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In 2018, Phil Mickelson beat Tiger Woods in The Match, a $9 million pay-per-view exhibition played on Thanksgiving weekend at Shadow Creek, the swanky Las Vegas course built by hotel and real-estate magnate Steve Wynn and designed by Tom Fazio. Now the PGA Tour will try its hand there. Tour officials announced on Monday that

8:47 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Just about the only poor shot Phil Mickelson hit in his PGA Tour Champions debut was a wayward iron off the tee. He still turned it into a birdie. It was one of five straight on the back nine Monday for the five-time major champion, who decided

The stories are legend of Phil Mickelson tossing up a 60 on one of his well-manicured home tracks in San Diego just before heading out on the PGA Tour, only for all that mojo to be gone when he steps on a meaty competitive course with rough and length and tricky greens. On Monday, it

8:18 PM ET Associated Press NORTON, Mass. — Dustin Johnson looked as dominant as he ever has, and nothing could stop him on Sunday in The Northern Trust. Not even the weather. Johnson played the final two holes in near darkness after a late storm delay and finished with a birdie for an 8-under 63

In most sports, when referees do the job well they largely go unnoticed. They are there to officiate the outcome, not determine it. Golf, of course, operates a little differently. A rules official interjects when called upon. That’s what John Paramor and Andy McFee have done, with a distinct style, for the European Tour for

The first stage of the FedEx Cup was less of a golf tournament and more of a boat race, with Dustin Johnson leaving the Northern Trust field in his wake. Luckily for the remaining players in the PGA Tour’s postseason the FEC has not moved to a cumulative scoring-based system. (Yet.) Here are the results

7:00 PM ET NORTON, Mass. – What the first week of the FedEx Cup playoffs revealed was it is not the best time to be one of the biggest names in golf. With the exception of Dustin Johnson, who a huge lead at The Northern Trust, the first event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup

NORTON, Mass. — Shortcomings are part of the Dustin Johnson experience, the near-misses especially. There was a rather notable one only two weeks ago, in Johnson’s last start of the 2019-’20 PGA Tour regular season, when he slept on a 54-hole lead at the PGA Championship, shot 68 and lost. Still, if disappointment can come

2:20 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Though golf has been back for more than two months and Tiger Woods has played three events since the sport’s restart after the coronavirus-forced shutdown, he admitted after his final-round 66 at The Northern Trust that he’s still trying to adjust to this new reality of life on the

Sophia Popov said she would likely be “super nervous” heading into the final round of the AIG Women’s Open. But the calm conditions at Royal Troon helped Popov stay composed during a final-round 68 that secured Popov a life-changing major title by two strokes over Jasmine Suwannapura. Popov’s improbable win (she came into the event

Dustin Johnson is the most successful tour pro in FedEx Cup history never to have won the FedEx Cup. It’s not quite the same backhanded compliment as the “best player to have never won a major,” but it comes with a bit of ignominy, something Johnson certainly wouldn’t mind erasing over the course of the

7:16 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Go ahead and try to figure out Dustin Johnson‘s play since golf returned from its three-month layoff because of the coronavirus pandemic. Fair warning: it might take you a while. He’s had a win and stunningly low rounds. He’s had missed cuts and head-scratching blow-up rounds. This week, he

In some ways, the timing couldn’t have worked out better for Phil Mickelson. To be sure, he was disappointed to not make the weekend in the first event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs at TPC Boston while failing to advance to the second event for the first time. But he didn’t mope for long. Mickelson,

1:38 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy walked off the 18th green early Saturday afternoon at The Northern Trust and looked like two men happy the day was done. After all, they had just spent a little less than five hours wandering around all parts of TPC Boston as Woods shot

Sophia Popov’s season is going a lot better than it started. The 27-year-old German just missed getting her 2020 LPGA Tour card. Disappointed, she had to settle for Symetra Tour status. Now, she’s atop the leaderboard of the AIG Women’s British Open heading into Sunday’s final round at Royal Troon. In between that, a global

