There’s been a lot of talk about how the golfers at this year’s Olympics might not be having the “full” Olympic experience due to the COVID-19 restrictions in place. Not so if you listen to Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz. Ortiz is in second place, one shot back of Xander Schauffele, at the end of play Friday
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6:16 AM ET Associated Press KAWAGOE, Japan — Xander Schauffele has been pointing to the Olympics ever since he began his rise into the elite of American golf three years ago. Now that he’s here, in the country where his mother was raised and enjoying an Olympic experience his father could only dream about, he
For the second straight year the LPGA’s Taiwan Swinging Skirts tournament has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. LPGA officials announced on Thursday that the 2021 event, set for Oct. 28-31 at Miramar Golf Country Club in New Taipei City, has been shuttered. It marks the third tournament on the LPGA’s 2021 schedule that
5:53 PM ET Associated Press Jordan Smith made seven birdies on his back nine to shoot an 8-under 62 and take a two-shot lead after the first round of the World Invitational. Smith birdied his opening hole and followed it with eight pars before his run of birdies. Germany’s Matthias Schmid and Scotland’s David Drysdale
FAIRFIELD, Conn. — JoAnn Carner might be the coolest 82-year-old golfer you’ll ever meet, and she’s isn’t done adding to her living-legend status. During Thursday’s first round of the U.S. Senior Women’s Open, the eight-time USGA champion and World Golf Hall of Famer shot her age, posting a 10-over 82 at Brooklawn Country Club. This
He didn’t arrive in Japan until Tuesday afternoon, his commercial flight from the 3M Open in Minnesota meandering through Detroit before heading across the Pacific. That gave Sepp Straka little more than a day to acclimate himself to the 14-hour time change and get in 18 holes at Kasumigaseki Golf Club. Yet if fatigue or
7:02 AM ET SAITAMA, Japan — Around 6 p.m. Wednesday evening Patrick Reed was riding in a cart around a golf course he’d never seen before, trying to take notes before it got dark so he could start play for an Olympic medal the following morning. These entire Tokyo Games are unique and uncomfortable, but
The PGA Tour says it will not give its players permission to compete in the Saudi International beginning next year, according to a report by Golfweek. Tour players are required to get a waiver to compete on other tours, and now that the Saudi event is no longer part of the European Tour, the PGA
6:29 AM ET Rory McIlroy made clear his feelings before embarking on his first Olympic men’s golf tournament, which begins this week at the Tokyo Games. An event without spectators and lacking buzz will also be without a highly motivated McIlroy. “I am not a very patriotic guy,” McIlroy said after the final round of
Solheim Cup captains Catriona Matthew and Pat Hurst are paired together at this week’s U.S. Senior Women’s Open for the first two rounds. They won’t be lacking for topics to discuss as the European and American team pictures sharpen into focus. Only three events — the ISPS Handa World Invitational, the Trust Scottish Open and
Thirteen years since retiring from the LPGA Tour, Annika Sorenstam is still one of the most recognizable names in the game of golf. The decision to spend time with her family and chase other pursuits in the sport hasn’t prohibited the 72-time LPGA winner from maintaining her upper echelon status from outside the ropes. The
6:20 AM ET Seven of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking may not be competing in the men’s tournament at the Tokyo Olympics this week, but that doesn’t mean England’s Tommy Fleetwood and others aren’t having the time of their lives. Australia’s Cameron Smith is showing his national pride in an
Down on golf in the Olympics? No interest in the Olympics in general? Don’t feel like staying up until 3 a.m. to watch golf this week? These are very normal feelings to have for these 2020 Tokyo Games. Though our experts are mostly split on who is taking home the gold, a few of us
1:05 PM ET Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Australian golfer Minjee Lee won a sudden death playoff against overnight leader Jeongeun Lee6 to clinch the Evian Championship on Sunday for her first major title. Lee6 had to take a drop shot when her second shot on the first extra playoff hole flew into a pond,
Last Friday, Hank Lebioda withdrew from the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, citing no reason as to why. At the time, without context, it was a head-scratcher, as Lebioda was safely inside the cut line and in position to challenge for a fourth consecutive top-10 finish. On Tuesday, Lebioda provided an update on his
6:19 AM ET Golf is back in the Olympics for the second time after a 112-year absence, following a successful return in Brazil in 2016, when England’s Justin Rose captured the gold medal. Rose held off Sweden’s — and then-reigning Open champion — Henrik Stenson. American Matt Kuchar finished third to win the bronze. None
This is a very special couple of weeks on the golf calendar. For just the second time in nearly 117 years, golfers will have a chance to compete at the Olympics—as the men’s tournament commences on Thursday (Wednesday evening for North American viewers) and the women’s event coming the following week. Americans hold three of
A Japanese golfer will hit the opening tee shot of the 2021 Olympic men’s golf tournament. Just not the Japanese golfer you might have expected. The International Golf Federation has given the honor to Rikuya Hoshino when the men’s event begins on Thursday at Kasumigaseki Country Club at 7:30 a.m. local time (6:30 p.m. Wednesday