The PGA Tour’s annual swing through Florida is underway, but another opportunity for golf fans in the Sunshine State to watch elite professional golf might not be too far off. First reported in the U.K’s Daily Telegraph, the European Tour is considering making an unprecedented one-time entry onto America soil. With the cooperation of their
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12:17 PM ET Macklemore (aka Ben Haggerty) has fallen hard for golf. Now, when he sits up straight in bed, it isn’t because he thought of new rap lyrics: It’s about golf. But don’t get things twisted. He didn’t always feel this way. And that’s how this conversation starts, with me calling him out! Collins:
When the USGA takes the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur to Alaska in the summer of 2022, the governing body will have managed to hold at least one of its championships in all 50 states. But a few months before then, it will be able to boast accomplishing another unwritten goal for its events by hosting
It’s unclear exactly when the money earned this past weekend at the WGC-Workday Championship and the Puerto Rico Open hit the bank accounts of the PGA Tour pros. But on Sunday night, Tommy Fleetwood and Branden Grace earned paychecks at the respective tour events to share in achieving a curious financial milestone. In some order,
7:02 PM ET Associated Press BRADENTON, Fla. — PGA champion Collin Morikawa shook off an early mistake and played a steady hand on a Concession golf course known for calamity, closing with a 3-under 69 for a three-shot victory in the Workday Championship. Morikawa picked up a few short-game tips from major champions – Mark
BRADENTON, Fla. — “Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies …” Or, if John Lennon’s vision of tranquility isn’t for you, picture yourself walking down the pale green fairways of western Florida, the sun brighter on the water than it is in the sky, everything about your day
4:44 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Nelly Korda seized control with three early birdies and finished with 12 straight pars for a 3-under 69 to win the Gainbridge LPGA on Sunday, giving the Korda family two victories to start the season. Her older sister, Jessica, won the season-opening Tournament of Champions last month
I have worked in the golf industry for more than 25 years. I have played golf for 44 years. I have truly experienced some incredible highs in the game. I have served as a collegiate golf coach, an author, director of a junior golf program and worked with countless young people from all over the
Tiger Woods will receive one of the more heartfelt tributes imaginable on Sunday at the WGC-Work Day Championship when his fellow players essentially wear his “uniform” in competition. Numerous players, including Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas, have said they will don red and black—Tiger’s signature Sunday colors—for the final round of the tournament at The
8:05 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Mike Weir went on a back-nine birdie binge to take control of the Cologuard Classic. Phil Mickelson waded into the mud for the second straight day and will have to dig out of a deep hole if he’s going to make history. Weir shot a 5-under 67
Watching the world’s best players take on The Concession calls to mind the old saying “if you don’t like the weather [insert place], just wait five minutes.” At Concession, if you don’t like the leader board, just wait five minutes. Saturday’s third round at the WGC-Workday featured more lead changes than a Big 12 football
5:03 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Nelly Korda surged into the lead Saturday in the Gainbridge LPGA with a 4-under 68 that left her in position to make it consecutive wins for the Korda family to start the season. Korda, whose older sister Jessica won the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions last month
The direction Phil Mickelson’s career will turn, like so many of his tee shots through the years, is anyone’s guess, and the first round of the Cologuard Classic on Friday provided no clarification. Mickelson, 50, began his bid to become the first to win his first three starts on the PGA Tour Champions with a
8:21 PM ET Tiger Woods is “recovering and in good spirits” after undergoing follow-up procedures on his leg injuries Friday morning, according to a statement posted on his Twitter account. Woods had his procedures at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was transferred Wednesday night following the single-vehicle crash the day before that
Through 36 holes at The Concession Golf Club, Brooks Koepka holds a one-shot lead. Suffice to say, things would really have to go south over the weekend to cause him to snap anymore sets of golf clubs. Although, he might not be too pleased that despite his great play for two days, we’re going to
BRADENTON, Fla.—How do you square this circle: Tony Finau puts himself in contention over and over again, comes close to a win, and can never finish the job. Three weeks ago, I wrote that he had 36 top-10 finishes without a victory since he won the Puerto Rico Open in 2016, and that the next-best
7:56 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Annika Sorenstam doesn’t remember golf being this difficult. She still managed plenty of smiles Thursday when the most dominant player of her era played her first LPGA Tour event in more than 12 years. With one birdie and one bad hole, Sorenstam had a 3-over 75 in
When Tiger Woods returned to the Masters in 2018 after a two-year absence because of chronic back problems, expectations for him still were remarkably high to the point that he had to interject in his pre-tournament interview, “I have four rounds to play, so let’s just slow down a bit.” He was responding to a