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1:33 PM ET Associated Press Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington has tested positive for the coronavirus and has withdrawn from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Harrington missed the cut last week at the Phoenix Open, ending his streak of seven consecutive cuts made worldwide. The Irishman is the fifth player this year in six PGA
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12:29 PM ET Associated Press More than a decade after Annika Sorenstam won her last LPGA Tour event, she’s ready to tee it up again. The LPGA Tour announced on Twitter the 50-year-old Sorenstam has committed to play the Gainbridge LPGA in Orlando, Florida, scheduled for Feb. 25-28 on her home course of Lake Nona.
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World No. 1 and tournament favorite Dustin Johnson withdrew from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am on Monday evening. There was no immediate reason cited by Johnson or the event for his decision. On Sunday Johnson won the European Tour’s Saudi International by two strokes. It was Johnson’s fifth victory in his last 13 starts,
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6:41 PM ET ESPN News Services SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — At the lowest points in an 18-month struggle with left knee and hip problems, Brooks Koepka wondered if he’d ever be back at all, let alone recapture the magic that carried him to four major championships. “It’s been a wild ride for the last year and
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As Justin Thomas attempts to make up a four-shot deficit on co-leaders Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele in the final round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, he’ll do so with mixed emotions. Golf Channel reported during the early part of its Sunday broadcast that Thomas’ paternal grandfather, Paul Thomas, has died at 89. The
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8:56 AM ET Associated Press KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia — Top-ranked Dustin Johnson won the Saudi International for the second time in three years on Sunday after shooting a 2-under 68 in the final round to finish 2 strokes clear of Justin Rose and Tony Finau. Johnson, who was also runner-up in 2020,
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6:17 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A day after saying he needed to be patient about results, Jordan Spieth shot a 10-under 61 on Saturday for a share of the lead in the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He then repeated himself. “What I’m looking forward to is just staying the course, trusting it,”
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If you knew nothing about golf but a little something about math, and someone came to you with a printed stack of advanced stats—strokes gained, especially—it would be simple to identify the good players, and even simpler to identify the great ones. At some point, you would come across Tony Finau’s stats, and you’d conclude
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10:31 AM ET American Dustin Johnson carded a four-under-par 66 in the third round to go 13-under overall and take a two-shot lead at the Saudi International on Saturday. Despite a double-bogey on the par-four 13th when he found the water, Johnson recorded six birdies to stave off the challenge of Frenchman Victor Perez who
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8:45 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Steve Stricker is having too much fun at the Waste Management Phoenix Open to stress over a messy finish Friday. Trying to become the oldest winner in PGA Tour history, the 53-year-old U.S. Ryder Cup captain shot a 5-under 66 to get within a stroke of leader
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12:27 PM ET New Zealand’s Ryan Fox carded a second consecutive five-under-par 65 to take a share of the lead in a rain-affected second round at the Saudi International on Friday. Over two hours of play were lost to wet conditions at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club, with several late starters having a majority
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8:55 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Co-leader Matthew NeSmith nearly made a hole-in-one on the par-3 16th and barely got a reaction from the few fans. Xander Schauffele flubbed a chip and couldn’t help but hear a surprised spectator’s reaction. With attendance capped at about 5,000 at sunny TPC Scottsdale, a fraction of
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