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Like the term “yips,” the word “shank” is one some golfers are too afraid to even say. The thinking being that the less you acknowledge these scourges, the less likely you’ll be plagued with them. But one European Tour pro proved a shank can actually work to your advantage. If you combine it with one

7:26 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Harris English feels he got away from the basics that carried him to a promising start to his PGA Tour career. He hopes he’s headed in that direction again. English holed a chip-and-run from off the 18th green Saturday for birdie and a 7-under 64,

After shooting a two-under 69 in the second round of the Mayakoba Golf Classic, Russell Henley did what many of the tour’s “nice guys” do: he went into his bag to grab a few golf balls to sign and hand out to fans. Nice gesture, one that should be met with some good karma from

Golf is hard, as Mina Harigae would have known from rounds on her high school’s home course. The golf teams at Stevenson School in Pebble Beach play their home matches at Spyglass Hill, a tougher course than AP calculus. But there are variations of hard. One of them is when a game that ostensibly came

8:25 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Danny Lee felt as though he could make everything Friday, and for the longest time he did. Already at 10 under par through 13 holes, Lee started thinking about a sub-60 round when he hit a downhill birdie putt too hard and wound up three-putting

You might be rolling your eyes at another “luckiest break ever” headline, but we assure you, this one from Friday at the Nedbank Golf Challenge truly is the luckiest break in golf history. After going four under on his first 16 holes, Belgium’s Thomas Detry ran into some serious trouble at the par-4 17th at

Matt Kuchar’s return to the Mayakoba Golf Classic this week has prompted an obvious slew of stories regarding his payment of the local caddie who helped him win last year’s event. Kuchar has talked about it. El Tucan has talked about it. And now, the caddie will be back in the spotlight after getting a

The European Tour is in Sun City, South Africa (A+ name) this week for the Nedbank Golf Challenge. The tournament, held at the Gary Player Country Club, is an important one for a number of reasons—most notably, it’s the penultimate event in the Race to Dubai and it’s part of the lucrative Rolex Series. The

10:59 AM ET Home favourite Louis Oosthuizen produced a stunning birdie blitz to card a faultless nine-under-par 63 for a three-shot lead after the first round of the European Tour’s Nedbank Golf Challenge on Thursday. Former Open champion Oosthuizen, seeking his maiden title in the tournament regarded as ‘Africa’s Major’, turned in 32 and roared

When Jason Dufner withdrew from this week’s Mayakoba Golf Classic to open the door for first alternate Rob Oppenheim to get into the field, Oppenheim hopped a last-minute flight from his home in Orlando to Cancun, arriving on Wednesday night. The only snag? Getting his regular caddie, Dean Emerson, from his home in Boston to

2:03 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Heavy rain has washed out the opening round of the Mayakoba Golf Classic until Friday. El Camaleon Golf Club has received nearly 9 inches of rain since Monday. The lead rules official at the tournament, Slugger White, says there has been so much rain that

Lee Westwood has never been known for possessing a brilliant short game, but he produced a bit of bunker magic during the opening round of the 2019 NedBank Golf Challenge. Faced with a fried-egg lie on the eighth hole, Westwood somehow splashed his ball onto the green and within a few feet of the hole

12:11 PM ET Austria’s Matthias Schwab maintained his consistency and carded a six-under-par 66 to extend his overnight lead to three strokes after the third round at the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya on Saturday. Schwab, who led by one at halfway, eagled the first hole and sank six more birdies — offset by a

Christmas is still more than a month away, but we already know Jordan Spieth and Henrik Stenson are going to get some nice Official World Golf Ranking points in their stockings. And they can thank Tiger Woods. On Wednesday, the pair of major champions were named by the Tiger Woods Foundation as the two special

How long Tiger Woods will play competitive golf is a question golf fans have grappled with for years. Will the sport’s ultimate competitor hang on as long as possible? Or will the game’s biggest winner lose interest if he’s not still winning? Of course, the health of a man with a fused back and a

