The shots were so good on Saturday, the drama so compelling and the late-afternoon light so perfect on TPC Sawgrass’ hearty closing stretch, it’s a shame they weren’t playing the final round of the 50th Players Championship. Xander Schauffele was five strokes back of Wyndham Clark after the first hole of the third round, only Read more…
We’ve seen on many occasions tour golfers getting hosed by hitting the flagstick with a perfectly struck approach shot. How about when the ball clangs off the stick and goes off the green or into a bunker? The worst. On Saturday in the Players Championship, Sungjae Im suffered a horrible break because of his accuracy Read more…
In the PGA Tour’s return in 2021 to TPC Sawgrass after the previous year’s Players Championship was shut down because of COVID-19, Justin Thomas seized his most meaningful personal triumph outside of the majors on the strength of a Saturday 64. This year, he won’t be around on the weekend. Thomas, who hadn’t missed a Read more…
With a mere couple of taps of his club behind a ball in the rough, reigning US Open champion Wyndham Clark caused a stir on the television broadcast of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and, of course, in many golf corners of social media.
Anybody checking out the overnight LIV Golf leaderboard from Hong Kong on Friday morning likely made a quick scroll to the bottom. Why? Because that’s probably the dwelling spot for Anthony Kim, who is making his second start this week after a 12-year absence from the pro game. Given the rust, Kim predictably finished last Read more…
Woods joins fellow Jones winners Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Francis Ouimet, Mickey Wright, Patty Berg, Annika Sorenstam and US president George H.W. Bush.
While holding its annual meeting, the USGA announced that the US Open and US Women’s Open will be held a week apart in 2036, and both will be contested at Shinnecock.
The three-hole stretch of PGA National is called “The Bear Trap” for good reason. With water, water everywhere, the 15th, 16th and 17th holes are among the toughest gauntlets anywhere on the PGA Tour. The 434-yard, par-4 16th, with wet stuff entirely down the right side, generally plays the easiest of the three, and this Read more…
In a field packed with recognizable names from a variety of professions, the vaunted Seminole Pro-Member tournament that is set for Monday boasts the biggest figure in all of golf: Tiger Woods. On the tee sheet posted on X by @5ClubsGolf for the two-person best-ball competition, Woods is teamed with PGA of America CEO Seth Read more…
[PHOTO: Francois Nel] Apparently, Anthony Kim’s ragged first round in LIV Golf Jeddah was an indication of more rough play to come. For the second straight day, the 38-year-old coming off a 12-year absence from the professional game shot a six-over-par 76 and sits last among those heading into the final round in Saudi Arabia. Read more…
Jake Knapp, the 54-hole leader of the Mexico Open at Vidanta after a third round of 63 that iincluded blitzing the front nine for 28, has a tattoo below his left bicep that is visible during the follow through of his golf swing. And that’s just the way he wanted it. The tattoo features four Read more…
There are plenty of professional athletes who could take a lesson from how Matt Wallace handled what turned out to be a brutal walk-and-talk with NBC on Saturday in the third round of the Mexico Open at Vidanta. Wallace, a burly 33-year-old Englishman who has a combined five wins on the PGA Tour and DP Read more…
Citing multiple sources, Golf Channel reported on Saturday that 38-year-old Kim, who hasn’t played pro golf since 2012, will start in next week’s LIV Golf’s event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Three South Africans, competing in their home country at Leopard Creek Country Club in Malelane, were knotted in a tie at the end of 72 holes, and it was Altin van der Merwe who made a birdie on the first playoff hole to capture the inaugural Africa Amateur Championship.
LOS ANGELES — The word has long been out on the PGA Tour. If you’re looking for a Tuesday game during tournament week, setting up a little money game with Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay comes with a caveat: They are a package deal. “People needle us, you know what I’m saying,” Schauffele said on Read more…
LOS ANGELES — It was a conversation years in the waiting. Chase Johnson grew up in Ohio idolizing and copying the routines of Tiger Woods, and on Wednesday at Riviera Country Club, he finally got to look him in the eye and have a chat. Johnson, 28, is a current mini-tour pro who was awarded Read more…
Tiger Woods had to withdraw from the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club during the second round for an apparent and not yet disclosed illness, according to PGA Tour Communications.
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