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Jorge Campillo and David Drysdale each had time to clear their minds during the playoff at the European Tour’s Commerical bank Qatar Masters, a sudden-death affair that went a not-so-sudden five extra holes. Campillo, a 33-year-old from Spain, was trying to forget his frustrating finish at Education City Golf Club, in which he went bogey/double

8:26 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Ernie Els took the second-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Hoag Classic on Saturday, eagling the par-5 15th and birdieing the final two holes for a 7-under 64. Making his third senior start, the 50-year-old Hall of Famer from South Africa rebounded from a bogey

Throw a golf ball against a jagged rock and no two bounces will be the same. When Rory McIlroy reviewed the tape of his approach shot to the 18th green on Saturday in the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, he was going to see just how unlucky he was. Two inches higher, or

ORLANDO – Earlier this week at his home course in Port Orange, Fla., Rod Perry, the head professional at Crane Lakes Golf and Country Club, finished tied for third in a mini-tour event at his home course. He pocketed a check for $1,600 thanks to a six-under 60 in the final round. “That was not

4:08 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Brooks Koepka shot the highest score of his PGA Tour career on Saturday, a 9-over-par 81 at the Bay Hill Club that included just a single birdie. Koepka, who fell from the top spot in the world last month after a period of indifferent play following a knee procedure

There is a debate surrounding the Players Championship, one that surfaces every year when the tournament arrives. We’re not going to get into it here, since we don’t have four hours to quarrel. Plus, there is a second discussion about the PGA Tour’s flagship event we’d rather explore: That it favors no specific type of

10:04 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is honoring a pair of retired pro golfers with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the president can give a civilian. Annika Sorenstam and Gary Player will receive the medal during a White House ceremony on March 23, the White House announced Friday.

Annika Sorenstam and Gary Player are joining the short list of golfers who have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The White House announced on Friday that Sorenstam, a 10-time major winner on the LPGA Tour, and Player, one of only five players to win the men’s career Grand Slam, will be honored on March

Tiger Woods is back, a notion signaled with intoxicating runs in 2018, confirmed at last year’s Masters and reiterated with dazzling displays in Japan and Australia. That doesn’t mean Tiger Woods is back, or at least what the sport wants that word to mean. Woods is passing on the Players Championship, his body not ready

4:47 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — To panic seems extreme, but that and any all emotions surrounding Tiger Woods‘ and his decision Friday to skip the Players Championship are certainly valid at this point. Pull your hair out. Fret and fuss. Spew doom and gloom. Go dark. It’s all fair when the subject is Tiger’s

On Wednesday, South Korea’s Kyoung-Hoon Lee had no idea if he’d be playing in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. As the first alternate, Lee needed someone to drop out in order for him to get into the field. While waiting for that to happen, he also needed to keep his game sharp, so he made his

7:12 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — The leading two players at Bay Hill are no surprise, even if they have next to nothing in common. Rory McIlroy, the No. 1 player in the world who hasn’t finished out of the top 10 in any tournament since September, shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday

Six days ago, Matt Every birdied his final hole at PGA National, the par-4 ninth. It was whipped cream on you know what, as Every finished with a 15-over 85 to miss the cut. That earned him a dead-last finish, and his third missed cut in four weeks. Better stretches of golf have been had.

Well, that escalated quickly. At last week’s Honda Classic, Justin Rose, who signed an endorsement deal with Honma at the start of last year to play a minimum of 10 clubs, showed up at PGA National with a TaylorMade SIM driver. He still had exactly 10 Honma clubs in the bag, but it is unclear

3:41 PM ET PGA Tour player Scott Piercy has been dropped by golf equipment and apparel companies in the wake of a social media post directed at former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg as a well as a reference to QAnon, a far-right conspiracy theory. Piercy, a four-time winner on the PGA Tour, apologized for the

Between his thoughtful blog and an active Twitter account, Eddie Pepperell might be the most interesting man in golf. He also definitely finds the most interesting ways to be disqualified from golf tournaments. Just a few months removed from being DQd for running out of golf balls at the Turkish Airlines Open, Pepperell, 29, was

3:46 AM ET The Royal’s Cup 2020, scheduled for March 12-15 in Thailand, has been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Asian Tour said on Thursday. The tournament at Kanchanaburi’s Grand Prix Golf Club joins a long list of sporting events hit by the flu-like virus that has killed over 3,200 people globally

Even the most contrarian of contrarian fantasy golf players will have trouble fading Rory McIlroy this week. His recent form is off the charts, and his course history is really impressive. The key to this week will be building around Rory if you’re going to cash a lineup. Differentiating your remaining players, or again, going

Augusta National Golf Club issued a statement on Wednesday afternoon regarding its preparation for the 2020 Masters in the face of growing concerns of the coronavirus. With the tournament five weeks away, Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley reassured fans that the Masters, along with the Augusta National Women’s Amateur and the Drive, Chip and Putt

12:00 PM ET The Arnold Palmer Invitational will begin on Thursday at Bay Hill in Orlando. It has been more than three years since we lost Palmer, the golf legend, at the age of 87. The defending champion of this tournament is Francesco Molinari. Rickie Fowler only finished in a tie for 40th last year

The last nine months of Michelle Wie West’s life has been a time of great change. She took an indefinite leave from competitive golf to let her wrist heal, she married Jonnie West, turned 30, she and West announced they’ll be welcoming their first child in the summer of 2020. And now, Wie West is

6:21 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods and former PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem are among 10 finalists who will be voted on next week for the World Golf Hall of Fame class of 2021. Woods was among four finalists from the male category that include three-time major champion Padraig Harrington, British

The last stop before the Players Championship, the Arnold Palmer Invitational will include a stacked field, including World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, gearing up for one of the Tour’s premier events. McIlroy, the champion of this event back in 2018, has made five starts this Tour season and has finished inside the top five each

Tuesday’s PGA Tour Champions qualifier for the Hoag Classic has been delayed due to a fire near the Goose Creek Golf Club in Mira Loma, Calif., the Tour confirmed to Golf Digest. Players have been taken off the course and there has not yet been a decision on how, or if, to proceed with the

2:39 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Brandon Matthews‘ viral moment had little to do with golf, and everything to do with human decency. And it led to an opportunity this week to play in his first PGA Tour event. Matthews, 25, was faced with an 8-foot putt to extend a playoff last November at the

As a caddie, a big part of your job is knowing what to say when your guy isn’t playing well. Do you step in or do you let him marinate in his anger? Encourage him with positivity or hit him with tough love? Much less discussed is what to do when things are going well.

7:22 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Moments after getting his first career PGA Tour win, Sungjae Im took a moment to reflect on what it means. Not for himself — for his homeland. The 21-year-old South Korean started fast and finished stronger Sunday, winning the Honda Classic by one shot over

Rory McIlroy has some great course form at Bay Hill. But the way he’s being priced by oddsmakers for this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, you would think his name is Tiger Woods going for his ninth API win. Rory boasts a win (2018) and two other top-10s (2017, 2019) in his five appearances at Bay

Forget the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Burning of Washington. The fiercest American-European conflict, or at least the most recent, happened in Palm Beach Gardens over the weekend. Tommy Fleetwood carried a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Honda Classic, the Englishman aiming for his first PGA Tour victory. It was a

1:39 PM ET Dustin Johnson will skip the Men’s Olympic Golf Tournament outside of Tokyo this summer, becoming the first highly-ranked player to take a pass on the event. Johnson’s agent confirmed the decision first reported by Golfweek. Ranked fifth in the world, Johnson was in line to be one of four Americans eligible for