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He looked sad. Or at best, a long way from cheerful. Speaking to a small group of British journalists at the end of his third-round 66 in last week’s Turkish Airlines Open, only a few brief smiles interrupted the air of melancholy surrounding Francesco Molinari. The deep monotone in which the Italian speaks English only

1:12 PM ET Eddie Pepperell was disqualified from the Turkish Airlines Open on Saturday when he ran out of golf balls. The English pro who was competing in the European Tour event hit as many as five golf balls — his playing partners were unsure — into the water on the par-5 fourth hole at

You’re forgiven if the sports-consuming part of your brain was focused on non-golf activities this weekend. There was no PGA Tour event and the Korn Ferry Tour schedule doesn’t start up again until after the New Year. Unless you’re a big LPGA, European Tour or PGA Tour Champions fan, your attention was likely diverted by

Each week on the Golf Digest Podcast, we give a “Nugget of the week.” It may as well be called “Let’s check Justin Ray’s Twitter feed.” That’s because Ray has become a must-follow in recent years for unearthing stats that keep Golf Twitter buzzing for days. Related: Catch up on all the Golf Digest Podcasts

7:45 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Jeff Maggert kept the lead Saturday in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, while Jerry Kelly had one of the best rounds of the day to get back in the fight for the PGA Tour Champions’ season points title. Maggert birdied the par-5 18th for a 2-under 69 and

Sadly, Ho-sung Choi didn’t make the leap from viral sensation to PGA Tour star in 2019 after four sponsor exemptions resulted in four missed cuts. He reminded golf fans over the weekend, though, that he’s still one of the best players in the world—and still in a league of his own when it comes to

7:42 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Jeff Maggert holed out from 123 yards for eagle on the third playoff hole Sunday to win the Charles Schwab Cup Championship and hand Scott McCarron the season points title on the PGA Tour Champions. Two holes earlier, Retief Goosen missed a 4-foot birdie putt that would have

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 Nov. 11. Hatton wins six-man playoff It has been a trying two years for Tyrrell Hatton. Sunday’s performance, and payday, should alleviate those woes. With a par on the fourth extra

To the victor goes the spoils, and in the case of Tyrrell Hatton, those spoils were plentiful. In holding on under the lights to win a six-man playoff at the Turkish Airlines Open on Sunday afternoon/evening, the 28-year-old Englishman earned the $2 million first-place check with the event being part of the European Tour’s lucrative

11:38 AM ET England’s Tyrrell Hatton beat Austria’s Matthias Schwab on the fourth playoff hole to clinch his second Rolex Series title at the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya on Sunday after a dramatic six-man playoff. For the first time at a professional golf tournament, the floodlights were switched on at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal

ANTALYA, Turkey — Tiger Woods almost did it during the 2000 U.S. Open. And now Eddie Pepperell has actually done it in the Turkish Airlines Open. Run out of balls that is. But where Woods found the 18th fairway at Pebble Beach with his second attempt—and what was, unknown to him at the time, the

2:04 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Overnight leader Ai Suzuki shot a bogey-free 5-under 67 to win the LPGA Japan Classic by three strokes on Sunday. Suzuki carded her fifth birdie of the day on the par-5 18th hole at the Seta Golf Course to finish with a 17-under 199, three shots ahead

Early in the final round of the TOTO Japan Classic, an astounding number of birdies were appearing on the leader board. The three-shot lead that Japan’s Ai Suzuki had at the beginning of the day began to look a lot less comfortable. Jennifer Kupcho was five under through her first seven holes. Morgan Pressel was

Rickie Fowler will not be playing in next week’s Mayakoba Golf Classic after contacting an intestinal bacterial infection that he said he got while on his honeymoon last month. “I am taking medicine prescribed by my physician,” Fowler said in a statement reported by ESPN.com. “But am not at full strength yet. As a result,

1:47 PM ET Rickie Fowler has withdrawn from next week’s Mayakoba Classic near Cancun, Mexico, due to an intestinal bacterial infection that he contracted while on his recent honeymoon. Fowler, who has not played since the Tour Championship in August and was not chosen by captain Tiger Woods on Thursday to be part of the

