Q. If a player’s ball is half on the fringe and the fringe is cut high so that the other half of the ball is overhanging the green but not actually touching the green, is the ball considered on the green? — Moondog
A pitch shot is a high-lofted shot that lands softly on the green and has very little roll. The clubs that should be used for this shot are the pitching wedge, sand wedge or lob wedge.
Brian Prouty of Tucson parlayed an eagle on the par-5 15th hole of the CasaBlanca Golf Course en route to a 9-under 63 and a three-round 197 in the $72,000 Nevada Open golf tournament, held Dec. 8-10 in Mesquite.
For five rounds, Chris Riley successfully navigated the grinding road that is the PGA Tour’s qualifying school.
Three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. Really? Those hardly seem like fitting gifts from one’s “true love.” The problem with shopping for avid golfers is that there is rarely anything one can give them that they don’t already have.
DES MOINES, Iowa — San Diego State extended the nation’s longest active winning streak in overtime games to nine Tuesday, outlasting Drake 76-73.
Minnesota Timberwolves players know all about their coach’s eight NBA championship rings earned and career-defining relationships nurtured with coaching legends Pat Riley and Phil Jackson during nearly three decades in Los Angeles.
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign said Tuesday the health care bill being debated in the Senate violates the Constitution by forcing people to buy health insurance or pay a penalty.
HONOLULU — After a swim at the beach and some dancing at a Hawaiian luau, UNLV freshman Anthony Marshall still had energy to burn Tuesday night.