(Reuters) – Rory McIlroy says the coronavirus shutdown has made him more focused on adding to his tally of four major titles, the last of which came in 2014. The 31-year-old will compete in the PGA Championship at Harding Park starting on Thursday, before the ... More »
(Reuters) – Jon Rahm’s two-shot penalty at the 16th hole of the Memorial Tournament on Sunday had no impact on the final placings but the Spaniard says it took the shine off one of the greatest shots of his career. Rahm’s final round three-over-par 75 was enou... More »
(Reuters) – Spain’s Jon Rahm overcame nerves and a two-shot penalty to claim victory at the Memorial Tournament on Sunday and replace Rory McIlroy at the top of the world rankings. Rahm began the final round at a steamy and gusty Muirfield Village Golf Club wi... More »
(Reuters) – Jack Nicklaus, the 18-time golf major winner, said on Sunday that he was ill with COVID-19 earlier this year and his wife Barbara had also tested positive for the coronavirus. At 80 years old, Nicklaus is in the higher risk category for being serio... More »
(Reuters) – Tiger Woods’ first PGA Tour event in five months ended with a grinding final round four-over 76 at the Memorial Tournament on Sunday, but the 15-times major winner said he was leaving Muirfield Village Golf Club focused on the positives. Woods, who... More »
(Reuters) – A bulked-up Bryson DeChambeau, who has been knocking on the door since the PGA Tour’s return from a COVID-19 hiatus, finally blew it open as he cruised to victory at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit on Sunday. World number 10 DeChambeau, who ... More »
(Reuters) – Webb Simpson birdied three of his final four holes to emerge with victory at the PGA Tour’s tightly-contested RBC Heritage in South Carolina on Sunday. The 34-year-old father of five made sure it was an extra special Father’s Day by recording his s... More »
(Reuters) – Throughout a good part of his career Phil Mickelson was the best golfer never to win a major but as “Lefty” turns 50 he has become golf’s nearly man. As in nearly won the U.S. Open (runner-up six times). Nearly won the career slam. Nearly climbed t... More »
(Reuters) – Daniel Berger emerged from a tightly-bunched leaderboard to win the PGA Tour’s first tournament back after a three-month COVID-19 break with a playoff victory at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas on Sunday. Berger, who needed a bird... More »
(Reuters) – Commissioner Jay Monahan said on Sunday the PGA Tour’s return from a three-month COVID-19 shutdown was off to a phenomenal start and that he will share information about its safety measures with other sports looking to restart play. Monahan, speaki... More »
(Reuters) – Im Sung-jae has enjoyed a longer run at the top of the Fedex Cup standings than many better-known players but the South Korean is taking nothing for granted as he plots his return to PGA Tour action in Texas this week. The hardworking world number ... More »
(Reuters) – China’s Li Haotong says the disruption to the golf calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic has made him love the sport even more and he has been using the enforced break to iron out the flaws in his game. The 24-year-old, who last year became the fir... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The first live televised golf event in the United States since the coronavirus outbreak brought world sport to a standstill attracted an average of 2.35 million viewers on Sunday, NBC Sports said. World number one Rory McIlroy paired up wi... More »
(Reuters) – Zach Johnson and Davis Love III were named as vice captains by U.S. captain Steve Stricker for the 2020 Ryder Cup, which is scheduled to take place in September at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. Love and Johnson join Jim Furyk – who was in... More »
(Reuters) – Harold Varner III is getting impatient to play professional golf again, and has no qualms about jumping straight back into the water when the PGA Tour resumes next month amid the COVID-19 pandemic. While some players have expressed reticence to com... More »
(Reuters) – Tiger Woods promised that next month’s made-for-TV match with Phil Mickelson, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will be an entertaining contest as the quartet try and raise funds for charities involved in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. With professiona... More »
(Reuters) – American Doug Sanders, who was three feet away from beating Jack Nicklaus and winning the 1970 British Open at the home of golf, has died of natural causes aged 86, the PGA Tour said on Sunday. Sanders suffered the disappointment of coming so close... More »
