Tiger Woods plans to change not guilty plea in DUI case

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…

Tiger-like Scheffler reigns, Scott rises at PGA Tour finale

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’s chip-in to lead LPGA’s FM Championship

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…

Adam Scott turns back the clock in Tour Championship tilt

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…

Sei Young Kim takes lead in LPGA Championship event

Sei Young Kim capped a second-nine spree with a chip-in eagle for an eight-under 64 at the TPC Boston to take the first-round lead in the LPGA  Championship event. Kim played a six-hole stretch in six under with four birdies and the eagle on the par-5 seventh. The South Korean had only 24 putts as Read more…

Tiger Woods excited by new matchplay format for Tour Championship

Tiger Woods has given a thumbs-up to the PGA Tour’s new format for its Tour Championship, which will feature a 32-man match play competition. PGA ‌Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp announced overnight (Australian time) ahead of the Tour ‌Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta that the new season-ending format will begin ‌in 2028, Read more…

Diminutive star matches LPGA record in nine-stroke win

Diminutive Japanese star Miyu Yamashita has matched the LPGA Tour’s 72-hole scoring record in a wire-to-wire, nine-stroke victory in the Canadian Women’s Open in Edmonton. The 150cm (4-foot-11) Yamashita made a birdie putt on the 18th for a four-under 66 and 23-under 257 total. Sei Young Kim also shot 257 in the 2018 Thornberry Creek Read more…

Scottie Scheffler waiting to earn his place in golf history

The best player on the PGA Tour is not about to rank himself among some of the greats in the game, even as he is about to become the leader in all-time career earnings. Scottie Scheffler enters this week’s BMW Championship set to pass Tiger Woods on the career money list, but scoffs at the Read more…

‘Honoured’ Gary Woodland joins US Presidents Cup staff

Gary Woodland is hoping to cap a triumphant year after he was named a captain’s assistant on the United States’ staff ‌for the upcoming Presidents Cup. Woodland, 42, is the fourth and final assistant, joining ‌Jim Furyk, Keegan Bradley and Webb Simpson on the staff of captain Brandt Snedeker in a US squad that’s set Read more…

LIV Golf cancels season finale to focus on future

LIV Golf’s season-ending Team Championship tournament in Michigan has been cancelled to allow “full resources” to be used to put plans in place for the 2027 calendar. A statement by the breakaway league on Monday night (Tuesday AEST) confirmed the final event of this season’s schedule at The Cardinal at Saint John’s course had been Read more…

World No.1 still the man to catch in Memphis

Scottie Scheffler has settled in after a rough start for a two-under 68, giving him a two-shot lead over Sam Burns and Sungjae Im at the PGA Tour’s St. Jude Championship going into a final round where so much is at stake from the top to the bottom of the leaderboard. Scheffler is trying to Read more…

Grace Kim fights back to remain in LPGA contention

Grace Kim has fought back from a mid-round stumble to remain in contention at the LPGA Tour’s Portland Classic. The Australian followed her opening-round 66 at Colombia Edgewater Country Club with a 69 on Saturday (AEST) to be nine-under for the tournament. Kim is three shots adrift of Thai leader Arpichaya Yubol (66) and two Read more…