December 3, 2017- New Providence, The Bahamas- Tiger Woods (left) poses for a photo with winner Rickie Fowler (right) after the final round of the Hero World Challenge golf tournament at Albany. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports (Reuters) – Tiger ... More »
November 30, 2017- New Providence, The Bahamas- Tiger Woods hits a shot on the 15th hole during the first round of the Hero World Challenge golf tournament at Albany. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports (Reuters) – Tiger Woods dazzled in his much-an... More »
Sep 24, 2017- Atlanta, GA, USA- Jordan Spieth follows his shot from the second tee during the final round of the Tour Championship golf tournament at East Lake Golf Club. Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo (Reuters) – World number two Jordan Spieth will b... More »
Phil Mickelson is proving more adept wielding a golf club than taking a selfie at the Presidents Cup as he joined Tiger Woods for the most victories at the team event. More »
Rory McIlroy has said that Tiger Woods does not need to prove anything to anyone anymore and has guaranteed his status as a legend even if he never returns to competitive golf. More »
Justin Thomas was seven-years-old when he attended the 2000 PGA Championship in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. More »
Jun 25, 2017- Cromwell, CT, USA- Jordan Spieth holds the Championship trophy after a victory in the first playoff hole during the final round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament at TPC River Highlands. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sport... More »
Jun 18, 2017- Hartford, WI, USA- Brooks Koepka holds up the U.S. Open Championship trophy after the final round of the 2017 U.S. Open Championship at Erin Hills. Mandatory Credit: Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via USA TODAY NETWORK The winds of chan... More »
May 14, 2017- Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA- Si Woo Kim hoist the trophy after winning The Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass – Stadium Course. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports South Korean Kim Si-woo became the youngest winner of ... More »
Oct 2, 2016- Chaska, MN, USA- Sergio Garcia of Spain reacts to a putt on the 15th green during the single matches in 41st Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters Masters champion Sergio Garcia enjo... More »
Dustin Johnson of the U.S. walks on the 10th green during Wednesday practice rounds for the 2017 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, U.S., April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson World number one Dustin Johnson’s participation in the U.S. ... More »
April 2, 2017- Rancho Mirage, CA, USA- Lexi Thompson reacts following her loss in playoff against So Yeon Ryu during the final round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills CC – Dinah Shore Tournament Cou. Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports A tea... More »
Mar 23, 2017- Austin, TX, USA- Hideki Matsuyama of Japan plays Ross Fisher of England during the second round of the World Golf Classic – Dell Match Play golf tournament at Austin Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports During a normal ... More »
Oct 2, 2016- Chaska, MN, USA- Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his shot from the seventh tee during the single matches in 41st Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters World number three Rory ... More »
February 12, 2017- Pebble Beach, CA, USA- Jordan Spieth celebrates after making his putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Jordan S... More »
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and U.S. President Donald Trump are seen in the Presidential Limousine as they depart from Trump International Golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., February 11, 2017, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit... More »
Jan 26, 2017- La Jolla, CA, USA- Tiger Woods lines up a putt on the 1st green during the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Course. Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Former world number one Tiger Woods has a... More »
Brandon Stone claimed a second European Tour victory as he ran away from the field for a seven-stroke triumph at the Alfred Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek Country Club on Sunday. More »
Team USA vice-captain Tiger Woods talk at the 13th green during the practice round for the Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, September 28, 2016. Mandatory Credit: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports/File photo Stokes More »
File Photo – Jul 31, 2016- Springfield, NJ, USA- Hideki Matsuyama watches his tee shot on the second hole during the Sunday round of the 2016 PGA Championship golf tournament at Baltusrol GC – Lower Course. Mandatory Credit: Eric Sucar-USA TODAY Sports / Reute... More »
Oct 2, 2016- Chaska, MN, USA- Jordan Spieth of the United States and Team USA vice-captain Bubba Watson celebrate winning the Ryder Cup during the single matches in 41st Ryder Cup Hazeltine National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Spor... More »
Oct 2, 2016- Chaska, MN, USA- Team Europe vice-captain Thomas Bjorn and Team USA vice-captain Tiger Woods on the first hole during the single matches in 41st Ryder Cup Hazeltine National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Tiger Woo... More »