(Reuters) – The PGA Championship, one of golf’s four majors, has been rescheduled for Aug. 6-9 after being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Sunday. The event will remain at the city’s Harding Park course, the p... More »
A tentative plan for a revised professional golf calendar calls for the Masters to be held in November, and the U.S. Open possibly could get moved to California, Golfweek reported Thursday. The report indicated that the release of the new schedule is on hold p... More »
A PGA Tour staff member tested positive for the coronavirus but is “feeling better” and anticipating a complete recovery, Golfweek reported Thursday. Senior vice president of player affairs Ross Berlin confirmed his test results in an email to PGA Tour players... More »
(Reuters) – Major sports events around the world that have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic: OLYMPICS * The International Olympic Committee and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympics must be postponed and held no later than the... More »
(Reuters) – Four years after being inspired by watching compatriot Justin Rose claim gold at the Rio Olympics, Bronte Law had all but secured a spot on the British golf team before the 2020 Tokyo Games were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the O... More »
(Reuters) – The following is a list of international sports events hit by the outbreak of the new coronavirus: ATHLETICS ** The World Athletics Indoor Championships, scheduled for Nanjing from March 13-15, were postponed until next year. World Athletics is wor... More »
(Reuters) – A bad second shot at the final hole of the Honda Classic in Florida on Sunday cost Tommy Fleetwood a chance for his first PGA Tour victory. Needing a birdie at the par-five to force a playoff, Fleetwood tried to fade a five-wood from 235 yards, but... More »
(Reuters) – South Korean Im Sung-jae hit a series of clutch shots down the stretch to clinch his first PGA Tour victory in style, a one-shot triumph at the Honda Classic in Florida on Sunday. Im, last year’s tour rookie of the year, broke through in his 50th s... More »
PINEHURST, N.C. (Reuters) – This year’s U.S. Open purse is unlikely to jump dramatically from last year’s figure of $12.5 million, U.S. Golf Association (USGA) CEO Mike Davis has said. The association estimates that the U.S. Open costs about $80 million to sta... More »
(Reuters) – Patrick Reed’s week began on a sour note with Brooks Koepka stoking the embers of a cheating allegation against him but the Texan ended it in a blaze of glory with victory at the WGC-Mexico Championship on Sunday. Reed may never be able to fully re... More »
(Reuters) – Viktor Hovland became the first Norwegian to win on the PGA Tour when he rammed home a 25-foot birdie at the final hole for a one-shot triumph at the Puerto Rico Open on Sunday. Hovland, who won the 2018 U.S. Amateur Championship and was making jus... More »
(Reuters) – Patrick Reed displayed typically steely resolve and an assured putting touch, outlasting fellow American Bryson DeChambeau for a one-stroke victory at the WGC-Mexico Championship on Sunday. Reed took the lead with a tap-in birdie at the 16th hole a... More »
(Reuters) – Tiger Woods’ game deserted him at the Genesis Open but the former world number one did not lose his sense of humor. Tournament host Woods was asked to assess his form after finishing 22 strokes behind winner Adam Scott and last of the 68 players wh... More »
(Reuters) – Fifteen years after his first victory at Riviera, Adam Scott won the Genesis Open in Los Angeles on Sunday, and this time his victory is official. The Australian, a former Masters champion, overcame an early double-bogey to shoot one-under-par 70 a... More »
(Reuters) – Adam Scott was guilty of a major golfing faux pas in the final round of the Genesis Open on Sunday after thumping his drive through the group ahead, almost hitting another player. The Australian’s tee shot at the dogleg par-four 15th landed in the ... More »
(Reuters) – The following is a list of international sports events affected by the coronavirus that has killed over 900 people and infected more than 40,000 in China after it first emerged in Wuhan, Hubei province, late last year: ATHLETICS * The World Athleti... More »
(Reuters) – Phil Mickelson fell short in his quest for a record sixth Pebble Beach Pro-Am victory on Sunday but said his results over the last few weeks had given him momentum for the rest of the year. Mickelson got within two strokes of eventual winner Nick T... More »
