Play at the 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson officially begins on Thursday, but make no mistake, plenty of meaningful golf has been taking place in the days leading up to the Dallas tournament, which is now in its 50th year. At the helm of the biggest pre-tournament round? PGA TOUR pro Hunter Mahan and his wife, Kandi. The couple organized the [...]
To see Nate Lashley play on the PGA TOUR is to witness resilience in action. He's a rookie, but he's not just any newcomer to golf's largest stage. He's a 35-year-old with a fighter's heart. May 23 will mark the 14th anniversary of the death of his parents and his college sweetheart. The three were tragically killed in a plane [...]
We’ve been following the golf career of Maddie McCrary for about a year now—back when the idea of her playing on the LPGA Tour was only a dream. We originally noticed McCrary when she qualified, as an amateur, for the Volunteers of America® LPGA Texas Classic (formerly known as the Texas Shootout) in 2017. At the time, she was a student at [...]
Saturday is traditionally moving day in golf, but at the 2018 Volunteers of America® LPGA Texas Classic, it was more like a golf marathon. High winds and rain postponed the tournament start at the links-style Old American Golf Club until late Friday afternoon, with only four groups finishing round one play. So, today, all of the players finished the first [...]
At a press conference on Wednesday, Jenny Shin spoke about the importance of her mental game and her focus on regaining her driving accuracy. She said that she felt like she turned a corner. Her play at the Volunteers of America® LPGA Texas Classic is proving it to the world. After torrential rains and winds caused officials to shorten the [...]
Anyone who believes that golf is a glamour job wasn’t at the Volunteers of America (VoA) LPGA Texas Classic at the Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas this week. The tournament had all the makings of a broadcaster’s dream. A new venue—a Links-style course, designed by Tripp Davis and Justin Leonard, on the scenic shores of a local [...]
LPGA player Jenny Shin knows that winning golf tournaments takes more than hours on the range and in the gym—or luck. Making the climb to the top of the rankings, and not crumbling when things aren’t going your way, means fine-tuning your mental game, too. The space between her ears is as critical to Shin’s success as her legendary driving [...]
The LPGA. It’s the gold standard for professional women’s golf, where elite players compete on a global stage. It’s the place where you have to be better than good to (literally) make the cut, week after week. Where scores that win tournaments elsewhere aren’t even in the hunt here. The players are that good. So, what does it feel like [...]
There’s a saying in the Lone Star State, “I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.” Such is the case of thirteen-year LPGA veteran and Texas transplant Brittany Lang, who is competing on her home turf at the Volunteers of America® LPGA Texas Classic at Old American Golf Club this week. Lang bounced into [...]
Our top five inspiring stories from April, as measured by pageviews, certainly don't disappoint. From a couple of runners taking on the Boston Marathon to a baseball player with autism signing with the Kansas City Royals organization, here's Purpose2Play's best from the month: 5. Michelle Kinder: The Former Missionary Kid Driving the AT&T Byron Nelson’s Purpose If you’ve ever heard [...]