In his Tuesday press conference, Collin Morikawa laid out his simple strategy for the short par-4 10th hole at Riviera this week: driver, every day. Or, as he said, whatever gets him to the front edge of the green. Laying up just “doesn’t make sense in my head,” Morikawa added. As stats guru Scott Fawcett
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Los Angeles is known for its stars, and the PGA Tour’s stars have come out to play this week in La-La Land at the Genesis Invitational. Seven of the top 10 players in the World Ranking are teeing it up at famed Riviera Country Club in the 120-player field and 30 of the top 50,
11:26 AM ET Mike Whan, who announced last month that he will be stepping down as commissioner of the LPGA Tour, has been named to replace Mike Davis as CEO of the United States Golf Association. Whan, 56, who guided the LPGA for 11 years, will take over after Davis leaves the organization later this
Cameron Champ has withdrawn from the Genesis Invitational. The PGA Tour announced the move Wednesday night. Champ’s representatives told Golf Digest the decision is related to the winter storms hitting Texas, where Champ has a home in Houston. Champ was scheduled as one of the featured pairings at Riviera with Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau,
9:00 AM ET The PGA Tour remains on its West Coast swing, this week heading to Pacific Palisades, California for The Genesis Invitational. Defending champion Adam Scott won last last year’s event by two shots, finishing 11-under. Tournament host Tiger Woods will not play this week at Riviera Country Club, but the the event boasts
The debate over whether Jordan Spieth is “BACK!” or not rages on, but the three-time major champ never left when it comes to being one of the top draws on the PGA Tour. After a disastrous start to the 2020-2021 season that dropped Spieth to 92nd in the Official World Golf Ranking and extended his
We’re entering a fantastic stretch of great events leading up to the Masters, which is great if you’re a PGA Tour fan—and even better if you’re a bettor. The fields will be stacked like it is this week—providing serious value on players a little bit down the odds board. No, we’re not talking about Dustin
6:36 PM ET On the 25th anniversary of “Happy Gilmore,” Adam Sandler proved he’s still got it. Happy loves you all! Thanks for everything! pic.twitter.com/p1aY9JcFWh — Adam Sandler (@AdamSandler) February 16, 2021 The film featured Sandler as Happy Gilmore, a wannabe hockey player who never made it and instead stumbles into golf. He develops a
Phil Mickelson has never shied away from the role of raconteur, with the five-time major winner leaning into showmanship as of late with a pop-in at the CBS booth during the 2020 PGA Championship and playing the de facto ringleader in his made-for-TV exhibitions. However, it appears Mickelson may be looking for a more permanent
7:15 AM ET The mere mortals among us who slap it around a golf course while looking for some idea as to how far we need to hit a shot to the green have embraced the use of distance-measuring device for years. Golf’s governing bodies made them legal back in 2014, which meant those who
Daniel Berger won’t be going for back-to-back wins this week. Following a walk-off eagle to win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Berger has decided to withdraw from this week’s Genesis Invitational at Riviera. Berger, who has jumped over 100 spots in the OWGR over the past year thanks to two wins and another five top-five
After they fist-bumped on Spyglass Hill’s ninth green Friday afternoon, good friends Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth went their separate ways, both literally and figuratively. Spieth went on to contend for a second straight week, the latest positive sign in his comeback process. Fowler, meanwhile, had missed his second straight cut, a continuation of the
Francesco Molinari had glory within his grasp as he made the uphill walk from the 11th green to the 12th tee at Augusta National. It was April 14, 2019, the final round of the Masters, and he held a two-shot lead over a who’s who of the game’s elite. Having won the Open Championship just
9:00 AM ET The PGA Tour heads to California this week for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Defending champion Nick Taylor won last year’s event by four shots (19-under). The field will be without world No. 1 Dustin Johnson, who withdrew Monday following his victory at the Saudi International. So which players are the favorites,
PEBBLE BEACH — The eyes of the golf world fixated upon Jordan Spieth on Sunday. Hard to blame them, really, considering the storyline in play: a win, at this iconic golf course, to end The Slump. If someone was going to steal the win from him, it’d be Patrick Cantlay. Cantlay shot 62 on Thursday,
6:56 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Daniel Berger got into the mix quickly with an eagle and finished it off with one even better, holing a 30-foot putt on the par-5 18th for a 7-under 65 and a two-shot victory Sunday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Berger won for the second
Nate Lashley was a surprise contender on Sunday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Sure he started the day only two strokes back of Jordan Spieth in a tie for second place with four other players. But the 38-year-old journeyman with the lone PGA Tour win (2019 Rocket Mortgage) wasn’t the guy most figured would
PEBBLE BEACH — For the second straight day, a player in contention at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was dealt a one-shot penalty after accidentally causing his ball to move. A day after Maverick McNealy was penalized for a similar situation, Russell Knox was given the extra shot on Sunday. The infraction happened on the