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The LPGA Tour, the elite women’s professional golf circuit, said on Monday it was cancelling tournaments in Thailand and Singapore later this month due to the coronavirus outbreak. More than 40,000 people have been infected by the flu-li... More »
(Reuters) – Former world number one amateur Nick Taylor bent but did not break, surviving an error-strewn stretch and whipping winds to win the Pebble Beach Pro-Am by four strokes in California on Sunday. Taylor set up victory with a chip-in birdie at the 15th... More »
(Reuters) – List of Canadian winners on PGA Tour following Nick Taylor’s win at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday: 8 – Mike Weir, George Knudson 4 – Stephen Ames 3 – Stan Leonard 2 – Nick Taylor, Dave Barr 1 – Corey Conners, Ian Leggatt, Richard Zokol, Dan Hal... More »
(Reuters) – The following is a list of international sports events affected by the coronavirus, which has killed over 300 people and infected more than 14,000 in China after it first emerged in Wuhan, Hubei province, late last year: ATHLETICS * The World Athle... More »
(Reuters) – Webb Simpson stormed from two shots back with two holes to play to win a sudden death playoff with Tony Finau at the Phoenix Open golf tournament on Sunday. Simpson sank clutch birdies on his final three holes, including the first playoff hole, to ... More »
(Reuters) – World number one Brooks Koepka said on Tuesday he thinks the Premier Golf League (PGL), a proposed series that could potentially overshadow the main tours, might actually happen after plans were announced last week. While Koepka acknowledged he sti... More »
(Reuters) – Canadian Adam Hadwin and South African Erik van Rooyen have snuck into the field for next year’s Masters after finishing the year barely inside the top 50 in the world rankings. With no more official tournaments left on the global 2019 schedule aft... More »
(Reuters) – The Malaysian Open will return to the Asian Tour next year following a four-year hiatus, officials said on Monday. The event will offer a purse of $1 million and be held at Kota Permai Golf and Country Club March 5-8. The Malaysian Open became the ... More »
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – United States captain Tiger Woods led from the front as the Americans dominated the Sunday singles to overhaul the Internationals at Royal Melbourne 16-14 and claim an eighth successive Presidents Cup. Woods clinched a record 27th win in ... More »
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Patrick Reed had dug himself a hole before arriving at the Presidents Cup, his two-stroke penalty for flinging some sand away with his wedge in a waste bunker stoking controversy and putting a big target on his back at Royal Melbourne. By... More »
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Louis Oosthuizen said his late charge at the Australian Open has given him a big boost of confidence heading into this week’s Presidents Cup clash against Tiger Woods’s United States team at Royal Melbourne. The 2010 British Open champion ca... More »
BELLE OMBRE, Mauritius (Reuters) – Danish teenager Rasmus Hojgaard gave a nerveless display in a tense sudden-death playoff on Sunday to win the Mauritius Open in a three-man shootout. He made eagle on the third playoff hole, after Italy’s Renato Paratore had ... More »
(Reuters) – Kim Sei-young sank a 25-foot birdie putt at the final hole to win the CME Group Tour Championship and the biggest prize in women’s golf, $1.5 million, in Florida on Sunday. After leading almost the entire tournament, Kim nearly blew it before comin... More »
(Reuters) – Four players, including home favorite Carlos Ortiz, were bunched within one shot of the lead at the Mayakoba Classic in Mexico on Sunday when play was suspended due to darkness late in the final round. Americans Brendon Todd and Vaughn Taylor were ... More »
(Reuters) – 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... More »
CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) – Tiger Woods on Monday declared himself “right on schedule” after recent knee surgery as he prepares to return to competition at this week’s Zozo Championship following two months on the sidelines. Speaking at his first press conference... More »
(Reuters) – 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, fir... More »
