In the midst of chopping his way to a one-over-par 73 on Thursday in the first round of the Players Championship, Hayden Buckley accomplished a feat never seen before at the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass that still gave him reason to smile.
A complaint by Erica Herman, Tiger Woods’ former girlfriend, filed against Woods this week was preceded by litigation filed in October against the golfer, according to court documents.
Justin Lower has so many stories to tell it’s difficult to pick just one. Some golf fans may recall the awful tragedy the Ohio native experienced as a teenager when he lost his father and brother in a single-car accident.
Despite being six shots off the lead when making the turn Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Rory McIlroy was in the lead by one shot while standing on Bay Hill’s par-3 14th tee box. He just didn’t know it.
Kurt Kitayama had suffered one-shot defeats in the past year to stars such as Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy, so it was fitting that Kitayama flipped the script for his first PGA Tour win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to hold off a star-studded leaderboard to win a wild one at Bay Hill.
With one hole remaining in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, there were as many as five players who had a chance to claim the title – and the $US3.6 million prizemoney payout – in the PGA Tour’s latest “designated” event.
The difference between Arnold Palmer Invitational leader Jon Rahm and second place after one round is two shots. But the difference between the World No. 1 and his fellow PGA Tour pros is probably the standard to which he holds himself.
Cameron Young has a soft spot for Orlando, and for its famed Bay Hill Club course. As a New York native, Young’s father, David, the pro at Sleepy Hollow Country Club for 20 years, took the family out of the northeast during winters when their golf-obsessed son was a teenager.
If you missed out on the Phil Mickelson tournament-winning putter that sold for $44,000 at auction late last year, you might have another chance—and even get a discount.
The drastic changes to the PGA Tour plans for its $20 million designated events announced on Wednesday were largely welcomed by stars such as Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott, and even last week’s feel-good story at the Honda Classic, rookie Eric Cole. But there also were mixed feelings expressed about the exclusiveity of the events and how quickly things are moving.
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