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After a good old-fashioned cold streak, our expert panel (Brandon Gdula specifically) got us back on the board at the Zozo Championship. Gdula gave out Patrick Cantlay at 30-1 in our Zozo column, and if you happened to tail him, we hope you celebrated accordingly on Sunday evening. This week, we’ll look to keep it

Another beloved Masters tradition has been put on hold for 2020: the Wednesday Par 3 Contest. Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley announced on Tuesday that the low-key lead-in to the tournament, first held in 1960, will not take place when the Masters is contested without fans next month. “The fun and excitement of

4:59 PM ET Tiger Woods never has played the week prior to the Masters in 20 appearances as a pro. This year will make 21 times. Woods has decided not to play the Vivint Houston Open, the last tournament prior to the Masters next month, according to his agent, Mark Steinberg. Woods said last week

It’s summer 2007. “Ticks” by Brad Paisley has just come out and, yes—it’s a jam. Every prepubescent Dallas boy has these lyrics on LOCK … including me. Little Willy Zalatoris, all 11 years of age, daydreaming about singing it to his fifth-grade crush. Anyway, I’m sitting in the car with my friends, Cade Storey and

9:54 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Somewhat lost in the madness that was last year’s Masters was Patrick Cantlay, the soft-spoken, stoic former amateur phenom who has one of the smoothest swings in the game if not the pro résumé to match. Cantlay made an eagle at Augusta National’s par-5 15th during the final

It feels like the golf world is holding its collective breath in anticipation of the upcoming fall Masters, but in the meantime, the PGA Tour continues its miraculous, Cal Ripken-esque stretch of golf post-coronavirus layoff with its 21st straight week. The PGA Tour’s 2020 Bermuda Championship will be contested at Port Royal Golf Club in

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to caddie for the best golfers in the world? The new episode of Local Knowledge takes you deep inside the ropes of the PGA Tour, examining the ever-evolving job of the tour caddie. It’s come a long way. Since the days of Jack Nicklaus, who famously says he

9:32 AM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — A trip to Augusta National is possible this week for Tiger Woods, and perhaps that memorable trip down Magnolia Lane and the accompanying good-vibes jolt from being on the property will spark something we have yet to see in 2000. Whenever it is that Woods heads to Augusta

While Bryson DeChambeau was boasting about his first 400-plus-yard drive, there were some big gains on the LPGA Tour, too. Bianca Pagdanganan, a rookie who turns 23 on Wednesday, has enjoyed notoriety of late by appearing near the top of the LPGA Tour’s distance rankings. She’s averaging 288.8 yards for the season, besting fellow bombers

8:59 PM ET Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Patrick Cantlay rallied from four shots behind and got far enough ahead that Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas couldn’t quite catch him Sunday in the Zozo Championship at Sherwood. Cantlay closed with a 7-under 65 for a one-shot victory, the third of his career, and first

Just when it looked like the golf fans would be treated to a mano-a-mano duel between World Nos. 2 and 3 Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas on Sunday, in sneaks Patrick Cantlay. Sure, Rahm and Thomas both did their part, and each kicked away a victory at the Zozo Championship, but Cantlay’s final-round seven-under 65

If you’re leading an LPGA event, one of the last people you’d want chasing you down would be Danielle Kang, a two-time winner on tour in 2020 and one of the game’s fiercest competitors. But that was the position Ally McDonald was in during the final round of the LPGA Drive On Championship at Reynolds

5:52 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, Ga. — Ally McDonald gave herself a big 28th birthday present Sunday, winning the LPGA Drive On Championship-Lake Reynolds Oconee for her first tour title. The 28-year-old from Mississippi held off Danielle Kang by a stroke on the Great Waters Course, closing with a 3-under 69 for a 16-under

The Masters has already moved to November, is being held without any spectators and without the two lead-in events (the Augusta National Women’s Amateur and the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals) that have come to kick-off the week in Georgia. But how the COVID-19 pandemic might impact the tournament’s other traditions is unclear. The

10:07 PM ET Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Justin Thomas wasn’t playing poorly. It only felt that way Saturday at the Zozo Championship at Sherwood, where being a few shots under par means losing ground. He was 3 under and already had lost the lead he had at the start. The final hour changed

