We were told this week’s field at Pebble Beach was a weak one, and that was partly true. No DJ. No Bryson or Brooks or Rahm or Rory. No JT. No stars. No pop. We must have forgotten that Jordan Spieth was in the field, and not the Spieth who was mired in a slump
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6:51 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jordan Spieth holed out from 160 yards for eagle on the 16th hole at Pebble Beach, the start of a stunning turnaround that took him from two shots behind to a two-shot lead Saturday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. These moments used to happen when
They’re just two dudes playing at Pebble Beach on a Sunday. Nothing to see here really. If there were fans at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the pairing of Joel Dahmen and Sung Kang (along with C.T. Pan)—starting way out on the 10th tee for the fourth round, no less—wouldn’t attract even the seagulls, unless
Until he got to the par-3 fifth hole. McNealy pulled his tee shot long and left of the green, and as he was preparing to hit his chip, his ball clearly rolled forward as he was about to address the ball with his wedge. It actually rolled into a worse lie than the initial one,
1:16 PM ET The first tee can be a nervous place. The first tee at Pebble Beach? Yeah, that adds another layer of nerves. But the professionals, especially someone like Francesco Molinari, who has a major championship, aren’t like the rest of us. Well, maybe they are … Stay dry out there today. 🌧 There
PEBBLE BEACH — We’ve seen enough. Clear your Sunday afternoon plans, because it’s going to happen this week. Jordan Spieth is going to win a golf tournament again, and social media will explode, and we will all rejoice together in the return of golf’s Golden Boy. I see your “we’re only halfway there” and I
7:12 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jordan Spieth took on a bold tee shot and pulled it off perfectly to set up birdie. He hit a poor 3-wood that went off a tree and back into the fairway that led to another. Whether it’s good golf or good breaks, it’s making him
The lack of star power was one of the main storylines going into the week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, with no celebrity ams this year and worse yet with almost no big names teeing it up in one of the PGA Tour’s most distinguished and storied events. Then, Jordan Spieth came to the
On the same day that the European Tour announced a new addition to its tournament schedule (the €1 million Kenya Savannah Classic March 23-26 will be the first half of an African doubleheader, one week after the Magical Kenya Open), the Ladies European Tour went 27 times better with the unveiling of a record-breaking 2021
11:01 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — The Kenya Open will be followed by a new tournament in the East African country next month, the European Tour said Friday. The Kenya Savannah Classic was added to the 2021 schedule for March 23-26 at Karen Country Club in Nairobi and will form a doubleheader
PEBBLE BEACH — Deep in the throes of his slump, which may or may not be over, Jordan Spieth offered a harrowing description of his relationship with golf. “I almost feel the game is testing me a little bit right now,” he said at the 2020 PGA Championship, “because I feel really good about the
7:50 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Patrick Cantlay looked just as good Thursday at Pebble Beach as the last round he played 18 days ago. Jordan Spieth looked as good as his last tournament, too. Coming off a 61 in the California desert followed by at two-week break, Cantlay opened with seven
The 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (or lackthereof) doesn’t have have a very strong field, nor does it have the overall energy that both the fans and celebrities bring to the event each year. But Pebble is still Pebble. For those of us staring out the window and seeing nothing but snow, that’s good enough.
11:58 AM ET Augusta National announced Tuesday that 85 players so far have accepted invitations to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, the tournament the club founded in 2019 but that was canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Anyone invited to the 2020 event received an invitation this year, provided they remained an amateur.
A stranger approached, his face and shoulders and steps carrying the weight of an impalpable hurt. It was the look of men who have fallen on hard times, a look, Ken Bentley remembers, that seemed far from fresh. Someone had pointed the man in Bentley’s direction at the Pacific Palms Course in Los Angeles, where
It’s only been five years since Gabriela Ruffels gave up a competitive tennis career to give golf a try. In that time, the Australian has risen to the top of the college and amateur rankings, becoming an All-American at USC and winning the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur title. That rapid climb continued on Wednesday, when
12:29 PM ET Associated Press More than a decade after Annika Sorenstam won her last LPGA Tour event, she’s ready to tee it up again. The LPGA Tour announced on Twitter the 50-year-old Sorenstam has committed to play the Gainbridge LPGA in Orlando, Florida, scheduled for Feb. 25-28 on her home course of Lake Nona.
When the PGA of America announced on Tuesday that it would allow distance-measuring devices in its major championships, including at this year’s PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, one of the main tenets of the decision was that it would help speed up play. “We’re always interested in methods that may help improve the flow of