Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel pairing surges to Zurich Classic 3rd-round leadVideo
AVONDALE, La. — Former British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen got away with an unremarkable first 11 holes Saturday at the Zurich Classic before lifting his team atop the leaderboard with a finishing flourish. Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel birdied six of their final eight holes at a windy TPC Louisiana to...
Zurich Classic format gives PGA players chances to ‘let it rip’Video
AVONDALE, La. — Tony Finau is among the PGA Tour players primed to take some unusual risks and big swings this week. The tour is back in New Orleans with the Zurich Classic’s two-man team format being held for the first time since 2019. While the second and final rounds...
Masters phenom Will Zalatoris next takes aim at RBC HeritageVideo
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Will Zalatoris won’t raise his expectations or alter his approach going forward after his stellar Masters’ debut. Zalatoris, the slender 24-year-old, finished second on his first trip amid the colorful azaleas and Georgia pines at Augusta National. Now, he’ll stick to the carefully honed plan...
Justin Rose tames tough Augusta National, holds 4-shot lead at the MastersVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Even before the Masters began, it was obvious Augusta National in April was nothing like it was in November. Far less clear was which course Justin Rose was playing Thursday. Rose made seven birdies and an eagle during a torrid 10-hole stretch for a 7-under-par 65 and...
Brooks Koepka refuses to blame rare bad round at Masters on knee painVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Brooks Koepka’s surgically repaired right knee wasn’t the problem in the opening round of the Masters. His swing was. Koepka never got clicking Thursday at Augusta National, his 2-over-par 74 putting him squarely in the middle of the Masters pack. He started with six pars and then...
Augusta National plays on as debate over Georgia voting law ragesVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — While a tempest brews outside Magnolia Lane over Georgia’s voting rights law, Augusta National would prefer to keep the focus on blooming azaleas, pimento cheese sandwiches and tricky greens. That strategy has served the home of the Masters well in previous debates over efforts to keep out...
With firmer conditions back, Masters scores should soarVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — No one needed to see the colorful blooms at Augusta National to realize this will be a much different Masters than the last one. It was the color of the greens. They were yellow. On Wednesday. The excitement of the first major of the golf season was...
Tiger Woods was driving about 85 mph when he crashed SUV near LA
Tiger Woods was driving nearly 90 mph — twice the posted speed limit — on a downhill stretch of road when he lost control of an SUV outside Los Angeles and crashed in a wreck that left the golf superstar seriously injured, authorities said Wednesday. Sheriff Alex Villanueva blamed the...
Back to winning ways, Jordan Speith turns focus to the MastersVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jordan Spieth was a 20-year-old with a 30-year-old head on his shoulders when he first played the Masters and nearly won until Bubba Watson rallied over the last 11 holes to beat him. Now he’s a 27-year-old who has reason to feel much younger. It’s amazing what...
Cameron Tringale leads after 2nd round at Texas Open, nears 1st PGA winVideo
SAN ANTONIO — Cameron Tringale made a move for his first PGA Tour victory with a 3-under-par 69 Friday and a two-shot lead after two rounds of the Valero Texas Open. Tringale, a 12-year veteran, was at 9-under 135 after a round that included five-straight birdies and leads Jordan Spieth...
Los Angeles County detectives won’t reveal cause of Tiger Woods crashVideo
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County sheriff said detectives determined what caused Tiger Woods to crash his SUV last month in Southern California but would not release details Wednesday, citing unspecified privacy concerns for the golf star. Woods suffered serious injuries in the Feb. 23 crash when he struck...
Cheery Garcia comes up aces on frenetic Friday at Match PlayVideo
AUSTIN, Texas — Needing to win the final hole to advance, Bob MacIntrye drilled a driver to 3 feet of the cup on he 371-yard 18th hole. Moments later, Sergio Garcia ended one of the record eight sudden-death playoffs with a hole-in-one. Already the most fickle event in golf, the...
