A surge of COVID-19 cases in Canada has left Ontario golfers in the cold. And some are fighting back. In mid-April a new pandemic lockdown by the provincial government was announced, giving police temporary power to stop individuals to ask where they’re going and where they live. “The Stay-at-Home order currently in effect requires everyone
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2:09 PM ET South African youngster Garrick Higgo held off a spirited challenge from German Maximilian Kieffer to win his second European Tour title at the Gran Canaria Lopesan Open on Sunday. Higgo, 21, took the lead in the third round at Meloneras Golf on Saturday when he carded the lowest round of his European
AVONDALE, La. — Dear PGA Tour, Graeme McDowell would like a word. Zurich Classic officials, listen up, too. “I genuinely believe [this] should be a 72-hole foursomes tournament, alternate-shot tournament … because I kind of believe it’s the purest form of the game,” the Northern Irishman said earlier in the week at TPC Louisiana. “There’s
7:07 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman outlasted Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel to win the Zurich Classic in a playoff that capped a tight and tense final round Sunday. Smith and Leishman won with a par on their second trip up the par-5 18th after Oosthuizen pushed his
It’s no surprise that Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith would birdie the short par-4 16th en route to victory at the 2021 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The 302-yard drivable hole was one of the few on the back nine at TPC Louisiana where players could think birdie in the alternate-shot format. But it was
The team, the team, the team! It’s the mantra of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, where the tournament’s identity as the lone regular-season team competition on the PGA Tour gives it a cache all its own. Arguably the only drawback of the event is that players don’t get any World Ranking points. They do,
6:53 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel birdied six of their final eight holes Saturday to shoot a 9-under 63 and take a one-shot lead at 19-under 197 into the final round of the Zurich Classic. The South African tandem birdied the par-3 17th with Oosthuizen’s 33-foot putt and
LOS ANGELES—The sun was shining brightly for the first time all week at the Hugel-Air Premia La Open shortly before the final group teed off Saturday afternoon. The clouds then rolled in as Jessica Korda, Jin Young Ko and Brooke Henderson emerged on the tee to open the curtains and dim the lights at Wilshire
9:21 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Brooke Henderson rallied to win the HUGEL Air Premia LA Open on Saturday for her 10th LPGA Tour title, chipping in for birdie on the par-3 12th in an early back-nine burst and getting up-and-down for par on the last. Four strokes behind leader Jessica Korda and
There is a stereotype that Australians are an easy-going, adventurous bunch, willing to sacrifice self and ego for the sake of a good time. And we’re here to tell you that is not so much a stereotype as it is a hard incontrovertible fact. Case in point: Marc Leishman, who decided to lean into the
A smiling Tiger Woods, on crutches and with his dog by his side, posted the first picture of himself since his Feb. 23 car accident to Instagram on Friday afternoon. “My course is coming along faster than I am,” Woods wrote. “But it’s nice to have a faithful rehab partner, man’s best friend.” The picture,
6:30 PM ET Tiger Woods posted a photo of himself on crutches and with a small cast covering his right foot and ankle while at his backyard practice area in Jupiter, Florida. The photo, which Woods posted on Instagram on Friday afternoon, is the first of Woods since he was involved in a serious one-vehicle
The boys tend to get a bit loose during Zurich Classic week. Not totally loose—this is, after all, an official PGA Tour event with FedEx Cup points and very-real money on the line—but definitely a little more relaxed than your run-of-the-mill tour stop. Team golf brings a totally different atmosphere, and guys relish the opportunity
7:49 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — Tony Finau and Cameron Champ shot a 4-under 68 in alternate-shot play Friday for a share of the Zurich Classic lead with the Norwegian duo of Viktor Hovland and Kris Ventura. “I know we’re having a good time with this format up to this point,” Finau said
AVONDALE, La.—Matthew Wolff walked off the tee at the par-3 17th at TPC Louisiana on Friday, his head down and expression joyless. He and teammate Collin Morikawa had just come off a double bogey, the result of a badly pulled tee shot from Wolff into a hazard. Morikawa came up from behind and put his
There are many more questions than answers right now on the subject of what the PGA Tour is calling its Player Impact Program, which will be known going forward as the PIP. It’s worth noting that the tour did not publicly announce the program, which will pay out $40 million to 10 players deemed to
9:30 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Jessica Korda shot a 6-under 65 on Thursday in the HUGEL-Air Premia LA Open to break the tournament 36-hole scoring record and increase her lead to three strokes. A day after matching the Wilshire Country Club tournament record with a 64, Korda opened her bogey-free morning round
AVONDALE, La. — “Fore right!” isn’t something you hear often on a par 3 on the PGA Tour. During Thursday’s opening round of the Zurich Classic, it was shouted twice in the span of four holes at TPC Louisiana. This is the nightmare of Hunter Mahan and Bill Haas. Worse yet, neither appears to know