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The PGA Tour is unveiling updates to its pace-of-play policy this week at the American Express. The alterations mostly fall in line with what Golf Digest reported in the fall, and were approved by the players’ policy board. While the Tour will be making an official announcement Tuesday, PGA Tour players were sent an email

9:47 AM ET Home favourite Branden Grace carded a sensational nine-under-par 62 to lift the European Tour’s South African Open trophy with a three-shot victory Sunday. Grace mastered the Randpark Golf Club with eight birdies and an eagle, finishing on 21 under par for the tournament, ahead of defending champion and overnight leader Louis Oosthuizen

Phil Mickelson will begin his golf year this week, playing in—and hosting—the newly re-named American Express, which was once the Bob Hope Desert Classic. Mickelson finished second in the desert a year ago, losing improbably to tour rookie Adam Long when Long drained an 18-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win by a

At last month’s Presidents Cup in Australia, Cameron Smith quickly found himself 3 down to the Americans’ hottest player, Justin Thomas, through the first five holes of their Sunday singles match before he rallied for a gritty 2-and-1 victory to earn, at least in the moment, a crucial point against the Americans. In the end,

11:21 PM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Cameron Smith of Australia won his first PGA Tour title on his own Sunday when he least expected it. Two shots behind with two holes to play, Smith made an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole to force a playoff against a faltering Brendan Steele, and won

The PGA Tour’s AT&T Byron Nelson is leaving Trinity Forest after just three years. The decision, first reported by the Dallas Morning News on Saturday, has been confirmed by Golf Digest, with an official announcement expected to come Sunday. “As the necessary footprint to grow the event continues to expand, collectively, we will be evaluating

10:25 AM ET Tiger Woods‘ is serving as a caddie for his son, Charlie, this weekend at a junior event in South Florida. And it appears that some of the finer points of the game have rubbed off on the younger Woods, who turns 11 next month. Take note of this action: The swing of

Branden Grace carried plenty of motivation with him at this week’s South African Open. Coming off a 113th place showing a year ago in the European Tour’s Race to Dubai, after finishing in the top 10 four times in the previous seven seasons, the 31-year-old wanted to prove 2019 was an outlier rather than a

HONOLULU — Earlier this week, Australians Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith announced that they would donate money to relief efforts for the wildfires that have ravaged their home country for each birdie and eagle they made at this week’s Sony Open. The idea, in part, was that doing so would not only aid efforts Down

10:56 PM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Brendan Steele went from lagging behind to seizing control Saturday in the Sony Open when he birdied his last three holes for a 6-under 64 to take a three-shot lead into the final round. Steele had a share of the lead to start the day, with 23 players

HONOLULU — After a forced three-month hiatus, Matt Every is back on the PGA Tour, and boy did he have a lot to say. Almost all of it was unprintable. “Am I glad to be playing golf again? I am. I missed being out here. It’s what I do,” Every said at Waialae Country Club,

1:04 PM ET Defending champion Louis Oosthuizen profited from a birdie rush in his first few holes to card a 64 and take a single shot lead after the third round of the European Tour’s South African Open on Saturday. Oosthuizen has dropped just one shot after 54 holes at the Randpark Golf Club and

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: A teenage golfer is hanging with some much older competition. Yes, golf’s youth movement has been a huge part of pro golf’s story in recent years, and this plot seems to be unfolding on the European Tour more than anywhere these days. RELATED: Youngest player in Masters history

Ohio has produced its share of prominent legends — Jack Nicklaus, William Powell and Peggy Kirk Bell, among them — but it has its unsung legends, too, one of whom passed away earlier this week. Burch Riber, 87, was an executive with Taft Broadcasting Company in Cincinnati, where he befriended its CEO, Charles Mecham, who

12:15 AM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Different island, similar result. Justin Thomas and Patrick Reed finished the tournament with the same score. Only this was Friday at the Sony Open. There was no playoff, only a plane back to the mainland. In wind that was vexing no matter how strong and soft greens so

Michelle Wie liked how Lorena Ochoa said good-bye to competitive golf. After spending 158 consecutive weeks as the No. 1 player in the world, Ochoa decided to have a family, retired at age 28 and made a clean break from the game. “I definitely idolize her and look up to her, so when she did

12:29 PM ET Just went it looks like the drama surrounding Patrick Reed might finally quiet down, something else happens. On Thursday, it was revealed that Reed’s lawyer sent a letter to Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee instructing him to “refrain from any further dissemination, publication or republication of false and defamatory statements concerning Mr.