Match Play championship brings out emotions, upsetsVideo
AUSTIN, Texas — Jon Rahm and Patrick Cantlay thrust their fists in celebration with birdies on the final hole to win, the kind of emotions typical for a final round. In the Dell Technologies Match Play, every day can feel like Sunday. The opening round of group play Wednesday featured...
Matt Jones overcomes challenges, takes lead Honda Classic leadVideo
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Aaron Wise had a six-shot lead during the third round of The Honda Classic, looking poised to turn the tournament into a rout. Everything went wrong from there, and Matt Jones took full advantage. The 40-year-old Australian handled the wind at PGA National to shoot...
PGA Tour slowly creeps toward normalVideo
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The backdrop was a navy blue board filled with 33 logos of The Players Championship. Sitting next to PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan was the gold trophy as he spoke about scrapping the tour’s premier event last year and how golf made it through the...
Bay Hill fans get to see show from Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeauVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Bay Hill was bustling Thursday, just like golf before the pandemic. The fans were limited in numbers, but they all wanted the same dose of entertainment provided by Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau. First it was McIlroy, slowly feeling better about his game, and with good reason....
Collin Morikawa charts on course despite Tiger Woods comparisonsVideo
BRADENTON, Fla. — The red shirt for Collin Morikawa to wear Sunday at the Workday Championship never arrived in time. The comparisons with Tiger Woods keep coming up in other ways. When Morikawa turned pro in 2019 after graduating from Cal, he began his PGA Tour career by making the...
Tiger Woods hospitalized after serious rollover crash in Southern California
LOS ANGELES — Golf star Tiger Woods was in the hospital Tuesday after a serious rollover crash near Rancho Palos Verdes, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Woods was the sole occupant of a Genesis GV80 SUV that was traveling north on Hawthorne Boulevard at Blackhorse Road when he...
Sam Burns starts great, finishes strong in 1st round at RivieraVideo
LOS ANGELES — Sam Burns had the ideal start at Riviera. His finish was even better. Burns opened with an 18-foot eagle putt and closed with three straight birdies Thursday in the Genesis Invitational, giving him a 7-under-par 64, the third time this season he has shot 64 in the...
Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam to return to LPGA Tour for tournamentVideo
More than a decade after Annika Sorenstam won her last LPGA Tour event, she’s ready to tee it up again. The LPGA Tour announced on Twitter the 50-year-old Sorenstam committed to play the Gainbridge LPGA in Orlando, Fla., scheduled for Feb. 25-28 on her home course of Lake Nona. It...
Southern Hills in Oklahoma to replace Trump National for ’22 PGA ChampionshipVideo
The PGA Championship is headed back to Southern Hills next year, the Oklahoma course that gets its eighth major championship earlier than expected after the PGA of America cut ties with former President Donald Trump. The 2022 PGA Championship originally was to be played at Trump National in Bedminster, N.J....
As golf evolves, appreciate the PGA Tour’s long-standing recordsVideo
HONOLULU — Chris Kirk shot 65 four days in a row, and it wasn’t enough to win on the PGA Tour. Joaquin Niemann can appreciate the feeling. The dynamic 22-year-old from Chile played both tournaments in Hawaii and was a combined 45-under-par. He lost in a playoff at Kapalua and...
Back surgery No. 5 for Tiger Woods, who will miss multiple tournamentsVideo
Tiger Woods has suffered a setback with his back, disclosing Tuesday he recently had a fifth surgery that will keep him from starting the year until after the West Coast Swing on the PGA Tour. Woods will not play next week in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, which...
Harris English gets 1st PGA win in 7 years at Tournament of ChampionsVideo
KAPALUA, Hawaii — Harris English went more than seven years without winning on the PGA Tour, and he didn’t mind going an extra hole to win the Sentry Tournament of Champions on Sunday. English missed a 10-foot eagle putt in regulation on the par-5 18th hole at Kapalua for a...
Defining moments at golf’s majors in 2020Video
KAPALUA, Hawaii — Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau are renowned for their power, so in a year no one could have imagined, perhaps it was only fitting the signature shot from their major championships came from shorter clubs. And then there’s Collin Morikawa, polished and precise, who won his major...
