first playoff hole.
We’ll play 18 again @OspreyOpen. pic.twitter.com/vNpHTdkHDg
— PGA TOUR Americas (@PGATOURAmericas) August 3, 2025
GolfWRX is live this week from the final event of the PGA Tour’s regular season, the Wyndham Championship.
Photos are flowing into the forums from Sedgefield Country Club, where we already have a GolfWRX spirit animal Adam Schenk WITB and plenty of putters for your viewing pleasure.
Check out links to all our photos below, which we’ll continue to update as more arrive.
General Albums
- 2025 Wyndham Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2025 Wyndham Championship – Tuesday #2
- 2025 Wyndham Championship – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Davis Riley – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Scotty Kennon – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Austin Duncan – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Will Chandler – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Kevin Roy – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Ben Griffin – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Peter Malnati – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Ryan Gerard – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Adam Schenk – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Kurt Kitayama – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Camilo Villegas – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Matti Schmid – WITB – 2025 Wyndham Championship
Pullout Albums
- Denny McCarthy’s custom Cameron putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Swag Golf putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Karl Vilips TM MG5 wedges – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- New Bettinardi putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Matt Fitzpatrick’s custom Bettinardi putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
- Cameron putters – 2025 Wyndham Championship
See what GolfWRXers are saying and join the discussion in the forums.
Kurt Kitayama just won his 2nd PGA Tour event at the 3M Open. Kurt is a Bridgestone staffer but with just the ball and bag. Here are the rest of the clubs he used to secure a win at the 2025 3M Open.
Driver: Titleist GT3 (11 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF 7 TX
3-wood: Titleist GT1 3Tour (14.5 degrees, A3 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 TX
7-wood: Titleist GT1 (21 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 9 TX
Irons: TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7MB (5-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-12F, 56-14F), Vokey Design WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 2 Tour Prototype
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy 1.0PT
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Bridgestone Tour B XS (with Mindset)
‘Why would anybody want to change that swing?’ – Brandel Chamblee says PGA Tour star was wrong to change his swing
‘The stupidest freaking thing I’ve ever heard’ – Billy Horschel slams Open idea suggested by Padraig Harrington
WITB Time Machine: Brandt Snedeker’s winning WITB, 2018 Wyndham Championship
Golfer proudly posts photo of ball mark on iron, receives immediate roasting
WITB Time Machine: Matthew Wolff’s winning WITB, 2019 3M Open
Oakmont Country Club bans Wyndham Clark over locker incident; Reveals specific conditions to earn reinstatement
Adam Scott puts Callaway blades in the bag at Wyndham Championship
Report: LIV star fires caddie and coach in shock shake up
Rickie Fowler makes equipment change to ‘something that’s a little easier on the body’
The championship formula: How 3 key stats separate winners from the field
Peter Malnati WITB 2025 (August)
Peter Malnati what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wyndham Championship. More photos from the event here. Driver: Titleist...
Cameron Young’s winning WITB: 2025 Wyndham Championship
Driver: Titleist GT2 (9 degrees, A1 SureFit setting) Buy here. Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Pro Orange 70 TX 3-wood: Titleist...
Camilo Villegas WITB 2025 (July)
Camilo Villegas WITB accurate as of the Wyndham Championship. Villegas was undecided on a 3-wood when we shot his bag. ...
WITB Time Machine: Brandt Snedeker’s winning WITB, 2018 Wyndham Championship
Brandt Snedeker fired a final-round 65 at the 2018 Wyndham Championship to outlast Webb Simpson and C.T. Pan. His 5-under...
B
Nov 2, 2014 at 12:05 pm
Donald Trump claims that he is a 5-handicapper. Trump has even claimed to be scratch. That (you ignorant people) is a ‘Vanity’ handicap for The Donald…just like a 4-handicap is a vanity handicap for Michael Jordan. Both Trump and MJ are very vain people, and they both have a tremendous amount of self-pride, conceit, an way over-the-top abundance of self-esteem in their achievements and how they view themselves – including their ABILITIES. They both view themselves as [SHOULD] having abilities in doing certain things that they simply cannot do as well as they wish they could – playing golf being one of them. Both men probably would rate their lovemaking abilities to be in the top .00001% of all men!!! Get it? Trump’s real handicap is about 18-20. MJ’s real handicap is about 11-13.
Vince Cinzilla
Nov 1, 2014 at 10:33 am
Obama can’t golf, and no one is surprised. He is a stealth Muslim President, we can see that by his actions. He supports the caliphate that’s going on around the world. He has weakened and feminized our military. He has been inviting illegal immigrants to steal our country. He has borrowed the US into financial oblivion so that he can give away benefits to his supporters. I could go on, but most of us are depressed about what this socialist/communist has done to our country. Even the idiot Dimmocrats in congress wont even say his name, even though they supported this transformer of capitalism.