Justin Thomas vs. Jon Rahm on Sunday. Other than world peace, the Monday after the Super Bowl becoming a holiday and endless riches, what more could you possibly ask for? That’s what the 2020 Zozo Championship at Sherwood Country Club has given us, World No. 2 vs. World No. 3 in the final group with

Last October, Tiger Woods won the inaugural Zozo Championship, earning his 82nd career PGA Tour title to tie Sam Snead for the all-time win record. Woods is set to defend this week—albeit under unusual circumstances—and looking to grab the victory mark outright from Snead. As for those unusual circumstances, the event—the tour’s first regular tournament

5:49 PM ET Associated Press Englishmen Laurie Canter and Ross McGowan share a three-shot lead entering the final round of the Italian Open. Canter, who is looking for a wire-to-wire victory and a first European Tour title after his opening-round 60, shot a 3-under 69 in the third round on Saturday. McGowan, who has had

Under different conditions, maybe in a different era, Tiger Woods would have made a huge move. Improving by 10 shots from his first round in the Zozo Championship at Sherwood Country Club, Woods shot a 66 on Friday. And he didn’t gain a single stroke on the lead. That’s how frantically the birdies and eagles

9:02 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Just about everything was better for Tiger Woods during the second round of the Zozo Championship on Friday. But despite shooting 10 strokes better than he did a day earlier at Sherwood Country Club, Woods found himself 12 strokes back of leader Justin Thomas, who shot consecutive 65s

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Tony Finau is every bit of six-foot-four. He’s one of the few PGA Tour players that could be mistaken for an NBA or NFL player. He’s 31 years old, active and fit. In short, he’s not the type of person you’d expect to have a rough bout with COVID-19. And yet,

When Firestone Country Club’s par-5 16th hole—which would eventually be affectionately known as “The Monster”—was created by Robert Trent Jones during a redesign ahead of the 1960 PGA Championship, Arnold Palmer called it “ridiculous.” Not only was it extremely long, but its green was guarded by a new pond Palmer found during the tournament won

2:13 PM ET Associated Press Laurie Canter is eyeing a maiden European Tour title after adding a second-round 68 to his spectacular opening 12-under 60 to keep the lead at the halfway stage of the Italian Open on Friday. At 16 under, the Englishman leads by two from compatriot Ross McGowan, with South Africa’s Dean

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Jordan Spieth has his father, Shawn, caddieing for him this week at the Zozo Championship because his normal looper, Michael Greller, is mourning the death of his mother. On the surface, the senior Spieth did just fine Thursday, as Jordan shot a respectable two-under 70 to begin the tournament. But upon

9:14 PM ET Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Sebastian Munoz twice holed out for eagle from a combined distance of 219 yards. He also had eight birdies. Throw in a wild tee shot for double bogey, three bogeys and only five pars and it added up to an 8-under 64 and a one-shot lead

The last few months of professional golf would lead you to believe that the sport is quickly becoming a bomb-and-gouge fest, making it harder for the short hitters to contend on a consistent basis. Sometimes, though, the right course comes along to bring everybody back into the mix. Sherwood Country Club, which hosted Tiger Woods’

More often than not, the game of golf’s strangest rules hurt rather than help the player. In Matt Wallace’s case, it was a little bit of both on Thursday at the European Tour’s Italian Open. We’ll explain. At the par-4 12th at Chervò Golf Club, which is hosting the event for the first time, Wallace

4:45 PM ET Laurie Canter shot a career-best 12-under 60 to open up a four-shot lead after the first round of the Italian Open on Thursday. The Englishman registered an eagle and 10 birdies in a bogey-free round that tied for the lowest score to par ever recorded on the European Tour. It was also

No two golfers are exactly alike when it comes to preparing for a major, but Sergio Garcia’s schedule ahead of next month’s tradition unlike any other is going to be a tune-up unlike any other. The 2017 Masters champ will be making his pro tennis debut before teeing it up at Augusta National Nov. 12-15.

2:30 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — While praising the PGA Tour for the way it has handled the return to competition during the coronavirus pandemic, Phil Mickelson also expressed doubt about having a limited number of spectators return at the Vivint Houston Open, especially given the tournament is only a week prior to the