SAN FRANCISCO—Jessica Korda was so distracted, so excited that she forgot just a couple of minor things as he rushed out of her Florida home for her trip to California for the U.S. Women’s Open. She could play maybe the hardest major of her life as if eyes were smeared with Vasali peering through a
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Gamblers are a funny bunch. Last week in this space, one of our “experts” gave out Jason Kokrak as their sleeper pick (45-1). The rest of our crew cleaned up on matchup bets—and we hit a few of our top-10 bets, too—so anyone who followed us made a nice chunk of change. Rubbish, we say.
7:52 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Jason Kokrak played in 233 PGA Tour events before getting his first victory. The big hitter didn’t have to wait nearly as long to win again, though this one might have been harder because he had to overcome a local favorite at Colonial. Kokrak shot an
Much like golf’s last go-around with the Olympics, the 2021 Summer Games lead-up has been marked by withdrawals and issues with the competition rather than the competition itself. However, with three weeks remaining before the men’s field is set, the sport received two strong endorsements Tuesday morning. Speaking at Muirfield Village ahead of this week’s
10:18 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Turk Pettit had a stellar start to his collegiate career, winning a tournament as a freshman and posting five top-10 finishes. One bad round seemed to put him a funk. Then his clubs were stolen. The tall, lanky player from Alabama appeared to get back into a
The course remains one of the toughest tests of the year—a second-shot course that will challenge the game’s best this week. It’s another great field, as defending champion Jon Rahm (10-1) leads the odds board at this invitational event. Seven of the top-10 and 16 of the top-25 ranked players in the world will compete
This was how to punctuate a closing chapter, Clemson’s Turk Pettit affixing an exclamation point to his college career on behalf of his retiring coach, the legendary Larry Penley, on Monday. Pettit won the NCAA Division I individual championship by one stroke over Oklahoma State freshman Bo Jin at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.,
8:00 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Bo Jin plays golf as if he’s a weekend player with no worries. He’ll pump his fist when a big putt falls, but otherwise it’s tough to tell if the Oklahoma State freshman is playing well or poorly. The even-keel mindset has worked well so far at
Unlike Bryson DeChambeau, Juvic Pagunsan did not have a dew guy spritzing his ball on the range to simulate moisture conditions. He did not even have a caddie. And because he did not even have a caddie, he did not even have a full set of clubs. But none of that mattered for Pagunsan, who
10:03 PM ET Associated Press NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Ally Ewing won the LPGA Match Play on Sunday at Shadow Creek, beating Sophia Popov 2 and 1 for her second tour victory. Ewing won the difficult par-4 14th with a birdie to take a 2-up lead and closed out her German rival with a
LAS VEGAS — The 112th and final head-to-head showdown of the week in the first LPGA event to feature match play since the 2019 Solheim Cup turned into a likely preview of the 2021 edition. American Ally Ewing beat German Sophia Popov, 2 and 1, for her second career tour title, as the Bank of
The month of May is traditionally when Augusta National Golf Club closes for the summer, the seasonal club shutting down before the Georgia heat becomes too much to bear. It’s also, not surprisingly, when you can begin to see some of the off-season work club officials have planned for the course beginning to get under
8:08 PM ET Associated Press TULSA, Okla. — Alex Cejka won the Senior PGA Championship on Sunday for his second straight major championship, thriving on accurate and powerful ball-striking and deft touch around the demanding greens at Southern Hills. Cejka shot a 3-under 67 for a 4-stroke victory over Tim Petrovic, three weeks after he
With the Ladies European Tour in a temporary pandemic-provoked abeyance last year, Liz Young came up with an idea. To give her fellow pros an opportunity to play and plug the competitive void, the then 37-year-old Englishwoman appealed for sponsors to help set up a one-day tournament at her home club, Brockenhurst Manor. Two who
9:44 PM ET Associated Press NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Ally Ewing made a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole Saturday to beat local favorite Danielle Kang 1 up and join three major champions in the LPGA Match Play semifinals. “It was a grind,” Ewing said after the long, hot day at Shadow
LAS VEGAS—The Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play is down to its final four players. Sophia Popov, Ariya Jutanugarn, Shanshan Feng, and Ally Ewing will play two matches on Sunday, with the day ending with a championship final and consolation match. Ally Ewing (seeded 20th) vs. Ariya Jutanugarn (16th) Danielle Kang was hotter than her hometown
Any time Jordan Spieth is leading and in the final group on a Sunday, he is the story. Add in the fact that he’s going for his second win in the last nine weeks, and he’s pretty much the only story. But both Jason Kokrak, who is one shot back after matching Spieth’s third-round 66,
8:08 PM ET Associated Press TULSA, Okla. — Steve Stricker took advantage of Mike Weir‘s back-nine collapse Saturday to take the lead into the final round of the Senior PGA Championship. Stricker shot a 3-under 67 in a stiff north breeze at Southern Hills for a one-stroke lead over Alex Cejka, the senior newcomer who