11:57 AM ET Dustin Johnson is back after missing two tournaments due to testing positive for COVID-19. After dealing with the coronavirus, quarantining in a hotel for 11 days and getting back to practice only last week, the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world found one silver lining. “The only good thing that came out
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The final PGA Tour event before the Masters, the Vivint Houston Open, will feature a strong field gearing up for the November major at Augusta National. Among the headliners competing are World No. 1 and reigning FedEx Cup champion Dustin Johnson. This will be DJ’s first start since his positive COVID test before the CJ
9:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders It is the week before the Masters, and the PGA Tour heads to Texas for the Vivint Houston Open, a traditional Masters warm-up — but this time in November. The event was moved to Memorial Park, a course that hosted PGA Tour events from 1951 to 1963. Phil Mickelson,
If ever there were a Masters to wear a green jacket to, it would be 2020’s November edition. The average low temperature in Augusta, Ga., dips into the 40s during that month, making an extra layer (or two) a must. But it sounds like we might see fewer of these coveted coats during this year’s
It is part of Phil Mickelson’s Masters lore. In 2006, as he prepared to play at Augusta National, Mickelson took two drivers to the BellSouth Classic in Atlanta and put them both in play—one to hit fades and the other for draws. Mickelson smoked the field and won at 28 under par, and so they
5:03 AM ET The Ladies European Tour postponed two tournaments on Tuesday which were due to be held in Australia in February, 2021 due to the ongoing travel restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Geoff King Motors Australian Ladies Classic and the Women’s New South Wales Open were set to kick off the 2021 season,
The PGA Tour announced on Tuesday afternoon that Harry Higgs has become the 14th player to test positive for COVID-19, and the 28-year-old from Camden, N.J., withdrew from this week’s Vivint Houston Open. “While I am disappointed to have to withdraw this week, I am grateful that I drove to Houston by myself and was
4:22 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau isn’t the only player headed to Augusta National next week thinking about using different equipment to attack the course that is home to the Masters. Phil Mickelson said he is making changes, too. Mickelson said Tuesday on a podcast hosted by Callaway Golf that he plans to put a driver
Of the many pressing questions about a November Masters, chief among them was: How much different will the weather be, and how will it affect the golf course? When the new date was first announced, the consensus was that Augusta National would play much longer and much softer in the fall, and the early forecast
Brian Gay is keenly aware of the fact that he’s 48. He also knows that he’s competing with players on the PGA Tour who can hit their golf balls into the next county while his don’t come close to the county line. And yet, on Sunday, he found out that he can compete with them—and,
12:31 PM ET England’s Callum Shinkwin won his maiden European Tour title when he beat Finland’s Kalle Samooja in a playoff to win the Cyprus Open after both golfers finished 20-under overall in a dramatic finale on Sunday. Shinkwin, 27, was two shots behind Samooja with two holes to play and sank a birdie on
Except for the identity of the player slipping on the green jacket, when we watch the Masters each April, we do so knowing in advance what we’re about to see. There’s a certainty we’ve come to expect, perhaps even count on. The manual leader boards. The caddies in their white jumpsuits. The azaleas. The patrons
1:01 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau will become the first golfer to wear a logo of a sports betting or fantasy sports company during the Masters after agreeing to a partnership with DraftKings. DeChambeau will wear a DraftKings logo on his hat during the Masters next week as part of exclusive, multi-year relationship with the company
Stacy Lewis doesn’t have to sweat it out any more. When the U.S. Women’s Open is held in December in her hometown of Houston, she’ll be among the 156 players in the field. Lewis officially claimed her spot on Monday when the USGA announced the 10 players who had been added to the field based
Ever since the Brysonball Brand launched (Established: Sept. 20, 2020, Mamaroneck, N.Y.), there has been no shortage of discussion over how distance is dominating the game and whether anything can/should be done to keep bombers from overpowering professional golf. The usual solutions have all been offered up: Roll back the ball. Limit the size of
5:31 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Darren Clarke won the TimberTech Champions on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title, two-putting for birdie on the par-5 18th for a one-stroke victory over Jim Furyk and Bernhard Langer. Clarke hit his second shot on 18 to 35 feet and rolled his eagle
The last trophy Darren Clarke hoisted prior to Sunday was the claret jug, his British Open victory coming more than nine years ago. And though presumably one does not forget how to win, neither do they forget how to lose. The thought crossed his mind when he double-bogeyed the ninth hole of the final round
4:45 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — In the 20-plus years and more than 600 times Brian Gay has played on the PGA Tour, he realizes the game is still full of surprises. Sunday was a big one. Gay rallied from a three-shot deficit on the back nine, hit gap wedge to 3 feet