NORTON, Mass.—The good news is Tiger Woods will play the weekend here at TPC Boston. An even-par 71 on Friday had him at three under through 36-holes of the Northern Trust, which was exactly the cutoff in this first FedEx Cup Playoff event. Frustrating? That’s an understatement. “Well, I was close to snapping a couple

8:48 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Shane Bertsch eagled the first hole of a four-man playoff Friday to win the Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge in his second PGA Tour Champions start. Bertsch hit an approach from the rough near the back edge of a bunker that took

The true golf purist may not have enjoyed it, but it was hard not to be captivated by what was happening on Friday at the Northern Trust. There were nearly two 59s, and 58 or 57 was not out of the question for Dustin Johnson at one point. It was a ridiculous day for scoring

1:58 PM ET Associated Press NORTON, Mass. — Scottie Scheffler is making quite an impression in his PGA Tour postseason debut, posting a 12-under 59 on Friday at the Northern Trust for the 12th sub-60 round in tour history. Eleven players have shot a sub-60 round, with Jim Furyk accomplishing the feat twice. Scheffler, a

It’s been an unusual season for everyone on the PGA Tour this year. For Phil Mickelson, it wound up being an odd, abrupt finish as well. Mickelson shot a three-under-par 68 on Friday in the second round of the Northern Trust, but it wasn’t enough to keep him around for the weekend at TPC Boston.

As great of a story as Jim Herman was at the Wyndham Championship, it was nice to see all the top dogs back in action on Thursday at the Northern Trust. TPC Boston being back on our televisions was an added bonus. But the biggest bonus of all was a strong opening round from Tiger

12:47 AM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The LPGA Tour’s Cambia Portland Classic will be played as scheduled Sept. 17-20 without fans at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. The Kia Classic has been postponed until March. Unable to reschedule the Kia Classic at Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, California, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the

The Kia Classic, slated for September 24-27 in Carlsbad, Calif., has been removed from the 2020 LPGA Tour schedule, the tour announced in a press release on Thursday evening. “We appreciate all of the efforts by Kia to try and make this event happen this year, and we look forward to playing again at beautiful

2:43 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Tiger Woods didn’t have a scientific reason for going back to the shorter Scotty Cameron putter he has largely relied on for more than two decades after a brief break from it during the PGA Championship earlier this month. “Just stubbornness,” Woods said Thursday after his opening-round 3-under 68

In terms of strokes-gained, there has been no player better than Daniel Berger since the PGA Tour’s restart in mid-June. He may not have multiple wins (including a major) like Collin Morikawa, but as a PGATour.com list revealed on Wednesday, Berger edged out Morikawa in total strokes-gained by 0.676 during the 11-event post-quarantine stretch. Berger’s

The COVID-affected major championship schedule rolls on with the 2020 U.S. Open—it just won’t count for this season. But it certainly will count right away for gamblers, and after having Collin Morikawa among our top 13 ahead of the PGA Championship, we’re feeling confident the winner of the year’s second major will also come from

6:36 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN There have been only seven official tournaments since the start of the 2020 LPGA season in January, but after a 166-day hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour wasted no time getting back into the swing of things. With back-to-back tournaments in Ohio, LPGA players eased into competition before

Ed Brown is not a well-known name in golf industry circles but, as the saying goes, give him time. The former CEO of Patrón, Brown took the fledgling tequila and turned it into a powerhouse, ultra-premium brand. He’s also an accomplished race-car driver, being part of the team that won the Rolex 24 at Daytona

8:30 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders It’s playoff time on the PGA Tour. Patrick Reed will defend his title at The Northern Trust in the first event of the FedExCup playoffs. Ultra long shot Jim Herman (500-1) punched his ticket to the playoffs last week with his win at Wyndham. Tiger Woods will also be

Since the PGA Tour’s restart in June, Collin Morikawa has won twice including a major, Jon Rahm has moved to World No. 1, and Bryson DeChambeau has drawn the most attention. But according to the strokes gained statistic, none have been the tour’s best player during this 11-tournament stretch. Of course, that shouldn’t come as