Tianlang Guan, who played in—and made the cut at—the 2013 Masters as a 14-year-old has earned his card on the PGA Tour’s China circuit. Guan, now 21, finished T-10th during the China’s series qualifying tournament this week thanks to rounds of 72-71-72-79. “It feels pretty good to get full status,” Guan said. “I didn’t really

HONOLULU – James Hahn has returned from an elbow injury that sidelined him for nearly eight months, but it’s his head that hurts as he goes about trying to retain his PGA Tour card beyond this season. Playing in his fifth event since he withdrew from the Genesis Open last February with a sore elbow

11:57 PM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — The wind blew so hard that palm trees looked as though they were made of rubber. The Pacific looked angrier than usual. Some of the sights Thursday at the Sony Open made it clear that playing golf in Hawai’i was no vacation. Collin Morikawa managed better than everyone.

Pete Dye, the man who reinvented golf course design, is gone, succumbing to that bastard Father Time at age 94. He was a legend, a Hall of Famer, a showman and a friend. He built over one hundred golf courses, but his real legacy is how those courses impacted the game and millions who play

1:02 PM ET American Johannes Veerman birdied nine holes in an error-free round of 62 to take a one-shot lead after a low-scoring first day of the European Tour’s South African Open at Randpark Golf Club on Thursday. The 27-year-old from Texas continued his bright start to his debut season on the European Tour, as

Tiger Woods announced on Thursday that he will play his first event of 2020 at the Farmers Insurance Open, which begins Jan. 23 at Torrey Pines in San Diego. He also confirmed on Twitter that he will tee it up at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera, an event run by his TGR Live venture. https://twitter.com/TigerWoods/status/1215294639663546369

PXG’s Gen2 irons came more than three years after the introduction of its first iteration. The follow up to Gen2, the Gen3—which encompasses the XP, P and T irons—took far less time. Unveiled less than two years after the Gen2 irons, the new Gen3 offering, while similar in look to the Gen2 series, is decidedly

5:40 PM ET Siyun Liu, a senior at Wake Forest, is in position to become the first woman to earn any kind of status on a PGA Tour-sanctioned golf circuit after two rounds of the PGA Tour Series China qualifying tournament. Liu, 19, who plans to turn professional after her senior season this spring, has

This may blow over. The jeers in Melbourne mere gamesmanship, the shout in Maui a lone wolf. It could wash away with a mea culpa or be replaced with another controversy in the never-ending news cycle. There is also a chance Augusta National dyes Rae’s Creek pink. In all likelihood, the past month for Patrick

9:22 AM ET The golf equipment industry is a tight-knit group of manufacturers that has grown into a billion-dollar industry, annually pumping out new and improved equipment for its eager consumers. Products that promise to improve the average golfer’s game are promoted by marketing campaigns and ad dollars across a multitude of media platforms. Although

Here are a few things I know to be true: First, any writer who makes predictions will inevitably have those predictions thrown in his face if and when they turn out to wrong. I have some … intense personal experience with this. Putting yourself on the line with something concrete is just bad business. Second,

HONOLULU — The sun was shining while the palm trees swayed in a steady breeze as a small squall blew through Waialae Country Club on Tuesday afternoon. Five thousand miles away, Australia could have used the rain as the country continued to burn. Since the wildfires Down Under began in Queensland and New South Wales

HONOLULU – Fresh off a solid performance in his first Presidents Cup, Abraham Ancer is ready to take the next step in his professional career. A very big, exciting step. Win a tournament? Yes. Of course. But that’s not a surprise. Play in the Masters? OK, sure. Undoubtedly, he is eager to compete at Augusta