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9:04 PM ET SAN DIEGO — It has been seven years since Tiger Woods last won at Torrey Pines, and the results since that eighth professional victory on the shores of the Pacific have been mixed; he has never been in contention coming down the final nine holes. Sunday presents Woods’ his best chance, although

LA JOLLA, Calif. — After posting a five-under 67 to get within two shots of Jon Rahm’s lead ahead of Sunday’s final round of the Farmers Insurance Open, Rory McIlroy offered the most detailed player response thus far to a story that’s been bubbling all week. McIlroy was asked about the Premier Golf League, a

10:28 AM ET China’s Wu Ashun eagled his opening hole and rode the momentum as he took a one-shot lead after the third round at the Dubai Desert Classic Saturday. Wu added four birdies and a single bogey on his way to a five-under-par 67 at the Emirates Golf Club as he chases his first

Eddie Pepperell has been one of Bryson DeChambeau’s most vocal critics when it comes to slow play. On Sunday, the Englishman will finally have the chance to tell the American what he thinks in person. RELATED: Eddie Pepperell can’t stop, won’t stop roasting Bryson’s pace of play Pepperell and DeChambeau will be paired in the

The Players Championship has pulled ahead of golf’s four majors. At least, when it comes to prize money. The AP’s Doug Ferguson reported on Friday that the PGA Tour’s flagship event has raised its total purse by $2.5 million to a whopping $15 million. And this year’s winner at TPC Sawgrass will earn $2.7 million.

9:25 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Phil Mickelson called the concept of a new professional golf tour that would bring together big names with huge purses “intriguing,” adding that he is “curious” about what the Premier Golf League is putting together. Several players and agents have been approached by the league about participating, according to

LA JOLLA, Calif. — If you thought a double-bogey on the first hole of Torrey Pines South was going to derail Tiger Woods, perhaps you need a history lesson. He double-bogeyed the relatively straightforward par 4 three times during the 2008 U.S. Open and won the tournament. He made six yet again on Friday at

12:07 PM ET Associated Press BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, England — The Ladies European Tour will have its biggest schedule in nearly a decade and record prize money that includes bonus money for the top three players at the end of the season. The 24 tournaments held in 16 countries offers a total prize fund of nearly 18

For all of Tiger Woods’ success at Torrey Pines, the South Course’s opening hole has given him fits. But while the Big Cat posting a big number on the 456-yard par 4 isn’t too surprising, the way in which he did on Friday certainly was. Woods striped a drive to start his second round at

After winning the Hero World Challenge for his first victory in more than two years, Henrik Stenson wanted to carry that momentum forward the rest of the year. There was just one problem. He was done playing for the year. The first-place finish at Tiger Woods’ star-studded Bahamas event also finished off Stenson’s playing schedule

7:22 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The season began for Tiger Woods in October, the first time he’s ever taken part in the PGA Tour’s fall wraparound schedule. But getting to Torrey Pines is where the new year truly begins for Woods, and it doesn’t hurt to get off to a good start. There were

LA JOLLA, Calif. – Tiger Woods knows he could have started faster, could have hit it closer, could have squeezed a few more shots out of his first round of 2020. He also knows you can never be too upset with something in the 60s. “Overall, I felt like the golf course was definitely gettable

12:45 PM ET Natalie Gulbis, whose lone LPGA Tour victory came in 2007, said she will retire from competitive golf at the end of this season. Gulbis, 37, has played a limited schedule the last two years while trying to navigate back issues that have hampered her for more than a decade. In a story

That Dean Burmester shot a three-under 69 on the Majlis course during the first round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic was notable on its own, given how difficult the conditions where during Thursday’s opening round. Firm greens, thick rough and gusty breezes left the day’s scoring average at 74.11 and put the 30-year-old South

Tiger Woods will make his first start in 2020 when he competes in this week’s Farmers Insurance Open, joining an impressive field that includes seven of the top 15 players in the World Ranking. A seven-time winner of this event, Woods has had plenty of success at Torrey Pines, including a 2008 U.S. Open win.

