Sean Martin
@PGATOURSMartin
'We are beggars. This is true.' - Martin Luther. Husband of Abby. Father of John, Matthew and David. Former Cal Poly golfer. Lead, Editorial at PGA TOUR.
Wayne Gretzky was watching Nick Taylor win the @RBCCanadianOpen. So was a farmer in Saskatchewan. He almost crashed his tractor when the last putt went in. It took us months, but we found the guy. It led to one of my favorite stories ever. @ntaylorgolf59 pgatour.com/article/news/l…
Breaking down LaSasso's swing 💪 Men's NCAA individual champion, Michael LaSasso, will be making his fifth TOUR start this week @3MOpen.
World No. 1 amateur Jackson Koivun is coming off a T11 and T6 in his last two PGA TOUR starts. Wildly impressive stuff. With 17 ShotLink-measured rounds this year, the stats point an intriguing picture. Strong driver. He’d rank 31st in SG: Off-the-Tee, averaging 312 yards per…
Two big wins today from players who started their collegiate careers at Rutgers and James Madison, respectively. There isn’t one path to success in pro golf. Chris Gotterup now has two PGA TOUR wins at age 25 after holding off Rory in Scotland. Neal Shipley has all but…
I love the @PGATOURLIVE featured groups this summer that have displayed the TOUR’s young talent. Clanton was with Rory and Ludvig in Canada, then Spieth at the Travelers. Now Thor and Potgieter are alongside one of the top players of the year. A great watch for the diehards.
I find it interesting that 3 of the top 4 on TOUR in ball speed are from Denmark, the same country where Trackman was invented. Obviously, two of those players are twins. Could be nothing more than coincidence. But I wonder if there was any sort of early adoption in instruction…
Aldrich Potgieter leads the TOUR in driving distance by more than 6 yards. He's averaging 190mph ball speed. In an era of increased distance, he's by far the most prolific. Where does that power come from? A pretty unique source, as I found out. pgatour.com/article/news/r…
With his win at the Travelers Championship, Keegan Bradley enters the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time since Aug. 4, 2013. Rory McIlroy is the only other player who was in the top 10 both that week and this week.
Aura ... Pretzels ... 2 Chainz? This is golf in the eyes of the northeast 🤌 Presented by @technics
The first project in my new role. Loved working with @frank_nobilo, @mark_immelman, @NickDougherty5 and @LukeKerrDineen and so many others to tell the story of Rory’s career and his staying power. Airs on CBS at 2:30 and PGA TOUR YouTube.
A year ago, J.J. Spaun thought his career may be over. Now he’s a U.S. Open champion. “Halfway through the season it was looking like I was going to be done,” he said earlier this year, “like not going to finish (top) 125, and I kind of was thinking about, ‘Hey, I played eight…
The first score that U.S. Open leader Sam Burns ever posted on the PGA TOUR? 89. He was a high school senior who got into the Valero Texas Open after winning the Junior PGA Championship. Playing a penal TPC San Antonio, he teed off in 45 mph winds. But it showed his…
Final round of the 2018 Honda Classic. Sam Burns is a Korn Ferry Tour player competing on a sponsor exemption. Tiger is in the midst of another comeback. They’re paired in one of Sunday’s final groups. Walking off the tee, Burns turns to Tiger and says, “It’s pretty incredible…
Talk to those around Sam Burns and they applaud his mental toughness. He’s going to need it today. This ball is one example they cite. Read it closely and it says “First par. 2016 SEC. Hole 8.” And it is signed by Sam. Burns, the 2014 AJGA Player of the Year, got off to a…
👀 Hopefully the start of some fun pairings this summer…
THE MUSTANGS ARE BIG WEST CHAMPIONS! 🏆 For the second time in program history, Cal Poly take home the hardware as conference winners and earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Regionals next week! #RideHigh
