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Tiger mania was ramped up following Tiger Woods’ opening round of six-under par 64 in the Zozo Championship in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday, but an impending typhoon has intervened and the start of the second round was postponed until Saturday morning (5:30 p.m. EDT Friday). The PGA Tour announced the postponement at 5:30 p.m. (EDT)

7:41 PM ET CHIBA, Japan — Tiger Woods had Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club rocking during the opening round of the Zozo Championship when he surged to the lead with a 64. A day later, the place is practically underwater. Without anyone hitting a shot in the second round, play was called at 6:30 a.m.

Mack “PaPa” Champ, the man who taught Cameron Champ how to play golf, has passed away at 78 from stomach cancer. The grandfather of the rising PGA Tour star had been under hospice care in the family home in Sacramento since September. Shortly after that transition, Cameron, wearing golf shoes with an inscription for PaPa,

5:50 AM ET Jordan Spieth has said that he believes hemp oils and creams can help professional golfers with their aches and pains but is concerned that lack of regulation of the products could lead to a player failing a drug test. Spieth and Rory McIlroy, both recent world No. 1 players, said they are

The PGA Tour will play its first official event in Japan this week at the inaugural ZOZO Championship. A packed field is set to tee up on Thursday including Tiger Woods, reigning FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy and former FedEx Cup champions Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth. Of the top 50 in the World Ranking,

Following the American Ryder Cup team’s impressive victory in 2016 at Hazeltine, the feeling was that the U.S. was set to dominate the biennial competition for years to come. After 20 years of European domination, finally the American side was prepared to exact a decade’s worth of revenge. Then, the 2018 Ryder Cup happened. Europe’s

12:26 PM ET Associated Press AL AIN, United Arab Emirates — Josh Hill became the youngest winner of a sanctioned tour event Wednesday when the 15-year-old amateur from Dubai shot 8-under 62 to win the Al Ain Open on the MENA Tour. The MENA Tour holds tournaments in the Middle East and North Africa and

Victory laps taken by those who offer gambling advice often fall on deaf ears. Understandably so: It’s all about what you’ve done lately in the business of picking winners. So as we discussed briefly in our post this morning of how our expert panel has correctly predicted five of the six winners in this young

10:47 PM ET CHIBA, Japan — Tiger Woods said he will give Brooks Koepka all the time he needs to decide if he is fit to play in the Presidents Cup after the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world aggravated a knee injury and withdrew from a tournament in South Korea last week. Woods, who

Good closers are hard to come by (go ask the Yankees). In golf, getting it done on Sunday is even more difficult. No one has done it better than Tiger Woods (duh). When leading or tied for the lead after 54 holes, he has a remarkable 55-4 record. When leading by himself, golf’s ultimate frontrunner

Given the electronic world we live in, trips to the post office have become less frequent in recent years. But the United States Postal Service is giving us a good reason to make a visit: Arnold Palmer. On Tuesday, the USPS announced that it will honor Palmer with a commemorative stamp in 2020. The Forever

1:06 PM ET No one swung a golf club quite like seven-time majors champion Arnold Palmer, and now the U.S. Postal Service is immortalizing The King’s swing on a nationwide postage stamp. The stamp, which will be included in the 2020 catalog, features James Drake’s action photograph of Palmer at the 1964 U.S. Open at

In 1993, after the United States had rallied on Sunday to win a dramatic Ryder Cup—the last time the Americans won in Europe—Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo sat together during that night’s press conference. Bernard Gallacher had captained Europe to two close losses, and someone asked Europe’s two biggest stars who should lead the team

11:22 PM ET CHIBA, Japan — It turns out Tiger Woods‘ left knee has been bothering him for most of 2019. Woods said Monday that the Aug. 20 procedure on his left knee to repair minor cartilage damage is something he had planned to do sometime last fall. “It just kind of deteriorated over the

Matthew Wolff never was one to go to bed early, and on Saturday night at the 3M Open in July, he was awake even later than usual. Sitting in a threeway tie for the 54-hole lead at a PGA Tour event does not induce sleep in a restless 20-year-old making his third start as a

