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In the midst of Kevin Na’s win last weekend at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas, the PGA Tour’s stat gurus unearthed two fascinating gems: Na had set the ShotLink era record for strokes gained/putting in a single tournament (14.176) and also set the record for the most total feet of putts

If the recent Bio Kim controversy taught us anything, it’s that more than a few PGA Tour pros wouldn’t last very long playing by the Korean Tour’s rules. That’s not to say they are right or wrong in calling out fans who distract them in their backswings, just that they can pretty much get away

5:30 PM ET Associated Press CARY, N.C. — Doug Barron lost his great start with three bogeys over his last four holes and had to settle for a 6-under 66, giving him a one-shot lead over Woody Austin after the opening round Friday in the SAS Championship. This is the last regular-season event on the

What should have been the simple story of a golfer withdrawing from a PGA Tour event turned into a minor saga involving a major champ and the player in question’s wife. Pat Perez pulled out of the field at the Houston Open on Thursday morning. That much was certain, but the what was the reason

4:48 AM ET Associated Press Finland’s Tapio Pulkkanen matched his career-best score on the European Tour with a seven-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead Thursday after the first round of the Italian Open. Pulkkanen, who graduated from the European Challenge Tour last season, sunk seven birdies and did not have any bogeys at the

Most successful golf careers build to a crescendo, but Julieta Granada’s started with one. She was 19, a newly minted professional in her rookie LPGA season when she won the ADT Championship and the first $1 million prize in women’s golf. The year was 2006. Granada, a Paraguayan, only had been exposed to the upside

Cole Hammer dispatched Matthew Wolff in biblical fashion at this year’s NCAA Championship. Through 18 holes in Humble, Hammer has put himself in position to join Wolff as the second 20-year-old winner on the PGA Tour in 2019. Hammer, who just began his sophomore season at the University of Texas, is currently three off the

8:38 AM ET For a good part of his career, Kevin Na was easy to dislike, simply based on his plodding nature on the course. Not only did he play slow, but he had numerous idiosyncrasies that were maddening. So frustrated by Na’s on-course issues at one 2014 tournament, caddie Steve Williams, then working for

Tiger Woods has made a career of making putts, even draining a 20-footer against Michael Strahan on his first attempt during a recent “Good Morning America” segment. But while the 15-time major champ will continue to wield his famed Scotty Cameron, he’s entered a new partnership that will see him create plenty of putting opportunities

1:18 PM ET Associated Press Aaron Stewart was always around golf even when he wasn’t heavily invested. Now he’s involved in ways he never imagined. Stewart, the son of late three-time major champion Payne Stewart, has been appointed tournament director of the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida. The event is the season

Pebble Beach Golf Links has been called the greatest meeting of land and sea in the world. But soon it will also be a unique meeting of polos and pullovers thanks to Jim Nantz. Yep, that Jim Nantz. Golf’s best-known voice will leave his imprint on one of America’s storied destination through a variety of

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Ernie Els is still a few weeks away from revealing the final four members of his International Presidents Cup team that will compete at Royal Melbourne in December, but the South African offered some insight on Tuesday as to which way he might be leaning with his captain’s picks. “My

1:45 PM ET Tiger Woods‘ annual tournament to benefit his foundation will boast several players from the U.S. team he will captain a week later at the Presidents Cup and eight of the top 10-ranked players in the world. Woods is among the 16 players announced Wednesday to participate in the Hero World Challenge, which

There is something different about the fall season this year on the PGA Tour. You have events, like this week’s Houston Open, that are in new spots on the schedule. Instead of being the place where tour pros get in a final Masters tune-up, the Golf Club of Houston welcomes them in October, which leads

5:28 AM ET Former British Open champion Henrik Stenson will be the headline act at the Hong Kong Open in November as organisers press on with the tournament, despite violent protests that have seen a raft of other events in the city cancelled. Numerous sporting events due to be held in the city have been

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — After having his 2018-’19 season cut short because of a wrist injury, Charl Schwartzel could be ready to return to action in about a month if all goes well for the South African. On Tuesday, the 2011 Masters champ played just his third round of golf, participating in the Bahamas

The Houston Open was on life support following the departure of its sponsor. It was given last rites when kicked off the golf course it called home. Yet the Texas tournament is not only still kicking, it is out of the hospital. For the first time in years, it has a tangible future. “This is

3:12 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The PGA Tour Champions is returning to the St. Louis area next year for the first time in nearly 20 years. The tour announced a four-year deal Tuesday with St. Louis-based Ascension. The Ascension Charity Classic will be held Oct. 2-4 at Norwood Hills Country Club, which

You might not think of Bryson DeChambeau as one of the PGA Tour’s most powerful golfers, but he is. He averaged 302.5 yards off the tee last season, good for T-34. And though he’s not among the top-5 or so most physically imposing guys on tour (we’d take Brooks Koepka or Gary Woodland in a

8:37 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Kevin Na matched his career-low Saturday with a 10-under 61 on a day of low scoring in Las Vegas to build a two-shot lead over Patrick Cantlay in the Shiners Hospitals for Children Open. Na was pumping his fist after every putt down the stretch at the

Author’s Note: Payne Stewart began the 1989 PGA Championship in superior form, with five top five finishes that season, including a victory at Hilton Head and a pair of seconds. He shot an underwhelming 74 in the first round at muggy Kemper Lakes in suburban Chicago. It looked like yet another miss in a major

For so long, Tiger Woods made it look so easy. So much so, that every time a guy is in the lead on Sunday at a PGA Tour event we expect him to win, the way Woods did nearly every time, including on Oct. 6, 1996, when he beat Davis Love III in a playoff

1:45 PM ET Associated Press MADRID (AP) – Jon Rahm won the Spanish Open for a second consecutive year Sunday, beating Seve Ballesteros’ record for the fastest Spaniard to reach five European Tour wins. Golfing great Ballesteros needed 49 events to get five wins on the tour. The 24-year-old Rahm did so in 39 tournaments

The Players Championship remains golf’s unofficial fifth major, but it will be the site of a major breakthrough in golf coverage beginning next year. Get ready to watch every shot hit by every player in the field during every round at TPC Sawgrass. Sounds pretty good, right? The PGA Tour announced this media milestone on

9:46 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Kevin Na lost a three-shot lead on the back nine, saved his chances with a clutch par putt on the 17th hole and won the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in a playoff Sunday when Patrick Cantlay three-putted the second extra hole. It was a wild finish

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 Oct. 7. Na beats Cantlay at Shriners Kevin Na is proof that

Entering this week’s Volunteers of America Classic, LPGA rookie Cheyenne Knight knew she was in jeopardy of losing her tour card. The former University of Alabama All-American was 114th on the money list and needed a top-five finish in this, the final full-field tournament of the LPGA season, to get inside the top 100 and

5:27 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Cheyenne Knight struggled so much her rookie season that she made the cut in only half of her tournaments and figured she was headed back to the LPGA Tour qualifying series. One week changed everything. In the only LPGA event in her home state of Texas,

Tony Finau’s third-round 62 put the big-hitting Utah native into contention at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. But even if he doesn’t go on to win, Finau accomplished a PGA Tour first at TPC Summerlin that is worth acknowledging. Finau, despite carding seven birdies and an eagle on Saturday, actually lost 1.507 strokes/putting relative

6:59 AM ET Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Jon Rahm shot an eight-under 63 Saturday to match the course record and take a five-shot lead entering the final round of the Spanish Open. The defending champion had a back-nine 28 to charge to the front at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. The crowd