Playoff losses are never easy, but Joaquin Niemann’s runner-up to Harris English at Kapalua comes with a statistical distinction that might make the result even more heartbreaking. If he even knows about this particular statistical distinction, that is. We’re pretty sure the 22-year-old golfer was unaware that his 31 birdies during the Sentry Tournament of
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KAPALUA, Hawaii — Eighteen months ago, Harris English was cruising along in the final round of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship when he crashed and burned. Five bogeys over his last seven holes at Victoria National Golf Club in Indiana caused him to tumble down the leader board and play his way out of a
10:39 PM ET The PGA of America is moving on from President Trump, announcing Sunday in a statement that it will relocate the 2022 PGA Championship scheduled for the New York suburbs at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster. The venue was awarded the tournament in 2012 and was to be the first men’s major championship
The PGA of America will no longer be holding the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. The association announced its decision to move the championship on Sunday night. “The PGA of America Board of Directors voted tonight to exercise the right to terminate the agreement to play the 2022 PGA
11:19 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — Ryan Palmer went through a range of emotions over the final 15 minutes Saturday that ended with him posting a 9-under 64 for the best round of the week and a share of the lead with Harris English in the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Palmer thought he
It’s comparing apples to apple sauce when you contrast modern-day prize money payouts on the PGA Tour with those from previous eras. But it’s still eye-opening to see the difference in what today’s tour pros earn from their predecessors. And the Sentry Tournament of Champions, an event that’s been on the PGA Tour’s schedule at
KAPALUA, Hawaii—Collin Morikawa has endured a roller-coaster ride worthy of a Six Flags amusement park since his thrilling victory at the PGA Championship any TPC Harding Park last August. There’s been the good: a chance to capture the European Tour’s Race to Dubai (without ever actually playing in Europe last year) before a T-10 the
11:57 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — Justin Thomas apologized Saturday afternoon for uttering an anti-gay slur under his breath when he missed a 5-foot par putt on the fourth hole of the Sentry Tournament of Champions. “It’s inexcusable,” Thomas said. “First off, I just apologize. I’m an adult. I’m a grown man, there’s
KAPALUA, Hawaii—Justin Thomas used a homophobic slur during the third round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions on Saturday, and he apologized afterward. “I screwed up,” Thomas told Golf Digest. “I have to be better. I will be better. I deeply apologize to everybody and anybody who was offended.” The incident occurred after Thomas missed
9:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The weather might not be an indication, but golf season is here. At least for the PGA Tour. A loaded 42-player field will get things going at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawai’i. Justin Thomas will defend his title at the Plantation Course against a field of
KAPALUA, Hawaii—Scottie Scheffler is playing in this week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions for the first time. But he arrived on Maui with a heavy heart. Or at least without a close companion by his side. “Yeah, my trusty 3-wood cracked on Saturday on the range at Royal Oaks [in Dallas],” Scheffler said, adding that it
Through 36 holes at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, golf fans could not have asked for a better leader board to kick off 2021. The top three players in the world—Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas—are all in striking distance, as are the likes of Patrick Reed, Bryson DeChambeau, Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa. Need
1:21 AM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawai’i — A new year, and Harris English keeps right on rolling. English finished with a 10-foot birdie to cap off an ideal Friday of low scores and whale watching at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. His 6-under 67 gave him a two-shot lead over a quartet of players
KAPALUA, Hawaii — The 18th hole on the Plantation Course measures 675 yards, although it’s all runway and tumble down the volcanic island paradise toward the Pacific. Still, Bryson DeChambeau needed just 7-iron to reach the green in two during Thursday’s opening round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions. “So I implemented some of his
10:38 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawai’i — Justin Thomas kept bogeys off his card, thanks in part to Dustin Johnson‘s caddie, and birdied three of his last five holes Thursday for an 8-under 65 to share the lead with Harris English in the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Thomas couldn’t have asked for a better
KAPALUA, Hawaii — The last time Sergio Garcia played in the Sentry Tournament of Champions was 15 years ago. A lot’s changed since—marriage, two kids, a major on his résumé—but not everything. “The course is definitely playing a lot slower than it used to last time I played here,” Garcia said of the Plantation Course,
For golf fans, the wait lasted 32 days and four hours. The Mayakoba Classic, the last real PGA Tour event of 2020, wrapped up with Viktor Hovland’s 72nd-hole birdie on Dec. 6. A month and a day later, the Tour resumed on a picturesque Thursday morning at Kapalua’s Plantation Course, which seems to specialize in
3:47 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hall of Fame golfers Annika Sorenstam and Gary Player, along with the late Olympian Babe Didrikson Zaharias, have been presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced Thursday. The award is one of the nation’s highest civilian honors. President Donald Trump has generally held public