Most job fairs are in large part everything from crowded and stressful, to not very fruitful. Then there’s the Augusta National Golf Club job fair. Come again? That’s right, the most prestigious golf club on the planet, is holding a job fair for the 2020 Masters. The club, according to an ad, is looking to

11:26 AM ET CHIBA, Japan — A journey to the other side of the world for Tiger Woods is yet another reminder of how he leads a different life than the rest of us and that trips such as this one involve far more than playing golf. Woods arrived in Japan on Friday, ostensibly to

Jason Day was the big winner of MGM Resorts The Challenge: Japan Skins, taking home $210,000 in the inaugural GOLFTV event. He also provided the most jaw-dropping highlight from a fun day in Japan, by getting up and down from a greenside bunker with a 6-iron. And only a 6-iron. RELATED: Jason Day, Tiger Woods

4:08 AM ET CHIBA, Japan — Rory McIlroy chose the high road, acknowleding that Brooks Koepka had a point when he recently said the Northern Irishman was not a true rival because his major championship victories had been achieved before Koepka was even on the PGA Tour. McIlroy was asked about Koepka’s comments during the

INZAI, Japan — Tiger Woods says he’s rested and healthy, but the 15-time major champion isn’t committing to using a Presidents Cup captain’s pick on himself. At least not yet. Speaking before MGM Resorts The Challenge: Japan Skins, Woods said his surgically repaired left knee has healed ahead of schedule and that he feels well

TOKYO — “I’ve missed this,” Tiger Woods said, flashing his unmistakable smile to a horde of shrieking fans cramped inside the Nike store in Harajuku. In the Q&A that followed, he clarified what exactly he meant by this. He’s missed Japan, where he hasn’t played an official round since the George W. Bush administration. He’s

1:51 PM ET Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts captured his first European Tour title in seven years on Sunday, winning the French Open by one shot after a final round of 72. The 36-year-old, who held a three-shot lead coming into the final day at Le Golf National, fired three birdies and a superb eagle on the

Some wins come easily, with the steady confidence of knowing the tournament is yours for the taking. Danielle Kang’s one-shot triumph over Jessica Korda at the Buick LPGA Shanghai was not one of those wins, by her own admission. “There wasn’t a single hole that I thought I won until the last putt dropped,” said

5:47 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Scott Parel shot his second straight 6-under 66 on Saturday for a share of the lead with Tommy Tolles in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first of three tournaments in the PGA Tour Champions’ Charles Schwab Cup playoffs. Parel rebounded from a bogey on the par-4

The PGA Tour announced on Friday that Matt Every has been suspended for 12 weeks for violating the PGA Tour Conduct Policy for drugs of abuse. He will be eligible to compete again on Jan. 7, 2020. The tour did not specify the drug of abuse and noted it would have no further comment on

The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges is just in its third year, but already its reputation proceeds it. Specifically, its status as a big-money event on the PGA Tour. The total purse for the no-cut, limited-field event held at The Club at Nine Bridges on Juju Island in South Korea is $9.75 million. That’s the

7:56 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Jessica Korda shot a 6-under 66 in the third round, with eight birdies and two bogeys, to take a one-shot lead at the Buick LPGA Shanghai on Saturday. “I’ve been struggling a little bit with my swing, so I’ve been working on it every day. It’s slowly starting

It had to end sometime. Viktor Hovland couldn’t keep posting scores in the 60s on the PGA Tour, treating his nascent professional golf career like he was on an extended run playing Golden Tee. And so on Saturday at the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges, the 22-year-old from Norway did the inevitable. Hovland shot a

6:40 PM ET ESPN News Services Defending champion Brooks Koepka withdrew from the CJ Cup in Jeju Island, South Korea, with a knee injury, the PGA Tour said Friday. Koepka had four bogeys on his first nine for a 75 and was 13 strokes behind Justin Thomas. Koepka, the No. 1 player in the world

Brooks Koepka, No. 1 in the World Golf Ranking, withdrew from the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges prior to the start of the third round, citing a knee injury, the PGA Tour announced. Koepka shot 69-75 and was tied for 51st at the halfway point at Nine Bridges on Jeju Island, South Korea. It was