Australian veteran Rod Pampling has turned back the clock with a blistering start to the Champions tour tournament in Palm Coast, Florida. The 57-year-old Queenslander fired an eight-under 64 opening round on the Ocean Course at Hammock Beach on Saturday AEDT to be just one shot behind leader Ryan Armour in the Constellation Furyk & Read more…
Mystery surrounds Cam Smith’s LIV Golf future while former world No.1 Jon Rahm is quitting the breakaway league as it scraps for survival. LIV created a huge divide when it launched and lured stars in 2022, but it has endured a tumultuous year after its Saudi investors, who pumped about $A7 billion into the project, Read more…
Jon Rahm will not be participating in LIV Golf 2.0, the vision of CEO Scott O’Neil to keep the league competing in 2027. The news is a body blow to the rebel league which remains publicly bullish about its prospects despite founding backers, the Saudi Public Investment Fund, withdrawing. “Mr Rahm has independently reviewed the Read more…
Thailand ace Jeeno Thitikul has quickly overcome a late double bogey on a windy afternoon to claim her fourth LPGA Tour victory of the season in the LOTTE Championship in Hawaii. World No.2 Thitikul matched world No.1 Nelly Korda for the season victory lead as she posted a four under 68 for a 21-under total Read more…
The world’s second-ranked golfer, Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul, will take a three-stroke lead into the final round at the LOTTE Championship as she seeks her fourth LPGA Tour victory of the season. “It’s not a course that you just sit down and hope for everyone not catching you – you have to go far away from Read more…
Austin Smotherman responded with a string of birdies each time someone caught him in the Utah Championship, making one last birdie on the 18th hole for a six-under 65 and a one-shot lead over fellow American Doug Ghim going into the final round. At stake for Smotherman and Ghim is a chance at their first Read more…
Richard Green is only two shots behind leader Michael Block after the second round of the inaugural Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic in Allentown, Pennsylvania. American Block needed only 30 shots on the back nine as he posted a bogey-free seven-under 63 to take a one-stroke lead on Saturday (Sunday AEDT). The 50-year-old PGA Tour Champions Read more…
Robyn Choi has started her quest for glory at the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship in Hawaii in fine style, ending her opening round just three shots off the pace. Choi, one of six Australians in the field, shot a four-under-par 68 on a rainy and breezy Thursday (Friday AEST) to be joint 10th. Her blemish-free Read more…
Cam Davis has ended the wildest round of his career with a glimmer of hope of snapping a horror run of six straight missed cuts in America. One of only two Australians in the field, Davis opened with a five-under-par 66 at the PGA Tour’s Biltmore Championship in Asheville, North Carolina. Davis had only three Read more…
Geoff Ogilvy has used half of his captain’s picks to add Presidents Cup rookies Nick Taylor, Nico Echavarria and Ryo Hisatsune to his International Team, already including Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee. The Internationals are hoping to snap a lengthy losing streak against a stacked US squad. Ogilvy also named Canadian Corey Conners, South Read more…
Tiger Woods plans to change his not guilty plea in a DUI case stemming from a rollover crash in Florida, court documents reveal. In March, the golf icon’s Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and the golfer was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, officials said. Woods had pleaded not Read more…
Adam Scott has had to settle for yet another cool milestone as Scottie Scheffler surpassed Tiger Woods as the PGA Tour’s all-time leading prize money earner with a second season-long FedEx Cup crown. Scheffler once again underlined his undisputed world No.1 status with a decisive three-shot triumph at the $US40 million Tour Championship in Atlanta. Read more…
Chinese star Ruoning Yin has chipped in for birdie from just off the 18th green to take the third-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s FM Championship at TPC Boston. Yin also holed a 20-foot putt for birdie on the par-3 16th in her third round of four-under 68 as she got to 12-under 204 on Read more…
A much-craved second major continues to elude him but Adam Scott may be one great round from capping his decorated career with a second season-ending Tour Championship title. As golf’s biggest names jostle for the $US10 million ($A14 million) winner’s cheque in Atlanta, Scott quietly but steadily climbed into a tie for third place entering Read more…
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