(Reuters) – Kevin Na squandered a four-shot lead on the back nine but came up trumps in a playoff against Patrick Cantlay to win the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas on Sunday. Na sank a four-foot par putt at the second extra hole at TPC Summe... More »
(Reuters) – Californian Cameron Champ survived a late scare before sinking a four-foot birdie putt at the final hole for an emotional win at the Safeway Open in northern California on Sunday. Champ, playing for his gravely ill grandfather who is stricken with ... More »
(Reuters) – It is only 16 days since Rory McIlroy was crowned FedEx Cup champion but players are already gearing up for the new U.S. PGA Tour season with the opening event, the Greenbrier Classic, kicking off in West Virginia on Thursday. With the calendar eve... More »
(Reuters) – Australian Hannah Green erased a three-stroke deficit over the final four holes to win the Cambia Portland Classic on Sunday, denying qualifier Yealimi Noh a dream victory and an LPGA Tourcard. Green closed with a five-under-par 67, making par on t... More »
For about 15 minutes, Scott McCarron looked like he had won the PGA Tour Champions Shaw Charity Classic with one of the more clutch putts on tour this season. Then Wes Short Jr. — and perhaps fate — intervened. Needing a birdie to win and a par to force a play... More »
(Reuters) – Justin Thomas faltered in the final round at the BMW Championship on Sunday but held on for an ultimately comfortable three-stroke victory at Medinah in suburban Chicago. He carded a closing four-under 68 to finish on a 25-under-par total of 263, w... More »
Doug Barron fired a bogey-free, 6-under 66 in the final round of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open in Endicott, N.Y., on Sunday to claim his first Champions Tour title in his second senior start. Barron, who turned 50 on July 24, finished the 54-hole tournament a... More »
(Reuters) – The sporting expression “caught fire” took on a literal meaning on Sunday as several players at the BMW Championship, including Phil Mickelson, were affected by a fire at their hotel. A lightning strike caused a blaze on the top floor of the Eaglew... More »
(Reuters) – The PGA Tour is considering expanding its pace-of-play policy in the wake of vocal criticism by players and fans of recent slow play. Current policy only addresses pairings and threesomes with all the players in a group having to complete a hole wi... More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina native J.T. Poston became the first player in 45 years to win a PGA Tour event without dropping a shot when he beat Webb Simpson by one stroke at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday. Not since Lee Trevino at New Orlea... More »
(Reuters) – ‘Smiling Cinderella’ Hinako Shibuno completed a fairytale week by winning the Women’s British Open in her first LPGA event at Milton Keynes on Sunday. The 20-year-old Japanese rank outsider, who earned her nickname because of her radiant smile, ram... More »
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – The final day of practice before the British Open Championship at Royal Portrush was hit by steady rain on Wednesday, and forecasts are for showers on the first two days of competition. Strong sea breezes combined with th... More »
(Reuters) – Rory McIlroy has signaled an attacking policy for this week’s British Open, saying he hopes to use his driver liberally at Royal Portrush after having enjoyed considerable success with the strategy last year. The par-71 Portrush measures a whisker ... More »
(Reuters) – China’s Shanshan Feng birdied four of her final six holes to card a nine-under-par 63 and win the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic by one shot from Ariya Jutanugarn on Sunday. Ariya (64) had a three-shot lead on the back nine but a bogey on 15 proved ... More »
(Reuters) – Hannah Green became the third Australian woman to win a major with a one-stroke victory over South Korean Park Sung-hyun at the Women’s PGA Championship in Chaska, Minnesota on Sunday. After a poor six-iron approach into a bunker at the final hole,... More »
(Reuters) – Four years ago Hannah Green was attending the U.S. Women’s Open as part of her reward for winning a Karrie Webb scholarship. On Sunday, she followed in Webb’s footsteps by winning the Women’s PGA Championship, becoming the third Australian to win a... More »