U.S. Presidents Cup Captain Tiger Woods announced his four captain’s picks Thursday, and the most newsworthy name among them is Tiger Woods. He will become the first playing captain of a Presidents Cup team in 25 years. When Woods recently won the inaugural Zozo Championship by three strokes in a year in which he also

2:02 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Local favorite Ai Suzuki shot a bogey-free 7-under 65 to take a three-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA Japan Classic on Saturday. Suzuki had seven birdies at the par-72 Seta Golf Course to finish her first two rounds at 12-under 132. Gaby Lopez shot

Tiger Woods, the rookie U.S. Presidents Cup captain, called on Tiger Woods the experienced player to bolster an American team looking to win for the eighth straight time in the biennial competition, making himself one of his four wild-card picks on Thursday night for the 13th Presidents Cup in December in Melbourne, Australia. Woods, 43,

The LPGA Q-Series—or Q School, as it more commonly is called—is a right of passage for those on the front end of careers. But for those at career crossroads, it is pis aller, as LPGA veteran Karine Icher might call it in her native French. If pis aller sounds ominous, well, it is. It translates

12:13 PM ET Austria’s Matthias Schwab carded a second-round 67 to take a solo lead at the Turkish Open in Antalya on Friday. Schwab, 24, began the day as joint-leader before getting off to a great start with an eagle at the first. The Austrian made a birdie on the last home to secure a

ANTALYA, Turkey — The first round of the Turkish Airlines Open was only one good part of a very good day for Patrick Reed. Hours after hearing he is one of U.S. captain Tiger Woods’ four wild-card picks for next month’s Presidents Cup in Australia, the former Masters champion toured the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course

2:53 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Australian Hannah Green shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to finish the first round of the LPGA Japan Classic tied for the lead with local favorite Ai Suzuki. Green carded five birdies at the par-72 Seta Golf Course to finish one stroke ahead of six golfers, including

There will come a week when golf is free of controversy. And when that time comes, there will be much rejoicing. But it will not be this week. The latest snafu, involving—you guessed it—a rules infraction, happened at the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship. The biennial competition, a 54-hole four-ball comprised of 19 countries represented

This past May PGA Tour player Chris Kirk announced he was taking a leave of absence for alcohol abuse and depression. The news came a day before Kirk’s 34th birthday. “I have dealt with alcohol abuse and depression for some time now,” Kirk said in a statement. “I thought I could control it, but after

11:45 AM ET England’s Tom Lewis and Austria’s Matthias Schwab shared a one-shot lead after both carded a seven-under-par 65 in the first round of the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya on Thursday. Lewis sank eight birdies, including four in a row from the 15th hole, offset by a bogey on the par-three fifth while

ANTALYA, Turkey — It’s an impressive list, one containing many of golf’s greatest international players of the last half-century. Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman, Sandy Lyle, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Colin Montgomerie, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer and the current holder, Francesco Molinari.

8:52 PM ET An obvious choice and a relative surprise highlighted Ernie Els‘ at-large picks for next month’s Presidents Cup as the International team captain rounded out his 12-man squad Wednesday night. Jason Day, 32, despite recent form that saw him not finish in the top 20 for the past four months, was a slam-dunk

Ernie Els went with players who have shown good form – well, mostly – Wednesday in making his four wild-card selections to fill out his International Team for the upcoming Presidents Cup in December in Melbourne, Australia, adding two rookies to give his team an even split of six first-timers to go with six returnees.

Golf World had only a handful of editors in its 67 years as a print publication, a group that began with Bob Harlow in 1947 and ended with Jaime Diaz in 2014. Like the weekly’s loyal subscribers, its leaders tended to stick around. Terry Galvin, who died Nov. 3 in Chico, Calif., at age 79

5:52 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Harry Higgs rebounded from his first bogey of the week to take a two-stroke lead in the PGA Tour’s inaugural Bermuda Championship. After dropping a stroke on the par-4 14th at hilly Port Royal, Higgs birdied the par-3 16th and par-4 18th on Saturday for his second