Before she turned 20, Lydia Ko had already won 14 times on the LPGA Tour, a remarkable achievement that brought with it some very lofty expectations for the rest of her career. In three seasons since win No. 14, Ko has won just once more, causing her to go through a number of changes in
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The Titleist T-series irons (T100, T200, T300) break new ground for the company for their use of multiple materials and thinner face constructions. It’s the first complete overhaul of the Titleist iron family since the original AP irons were introduced eleven years ago. That’s in part a result of the company’s club R&D team numbering
7:01 PM ET Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — Jack Heath made a 40-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the par-4 18th hole for an 8-under 62 and a one-stroke victory Friday in the Boys Junior PGA Championship. “I knew if it went in, I would most likely win, and it went in,” Heath said.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — When Tiger Woods arrives on the grounds this week at Liberty National, it will have been nearly a decade since he first stepped foot on the picturesque, though architecturally unusual, New Jersey course. Judging from his comments, and the comments of many pros from back at the 2009 Barclays (which is
9:07 AM ET Starting with this year’s tournaments, the reigning U.S. Amateur and U.S. Women’s Amateur champions will be able to utilize their exemptions in the following year’s U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open even if they decide to turn pro. In the past, the reigning winners of the amateur championships received exemptions in the
The PGA Tour makes its way to the Garden State this week for the Northern Trust, the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The event, formerly known as the Barclays, makes its return to Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J., which previously hosted in 2009 and 2013. Liberty National also played host
It’s a caveat familiar to most every elite amateur golfer, male or female. Win the U.S. Amateur and you earn an exemption into your respective U.S. Open the following summer. However, to take advantage of it, you have to still be an amateur when you actually play in the major championship. That is until now.
6:54 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — J.T. Poston won the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, shooting an 8-under 62 for a one-stroke victory. Poston tied Henrik Stenson‘s 2-year-old tournament record at 22-under 258. He became the first player since Lee Trevino in 1974 to win a 72-hole stroke-play
Viktor Hovland didn’t need to earn his PGA Tour card to prove that he belongs on the circuit. The quality of his play in his last four starts offered plenty of validation. Unfortunately, FedEx Cup points usurp style points, so Hovland won’t be joining fellow All-Americans and new professional sensations Matthew Wolff and Collin Morikawa
3:01 PM ET Associated Press MILTON KEYNES, England — Hinako Shibuno of Japan finished with a birdie to win the Women’s British Open by one shot over Lizette Salas as she wrapped up a stunning major championship debut Sunday. The 20-year-old Shibuno, a rookie on the Japan LPGA Tour who was making her LPGA Tour
It would be hard to find a player less likely to win the AIG Women’s British Open than Hinako Shibuno. The 20-year-old from Japan is a rookie on the Japanese LPGA Tour and when she teed it up at Woburn Golf Club, it was her first time playing a tournament outside of Japan. Before she
Every week we can throw out a shocking statistic about the dramatic rise in the prize money payout on the PGA Tour. And while maybe that feels like a tired subject, we’ve got a number for that involves the Wyndham Championship that we think is worth noodling. Here goes … The PGA Tour’s stop in
6:20 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — The rounds are starting to repeat for Byeong-Hun An: no bogeys, a bunch of birdies and more time atop the Wyndham Championship leaderboard. An shot a 4-under 66 on Saturday for a one-stroke lead after three rounds at the PGA Tour’s final event before the playoffs. An,
Canadian Garrett Rank makes his living in a winter sport, yet he also is accomplished at a summer sport, as he demonstrated again on Saturday, when he won the prestigious Western Amateur at Point O’Woods Golf and Country Club in Benton Harbor, Mich. A National Hockey League referee, Rank, 31, defeated Daniel Wetterich of Cincinnati,
3:30 PM ET Associated Press MILTON KEYNES, England — Hinako Shibuno’s dream debut continued Saturday as she fired a 5-under 67 to seize a two-shot lead going into the final round at the Women’s British Open. The 20-year-old Shibuno, a rookie on the Japan LPGA Tour who is making her LPGA Tour and major championship