Oct 2, 2016- Chaska, MN, USA- The USA poses with the Ryder CUp during the closing ceremonies after the single matches in 41st Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports Stokes More »
Four-time Masters champion Arnold Palmer pauses and bows to the gallery as he walks to the 18th green during his final competitive appearance in the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, U.S. on April 9, 2004. REUTERS/Kevin... More »
Arnold Palmer of the U.S. waves to the crowd as he stands on the 18th green during the Champion Golfers’ Challenge tournament ahead of the British Open golf championship on the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, July 15, 2015. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne Stokes More »
Arnold Palmer of the U.S. waves to the crowd as he stands on the 18th green during the Champion Golfers’ Challenge tournament ahead of the British Open golf championship on the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland on July 15, 2015. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh/File Phot... More »
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Young gun Jordan Spieth, evoking memories of Tiger Woods at Augusta National 18 years ago, added his name to golf’s record books with a stunning wire-to-wire victory by four shots at the Masters on Sunday. Ice-cool whenever he face... More »
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Jordan Spieth’s sublime putting on some of the most treacherous greens in golf, which set up his Masters victory on Sunday, was underpinned by his imaginative touch, says putting maestro Ben Crenshaw. While Crenshaw is acknowledged... More »
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – This week’s Masters is one of the most intriguing ever with the prospect of a career grand slam for Rory McIlroy and uncertainty over the state of Tiger Woods’ game heading a plethora of compelling storylines. Northern Irish world ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Former world number one Tiger Woods expects to be challenging for a place on the U.S. team for next year’s Ryder Cup, according to skipper Davis Love III. In an interview with the BBC, Love said he was in regular contact with Woods and was n... More »
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (Reuters) – The PGA Tour’s ‘Florida Swing,’ golf’s unofficial start of the road to the Masters, begins on Thursday with world number one Rory McIlroy heading a strong field in the Honda Classic at PGA National. In what promises to b... More »
PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) – Tiger Woods will skip next week’s Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida, raising questions about his prospects of competing in the year’s first major, the April 9-12 Masters. Woods, who had back surgery last y... More »
PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) – Jordan Spieth was golf’s hottest player at the end of 2014 and the fast rising American believes he is close to that level as he prepares for the Masters, the opening major of the year. World number nine Spieth has rec... More »
BEAVER Creek, Colorado (Reuters) – Anna Fenninger survived a near-wipeout late in her second run to win the women’s giant slalom title at the alpine ski world championships on Thursday while Tina Maze’s bid for history came to a halt. Austrian Fenninger, who w... More »
BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (Reuters) – Lindsey Vonn arrived at the alpine ski world championships as the headline act but exited on Thursday having failed to deliver the award winning performance that had been predicted. With her model looks, famous boyfriend and ... More »
LA JOLLA, California (Reuters) – Former world number one Tiger Woods withdrew after 11 holes of his opening round at the Farmers Insurance Open on Thursday because of a back complaint, with American compatriot Nicholas Thompson leading the way at Torrey Pines.... More »
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Reuters) – So far, so good for Keegan Bradley, who four months ago traded a belly putter for a conventional one in a bid to prepare himself for a major change to be implemented by golf’s rulemakers at the end of this year. As of Jan. 1, 20... More »
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Reuters) – While Tiger Woods struggled in his first PGA Tour start of the season, Ryan Palmer birdied two of his last three holes to seize a one-shot lead at the weather-hit Waste Management Phoenix Open on Thursday. Palmer, bidding for hi... More »
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Reuters) – Tiger Woods mixed the good and bad with a fair dose of the ugly on the way to an opening two-over-par 73 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open on Thursday in his first PGA Tour start of the season. Playing in only his second tour... More »
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Reuters) – Tiger Woods, set to compete at the Waste Management Phoenix Open this week for the first time in 14 years, was in a humorous mood on Tuesday as he spoke about his rusty game and a repaired set of teeth. Eight days ago, Woods los... More »
