The premise along makes it a must-read story: Golf Digest’s Joel Beall asks many of the same questions we all have about an AI commentor dubbed Duff Foreman, who will be part of a streaming broadcast team at next week’s New Mexico Open. Foreman will “work” alongside actual humans Notah Begay III and Ryan Burr and somehow interact with them in real time while analyzing course strategy, player swing analysis, shot selection and other aspects of play.
If this is a disturbing, creepy development for you, join the crowd. AI-created models already have appeared in Vogue, which must really scare the heck out of actual models. As it should be for anybody in entertainment. That, ahem, would include golf commentators, though we’re positive that Brandel Chamblee’s debate skills would make Duff Foreman’s fake head explode like Fourth of July fireworks.
Herewith, Joel has some hilarious zingers that we won’t spoil as he navigates how, why and who has come to think this is a remotely good idea. And the dark future we might all be facing because of it. If you don’t take a bite at this, don’t say we didn’t warn you.
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The inaugural Biltmore Championship Asheville in North Carolina kicks off the PGA Tour’s eight-event Fall Series next week. But the event is also doubling as a mini-training camp for the two Presidents Cup teams getting set to play at Medinah the following week. Three of Brandt Snedeker’s 12 charges will be competing—Justin Thomas, Jackson Koivun and Jacob Bridgeman—while five International players will tee it up (Nico Echavarria, Ryo Hisatsune, Corey Conners, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Nick Taylor). The event is taking place at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove in Asheville, N.C..
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After a scintillating finish to Day 2 of the Solheim Cup, it’s looking like Sunday could be a lot of fun. With the late U.S. win in Saturday fourball on the strength of Jennifer Kupcho’s incredible putting, the U.S. forged an 8-8 tie with Europe, and the 12 players will now go head-to-head in singles to decide who holds the Cup. As the defending champions, the Americans need six points to at least earn a tie and retain the trophy.
The pairings have been established, and in the very first match, Europe’s top-ranked player, Charley Hull, who is winless this week, will take on American sparkplug Megan Khang. The anchor 12th match, if it were to come down to the end, pits Rose Zhang against Celine Boutier.
U.S captain Angela Stanford slotted World No. 1 Nelly Korda in the No. 4 spot and she will take on Mimi Rhodes. And for the most fiery matchup? That one’s easy. Kupcho against Europe stalwart Carlota Ciganda in the penultimate pairing. It'd be tremendous theater if they could go the distance.
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Some eyebrows were raised when World No. 1 Nelly Korda opted to sit out Saturday afternoon’s fourball with the U.S. trailing in the Solheim Cup. Cameras caught "Aunty Nelly" happily being a “babysitter” on the first tee as the group introductions were made. To which one poster replied, "Maybe you could actually get her on the golf course." But benching herself on Day 2 is a standard procedure for the American star, who has now played only one best-ball match in each of her five appearances for Team USA. The strategy would seem to be that Korda, 27, gets some rest before singles. That has worked at a 50-percent clip. She won singles in her first two appearances, but has lost the last two, including a 6-and-4 rout at the hands of Charley Hull in 2024. Most impressive has been the grit shown by American Lauren Coughlin, who will play in five matches at the age of 33.
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