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7:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods is returning to Augusta National Golf Club in early April for the Masters champions dinner. Woods, a five-time winner of a green jacket, wouldn’t say whether he will compete in the Masters — or even the par-3 tournament — as he continues to recover from right foot
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7:57 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Niemann couldn’t find a fairway over the final two hours at Riviera and it didn’t matter. He still pieced together a 3-under 68 to set the 54-hole record and build a three-shot lead in the Genesis Invitational. Cameron Young, the 24-year-old PGA Tour rookie, tried
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If a through-line can be ascertained from Phil Mickelson’s criticism of the PGA Tour it is his contention with the organization’s media rights. The tour, Mickelson asserts, is sitting on a pile of money like Scrooge McDuck from broadcasting deals and digital assets, money Phil believes belongs to the tour’s constituents. “It’s not public knowledge,
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3:04 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A devastating fire Thursday swept through the iconic clubhouse at Oakland Hills Country Club, the suburban Detroit golf course that is one of Michigan’s most exclusive clubs and the site of many professional tournaments. Flames ripped through the roof at the sprawling, multistory clubhouse in Bloomfield
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6:31 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Three-time champion Bernhard Langer shot his age Friday to take the first-round lead in the Chubb Classic. Langer, the 64-year-old German star who has six Charles Schwab Cup season titles and 42 victories on the 50-and-over tour, had five straight birdies on the back nine in a
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Cameron Young broke the 36-hole scoring record for the Genesis Invitational, a pretty big deal considering the annual PGA Tour stop at Riviera dates back nearly a century. There’s just one slightly disappointing part about the 24-year-old’s first two days: He’s not even leading the golf tournament. That’s because 23-year-old Joaquin Niemann broke that record
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9:44 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Niemann was playing so well and having so much fun in the opening round at Riviera that he didn’t want to stop playing. He returned Friday morning and nothing changed except his place in the record book. His opening-round 63 still fresh in his mind, Niemann
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2:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Even though the Saudi Arabian government has been accused of myriad human rights violations by watch groups around the world, Phil Mickelson says he is willing to get involved with a Saudi-financed breakaway golf league to have leverage with the PGA Tour. “They’re scary motherf—ers to get involved with,”
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10:51 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Niemann had an idea how Riviera was playing Thursday when he saw no one from the morning draw posting better than a 5-under 66. He hit the ball so well in the Genesis Invitational that he didn’t even bother paying attention to anyone else. When his
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7:12 PM ET Annika Sorenstam has entered this year’s U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles in North Carolina. The USGA said Thursday that Sorenstam filed her entry to compete in the June event, which will mark her first time playing in the Open since 2008. The 51-year-old Sorenstam ended a 13-year retirement last year when
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6:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Rory McIlroy is tired of talking about the proposed Saudi-backed Super Golf League, which may or may not strip the PGA Tour of a handful of its best players. “Not-so-super league,” McIlroy said, under his breath, when asked during a news conference at Riviera Country Club on Wednesday about
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The threat of a competing Saudi-backed professional golf league has floated like a storm on the game’s horizon for the better part of two years. Due to an overabundance of rumor and lack of substantiation, that’s where the storm has stayed—in the distance. However, its thunder has never ceased, and in recent months it has
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6:49 AM ET ESPN betting analysts The PGA Tour makes its final stop on the West Coast swing for the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California. Max Homa is the defending champion, but Jon Rahm enters as the favorite in a star-studded field. Which players are the favorites this time around?
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Famed Riviera Country Club outside Los Angeles is set to host the Genesis Invitational, where each of the top 10 players in the World Ranking are in the field at the event that benefits Tiger Woods’ TGR Foundation. Southern California native Max Homa is set to defend his hometown title after a dramatic playoff victory
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2:54 PM ET PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Collin Morikawa, winner of two of golf’s past seven major championships, said he is committed to playing on the PGA Tour after listening to an offer from organizers of the Saudi-backed Super Golf League. “I’m all for the PGA Tour,” Morikawa said Tuesday, during a news conference ahead
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The USGA announced on Tuesday the local qualifying sites for the 2022 U.S. Open. Canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions, local qualifying returned for last year’s championships. Local qualifying will be conducted over 18 holes at 109 venues in the United States and Canada. Competition will run from April 25 to May 23. Those
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