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After opening 65-65 at the RBC Heritage, Webb Simpson held a commanding lead in an interesting stat: He owned 86 rounds of 65 or better since 2009, the most on the PGA Tour by a staggering 24 (Zach Johnson was second with 62). As it turned out, he needed one more low round to claim

5:41 PM ET HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — As illnesses go, Nick Watney likely proceeded like someone who simply was not at his best. He certainly was not violently ill Friday when he showed up at Harbour Town Golf Club. And despite warm, humid temperatures, he felt well enough to attempt to play the second

A memorable moment deserved a memorable gesture. That’s at least how So Yeon Ryu approached her one-stroke victory over Hyo Joo Kim on Sunday at the Korean Women’s Open, one of the flagship events on the Korean LPGA Tour. In her first start since February due to the long break in competition in her home

Michelle Wie West can add another accolade to her impressive resume: The U.S. Women’s Open champion is now a mom. Wie West gave birth to a baby girl on June 19, Makenna Kamalei Yoona West. She took to Instagram to announce the arrival of her daughter, posting photos of both herself and her husband, Jonnie

6:53 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Webb Simpson managed only one birdie on the back nine Saturday at Harbour Town, and that was just enough for him to post a 3-under 68 and join a four-way share of the lead at the RBC Heritage. It sets up another Sunday of endless

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — Like most men with oversized chests and arms, the New Bryson DeChambeau looks perpetually uncomfortable, as though his body retains a memory of the range and fluidity it once knew, and yet can’t adjust to life inside the prison bars of bulging muscle. There is not much grace to his game

3:19 PM ET Associated Press Michelle Wie West now has a little one of her own. The former U.S. Women’s Open champion announced on Instagram that she and her husband, Golden State Warriors executive Jonnie West, are parents of a daughter born Friday. “Kenna baby, I have waited my entire life to meet you,” Wie,

Following Nick Watney’s positive test for COVID-19 at the RBC Heritage, the PGA Tour said on Saturday that it tested 11 people who may have had close contact with Watney and that all results came back negative. The Tour didn’t release the names of specific people tested, but his Friday playing partners, Luke List and

Anthony Kim turned 35 on Friday, a sad reminder that we are all getting old and that it’s been a long time since we saw AK teeing it up on the PGA Tour. More than eight years, in fact, have passed since Kim withdrew after shooting 74 in the opening round of the 2012 Wells

7:50 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Webb Simpson spent two days at Harbour Town watching bulked-up Bryson DeChambeau swing out of his shoes and realized his own brand of golf works just fine. They traded birdies Friday morning in the RBC Heritage until Simpson got the last word with a 6-footer

Rory McIlroy chatted with Nick Watney on the putting green at Harbour Town on Friday morning before heading out to play the second round of the RBC Heritage. Hours later, the world No. 1 got a text from Watney that no PGA Tour player wants to see right now. Watney told him he tested positive

2:22 PM ET Associated Press The European Tour won’t have a senior circuit this year. The Staysure Tour for players 50 and older announced Friday it has canceled the season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was supposed to start May 14-16 in Austria. Three senior majors on its schedule — the Senior PGA, the

Davis Love III is playing this week for the first time since he lost his Sea Island home to a fire in March. Harbour Town is a favorite for many tour players due to its family-friendly atmosphere, but its confines have been especially hospitable to Love: Five of his 21 PGA Tour victories have come

A former PGA of America diversity official has posted an open letter critical of his time with the organization. Wendell Haskins worked for the PGA of America from 2014 to 2017, serving as senior director of diversity & multicultural initiatives and director of sports & entertainment marketing. Haskins, in response to statements from PGA of

7:57 PM ET Associated Press The RBC Heritage began two months later than usual with a little rain, a little sunshine and a lot of birdies, most of them from Jordan Spieth to turn a rough start into a furious finish. Ian Poulter holed a 30-foot birdie putt and followed with a 5-iron to 4

Harbour Town is one of the most strategic and fun-to-watch venues on tour, and it gets the full spotlight it deserves this week, as the PGA Tour rolls on in a post-quarantine world. Finally out of the shadow of Masters week, the RBC Heritage has a strong field and plenty of eyeballs on the action.

