The PGA Championship returns to Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course for a second time, nine years after Rory McIlroy’s dominant eight-shot victory at the famed Pete Dye design. Obviously, a lot has changed since then, including the fact that Rory is now a father. Bet you hadn’t heard about that … Anyway, as we love to
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One of the more overused terms for tour players is “ball-striker,” because to make it to this echelon of the sport requires stick-and-ball genius from everyone. Yet Keegan Bradley’s prowess in this area (entering the week eighth in approach and 10th in tee-to-green) is often overlooked. Mostly because Bradley, as of late, is known not
7:27 PM ET Associated Press PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Keegan Bradley can’t recall having an easier time than he did Thursday at Innisbrook. He missed only one green. His longest par putt was just over 4 feet. It added to a 7-under 64 and another great start in the Valspar Championship. It’s the second round
To golf fans of a certain age, the sight of an oversize first-place check carries a certain hint of nostalgia. For years, the marketing gimmick was a ubiquitous symbol of pro golf success, even if it was literally worthless. There’s never been an actual winner’s circle that a newly crowned PGA Tour champ steps into
6:33 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — The Park family — No. 2-ranked Inbee Park and her husband and caddie Gi — led the way after the opening round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship on Thursday. Park birdied two of her final three holes in a bogey-free round for an 8-under 64 and a
Maria Fassi, the former amateur standout and NCAA champion at Arkansas, is still trying to find her way on the LPGA Tour after turning pro in 2019. The fast-swinging 23-year-old is loaded with potential, but her results have been inconsistent, missing 19 cuts in 33 starts, with just one top-10 finish. Her development, however, is
There was nothing predictable about the way the final of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball played out Wednesday at Maridoe Golf Club outside Dallas. Both members of the winning team—17-year-old Savannah Barber of Fort Worth and Alexa Saldana, also 17, of Mexico—sit outside the top 1,500 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking. The roommates at
8:04 PM ET Associated Press CARROLLTON, Texas — Savannah Barker and Alexa Saldana won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-ball Championship on Wednesday, surviving a 20-hole match in the semifinals and then pulling away late in the final at Maridoe Golf Club. Barker and Saldana won six of the last eight holes, finishing with a birdie
South Carolina, Duke, Wake Forest and LSU each earned No. 1 seeds as the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Committee announced its selections of 72 teams and 24 individuals to participate in the four 2019 NCAA Women’s Regionals, May 10-12. The return of the NCAA postseason is a welcome sight after the 2020 NCAA Championship
6:13 AM ET Coming off last week’s team event in Louisiana, the PGA Tour returns to traditional play this week for the Valspar Championship. Paul Casey won the last two times the event was played, in 2018 and 2019, at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor Florida. Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers
Michael Visacki bowed his head and closed his eyes, trying to stop the flood he knew was coming. There had been tears the day before, and those tears—and the moment that caused them—brought him in front of cameras for a press conference at the Valspar Championship Tuesday afternoon. And through eight minutes, Visacki held strong.
We know the recipe to success at Innisbrook’s Copperhead course, which has hosted this event since 2000: You need to hit fairways—with three-inch rough looming along these doglegs—and you need to hit greens. The Valspar Championship has played as one of the 10 toughest courses on the PGA Tour six of the past seven years
4:30 PM ET PALM HARBOR, Fla. – A day after he qualified for his first PGA Tour event and saw an emotional video go viral in which he told his father about the feat, Michael Visacki still had difficulty grasping the reality of his situation. A long-time mini-tour player who said he’s logged some 170,000
The Japanese government announced Tuesday that Hideki Matsuyama will receive the Prime Minister’s Award for his victory at the 2021 Masters. Matsuyama, 29, became the first Japanese male to win a major championship. Following Matsuyama’s Augusta National triumph, Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said “Amid the prolonged coronavirus crisis, he gave courage to and touched
10:15 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Jessica Korda rode out a series of big momentum shifts Friday at historic Wilshire Country Club to hold onto the lead in the HUGEL Air Premia LA Open. Six strokes ahead after three holes, tied with top-ranked Jin Young Ko at the turn and two shots back
Larry Penley’s retirement after 38 seasons overseeing the men’s golf program at his alma mater, Clemson, is among the more intriguing stories playing out as the 2020-21 college season comes to a climax in the next month. Especially if there are more going-away presents like the one his Tigers gave him on Monday. When Zach
6:22 PM ET Associated Press Will Gordon and Brice Garnett have tested positive for the coronavirus and have withdrawn from the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship this week in Palm Harbor, Florida. That brings the number to 12 players who have tested positive since the start of the year. That total does not include Jim Herman,
The PGA Tour returns to Florida for a final time this season, as Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead course will host the Valspar Championship, as it has since 2000. The field is one of the best in Valspar history, with 10 of the top 30 players in the world teeing it up, highlighted at the top by