On the front nine of the third round of the AIG Women’s British Open, it seemed as though Hinako Shibuno finally became aware of where she was and what she was doing. Not that making two bogeys in five holes iw a total meltdown, but it was more in line with the type of golf
Brendan Steele already was facing a difficult task at this week’s Wyndham Championship. The three-time PGA Tour winner was 169th on the FedEx Cup points list, meaning he had to have a top-three finish at Sedgefield Country Club in order to leap inside the top 125 at week’s end and be eligible to compete in
7:33 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — Byeong Hun An shot a 5-under 65 on Friday in the Wyndham Championship to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend. An was at 13-under 127 halfway through the PGA Tour’s final event before the FedEx Cup playoffs. Brice Garnett was a stroke back after a 64,
In victory at the U.S. Open in June, Gary Woodland suggested that winning his first major championship might not be the biggest thing that happened to him all summer. The Kansas native revealed during the week at Pebble Beach that he and his wife, Gabby, were expecting twins. On Friday, Woodland announced via social media
2:49 PM ET Associated Press MILTON KEYNES, England — Ashleigh Buhai stretched her surprise lead at the Women’s British Open to three shots, shooting a bogey-free 5-under 67 in Friday’s second round. Buhai, who has never won on the LPGA Tour, birdied four of the final eight holes to post 12-under 132. The 30-year-old South
The beginning of Lizette Salas’ second round at the AIG Women’s British Open was perfect. She birdied the first four holes at Woburn Golf Club to put herself near the top of the leaderboard. The birdie streak ended with a par at the fifth hole, and she followed that with 12 more pars and one
When your dad is David Frankel, an Academy Award and Emmy Award winning director, it’s got to be tough to make a name for yourself. Jake Beber-Frankel appears to be well on his way to doing just that, but it’s not the movie business he’s chosen as his path. The 17-year-old from Miami, Fla., chose
8:22 PM ET Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — Jake Beber-Frankel, the 17-year-old son of Academy Award-winning director David Frankel, followed his record 10-under 60 with a 65 on Thursday in the Boys Junior PGA Championship to break the 54-hole mark. Beber-Frankel, from Miami, had an 18-under 192 total at Keney Park Golf Course to shatter
A 29-year-old man was arrested on Monday for sexually assaulting a sleeping woman and urinating in the aisle of a plane while drunk. Multiple reports out of London have identified the man as European Ryder Cupper Thorbjorn Olesen. Both The Independent and The Sun say Olesen, 29, was on a British Airways flight from Memphis
5:19 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The LPGA Tour’s CP Women’s Open will return to British Columbia next year. Golf Canada has announced the LPGA Tour’s lone Canadian stop will be at the Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club, Aug. 31-Sept. 6, 2020. It marks the first CP Women’s Open in the province
Patrick Rodgers has endured a season of torture. But unlike a lot of his peers who showed up at this week’s regular season-finale, the Wyndham Championship, fighting for their playing status next year, Rodgers doesn’t have to worry about that. But that hasn’t made things easy on the former Stanford All-American. First, he fired weekend
During the opening round of last week’s WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, a fan yelled “Get in the bunker!” as Ian Poulter’s ball was in the air on approach to the 18th green at TPC Southwind. Poulter took exception, pointed out the fan to security and had the spectator removed from the course. Two days earlier,
10:24 PM ET Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — Jake Beber-Frankel, the 17-year-old son of Academy Award-winning director David Frankel, shot a 10-under 60 on Wednesday for the lowest score in the history of the Boys Junior PGA Championship. Beber-Frankel, from Miami, closed with a par on the ninth hole at Keney Park Golf Course, missing
To casual golf fans, the Wyndham Championship may seem like any ordinary PGA Tour stop. But for quite a few players in the field this week at Sedgefield Country Club there is no more important tournament of the year. It’s the last chance for tour pros to secure their place inside the top 125 on
12:50 PM ET After wanting to get away from golf and needing rest following a missed cut at The Open Championship, Tiger Woods on Wednesday committed to playing in the first two events of next month’s FedEx Cup Playoffs. Woods announced he is committed to playing next week at The Northern Trust at Liberty National