6:44 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Sepp Straka is going back to Georgia in a few weeks. He’s headed to his first Masters, after pulling off a huge comeback to win the Honda Classic. Straka, down by 5 shots entering the final round, tapped in for birdie in the rain on
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7:22 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Daniel Berger no longer needs to answer questions about how his back is feeling. The scorecard is telling the story. Berger — playing what amounts to a home tournament for him, with his residence a 15-minute drive away in Jupiter — had a 3-shot lead
Phil Mickelson is out as host of The American Express that is played each January in California’s Coachella Valley. The Palm Springs Desert Sun reported on Saturday that the PGA Tour confirmed that Mickelson won’t be the future host after serving the event in that capacity for the past three years. The charitable arm of
Two bogeys over 54 holes. That’s impressive anywhere on the PGA Tour. At PGA National, with its plentiful water and The Bear Trap waiting to gobble up hopes, it’s almost unimaginable. But that’s what Daniel Berger has achieved in the first three rounds of the Honda Classic. And with that kind of precision comes a
6:27 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Daniel Berger wasn’t flawless. He just kept avoiding big problems, which almost nobody has managed to do at PGA National this week. That’s why he remains the leader of the Honda Classic. Berger started with a three-shot lead and ended with a five-shot advantage, after
7:22 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Miguel Angel Jimenez pulled his penultimate drive of the day into the water and still saved par. The next drive stopped so close to the water he couldn’t take a regular stance, leading to a bogey. Jimenez’s driver might have let him down late, but his putter
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.—Daniel Berger is one of just six top-25 players in the world at this year’s Honda Classic, and if that fact represents a kind of opportunity, he has seized it with both hands. Following a pair of 65s that propelled him to a 36-hole lead, consistency was the name of his game
3:08 PM ET Phil Mickelson‘s controversial comments about the PGA Tour and organizers of a Saudi Arabia-backed breakaway league continue to create backlash, as the six-time major champion will no longer serve as host of The American Express event in La Quinta, California. The PGA Tour on Saturday told The Desert Sun that in addition
Despite the Saudi golf league speculation and some recent health issues, it appears we may see Bryson DeChambeau defend his title at the Arnold Palmer Invitational next week. At least, that’s the plan. Just after 5 p.m. ET on Friday evening, the weekly deadline for players to commit to the following week’s event, the PGA
For some players, the abrupt switch from the West Coast swing to the Florida swing can be a difficult adjustment. The cross-country flight, the time change, the weather difference, and, perhaps the most underrated factor, the switch from Poa to Bermuda grass greens. But for Chris Kirk, all those challenges could not have come soon
7:45 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Miguel Angel Jimenez felt the breeze at his back and pulled a 6-iron, believing it would be the perfect club at Tucson National’s 196-yard seventh hole. He was dead on. Jimenez’s ace propelled him to a 6-under 66 in breezy conditions Friday to match Jeff Sluman for
8:58 PM ET Callaway Golf paused its relationship with Phil Mickelson on Friday, becoming the fourth longtime sponsor to either end or halt its partnership with the six-time major champion after his controversial comments about the PGA Tour and organizers of a Saudi Arabia-backed breakaway league became public last week. KPMG and Amstel Light announced
Workday has joined the list of Phil Mickelson’s sponsors who have dropped the golfer after his controversial statements and involvement with a prospective Saudi-backed golf league. “At this time, Workday and Phil Mickelson have mutually and amicably agreed to not renew our brand sponsorship that ends this March,” a Workday spokeperson told Golf Digest on
Nick Seitz, 82, died this week and took a piece of me with him. He was my boss, the Editor of Golf Digest, when I got hired as an intern 45 years ago. He interviewed me in the Pan Am terminal at JFK when he was flying off to some exotic locale like Dayton, Ohio,
2:54 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — David Duval, who hasn’t played a full schedule in nearly a decade, said he’s “just getting the rust off” entering his third PGA Tour Champions start this weekend. After turning 50 in November, Duval started to get the competitive itch again and is planning to play a
6:43 PM ET ESPN News Services PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Kurt Kitayama came into the Honda Classic with 25 previous appearances on the PGA Tour, most of them ending by missing the cut. He’s on track to do a bit better this week in the Honda Classic. Kitayama, ranked No. 289 in the world,
This is a big week for the “sleeping in their own beds” narrative with so many PGA Tour pros living in the Palm Beach area. But that home cooking sleeping is even more helpful to someone battling a bad back. On Wednesday, Daniel Berger told reporters his back was finally feeling 100 percent again after
Feb 23, 2022 The PGA Tour’s final stop on the California swing was far from boring. Tiger Woods made an appearance. Joaquin Niemann put on a show to win the Genesis Invitational. And the Saudi Golf League, which was hoping to challenge the PGA Tour, took a big hit with comments by Phil Mickelson and
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Have some pity in your heart for Nicolai Hojgaard. The Danish 20-year-old, playing in his first ever PGA Tour event, and his first professional event ever on American soil, ran into a juggernaut. We’re not talking about another player here, but a course: The PGA Resort and Spa Championship Course,
8:14 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Tom VanHaaren Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan What started out as a typical Thursday morning for PGA Tour players,
LIV Golf investments CEO Greg Norman chastised PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and warned “This is just the beginning” in a strongly worded letter distributed Thursday. The letter comes two days after Monahan reiterated his stance that any player signing with the rumored Saudi-backed golf league, which LIV Golf Invetments is behind, would be banned
Unbeknownst to most, Roger Maltbie expected last year to be his curtain call with NBC Sports. The former PGA Tour pro turned on-course reporter had been part of the network’s golf coverage for 30 years. He turned 70 in June. Nice round numbers. No regrets. He had one foot out the door before NBC golf
2:54 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Solheim Cup is going to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in 2024, the first time it will hold a significant women’s event after four times hosting the Presidents Cup. Europe won the Solheim Cup at Inverness in Ohio last year. The matches head to
Xander Schauffele is the latest big name to throw his weight behind the PGA Tour. Schauffele, winner of the Olympic gold medal last summer, released a statement to media outlets Wednesday afternoon that was also posted on his social accounts, affirming his commitment to tour amid speculation regarding a Saudi-backed breakaway circuit. “At no point
3:04 PM ET Associated Press PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan says he has “zero complacency” when it comes to the threat of a Saudi-funded rival league, and he has a clear message for any player still tempted to leave. “I told the players we’re moving on and anyone on the fence needs to make a
7:00 AM ET The first hole at Riviera Country Club is arguably the most famous first tee box on the PGA Tour. It’s perched 75 feet above the fairway and it’s about the size of a modest living room. It might also be the tour’s most beautiful, particularly early in the morning, when the Southern
A small moment says plenty about the new way tour players thinkViktor Hovland’s choice to begin Riviera’s 15th hole by sending his tee shot down the 17th fairway may have seemed like an impulsive decision from a daring young player. It was precisely the opposite: the result of diligent number-crunching with a man whose students
The tricky Champion Course at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., hosts this week’s Honda Classic, an event bolstered by elite Floridian golfers and a bevy of young talent. Australian Matt Jones is set to defend his title after a dominant record-tying performance a year ago. Here’s how to watch this week’s event. Golf
6:43 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A year ago today, Tiger Woods lost control of the Genesis SUV he was driving in the hills outside of Los Angeles. The images of the crash stunned the sports world and left many wondering whether the 15-time major champion would ever play competitive golf again. In the months
The PGA Tour, having closed out the West Coast Swing with an action-packed Genesis Invitational, embarks on the Florida Swing this week with a visit to PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., for the Honda Classic. South Floridian locals such as Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger will be part of the field trying to