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iHeartRadio Show Drop for Jay Flemma Sports Report

Not one but two new Jay Flemma Sports Report shows have dropped recently, so here are the links. Skiing in Argentina/Open Championship and USGA Mid-Am Redux Our first guest was Aaron Schorsch of Saveur the Journey, the skiing, fishing, and culinary travel outfit that showed me around Argentina. It was an absolutely gold standard experience on every level –...

Billy Walters Accuses Phil Mickelson of Attempting to Bet on His Own Ryder Cup Match

If it’s true, Phil Mickelson should be banned from professional golf. Or is it one gambling degenerate trying to take down his feckless gambling degenerate buddy? Either way, golf deserves answers now. Billy Walters, the casino maven serving time for insider trading who was intimate buddies with pro golfer and five time major champion Phil Mickelson, has outed...

Los Angeles Has Returned to the U.S. Open Rotation, but for How Long at L.A.C.C.?

Los Angeles Has Returned to the U.S. Open Rotation, but for How Long at L.A.C.C.? —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— LOS ANGELES, CA – The day after the U.S. Open concluded, the USGA made an announcement met with joy across the golf-o-sphere. Lovely and historic Riviera Country Club will host the 2031 U.S. Open. For decades a yearly Tour stop, Riviera last...

Fowler Clings to Share of Lead with Plucky Clark, McIlroy, Scheffler Lurk at 123rd U.S. Open

LOS ANGELES, CA – Hoping to end a lifetime major championship drought, Southern California born and bred Ricky Fowler shot an EVEN par 70 over Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course to stay tied atop the leaderboard at 10-under as the 123rd U.S. Open Championship turns towards Sunday’s final round. Plucky young gun Wyndham Clark, a journeyman party crasher wo...

The Los Angeles U.S. Open Experience

The Los Angeles U.S. Open Experience LOS ANGELES, CA – Mark Twain famously quipped, “Tip the world over on its side, and all the loose change ends up in California.” I’ll describe it more succinctly:  Weirdsville! I won’t call California a foreign country, but even though we’re all Americans, they are an entity all their own. “Kind of like New Yorkers, Jay?” you...

Forget Brooks Koepka, Michael Block won the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill

Forget Brooks Koepka, Michael Block won the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— PITTSFORD, NY – Brooks Koepka may take the Wanamaker Trophy back to Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi Arabia, but club professional Michael Block won the 2023 PGA Championship. He won all our hearts as well. Block turned the year’s second golf major...

Betting Odds and Money Line for the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club

With a nod to vegasinsider.com, my one-stop shop for all things line and prognostication related, here are the betting odds and money line for the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, to be contested Thursday through Sunday, May 18-21. Justin Thomas is the defending champion after his riveting come-from-behind Sunday charge and playoff win and...

Tiger, I’m Gobsmacked

We’re sunk. Golf is sunk. At least the PGA Tour. I said weeks ago in print in this column:  Tiger if you’re going to save golf, you better be squeaky clean, because if they get anything on you, we’re all sunk. Right on cue, we get not one, but two scandals. First we get Tampongate. Apparently Woods just forgot that every camera on planet Earth is HD...

Jay Flemma Sports Report on iHeartRadio Features 2023 Season Preview, Celebrity Interviews

It’s been a hot start to 2023 on Jay Flemma Sports Report on iHeartRadio. First, we preview the turn of the PGA Tour season and its West Coast swing with Editor, Producer, and owner of Golf News Net, Ryan Ballengee, before turning to a discussion of the venues for the four majors, including the changes to Augusta, new venue L.A. Country Club for the U.S. Open...

As the LIV Golf World Turns – World Golf Points in the Balance, Patrick Reed Shunned by McIlroy, Seminole Shuns LIV

The grisly shuck that is the Saudi-funded sports-washing experiment otherwise known as the LIV Golf Tour will not have long to wait before a decision is made to allow their players to receive world golf ranking points and a pathway into playing in major championships. While their application to the Official World Golf Ranking board has not yet been reviewed, there...

Rory Roars to First Round 65 at Southern Hills

Rory McIlroy charged out of the gate at the 2022 PGA Champion like his thoroughbred days of old, carding seven birdies en route to an opening round of 5-under 65 for a one shot lead over Will Zalatoris and John Hoge. 2017 PGA Champion Justin Thomas shot a 3-under 67 and is two shots back, along with Abraham Ancer and Matt Kuchar. Starting on the back nine, McIlroy...