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Reuters) – Tiger Woods has not competed at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in 14 years but he is remembered most by the raucous crowds that gather here at the TPC Scottsdale for his electrifying debut four years earlier. In January 1997,... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – World number two Adam Scott is ready to take advantage of the absence of Rory McIlroy at the $8.5 million WGC-HSBC Champions tournament starting here on Thursday. Australian Scott is part of a stellar field that includes 40 of the top 50 p... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASCAR driver Tony Stewart’s involvement in a fatal on-track accident over the weekend may wave a caution flag for the big-money corporate sponsors backing the three-time champion’s team, industry analysts said. While no charges have bee... More »
LOUISVILLE Kentucky (Reuters) – Pre-tournament favorite Rory McIlroy recovered from a stumbling start to overcome a series of challengers and clinch his fourth major title by a shot at the PGA Championship on Sunday. A stroke in front of the chasing pack overn... More »
LOUISVILLE Kentucky (Reuters) – Rickie Fowler achieved the rare feat of top-five finishes at all four majors this year but Sunday’s tie for third at the PGA Championship was the one that stung the most. The 25-year-old Californian, who has triumphed just once ... More »
LOUISVILLE Kentucky (Reuters) – Lee Westwood stormed into a share of the PGA Championship lead with five birdies in his last six holes on Thursday as four-times winner Tiger Woods ended the opening round a distant nine shots off the pace. Englishman Westwood, ... More »
(Reuters) – Rory McIlroy continued his dominating form when he won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational by two strokes on Sunday and regained the world number one ranking, replacing Australia’s Adam Scott. McIlroy made a sizzling start to the final round with thre... More »
(Reuters) – Australian Marc Leishman, maintaining his recent good form, upstaged the game’s biggest names as he charged into a one-shot lead in the opening round of the elite WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio on Thursday. While eight-times winner Tig... More »
PARAMUS New Jersey (Reuters) – Tiger Woods, battling back from a back injury, still drives fan interest and TV ratings and PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem is as keen as the former world number one himself that he has a big 2014 finish. Finchem told reporters... More »
HOYLAKE England (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy suffered several anxious moments but kept the jitters in check to rubber-stamp his status as the newest golfing great by landing the first British Open title of his career on Sunday. The 25-year-old Northern Irishman wa... More »
(Reuters) – LeBron James has overtaken Michael Jordan as the United States’ most popular athlete, according to a Harris poll. Almost from the moment James exploded onto the NBA scene as the number one overall pick in the 2003 draft a debate has raged over who ... More »
HOYLAKE England (Reuters) – Golfing gunslingers Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods sprayed Royal Liverpool with a barrage of birdie bullets to steal the show in a thrilling opening round of the 143rd British Open on Thursday. Northern Irishman McIlroy has developed ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Ryder Cup mainstays Lee Westwood and Graeme McDowell may be on the outside looking in on Europe’s team at the moment but vice-captain Sam Torrance has no doubt that both will be in the side come September. The top nine in the points list qua... More »
(Reuters) – Australian Oliver Goss surged into a four-way tie for the lead as Tiger Woods missed the cut after the second round of the Quicken Loans National in Maryland on Friday. Competing in only his second PGA Tour event as a professional, the 20-year-old ... More »
PINEHURST North Carolina (Reuters) – Homesick for the European lifestyle, Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts has mainly struggled on the PGA Tour this season but hopes that his love of the U.S. Open can help reignite his game this week at Pinehurst. The 31-year-old, ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Liverpool is the home of music giants The Beatles and the city’s exalted five-times European soccer champions and in July it may also be the stage where Miguel Angel Jimenez creates golfing history, says Tony Jacklin. None of the four major ... More »
(Reuters) – Adam Scott plans to enjoy being the world’s top-ranked player for as long as he can but knows his focus needs to be on golf at this week’s Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas. The Australian will be competing in his first PGA Tour event ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The ex-wife of Tiger Woods said she has a good relationship with the golfer and called him a “great father” in her first media comments on their relationship since their marriage was dissolved four years ago after his serial cheating. E... More »
PONTE VEDRA BEACH Florida (Reuters) – Martin Kaymer withstood an early challenge by Jordan Spieth, a weather delay and a late wobble to clinch his second PGA Tour title with a nervy one-shot victory at the Players Championship on Sunday. The German, co-leader ... More »
