Golf & Tennis
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Tiger and the 49ers: No. 35, Rory Sabbatini
Dec 4, 2008
Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...
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The agony and heartbreak of being this close at Q School
Dec 4, 2008
It's such a black-and-white statement: playing for your PGA card. And it seems simple enough: score well, you're in; score poorly, you're out. But there's always going to be someone who just misses making...
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The agony and heartbreak of being thisclose at Q School
Dec 3, 2008
It's such a black-and-white statement: playing for your PGA card. And it seems simple enough: score well, you're in; score poorly, you're out. But there's always going to be someone who just misses making...
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Michelle Wie Off to Solid Start at Q-School, Opens With Three-Under 69
Dec 3, 2008
As they say in the golf world, you can't win a tournament in the first day but you can sure lose it. Michelle Wie went with the conservative approach to the first day of LPGA Qualifying School, shooting...
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Tiger and the 49ers: No. 36, Tim Clark
Dec 3, 2008
Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...
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James Foley, Outback Steakhouse Manager, Wins One Million Bucks With Hole in One
Dec 2, 2008
The following video is of James Foley, a manager of Outback Steakhouse in Garner, North Carolina. This particular video, found by Bitter Humor, is particularly interesting for several reasons. First of...
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Q School's roster is heavy on days of tourney wins past
Dec 2, 2008
Golf is a cruel and capricious sport, and nowhere is that more in evidence than in the hellish death march -- we're exaggerating for effect here, folks -- that is Q School. On Wednesday, golf hopefuls...
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Tiger and the 49ers: No. 37, Retief Goosen
Dec 2, 2008
Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...
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Add Adam Scott's surf knee to the list of dopey sports injuries
Dec 2, 2008
You're one of the budding golf greats of your generation, a man so highly regarded that you're at least No. 37 on the Devil Ball list of top 50 golfers in the world. So what do you do while prepping for...
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Tiger and the 49ers: No. 38, Martin Kaymer
Dec 1, 2008
Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...
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And you thought Torrey Pines was exciting!
Nov 30, 2008
If there was one magical moment during Sunday's LG Skins Game, one mesmerizing scene forever burned into our memories and into golfing lore, it came on the 14th green. For it was there that Phil Mickelson,...
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Tiger and the 49ers: No. 39, Brandt Snedeker
Nov 30, 2008
Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...
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Tiger and the 49ers: No. 40, Andres Romero
Nov 29, 2008
Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...
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Tiger and the 49ers: No. 41, Darren Clarke
Nov 28, 2008
Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...
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Phil Mickelson on if Sergio Deserves No. 2 World Ranking: 'I Won't Answer That Directly'
Nov 28, 2008
A few weeks ago, Sergio Garcia won the HSBC Champions, and in addition to a humongous trophy, he also moved to No. 2 in the world rankings, bumping longtime Tiger Woods bridesmaid Phil Mickelson to third....
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Happy Thanksgiving from Devil Ball!
Nov 27, 2008
A happy Thanksgiving to our American readers! (And an apology for that ridiculous cartoon there. It's all we could come up with in a search for "golf" and "turkey.") For those...
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Tiger and the 49ers: No. 42, Carl Pettersson
Nov 27, 2008
Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...
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Tiger and the 49ers: No. 42, Carl Petterson
Nov 27, 2008
Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...
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'What? You mean we gotta play all four FedEx tourneys now?'
Nov 26, 2008
Why are these men so glum? Probably because the PGA just tweaked the FedEx Cup points system yet again to promote still more competition in the Tour Championship. In previous years, Tiger Woods and Vijay...
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John Daly Agrees That His Life Is a "Train Wreck"
Nov 26, 2008
Fellow golfer Stuart Appleby says many people follow Daly because, "unfortunately, people turn their heads to watch the train wreck." Daly says he's trying to change.
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Tiger and the 49ers: No. 43, Chad Campbell
Nov 26, 2008
Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...
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John Daly Responds to Stuart Appleby, Says 'I'm Still Surviving the Train Wreck'
Nov 26, 2008
Yesterday, Bacon pointed out that Stuart Appleby, dispensing with the niceties, had this to say about John Daly: "I guess he's a walking train wreck and unfortunately, people turn their heads to watch...
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A time to be thankful
Nov 26, 2008
Thanksgiving is upon us again and it's time to give thanks for our blessings. Here goes.I am thankful I'm not John Daly's liver. (Sure he shot a 62 the other day in Hong Kong. Yippee. Nothing more inspiring...
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Your greatest golf shots: rollercoaster rounds and bullseyes
Nov 26, 2008
Every week during the offseason, we'll briefly turn the site over to you, the Devil Ball readership, to document your finest golf shots. We continue with a couple good ones, mixing luck...
Wow. Michelle Wie Goes Birdie Crazy, Leads LPGA Q-School After Two Rounds
Dec 4, 2008
So this is what all the Michelle Wie hype was about.The 19-year-old "next big thing gone dormant" absolutely destroyed the LPGA International Champions Course Thursday, the easier of the two, shooting...