April 23 2012

12:14 PM

Live interview schedule: Zurich

Note: All interviews will be streamed live on PGATOUR.COM.

Tuesday, April 24
2 p.m. ET: Bubba Watson
2:45 p.m. ET: Ben Crane

Wednesday, April 25
After Pro-Am: Justin Rose
After Pro-Am: Keegan Bradley
After Pro-Am: David Toms


February 6 2012

7:24 PM

Caption this: Ben and Bubba

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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: The best from the Waste Management Phoenix Open

Got a funny caption for this photo of Ben Crane and Bubba Watson singing to the crowd at No. 16 on Saturday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open? Leave your answer below -- and please, keep it clean!

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February 5 2012

10:31 PM

Crane birdies 17 to move within one

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Kyle Stanley challenged himself at the driveable par-4 17th hole, hitting his tee shot short and well right of the green.

The ball settled under a cactus, but Stanley chipped to 22 feet. When he hit his second shot, Stanley was leading by two strokes at 15 under thanks to Spencer Levin’s double bogey at the par-5 15th..

Ben Crane, who was tied for second with Levin, missed the green to the right by 31 feet, He chipped to 3 feet and made the putt for birdie to move to 14 under and one clear of Levin.

Stanley just missed the birdie putt but tapped in for par that left him one stroke ahead of Crane.


8:30 PM

Watch: Crane's early eagle

Round 4 video

Ben Crane's charge began on the third hole with this eagle at TPC Scottsdale.


6:35 PM

Crane closes gap to four strokes

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- If Spencer Levin thought Sunday would be an extended victory march, Ben Crane is showing him otherwise.

Crane Crane, who delighted the crowd at No. 16 in the third round when he donned his trademark helmet and rapped with his buddy Bubba Watson, has put his considerable golf skills on display on Sunday.

Crane, who started the day at 9 under and trailing by eight, has just narrowed the gap to four. He's played his first four holes in 4 under with birdie putts of 12 and 8 feet and a 33-footer for eagle at the second hole.

Crane is no stranger to coming from behind to win on Sunday. He made up five strokes back in the final round to claim his last victory at the 2011 McGladrey Classic.


February 4 2012

12:21 AM

Watch: Golf Boys perform on No. 16

Golf Boys at TPC Scottsdale

Bubba Watson and Ben Crane sing a bit of the Golf Boys' song 'Oh Oh Oh' during Round 3 at TPC Scottsdale.


February 3 2012

11:13 PM

Crane has eventful two rounds

By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Ben Crane saw something pretty unusual happen on Thursday evening after darkness suspended play at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Crane He was playing with Davis Love III and Kenny Perry, and the threesome had made it through 17 holes when the horn sounded. Turns out, Perry's son, Justin, who caddies for him, had something special planned on the 18th.

The message on the scoreboard said it all: "Brittany, Will you marry me? Justin" And for the record, she said yes.

"He went down on one knee and he did it all right," Crane said. "He wasn't too nervous and he got it done. .. She  was super surprised."

Crane said the players and their caddies knew what Justin was going to do. After the one-hour frost delay on Thursday morning pushed tee times back, though, they were thinking a change in plans might be in order.

"We were talking all day, hey, we might finish on 16," Crane said. "See if you can get it out on the leaderboard at 16 but they couldn't do it. They just put it up at 18. But it worked out perfect. It was pretty cool."

Crane will get a later tee time on Saturday after playing his way to 6 under for the tournament. He was among the top 10 on the leaderboard when he finished off his 67 on Friday, and while he has eight strokes to make up on Spencer Levin, there are still two days left.

Crane jump-started his round on Friday when he drained a 69-footer for eagle at the 15th hole, which was his 15th of the day. He closed with birdies on Nos. 17 and 18, then relied on a solid putter on the front nine to preserve the round of 4 under.

"On my front nine I made a lot of really key putts to keep my momentum going, like 12-footer, big left-to-right breaker on my 17th hole," Crane said. "I was making those and those are the putts that keep your round going or break your round. I was able to make them today, which was fun."


January 25 2012

3:59 PM

Watch the new Ben Crane video

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January 23 2012

4:53 PM

Look out for the parallel bars

By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Will the "snakeshaker" re-appear? What about that red wetsuit and the helmet? We'll know early this week when Ben Crane releases his newest video prior to the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Crane, though, isn't revealing much about what we'll see in the follow-up to his popular workout and slow-play creations.
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Ben Crane in a previous video.
"I used to be a gymnast -- that's all I'll say," Crane said with a knowing smile, playfully trying to heighten the suspense. So, does he know American gymnasts Morgan and Paul Hamm, a three-time Olympic medalist? Not yet, he said. "But they're probably going to want to get together after this," Crane added. "Compete a little bit." Crane also revealed that the "Golf Boys" -- the outrageous band he put together with Bubba Watson, Hunter Mahan and Rickie Fowler -- hope to put another video together soon. "We have got a couple hurdles to clear, I won't talk about those, but, yes, we're trying to get another one done and we'll see if everything happens," Crane said, talking like a Hollywood producer. Crane said the first "Golf Boys" video, where the group, clad in a mixture of fur, overalls and the $5 wetsuit, sang a song entitled "Oh, Oh, Oh," came together like "magic." When the videos make his wife, Heather, laugh, Crane says he knows he has a hit on his hands. "I just watched the making of for the second time, I watched it like after we made it and I watched it like three days ago, and I'm like, oh, my gosh, that's really good," Crane said. "It's like funny.  And I really enjoyed it. "So, yeah, it just came off, I don't know if we can match it. I don't even know if we should try. We're going to go a slightly different direction. ... The sequel is never as good, but we got to give it a go, right?"

January 20 2012

10:24 PM

Watch: Crane’s sandy birdie

Crane birdies No. 9

Ben Crane hits his approach to 17 feet on the par-4 ninth hole and makes the birdie putt.