Mike Purkey

Purkey has been writing about all things golf for more than 30 years, working at the highest level at publications such as Golf Magazine and Global Golf Post. He is an avid golfer, with a handicap too low for his ability. Purkey lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Columns

The Starter: Is LIV still LIV or is it now LXXII?

Going from 54 to 72-hole tournaments was a big deal this week for the fledgling league; The LPGA and the Saudi PIF hook up; Phil Mickelson is in the news — again; Luke Kwon ... need we say more?

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The Starter: Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and ... Gary Player?

The influence of golf influencers; Just who are Michael Brennan and Johnny Keefer?; Yani Tseng's cure for the yips is actually pretty good.

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How Big Cedar Lodge bolstered Branson's place on golf map

Johnny Morris, founder and CEO of Bass Pro Shops, turned an old Ozarks fishing lodge into a checklist golf destination and helped transform the golfing region.

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The Starter: Is the sun setting on PGA Tour's Hawaiian events?

Billy Horschel floats intriguing Ryder Cup idea; A simple fix for TGL; What Shohei Ohtani and Tiger Woods may have in common.

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The Starter: Is Paul Azinger America's Ryder Cup savior?

The United States is 2-6 since Azinger's unique captaincy approach, so aren't all options on the table for 2027?; It's all about the money; Lebron James for the win.

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The Starter: A Ryder Cup that was not America's best look

The lone bright spot for the U.S. might have been Sunday's singles, but by that point the Bethpage edition was overshadowed by questionable decisions and boorish home crowd behavior.