With a three-over 74 at the LPGA’s Volunteers of America Classic on Friday, Lee-Anne Pace likely played the final round of her professional career. The 38-year-old South African has struggled with pain and stiffness in her body in 2019, her missed cut at the Old American Golf Club outside Dallas after an opening-round 76 marking
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It is early, as far as the PGA Tour season is concerned, but Tony Finau is looking to make a late run in pursuit of a spot on the U.S. Presidents Cup team. Toward the goal, Finau shot a nine-under par 62 in the third-round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Saturday to
6:37 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Jaye Marie Green sometimes struggles not to look too far ahead, and she had a double dose of that Saturday. She caught herself thinking about becoming only the second player in LPGA Tour history with a 59, and winning her first tournament at the Volunteers of
In the least surprising news ever, Patrick Cantlay is at the top of the leader board at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Two years ago, in the midst of a comeback from injury and tragedy, Cantlay earned his first PGA Tour victory at the Shriners, edging out Alex Cejka and Whee Kim in a
9:33 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas resident Kevin Na had two back-nine eagles and shot a 9-under 62 on Friday for a share of the second-round lead in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Playing alongside Phil Mickelson at TPC Summerlin, Na eagled the par-5 13th and 16th holes and added
We’re still about a year away from the 2020 Ryder Cup, but if the matches are anywhere close to being as entertaining as the recent competition between the two captains then golf fans are in for a treat. Steve Stricker and Padraig Harrington got together on Tuesday at Whistling Straits, the site of the biennial
You know what they say: The PGA Tour season doesn’t really start until Phil Mickelson hits a ridiculous recovery shot. Or something like that. In any event, the tour’s third event has given us that first spectacular and quintessential Mickelson moment. Well, spectacular in a good way, that is. Mickelson did make a 9 at
3:39 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Adri Arnaus and Rafa Cabrera Bello took a one-shot lead of the Spanish Open on Friday, as Spaniards finished the second round in the top four spots on the leaderboard. Samuel del Val was third, followed by defending champion Jon Rahm, another stroke behind. Arnaus, who is playing
Dropping “the finger” is bound to generate outcry. But the shouts from Bio Kim’s bird have resulted in an interesting debate. Kim, a former PGA Tour player, shot a fan the Bronx salute last Sunday at a Korean Tour event following a cellphone click in his backswing, an occurrence Kim said happened multiple times throughout
10:47 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Nick Taylor had to scramble for par on his opening two holes Thursday, and then he couldn’t miss in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Taylor ran off a six-hole stretch at 6-under par, including a drive on the 314-yard 14th hole at the TPC Summerlin that
It is no secret that professional golfers enjoy a friendly, and sometimes spirited, wager, often in a Tuesday game at PGA Tour stops. But what happens when the tour stops in a city where spirited wagers can be found everywhere—on and off the course? The PGA Tour is in Las Vegas this week, with its
At a point on the calendar when many of golf’s biggest names are taking some down time and playing little to no golf, Phil Mickelson is having his busiest fall in years. Last week, he played in the Safeway Open, a tournament he’s competed in the previous three seasons. This week it’s the Shriners Hospitals
3:05 PM ET Associated Press Kristian Krogh Johannessen of Norway shot a career-best 8-under 63 to match the course record and take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Spanish Open on Thursday. Johannessen birdied four of his last six holes at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid for the lowest opening
Here is what you won’t see in the wake of the new California law allowing college athletes who attend public and private schools in the state to profit from the use of their name, image and likeness: A parade of high school golfers being wooed to come to State U. by the potential to sign
Tiger Woods was a bad man in the way “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” was good. In his prime, Woods didn’t so much beat his opponents as live rent-free in their heads. Evidenced in this story from Adam Scott. Scott is making an appearance in this week’s Shriners Hospital for Children Open, played in Las Vegas. An
3:33 AM ET Tony Romo is never going to scare anyone on the PGA Tour, which is why he was back at his day job on Sunday in an NFL broadcast booth in Chicago rather than on the fairways of Silverado in Napa, California. As late as Friday afternoon, Romo was in position to make
3:55 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Brooks Koepka spent the majority of his short offseason recovering from stem cell treatment on his left knee, he revealed Wednesday. Koepka returns to competition at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, with the No. 1 player in the world giving Las Vegas its strongest field in
Have you ever grabbed a buddy’s club, looked down at it and thought, ‘Wow, this thing is ug-ly?’ You might be intrigued enough to give it a try, but chances are, your first impression of that club is going to be hard to overcome. Point is, performance is important, but how a club looks to
HAVEN, Wis. — “You’re sure bringing up a lot of negatives here, Julius.” That light jab, directed at the PGA of America’s Julius Mason from United States Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker, elicited laughs from around the Irish Barn at Whistling Straits on Tuesday morning. There, inside the beautiful, dimly lit stone-and-wood building on a
Making his 2019-’20 PGA Tour debut, Brooks Koepka will be joining early-season winners Joaquin Niemann and Sebastián Muñoz in Las Vegas for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. A three-time winner last season, Koepka is back to prepare for the Presidents Cup quickly approaching this December. RELATED: In an upset, Rory McIlroy wins PGA Tour
10:54 AM ET The Korean Tour has suspended current money leader Bio Kim for three years after he made an obscene gesture to fans during the final round of a tournament this past weekend. Holding a one-shot lead on the 16th hole of the DGB Financial Group Volvik Daegu Gyeongbuk Open in Gumi, South Korea,
Padraig Harrington made his Ryder Cup debut in 1999 at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., which, despite the outcome, he said, “Still goes down as probably the most electrifying week I’ve ever had on a golf course.” But it was an incident at the 2004 matches at Oakland Hills Country Club near Detroit that
1:16 PM ET Frenchman Victor Perez made his first European Tour victory a big one, beating Englishman Matthew Southgate by one stroke at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews Sunday. Rookie Perez, in his 29th start on tour, took the lead when Southgate recorded a three-putt bogey from long range at the famous
In the early weeks of the PGA Tour’s new driver testing program for the 2019-’20 season, a handful of players appear to have had drivers tested that have exceeded the speed limit. According to a story from Reuters, five tour pros at last week’s Safeway Open were found to have drivers whose spring-like effect was
Mike Davis, the CEO of the United States Golf Association, has heard all the rumors, reports and speculation about the changes that are coming to the U.S. Open specifically in the selection of venues. “Some of them are simply untrue,” Davis says. “Some, I understand where they came from, even if they’re inaccurate. And some
6:50 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Kirk Triplett won the Pure Insurance Championship for the third time Sunday at Pebble Beach, beating Billy Andrade with an 8-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff. The 57-year-old Triplett also won the PGA Tour Champions event in 2012 and 2013. He has
Cameron Champ’s emotional victory celebration with his father and terminally ill grandfather via phone was one of the most moving sports scenes in recent memory. But how the 24-year-old moved his golf ball around Silverado Resort and Spa to earn his second PGA Tour title was pretty special as well. RELATED: The clubs Cameron Champ
9:32 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Cameron Champ made a 3-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a one-stroke victory over Adam Hadwin on Sunday in the Safeway Open, finishing off an emotional week with his grandfather battling cancer. Three strokes ahead entering the round, Champ had five birdies and overcame a
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 Sept. 30. Champ wins for ailing grandfather Tiger Woods punched the sky
Kirk Triplett has frequented Pebble Beach over the years, and he also has frequented the top of the leader board in the annual PGA Tour Champions event there. Triplett on Sunday won the PURE Insurance Open, as it is now called, by holing a 10-foot birdie putt to defeat Billy Andrade on the first playoff