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Max Homa was looking to have what he called “a Tiger Woods moment.” Yeah, well, so does most of the known world—and certainly, all of the known golf world. Do you know how many people try to have a Tiger Woods moment, try to wish for one, try to force one, and end up requiring

Brooks Koepka made headlines last week in an interview with Golf Digest in which he expressed frustration with the challenges of being part of a team once every two years in the Ryder Cup. Paul Azinger then made headlines responding to Koepka’s comments by saying if he wasn’t excited about playing in this week’s matches

12:01 PM ET Sweden’s Kristoffer Broberg held on for a three-shot victory at the KLM Open on Sunday after shooting a level-par 72 in the final round at the Bernardus Golf Course in Cromvoirt, Netherlands. Broberg’s victory had looked like a formality after he began the day eight shots clear of the field, but the

Here at Golf Digest, we rank the top 100 players heading into every major championship. It’s a fun if not futile exercise even then, ahead of a 72-hole stroke-play event on the most demanding golf courses of the year, designed to weed out the pretenders and identify the best players in the world. For a

11:12 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Jim Knous shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday for a share of the lead with Maverick McNealy after three rounds in the Fortinet Championship. Knous had eight birdies, five on the front nine, then held on after a bogey on No. 12 to match McNealy at 14

Playing in front of a home crowd this week, California native Max Homa expected plenty of love. But on Saturday, even with his own mini cheering section following his every move, he was still second fiddle in his group. That’s part of the deal when you’re playing alongside fellow Cali native Phil Mickelson, who would

Well before that magical weekend in May, Phil Mickelson was beholden not so much to the competition but to a command known only to him. He wanted to win, wanted to compete, yes, but he would do so in a way others would only entertain if they were goofing around with friends or on the

1:09 PM ET Associated Press CROMVOIRT, Netherlands — Kristoffer Broberg of Sweden smashed the course record he set a day earlier with an 11-under 61 on Saturday to open an eight-shot lead after three rounds of the Dutch Open. The 772nd-ranked Broberg opened with four birdies and an eagle in his first six holes in

The Europeans have it, the Americans don’t. That is the oversimplified, surface-level, talking-head take on Ryder Cup team chemistry, an opinion aired when trying to explain why the U.S. has underperformed for the better part of two decades while Europe’s sum is continually greater than its parts. Those in and around both teams will tell

11:22 PM ET Associated Press WEST LINN, Ore. — Jin Young Ko shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to take the second-round lead in the Cambia Portland Classic. The second-ranked South Korean star needed only 23 putts in her morning round, making six birdies and a bogey to reach 8-under 136 at hilly, windy and

Given that the grueling “super” season ended just two weeks ago, the frequency with which he played over the past month, and the looming Ryder Cup next week, it came as a mild surprise to see World No. 1 Jon Rahm in the field at this subdued season opener. This may be one of the

What is a “consequential moment?” Well, at the risk of sounding as irksome as Ian Poulter looked to American fans at the 2004 Ryder Cup—I mean, imagine watching this guy kick your butt on home soil—a consequential moment is a moment that has consequences. In other words, something big happened, and because it happened, things

9:51 AM ET The long-running feud between Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau has the potential to inspire the American team instead of weighing them down at next week’s Ryder Cup, Team Europe captain Padraig Harrington said on Friday. Koepka and DeChambeau have been involved in public spats for more than a year, with U.S. Ryder

At the end of the first round of the first event of the 2021-22 PGA Tour season, this was the status report on Jon Rahm. 1) The 26-year-old Spaniard does not have COVID; 2) He is likely on the back side of having a stomach virus; 3) He’s not too happy about the way the

10:51 PM ET Associated Press WEST LINN, Ore. — Carlota Ciganda overcame an early double bogey in chilly morning conditions Thursday for a 4-under 68 and a share of the first-round lead in the Cambia Portland Classic. The only member of the winning European Solheim Cup team in the field, the Spaniard teed off with

Phil Mickelson said Wednesday that this week’s Fortnite, err, Fortinet Championship will be his final PGA Tour event of the year. This final event, which is actually the first tournament of the 2021-22 PGA Tour season, caps off a, well, interesting year for the 51-year-old. Lefty’s year started with him trying to become the first

When the rain finally subsided in Point Clear, Ala., the reign continued at the expense of a historical quest in a memorable U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship final at the Lakewood Club on Thursday. The winner was Lara Tennant of Portland, Ore., 2 and 1, over Ellen Port of St. Louis, a friend she calls

8:23 AM ET Bryson DeChambeau, who will compete in both the Ryder Cup and the world long drive championship this month, said his hands are “wrecked” with calluses from intense training for the events. DeChambeau discussed his “two-a-days” schedule during a recent interview with Golf.com, saying he hopes the unique atmosphere at a North Carolina-based