when they have outbursts on the golf course, Max Homa had an outburst. In what appeared to be directed toward Sergio Garcia for his antics at the Masters, Homa said beating up a golf course or breaking clubs is an awful look for tour pros.

“I try my absolute best not to do it, and when it does happen, as far as slamming a tee box, I'm very upset with myself because we're very lucky to play this game where we do, and I think it is a bad look.”

Homa blew it right off the 15th tee Sunday at the RBC Heritage, hit a bad second shot and threw his club and promptly started walking after it. Not a great look days after saying those who do it is a bad look. He shot 69 and tied for 69th place.

Walter Wang, the CEO of JM Eagle, announced while in the booth with anchor Grant Boone that he is upping this year's tournament purse by $1 million to $4.75 million. It will guarantee that it's the biggest prize on the tour this year beyond majors. Wang is an ardent supporter of the women's game and continues to take action to back his words. Since he began sponsoring the L.A. event four years ago, he has put up the players in hotels each competition week to help them save costs. Safe to say the LPGA would love more backers like him. 

The World No. 7 putted in a birdie from off the green at 14 for a second straight day and chipped in from 30 feet at 15 for an eagle. The Englishman’s short game always gets attention because he’s one of the few players who chips cross-handed with his left-hand low. (Stewart Cink swears by it on the Champions Tour.) Golf Digest’s Luke Kerr-Dineen examined the technique and found that cross-handed coaching advocates, including Pete Cowan, believe it can be helpful for both full-swing flaws and chipping yips. If you’re searching, it’s worth checking out here.  

We've just updated our ranking of the best golf courses you can play in Hilton Head. Harbour Town tops the list, and the resort's other two courses, Atlantic Dunes and Heron Point, also make the list. The Montage Palmetto Bluff offers its May River course for guests, in addition to the fun, new nine-hole Crossroads course, designed by the King-Collins design team. A private course designed by Coore-Crenshaw at Palmetto Bluff, Anson Point, just opened, but you'll need a member to play it. Here are a few photos of Anson Point.

It's always fun to dissect the teams at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Rory McIlroy has partnered with Shane Lowry the past few years, but McIlroy is skipping this week, so Lowry is teaming up with five-time major winner Brooks Koepka. Some other intriguing teams: Matt Fitzpatrick, who's leading after 36 holes in Harbour Town, will play again with his brother, Alex, who's in on a sponsor's exemption and off a win in India in his last start. Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak will defend their title. You can find the full team list here.

On Thursday, Fowler had to play a shot left-handed and with the back part of his club at Harbour Town's par-5 15th, and he actually pulled it off, locking up the wildest shot of the week award already. Welp, that honor lasted less than a day, with Fowler himself doing something even wilder on Friday:

Preposterous stuff. Fowler, who missed the Masters for the fifth time in the last six years last week, shot two under on Friday and sits at eight under for the week, firmly in the mix with two rounds to go. 

This time last week, the 21-year-old South African was simply playing out the string at Augusta National, where he had opened with a 12-over 84 in the 2026 Masters. He went on to miss the cut by a million, his sixth MC in nine starts this year. Surely, he'd make it seven out of 10 at Harbour Town, not only because of how poorly he's played this year but because his bomb-and-gouge style of play does not exactly fit thie iconic Pete Dye layout, which requires precision both off the tee, into the greens and around the grees. Potgieter can drive it with the best of them, but he lacks in all those other areas. 

Naturally, Potgieter opened with a four-under 67 and is working on another four under round as I type, thanks to some phenomenal approach play and putting. Just to hammer home how out of left field this is, Potgieter was 350-1 pre-tournament. And we bet on this stuff... 

According to Sky Sports, the Premier Golf League accused LIV and PIF of stealing its 54-hole, team-based concept in London Commercial Court. The PGL, a theoretical competitor to the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, traces its roots back to 2014, with details of the circuit becoming public in 2020 as principals began an attempt to lure the game’s best to participate. The league was headed by Andrew Gardiner, a British attorney and businessman, who pitched his vision to multiple outlets, including to Golf Digest. Gardiner’s vision was a tour with 54-hole tournaments and shotgun starts, with teams of four players simultaneously competing for individual and team prizes. The project was backed initially by Saudi Arabia's financers.

Tom Mackenzie, one of the original designers of the Bahamas course, returned to Abaco to make some enhancements to the design, the club announced. The photos look spectacular.

The four-time PGA Tour winner was four under on the day when he blew his drive way left on the 15th hole at Harbour Town during the first round of the RBC Heritage. The ball was in some sand and moss and he had to back up against a tree to hit it.

Gotterup took an abbreviated swing and completely missed the ball. Whiff. Once he did hit it he continued to struggle and eventually made a double-bogey 7, but still shot one-under 70. Well, a few minutes after his round, his went to social media and asked if anyone had evidence of the whiff. The PGA Tour delivered and roughly 30 minutes later posted video. Classic. Ask and ye shall receive.