(Reuters) – Englishman Simon Dyson, who was handed a suspended two-month ban for cheating in December, fired a five-under-par 67 to grab a share of the first round lead at the European Tour’s China Open on Thursday. The Englishman fired six birdies and a lone ... More »
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Bubba Watson withstood an inspired early challenge from playing partner Jordan Spieth to clinch the Masters for a second time in three years with a three-shot victory at Augusta National on Sunday. Trailing the prodigiously talente... More »
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Jordan Spieth may have missed his chance to become the youngest Masters champion but the 20-year-old showed he could yet be a champion for the ages. The baby-faced Texan belied his tender years with a stunning debut at Augusta Nati... More »
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – No sooner had the seemingly ageless Miguel Angel Jimenez secured fourth place at the 78th Masters on Sunday than he turned his attention to winning back a place in Europe’s Ryder Cup team. The Spaniard capped a memorable week by re... More »
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Former FedExCup champion Bill Haas tied his lowest score in a major to snatch the lead at the Masters on Thursday while holder Adam Scott experienced a real sense of deja vu in the opening round. American Haas, whose great uncle Bo... More »
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Former FedExCup champion Bill Haas posted his lowest score in a major to snatch the lead midway through the Masters first round on Thursday while holder Adam Scott experienced a real sense of deja vu. The 31-year-old Haas, whose gr... More »
(Reuters) – As the first of the season’s four major championships, the Masters has always been the most keenly anticipated, a veritable golfing ‘rite of spring’ that brings together the game’s leading players in Augusta, Georgia. This year, that sense of expec... More »
(Reuters) – Tiger Woods announced on Tuesday he would miss next week’s Masters after undergoing back surgery for a pinched nerve that has troubled him for months. The world number one pulled out of his traditional Masters warm-up event in Florida last month an... More »
(Reuters) – Doubts about Tiger Woods’s chances of surpassing Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18 major titles soared on Tuesday as the world number one revealed he had back surgery and would miss the Masters. The clock has been ticking ever louder on Woods’s quest to... More »
(Reuters) – An emotional Matt Every clinched his first PGA Tour victory in dramatic fashion when he surged past a faltering Adam Scott to win the $6.2 million Arnold Palmer Invitational by one stroke in Florida on Sunday. “It’s tough man. You just never know i... More »
(Reuters) – Masters champion Adam Scott climbed out of his sick bed and into a three-shot lead after the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida on Thursday. Scott felt lousy all night, but his decision to play proved a good one as he... More »
(Reuters) – Arnold Palmer said on Thursday Tiger Woods will be “dangerous” at next month’s Masters but acknowledged that doubts surround the health of the 14-times major champion. Woods withdrew from this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida, a tournam... More »
(Reuters) – Tiger Woods announced on Tuesday he had withdrawn from this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, one of his favorite events and a key lead-up to next month’s Masters. The world number one said he pulled out of the tournament because he was still havi... More »
DORAL, Florida (Reuters) – Tiger Woods, Adam Scott and a nasty Blue Monster will share the spotlight at this week’s WGC-Cadillac Championship in Doral, where a new world number one may be crowned. The world’s top 50 ranked players have arrived in Miami to take... More »
(Reuters) – World number one Tiger Woods withdrew from the Honda Classic during the final round on Sunday at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida, citing a back injury. Woods retired on the 13th hole at PGA National, where he was five over par for the day and level f... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Swashbuckling young French musketeer Victor Dubuisson has the weapons to win majors and become the world’s number one golfer, according to fellow countryman and former Ryder Cup player Thomas Levet. The 23-year-old Dubuisson lost to Australi... More »
(Reuters) – Three months after bursting into the limelight with his maiden victory on the European Tour, Victor Dubuisson elevated his profile on the PGA Tour in spectacular fashion Sunday at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Despite never having play... More »
(Reuters) – Unpredictability is the abiding theme for this week’s WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona where every player in the 64-man field is prepared to expect the unexpected. Because of the sheer lottery of the matchpl... More »
(Reuters) – Tiger Woods could not wish for a better place to launch his 2014 PGA Tour campaign than at the Torrey Pines Golf Club for this week’s Farmers Insurance Open outside San Diego where he will be hunting a record eighth victory. Not only was the pictur... More »
(Reuters) – World number one Tiger Woods will launch his 2014 campaign at one of his favorite venues, having committed on Monday to play in this month’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, tournament organizers said. Woods won the event there for a record ... More »