7:42 AM ET In 2000, Tiger Woods didn’t just win the U.S. Open. He recorded the most dominant performance in golf history. At Pebble Beach, Woods won by 15 shots. That number alone is impressive. But there are more staggering numbers from that week. Here are the 10 wildest stats from his performance. 10: That’s

Editor’s note: In celebration of Golf Digest’s 70th anniversary, we’re revisiting the best literature and journalism we’ve ever published. Catch up on earlier installments. Even today, long after this story was published in July 1998, Mac O’Grady is still referred to on our staff as the Great White Whale—an obsession that we chase but are

“Holy s&*#, that was unbelievable,” McIlroy said. (To which we would say the same thing about McIlroy’s response.) Admittedly impressed by DeChambeau’s added length, McIlroy stopped short, however, of saying he’s ready to follow the Bryson path to added yardage. Asked specifically if he could add 20 miles per hour of ball speed by gaining

4:50 PM ET HILTON HEAD, S.C. — The coronavirus pandemic has been a disruptive force across the world, made worse for Davis Love III due a March fire that destroyed his home. Love, 56, a two-time U.S. Ryder Cup team captain and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, is playing for the first

Few times in life does something with high expectations actually exceed those expectations. That was the case with the PGA Tour’s return last week. It was a major-like leaderboard, which matched our anticipation going into it. Now you’re telling us we have this for the next three months? That’s almost too good to be true.

2:27 PM ET HILTON HEAD, S.C. — The PGA Tour reported a second straight week of zero positive coronavirus tests with the RBC Heritage set to begin Thursday at Harbour Town Golf Links. The tour has yet to disclose the exact number of tests conducted, but it included the 90 or so players, caddies and

Another month, another change for Justin Rose. A few weeks after parting ways with equipment sponsor Honma, the Englishman has split from his longtime swing coach Sean Foley. They were together 11 years. The Telegraph first reported the news on Tuesday. “I spent the past three months working on my game at home,” Rose told

There are a lot of new normals on the PGA Tour these days, from nasal swabs to no fans or grandstands and to the missing post-victory embrace greenside with wife or girlfriend. Welcome to pro golf in the COVID-19 era. But there’s been another, perhaps unexpected, new normal that actually isn’t so new at all:

7:22 AM ET Given what we already know about Phil Mickelson, it comes as no surprise that he had a mischievous side long before he became famous. And his sister, Tina, has no issue with dishing some of that dirt. On a Thanksgiving Day of his youth, it seems that Phil sneaked out of the

Editor’s note: In celebration of Golf Digest’s 70th anniversary, we’re revisiting the best literature and journalism we’ve ever published. Catch up on earlier installments. The National Golf Links on New York’s Long Island was the first great American course to engage in massive tree removal, circa 1990. But it wasn’t until Oakmont near Pittsburgh started

1:47 PM ET HILTON HEAD, S.C. — C.T. Pan was pleasantly surprised when he learned he would get to defend his title at this week’s RBC Heritage. He had little confidence that would be the case when the coronavirus pandemic caused the cancellation or postponement of several events on the PGA Tour, including the Players

Welcome news emanated from LPGA headquarters Tuesday morning, when the tour announced that it will resume its season next month with back-to-back tournaments in Northwest Ohio, one of them a new event. The new addition is the LPGA Drive On Championship, a 54-hole tournament scheduled for July 31-Aug. 2 at the storied Inverness Club in

In celebration of Phil Mickelson’s 50th birthday, we offer our 50 favorite examples of why the five-time major winner and World Golf Hall of Famer is one of the most unique golfers—and people—of this or any time. How many classic “Phil being Phil” moments have there been over the years? Come join us as we

7:37 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — The silence that greeted the return of the PGA Tour at Colonial will be a familiar sound for the first major of the year. The PGA of America has submitted plans to hold the PGA Championship at Harding Park without spectators, and the San Francisco Chronicle