(Reuters) – Lee Jeong-eun had a ‘6’ added to her surname on the Korean women’s golf tour to differentiate her from the five others that joined the circuit before her. After Sunday’s victory at the U.S. Women’s Open, however, “Lee6” has certainly made a name fo... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump pressed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday to even out a trade imbalance with the United States and expressed confidence, despite Japanese wariness, that “good things” would come from North Korea. Trump i... More »
(Reuters) – On course for her maiden LPGA Tour victory on Sunday, Bronte Law’s final round at the Pure Silk Championship started to go pear-shaped at the turn as searing heat sapped her strength and her swing started to fail her. Thankfully, crackers saved the... More »
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (Reuters) – A coronation almost turned into a calamity but Brooks Koepka survived to win the PGA Championship for a second consecutive year on Sunday and establish himself as golf’s new top dog. The American, who had held a seven-stroke lead ... More »
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (Reuters) – Brooks Koepka has gone from being an afterthought to the most dominant player in golf over the last two years, the quiet assassin who speaks softly but carries a big stick. In a sport where players often blather niceties about how... More »
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (Reuters) – Jordan Spieth failed to complete the career grand slam at the PGA Championship on Sunday but the American did show his recent struggles on the course may be a thing of the past. The three-times major champion arrived at the year’s... More »
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (Reuters) – Dustin Johnson narrowly missed out on winning his second career major at the PGA Championship on Sunday but in doing so he joined some very select company by completing the career runner-up grand slam. Johnson, who finished two sh... More »
(Reuters) – Defending champion Brooks Koepka is the one to beat at this week’s PGA Championship even if Tiger Woods will have the boisterous New York galleries on side as one of golf’s four major tournaments begins a new era in the spring. After being held sin... More »
(Reuters) – Bethpage Black, a stout par-70 that stretches 7,459 yards on rolling Long Island land, proved a beast when it hosted the U.S. Open in 2002 and 2009 but scoring might be easier at this week’s PGA Championship. While the U.S. Golf Association has tra... More »
(Reuters) – South Korea’s Sung Kang elevated his game on the back nine to claim his first career PGA Tour victory at the AT&T Byron Nelson in Dallas with a comfortable two-stroke win on Sunday. Kang started sluggishly, playing even par through the first seven ... More »
(Reuters) – The days of Max Homa feeling an impostor on the PGA Tour are history after he held his nerve during an hour-long rain delay before closing out an emphatic three-stroke victory at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday. ... More »
(Reuters) – Justin Rose had a confidence-boosting finish at Quail Hollow on Sunday in the leadup to the PGA Championship but his Ryder Cup team mate Rory McIlroy continued his worrying final round form. World number two Rose closed with a tidy 68 to finish thi... More »
(Reuters) – Kim Sei-young birdied the first extra hole to win the LPGA Mediheal Championship in San Francisco on Sunday and improve her perfect playoff record to 4-0. Kim overcame a dreadful start to the final round — a double-bogey at the first hole followed ... More »
(Reuters) – Taiwan’s Pan Cheng-tsung held steady when it counted and won his first PGA Tour tournament with a one-stroke victory over Matt Kuchar as world number one Dustin Johnson stumbled badly on the back nine at the RBC Heritage in South Carolina on Sunday... More »
(Reuters) – Rory McIlroy celebrated St Patrick’s Day in style by becoming the first player from Northern Ireland to win the Players Championship, emerging as the last man standing to beat Jim Furyk by one stroke in Ponte Vedra, Florida on Sunday. On a day when... More »
(Reuters) – Another chapter to the rich history of the 17th hole at the Players Championship was written on Sunday when two players in contention sank monster birdie putts within minutes of each other during the final round in Ponte Vedra Beach. The island-gre... More »
(Reuters) – Rory McIlroy has won four of the five biggest events in golf after his one-stroke victory at the Players Championship in Florida on Sunday and is slowly turning his sights on the fifth — next month’s Masters at Augusta National. A victory at the Ap... More »
