7:12 PM ET Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith were tied for the lead Saturday in The Northern Trust, and neither could have imagined how they got there. Smith had never shot better than 62 _ twice this year on the PGA Tour, once at his home club in Brisbane,
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CARNOUSTIE, Scotland—Latest estimates put the population of Carnoustie at just under 14,000 people. So it’s not that crowded, unlike the AIG Women’s Open leader board after 54 holes of play over the little Angus town’s world-famous links. Anna Nordqvist and Nanna Koerstz Madsen lead the way on nine under par, but as many as 15
There’s a tendency to digest the spectacle of professional golf not for what it is but for what it means. Fans, media, even players are prone to this perspective, and the why is understandable. With so many events on the calendar—50 in this superseason—it’s somewhat irrational to think that each round in each event, in
11:03 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Ernie Els made a 50-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th for a 66-under 66 and a share of the Boeing Classic lead Friday with Woody Austin and Billy Mayfair. “That putt on 18 is obviously a huge bonus,” Els said. Els also had six birdies and
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Back in 2018, the last time the Open Championship visited Carnoustie Golf Links, the famed and ferocious finishing stretch from the 15th tee to 18th green provoked the usual mixture of shock and awe from the unfortunate competitors. “A slog,” was 2014 champion Rory McIlroy’s verdict. Zach Johnson, the Irishman’s successor as
5:47 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jon Rahm has competed in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs enough times to know how the system works. And he doesn’t like it. “I don’t think it’s fair,” Rahm said Friday after a 4-under-par 67 gave him a 1-shot lead through 36 holes at The Northern Trust,
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Finding a bright spot amid Team USA’s performance at the 2018 Ryder Cup is a bit like trying to identify the most fun part of a root canal. (The receptionist was nice, I guess?) There were hardly any positives for Jim Furyk’s side at Le Golf National outside a strong opening
Every shot counts in golf, but when you’re in the midst of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, trying to earn as many points as you can in each event to reach the Tour Championship and play for the season-ending $15 million bonus, well they count just a hair more. It’s why what happened to Scottie Scheffler
8:03 PM ET Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jon Rahm returned from a month off and played like he was never gone. Justin Thomas took the advice of a 15-year-old and had his lowest score of the year. Both opened with an 8-under 63 on Thursday at The Northern Trust as the PGA Tour’s
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Never mess with a good thing, or so the saying goes. In professional golf, a game full of pros who tinker with their equipment on a weekly basis, the one club that saying applies to is the putter. For Justin Thomas, though, it was time for a change, albeit a small
8:03 PM ET Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jon Rahm returned from a month off and played like he was never gone. Justin Thomas took the advice of a 15-year-old and had his lowest score of the year. Both opened with an 8-under 63 on Thursday at The Northern Trust as the PGA Tour’s
The modern game is filled with bombers, yet few are known for their power and thunder like Dustin Johnson. But those tuning into Thursday’s action at the Northern Trust noticed something off with the tournament’s defending champ: Golf’s mighty Thor was without his hammer. According to Thursday’s broadcast from Liberty National, Johnson noticed a crack
The Tiger Woods tributes are coming from everywhere these days as the golf world celebrates the 25th anniversary of Woods turning pro. But they mean more coming from those who actually played against this all-time great. In a new Golf Digest video, a collection of Woods’ top contemporaries, and share some of their favorite—and earliest—memories
12:32 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — It’s been an amazing summer for Jon Rahm, who birdied the last two holes to win the U.S. Open, ascended to No. 1 in the world, was in the top eight in the four tournaments he finished — and had two very high-profile withdrawals due to COVID-19 positive
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The Northern Trust does not exist on an island, and that’s actually not a cheesy joke about Liberty National’s proximity to Manhattan. It’s the beginning of the three-event FedEx Cup Playoffs, and only 70 of the 124 players teeing it up here will advance to next week’s BMW Championship in Baltimore,
1:22 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A final-round 62 highlighted by his first-ever hole-in-one, in the end, was not enough to win him the Wyndham Championship on Sunday. But Chesson Hadley walked away feeling every bit as good as champ Kevin Kisner, while putting a focus on those who grind for a living in
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — With just three weeks left until the points race locks, only two Americans have clinched an auto-qualifying spot for next month’s Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits. One is Collin Morikawa, the Open champion who enters this week’s Northern Trust leading the FedEx Cup standings. The 24-year-old will be making his first
It’s been a decade since the AIG Women’s Open was last held at Carnoustie, Yani Tseng winning the title for a second straight year. The famed Scottish links is known as arguably the toughest course in the R&A’s Open Championship rota, making it a fitting scene for the final women’s major of the 2021 season.