Five of the top 64 players—Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott, Gary Woodland and Justin Rose—will not be in Austin next week for the WGC-Match Play. The five names, while of the household variety, are not unexpected dropouts. Woods is sidelined for the foreseeable future as he recovers from a single-car crash in Los Angeles
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Things aren’t getting any easier for the European Tour. Following what proved to be an unsuccessful offer from the PGA Tour to host three tournaments in Florida next month, the Old World circuit on Friday announced the postponement of the Portugal Masters. The Tenerife Open, originally scheduled for April 15-18, will now take the place
7:06 PM ET Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Scott Hend and Kalle Samooja shared a one-shot lead on Friday after two rounds of the European Tour’s Kenya Open. Hend shot the joint best round of the day with a 7-under 64 to move 11 under overall. The Australian had eight birdies and only one
As of Tuesday night he was 2,000 miles away from the tournament site. Wasn’t in the event until Wednesday. Never got a chance to play a practice round. So how the heck is Brandon Hagy in contention at the Honda Classic? “It’s been a funny week,” Hagy conceded. “You know, maybe I’m feeling like I’m
3:14 PM ET Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — Benjamin Herbert shrugged off a bogey on his first hole to card a 7-under 64 for the first-round lead at the European Tour’s Kenya Open on Thursday. The Frenchman followed his slip at No. 1 with four birdies in his next six holes at Karen Country Club
Lee Westwood has enjoyed a renaissance over the past year, with the past two weeks underlying how formidable the Englishman continues to be as he nears 48 years old. Unfortunately for Westwood, he plays golf, a sport incapable of sustaining joy. Despite a solid opening-round 70 at the Honda Classic, the former World No. 1
It’s easy to be down on this year’s edition of the Honda Classic, with the once-strong tournament able to boast just a handful of the world’s top 50 players in the field. That’s the result of being sandwiched between a run of big events, including last week’s Players Championship and next week’s WGC-Dell Technologies Match
6:30 PM ET Sebastian Cappelen was only two holes into his first round at the Honda Classic before things fell apart. His second shot into the par-4 11th — he started his day on the back nine — came up short and in the water. Instead of taking a drop and a penalty, he went
Nine-under 61 is good on any course on the planet, but at PGA National, it’s straight up balling. Australia’s Matt Jones, whose lone PGA Tour victory came nearly seven years ago, matched the course-record 61 on the Jack Nicklaus-designed brute on Thursday. He balled out. It’s a career-low for Jones, who balls out quite often,
12:58 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Matt Jones tied the course record at PGA National in the first round of the Honda Classic on Thursday with a 9-under 61. Brian Harman shot a 61 at PGA National in the second round of the 2012 Honda. Tiger Woods shot a 62 in
Plenty of fun will be had at the famed “Bear Trap” this week at PGA National, host of the Honda Classic. No, not by the players, but by us, the viewers, who live for the carnage that treacherous stretch of holes always provides. Scott, who won this event in 2016, was finding that out the
8:00 AM ET The PGA Tour wraps up its Florida swing with a trip to Palm Beach Gardens for the Honda Classic. Sungjae Im won this event last year and is coming off a tie for 17th place last week at The Players Championship. Daniel Berger was the top pick on the board for this
Kamaiu Johnson’s first start on the PGA Tour didn’t up being that—he tested positive for COVID-19 and had to withdraw from the Farmers Insurance Open in January before ever hitting any shots. Two weeks later, at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, his actual debut didn’t go well. He shot 81 in the opening round at
Justin Thomas is not known for stoicism, but his energetic, high-spirited manners belie an assassin who keeps cool when the heat is turned up. Well, usually. The closing stretch of TPC Sawgrass can turn the most cold-blooded of players into a puddle of angst, particularly when the stakes are raised on Sunday. Usually we associate
7:28 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Lee Westwood gets another shot at winning the Players Championship — and another crack at Bryson DeChambeau. Westwood made a 25-foot birdie putt on the island-green 17th hole, and he closed out a 4-under 68 with a 5-footer for par to extend his bogey-free streak
The PGA Tour wraps up its Florida Swing with the event that usually begins this stretch of golf in the Sunshine State. Due to the scheduling, with another WGC event next week (the Match Play), the Honda Classic became a natural resting spot for many of the top players in the world. This week’s field
8:06 PM ET Tiger Woods has returned home to Florida as he continues to recover from the serious leg injuries he suffered in a one-vehicle crash last month in Southern California. The star golfer took to social media Tuesday night to provide an update on his condition and express his thanks for both the support
It won’t be easy, though, especially at this week’s Honda Classic, which boasts one of the weakest fields in the history of the event. Will that lead to a win from one of the heavier favorites like Daniel Berger or defending champion Sungjae Im? Or will it be a longshot winner week, like when Michael