6:33 PM ET Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — Jared Wolfe won The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at Baha Mar on Wednesday for his first Korn Ferry Tour title, closing with a 3-under 69 in strong wind for a four-stroke victory over Brandon Harkins. A winner each of the last three years on PGA Tour Latinoamerica,

ORLANDO—Listen to the bell, all heinous sandbaggers. It tolls for thee. Like communism, golf’s handicap system is rooted in good intentions, but is an infrastructure that is easily falsified and exploited. What was supposed to create a level playing field for sticks and hacks often tips the scales in the latter’s direction, with better players

4:14 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Rory McIlroy has a chance to return to No. 1 in the world this week for the first time since late in 2015. That’s not something he saw coming as recently as July, when he missed the cut at The Open, playing at Portrush, Northern Ireland, near his hometown.

When Jason Day won the Farmers Insurance Open two years ago, the victory seemed to signal that he was perhaps on his way back to being the best player in the world again. After a difficult 2017 in which his mother was diagnosed with lung cancer (and initially given only months to live) and his

If the official start of spring to many is the Masters, then Torrey Pines and the Farmers Insurance Open might be the official start of the new golf year. Most would agree that the sights of beautiful La Jolla perched above the Pacific highlands signals a return to must-see tour events. And you’re not wrong.

5:37 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Jordan Spieth didn’t like watching many of his friends play the Presidents Cup last month at Royal Melbourne, a golf course he enjoys. What he didn’t like so much was being at home and not participating. “For me personally, it really sucked,” Spieth said. “I hated not being there

LA JOLLA, Calif. — There are at least five players with legitimate claims to being the best golfer on Earth at the moment. The almighty algorithm says it’s Brooks Koepka, who has held the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking since May and is finally back from a left knee injury. Justin

4:05 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods is set to begin the 2020 part of his PGA Tour schedule this week at the Farmers Insurance Open, looking to keep the momentum going after an impressive conclusion to 2019. Ranked sixth in the world, Woods, 44, won the Zozo Championship in Japan, finished fourth at

ORLANDO—There are three, and only three, takeaways when encountering a product at the Inventors Spotlight, the PGA Merchandise Show’s exhibition for entrepreneurs and upstarts. The observations sound harsh, but they are incontrovertible, and are as follows in descending frequency: —”Oh no, this poor bastard doesn’t stand a chance.” —”Not a bad idea, although there’s not

Golf Digest has shared multiple milestone birthdays with Jack Nicklaus over the years, and they’re an intriguing window to his soul—a blend of knowledge, humor, grace … and some brutally candid assessments of himself and others. “When I reached 40, now that’s what I thought would be a traumatic time, but I played well, so

4:40 PM ET Don’t worry, it won’t look like this for the Masters. Augusta National doesn’t even look like this now. But photos that surfaced in recent days via Google Earth show a dormant Augusta National, with work being done on the land purchased from nearby Augusta Country Club, as well as a new building

Tiger Woods makes his 2020 debut this week at one of the most comfortable and familiar confines, Torrey Pines, site of seven of his 82 PGA Tour wins, and of course, his 2008 U.S. Open victory. The Southern California native is a cumulative 176 under par in his 17 appearances in the Farmers Insurance Open.

9:34 AM ET Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Gaby Lopez ran in a 30-foot putt for birdie Monday to defeat Nasa Hataoka in a seven-hole playoff that took an extra day to finish at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. It was Lopez’s second LPGA victory. Lopez and Hataoka, ranked sixth in the

Rory McIlroy will make his 2020 debut at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open on the PGA Tour, and in doing so he has an opportunity to add another chapter to the growing “rivalry” between he and Brooks Koepka. With a victory at Torrey Pines, McIlroy is projected to overtake Koepka as the top-ranked player in

Welcome to the Dew Sweeper, your one-stop shop to catch up on the weekend action from the golf world. From the professional tours, trending news, social media headlines and upcoming events, here’s every golf-related thing you need to know for the morning of Jan. 20. Landry staves off collapse at PGA West Forget sending a