(Reuters) – The top 10 sporting breakthroughs in 2013: 1. Marc Marquez, MotoGP champion The 20-year-old Spanish rookie became the youngest MotoGP champion when he held his nerve to finish third in the final race of the season in Valencia to pip holder Jorge Lo... More »
THOUSAND OAKS, California (Reuters) – Tournament host Tiger Woods was denied a sixth win of the year in sensational fashion when he lost the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge in a playoff with Zach Johnson at Sherwood Country Club on Sunday. Johnson, who had... More »
LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (Reuters) – Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn, who has not competed since suffering a knee injury in February, completed her first World Cup training run at Lake Louise on Wednesday but was undecided about entering Friday’s race. “I l... More »
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Adam Scott will appreciate some time off to stop and smell the roses after a breakthrough year and a maiden major trophy at the U.S. Masters, but the Australian may find it hard to quit while enjoying some of the best form of his career. ... More »
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s Adam Scott has set a goal of winning a career grand slam of golf’s four majors and says his breakthrough U.S. Masters win is yet to pay full dividend to his game. “I’d love to win the career grand slam and put myself in that r... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The absence of Tiger Woods will not go unnoticed at this week’s WGC-HSBC Champions tournament but the attendance of 40 of the world’s top 50 players suggests the tournament is living up to its billing as a World Golf Championships tourname... More »
(Reuters) – World number six Rory McIlroy produced some dazzling golf on the back nine to overcome a sniffling Tiger Woods by one shot in their lucrative ‘Match at Mission Hills’ in China on Monday. The double major-winning Northern Irishman shot a six-under-p... More »
(Reuters) – Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn will skip the opening race of the Alpine ski World Cup this weekend, giving herself more time to get back in shape after a major knee injury last season. “I feel that I need more training before I start racing again… w... More »
(Reuters) – The inaugural FedExCup-style ‘Final Series’ that tees off in Shanghai this week will give the European Tour a much-needed shot in the arm after a difficult year, said twice major winner Jose Maria Olazabal. While the rival U.S. PGA Tour goes from s... More »
DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) – The United States opened up a commanding five-point lead over the Internationals before play was suspended at the 10th Presidents Cup on Saturday with four matches yet to be completed after another day of foul weather. Needing 17-1/2 p... More »
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) – Olympic skiing champion Lindsey Vonn said on Wednesday her recovery from a devastating knee injury is ahead of schedule and that she may compete in the season-opening World Cup race later this month. The 28-year-old American said th... More »
DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) – For one of the most successful individual sportsmen of his generation, Tiger Woods certainly enjoys the novelty of being part of a team. The world number one, who last week was named the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year, says he is thorou... More »
ATLANTA (Reuters) – In-form Swede Henrik Stenson, boosted by a red-hot front nine, totally upstaged his playing partner Tiger Woods as he surged into a one-shot lead in Thursday’s opening round of the elite Tour Championship. In glorious sunshine with barely a... More »
ATLANTA (Reuters) – In-form Swede Henrik Stenson, boosted by a red-hot front nine, totally upstaged his playing partner Tiger Woods as he surged into a one-shot lead in Thursday’s opening round of the elite Tour Championship. In glorious sunshine with barely a... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Televised coverage of turbocharged 72-foot catamarans vying for the 34th America’s Cup has changed the channel from boring to thrilling on yacht racing. At least 1 million U.S. viewers tuned in for the opening races when Emirates Team... More »
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Tiger Woods heads into this week’s Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club with his sights set on a sixth victory of the season which, in all likelihood, would secure him PGA Tour Player of the Year honors. Though he has not claimed a majo... More »
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Fresh from a two-stroke victory at the weather-delayed BMW Championship in Chicago on Monday, Zach Johnson would dearly love to end his 2013 PGA Tour campaign with “a splash” at this week’s Tour Championship. Not only is another tournament ... More »
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Tiger Woods heads into this week’s season-ending Tour Championship in pursuit of his sixth victory of the year as the top seed in the FedExCup standings, yet a few question marks are still hovering over his game. No one has come close to hi... More »
