SAN DIEGO—Adam Scott says the experience ranks with the special moments of his career, and he’s a guy who’s won the Masters and 13 tournaments on the PGA Tour. In the 2008 U.S. Open, the USGA created the inspired Thursday-Friday pairing of the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 players in the world. That was Tiger
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9:10 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Viktor Hovland birdied his final hole for a 7-under 65 on Torrey Pines’ tough South Course on a rainy, miserable Friday, giving him a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Farmers Insurance Open. Hovland finished his round after play resumed following a suspension of about an hour due
We were promised carnage on Friday at Torrey Pines, and boy, did we get some carnage. Nothing makes these players look more human than some inclement weather, and yes, that includes guys who got to play the easier North Course in Round 2. On the weekend it’ll be all South Course, all the time, and
1:14 PM ET Belgium’s Thomas Detry, eyeing a maiden European Tour title, surged to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday. Detry, who started three shots behind overnight leader Richard Sterne, carded five birdies to match his first-round score of five-under-par 67 in a second successive
SAN DIEGO — They were the hardest few days of Kamaiu Johnson’s life, followed by a time of utter relief and joy. On Tuesday, Johnson had to withdraw from his PGA Tour debut in the Farmers Insurance Open due to a positive COVID-19 test. For the better part of the next two days, he said,
SAN DIEGO — This is all but guaranteed: Tim Mickelson’s Farmers Insurance Open week is going to be more memorable than his brother’s. While Phil Mickelson was playing in the first round on Thursday at Torrey Pines, shooting a one-under-par 71 on the North Course, Tim was taking time off from caddieing to celebrate the
8:48 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Patrick Reed birdied his first three holes and finished with a bogey-free 8-under 64 on Thursday for a share of the lead with Alex Noren after the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Reed, Noren and Scottie Scheffler — who was one stroke back — all
SAN DIEGO — There was more than a little club slamming on Thursday from Matthew Wolff in the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Playing the difficult South Course at Torrey Pines alongside Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka, Wolff had an awful day, suffering a pair of triple-bogey 7s on his way to shooting
2:50 PM ET Associated Press Two days after COVID-19 kept Kamaiu Johnson from his dream of playing on the PGA Tour, the Honda Classic stepped forward Thursday to make sure the inspiring Black golfer gets his shot. Johnson was the top player on the Advocates Pro Golf Association last year, and the Farmers Insurance Open
Henrik Stenson is one of the greatest iron players of his generation, which is why what you’re about to see is such a shock. During Thursday’s first round of the European Tour’s Dubai Desert Classic, the Swede hit one of the worst shots of his illustrious career. What’s not as shocking is he was still
SAN DIEGO — This was supposed to be a very different week for Willie Mack III. On Thursday, he was set to defend his title in a mini-tour event on the Advocates Professional Golf Association at The Crossings at Carlsbad in North San Diego County. Then on Saturday, he was to compete in another APGA
4:36 PM ET Qualifying for the U.S. Open will return this year after a one-year break due to the coronavirus pandemic. The United States Golf Association on Wednesday announced 109 local sites across 43 states and Canada that will conduct 18-hole qualifiers from April 26 to May 18. The U.S. Open is June 17-20 at
SAN DIEGO — Tyler Strafaci said it felt like the first day of school. He arrived at the Torrey Pines golf courses for this week’s Farmers Insurance Open, looked around and realized that he’s not at Georgia Tech anymore. There were plenty of recognizable faces, but there are probably some who had no idea who
9:00 AM ET The PGA Tour shifts over to La Jolla, California this week for the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Defending champion Marc Leishman shot 7-under in the final round last year to beat Jon Rahm by one stroke. So which players are the favorites, who offers good odds and what props are
One of the biggest topics of conversation in golf over the past month has been HBO’s Tiger Woods documentary. Now tour pros are being asked about the newly released doc in their press conferences. Collin Morikawa is over in Dubai playing in the European Tour’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic, and he was asked about the
The West Coast Swing rolls on this week with the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, which also hosts this June’s U.S. Open. No, the South Course (where three of the four rounds will be played this week) won’t be set up like it will be in the summer, but it should still serve as
11:27 PM ET Kamaiu Johnson‘s dream opportunity to play in his first PGA Tour event this week ended Tuesday with a positive COVID-19 test result, meaning he had to withdraw from the Farmers Insurance Open. Making matters worse, Johnson, 27, later tweeted that his mother has the virus and needed to be hospitalized in Florida.
The tour announced Tuesday that Johnson tested positive for the coronavirus and had to withdraw from the tournament. It is a crushing blow for the 27-year-old from Florida who was awarded a sponsor’s exemption into the event despite never having played in the top two levels of professional golf in the United States. “To say