8:38 AM ET As Phil Mickelson upped his Twitter game, his golf game fell. As the pounds came off, the strokes piled up. And as last week transpired, not only did Lefty find himself out of the top 50 in the world for the first time in 26 years, he was also without a spot

Nearly two weeks after the completion of LPGA Q-Series, formerly known as Q school, amateur participants who earned some status in 2020 are still deciding when they’ll begin to play on the LPGA Tour (or in some cases the Symetra Tour) and whether they’ll do so as amateurs or professionals. Previously in Q school, any

2:47 PM ET Tiger Woods will play the Genesis Invitational in 2020 — the first event he has announced as part of his 2020 schedule. The commitment is not a surprise. Woods is the tournament host of the event, which is played at Riviera Country Club near Los Angeles. The tournament dates are Feb. 13-16

Matt Kuchar is looking to defend his title at the Mayakoba Golf Classic after winning this event a year ago in Mexico. It was his first victory on the PGA Tour since 2014, and that feel-good story seemed even more feel good in the moment with Kuchar having used local caddie David (El Tucan) Ortiz

Matt Kuchar is defending his title at this week’s Mayakoba Golf Classic, but his return to Mexico is understandably making headlines for another reason. He’s back at the El Camaleon Golf Club, the birthplace of his infamous caddie-payment scandal. A contrite Kuchar spoke to reporters on Tuesday and said the ordeal is “something I’m not

5:54 PM ET Matt Kuchar received more attention for underpaying a fill-in caddie a year ago at the Mayakoba Classic than he did for winning the tournament. Now, a year later and back at the PGA Tour event near Cancun, Mexico, Kuchar, 41, again apologized on Tuesday and noted that he even heard from his

He looked sad. Or at best, a long way from cheerful. Speaking to a small group of British journalists at the end of his third-round 66 in last week’s Turkish Airlines Open, only a few brief smiles interrupted the air of melancholy surrounding Francesco Molinari. The deep monotone in which the Italian speaks English only

1:12 PM ET Eddie Pepperell was disqualified from the Turkish Airlines Open on Saturday when he ran out of golf balls. The English pro who was competing in the European Tour event hit as many as five golf balls — his playing partners were unsure — into the water on the par-5 fourth hole at

When it comes to statistical (or otherwise) achievements in golf, few people can boast to being better than Tiger Woods. Rory McIlroy is now one of those few. On Monday, the four-time major champion became the youngest player to spend 500 weeks inside the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking, according to our

Each week on the Golf Digest Podcast, we give a “Nugget of the week.” It may as well be called “Let’s check Justin Ray’s Twitter feed.” That’s because Ray has become a must-follow in recent years for unearthing stats that keep Golf Twitter buzzing for days. Related: Catch up on all the Golf Digest Podcasts

7:45 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Jeff Maggert kept the lead Saturday in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, while Jerry Kelly had one of the best rounds of the day to get back in the fight for the PGA Tour Champions’ season points title. Maggert birdied the par-5 18th for a 2-under 69 and

You’re forgiven if the sports-consuming part of your brain was focused on non-golf activities this weekend. There was no PGA Tour event and the Korn Ferry Tour schedule doesn’t start up again until after the New Year. Unless you’re a big LPGA, European Tour or PGA Tour Champions fan, your attention was likely diverted by

7:42 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Jeff Maggert holed out from 123 yards for eagle on the third playoff hole Sunday to win the Charles Schwab Cup Championship and hand Scott McCarron the season points title on the PGA Tour Champions. Two holes earlier, Retief Goosen missed a 4-foot birdie putt that would have

From the professional tours, trending news, social media headlines and upcoming events, here’s every golf-related thing you need to know for the morning of Nov. 11. Hatton wins six-man playoff It has been a trying two years for Tyrrell Hatton. Sunday’s performance, and payday, should alleviate those woes. With a par on the fourth extra

Scott McCarron won the season-long Charles Schwab Cup points race and its $1 million prize on Sunday while holding a glass of wine and watching on a clubhouse television. More precisely, Jeff Maggert won it for him. “Are you kidding me?” McCarron said when he saw Maggert hole out his second shot from the fairway