Yao
Nov 1, 2014 at 4:44 pm
this is a golf web-site not political debate web-site. take it somewhere else
enrique
Nov 1, 2014 at 5:39 pm
Haha. Vince. He may not be MY particular party but get your facts straight when dishing someone. And then tell it to someone who cares. Because none of us are here to listen to your ramblings.
Jeff
Nov 1, 2014 at 7:25 pm
Texas, take it to rural Texas somewhere.
Vince Cinzilla
Nov 1, 2014 at 9:02 pm
Facts are straight. We already knew Obama sucks at golf. We didn’t need Jordan to tell us. Are you speaking for all your fellow illegal Mexicans friends?
Yao
Nov 1, 2014 at 9:51 pm
I don’t understand a hack like you doing political debates on a golf enthusiast web-site. If you hate Obama so much, go on Fox News forum or something and cry about it over there.
Vince Cinzilla
Nov 2, 2014 at 10:04 am
Mind your own business, Chairman Yao. Obama sucks at golf, and he is a despicable human being. The Dems wont even say his name any more……real Americans want him impeached.
Vince Cinzilla
Nov 1, 2014 at 10:25 am
there are no 1st ammendment rights on this stupid site…..
Yao
Nov 1, 2014 at 9:53 pm
if this is a stupid web-site then why are you on it?
Dan
Nov 1, 2014 at 7:48 am
I’ve heard MJ 1hdcp is a joke. I also heard he’s a total scumbag. I hope the 2nd part isn’t true.
twitch12
Nov 3, 2014 at 2:27 pm
Unfortunately, it is 100% true. Great basketball player, but a complete scumbag.
Greg
Oct 31, 2014 at 9:22 pm
MJ thinks he’s better than what he really is! vanity hcp
T-MAC
Oct 31, 2014 at 10:43 am
I used to work at a golf course in Chicago where MJ put on a charity event every year, and this was back in the 1990’s when he was busy with his “other” sport so he didn’t play as much golf then as he does today. He was a VERY good golfer then (5-6 hcp) so I can only imagine how good he is today now that he gets to play all the time.
The guy hits the snot out of it too. Gets a lot of leverage being 6′ 6″ and being a world class athlete doesn’t hurt either.
Craig
Oct 31, 2014 at 9:30 am
Per GHIN.com Michael Jordan The Bear’s Club
Florida State Golf Association HDCP Index: 1.9
Eff Date: 10/15/2014
Caveat – hasn’t posted a round since November 2013
Wally K
Oct 31, 2014 at 7:58 am
After the race they should of switched and see how that was like.
Dave
Oct 31, 2014 at 12:14 am
You are all ridiculous. MJ plays more golf than any of you, and again he’s MJ! Arguably the greatest athlete alive, he can say ANYTHING he wants. “Ass hanging out his jeans” are you serious with that? Smh. Have a little more respect for people who love the game of golf.
Rwj
Oct 30, 2014 at 11:00 pm
I don’t care about his trash talk, but no golfer past his college years plays golf with a backwards hat and cigar during swing. He fits in on the courts, not the courses…wonder if his ass is hanging out his jeans too
Mad-Mex
Oct 30, 2014 at 8:32 pm
Thought he had THE RIGHT to say what ever he wants to say,,,,,,,,,, need to re-read the First Amendment
Pat
Oct 30, 2014 at 5:56 pm
In case you didn’t notice, Jordan is a hack too like 99% of amateur golfers. Now he can trash talk all he wants when it comes to basketball, but he needs to stfu when he talks about golf.
JIMMY
Oct 30, 2014 at 6:58 pm
4-Handicappers are Hacks?
B
Oct 30, 2014 at 7:44 pm
MJ is no more a 4 handicapper than you are a +4 with 120 mph swing speed and carry your 5 iron 225 yards and your drive 320 yards. MJ is a mid-handicapper of around a 11-12.
dapadre
Oct 30, 2014 at 9:23 pm
Why do ppl post rubish. He was 1.4 back in 2009.
http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2009-01/usopencontest_bestrom
B
Oct 30, 2014 at 9:58 pm
MJ has NEVER had a 1.4 handicap, or anywhere even close… MJ wants to be that good – maybe he even thinks he should be that good, but the reality is – he is nowhere even remotely close to a 1.4 handicap.
Tomar200
Oct 30, 2014 at 9:24 pm
My best friend plays with MJ all the time in Charlotte. I promise you if you let him play off a 12 every day he would increase his immense wealth and you would need Obamacare!!!!!
bradford
Oct 31, 2014 at 7:13 am
He’s been a 2 for several years…you know he lives at Bears club and plays about 36 holes a day, right? Clearly you’re not a fan, but making stuff up has made you look silly…
JIMMY
Oct 31, 2014 at 3:12 pm
He is alot better than you will ever be, you couldnt shoot 86 on a muni let alone Bethpage under US Open conditions.
dapadre
Oct 30, 2014 at 9:25 pm
So you have a HCP lower than 1.4???
http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2009-01/usopencontest_bestrom