(Reuters) – European winners of the Players Championship after Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy triumphed at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, Florida on Sunday: 1987 – Sandy Lyle (Scotland) 2008 – Sergio Garcia (Spain) 2009 – Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 2014 – Martin K... More »
(Reuters) – Francesco Molinari clinched a two-stroke victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational when he stormed home with a closing eight-under-par 64 in Florida on Sunday. The British Open champion enjoyed his “best putting day ever” which he capped off by sin... More »
(Reuters) – With just over a month to go before he makes another bid for the career Grand Slam at the Masters, Rory McIlroy endured a mediocre final round to finish equal sixth in his title defense at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida on Sunday. It was... More »
(Reuters) – Rory McIlroy has advised Sergio Garcia to find “sanctuary” on the golf course rather than let his emotions get the better of him following his outburst and subsequent disqualification at the Saudi International earlier this month. Garcia was disqua... More »
(Reuters) – World number one Justin Rose described his victory as a “win-and-a-half” after carding a three-under-par 69 to beat Adam Scott by two shots at the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego on Sunday. The Englishman’s latest victory was his 10th on the PG... More »
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (Reuters) – Francesco Molinari kept the coolest head in Carnoustie as he steered a steady course through a wild afternoon of nailbiting tension at the British Open on Sunday to become the first Italian major champion. With a strong breeze ... More »
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (Reuters) – Francesco Molinari was only half joking when he said his stunning British Open victory might make the headlines back home – as long Ferrari had not won the Grand Prix in Hockenheim. The 35-year-old became the first Italian to w... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Global sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has won the rights to show the 2018 PGA Championship in Britain and Ireland, showing the golf major for free across multiple platforms as a way to attract new viewers. Eleven Sports said earlier this m... More »
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (Reuters) – Not so long ago they were saying he was washed up, finished, but for a spell on Sunday it seemed as if Tiger Woods was ready to shove the words of his critics right back down their throats. Although he ultimately came up short ... More »
(Reuters) – South Korean Park Sung-hyun won her second major title when she overcame compatriot Ryu So-yeon and Japan’s Nasa Hataoka in a three-way playoff at the Women’s PGA Championship outside Chicago on Sunday. Less than a year after capturing the U.S. Wom... More »
(Reuters) – Sweet-swinging Francesco Molinari “executed the plan perfectly” to clinch a first PGA Tour title in style by taking control on the back nine as he stormed to an emphatic eight-shot victory at the Quicken Loans National in Maryland on Sunday. Molina... More »
Italy’s Francesco Molinari came to the United States this week in search of points for the FedEx Cup playoffs and some momentum for the rest of the season, especially the two remaining major events on the professional golf calendar. Molinari left with his firs... More »
SHOAL CREEK, Ala. (Reuters) – Ariya Jutanugarn let a seven-stroke lead slip through her fingers at the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday after a remarkable back-nine collapse but averted disaster by beating South Korean Kim Hyo-joo in a playoff to collect her second... More »
SHOAL CREEK, Ala. (Reuters) – Ariya Jutanugarn’s collapse at the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday ranked among the most memorable in major championship history, eight-times PGA Tour winner Brad Faxon said after watching the Thai squander a seven-shot lead before wi... More »
(Reuters) – Pernilla Lindberg was ecstatic to win the first major of 2018, but acknowledges that the U.S Women’s Open is the biggest championship in their game. After capturing the ANA Inspiration two months ago, Lindberg will go for successive major titles at... More »
(Reuters) – Ariya Jutanugarn made it 15 different winners in 15 events on the LPGA Tour this year when she triumphed in a three-way playoff at the Kingsmill Championship in Virginia on Sunday. Ariya rolled in a 12-foot birdie at the second extra hole to beat J... More »
