NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas — With Collin Morikawa, it’s only a matter of time. He will summit the World Ranking. It is a when, not an if. That was true before this week. It would’ve been true had he finished dead-last this week. But Collin Morikawa is not finishing dead-last this week or any other week.
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6:10 PM ET Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods joined the broadcast booth for his Hero World Challenge, and what he saw from Collin Morikawa must have looked familiar. Morikawa carved up Albany Golf Club to build a five-shot lead Saturday over Brooks Koepka, and too many pursuers faded from contention with a series
NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas — Jordan Spieth’s intentions were pure. But his knowledge of the rulebook was lacking in one very specific department, and it cost him a two-shot penalty at the Hero World Challenge. The scene of the infraction was the 18th hole at Albany, a long par 4 with water down the left. Spieth,
Looking back, Brooks Koepka’s 2018-’19 season probably isn’t appreciated enough. He had three victories, including the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship, made more than $7 million and had a pair of runner-up finishes. It was a year-long resume most golfers would take for their entire career. It’s also one Koepka thinks he can replicate,
6:33 AM ET Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — The tanned, stubbled face behind the dark sunglasses and a black T-shirt underneath a white bib made Ryan Smith look the part of a PGA Tour caddie in the Hero World Challenge. Looping for Tony Finau is a break from his day job, and Smith only missed
6:44 PM ET Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — The Hero World Challenge has taken on a little more meaning for Bryson DeChambeau and Collin Morikawa entering the weekend. One week after getting whipped by Brooks Koepka in Las Vegas at their made-for-TV match, DeChambeau made five birdies in a six-hole stretch and overcame a late
NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas — A week in paradise. A beachside villa. Significant world ranking points up for grabs. Currying favor with Tiger Woods. Sub-four hour rounds. Serious paydays for everyone. There are more difficult sells than the Hero World Challenge. If one end of the professional golf spectrum finds players sleeping in their cars, eating
11:49 AM ET Associated Press FAR HILLS, N.J. — The U.S. Golf Association is providing a national championship for players with disabilities that will start next year on the No. 6 course at Pinehurst. The U.S. Adaptive Open Championship is the 15th national tournament for the USGA, open to men and women, professionals and amateurs,
Fulfilling a promise made nearly five years ago, the USGA on Friday announced the creation of its 15th national championship, this one reserved for players with disabilities. The U.S. Adaptive Open Championship will make its debut July 18-20, 2022, on Course No. 6 at Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort & Country Club. The 54-hole stroke-play event will
The World Golf Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021 finally has a date for induction. Tiger Woods, Susie Maxwell Berning, Tim Finchem and the late Marion Hollins will formally be honored on March 9, 2022 during a ceremony at PGA Tour Headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach a day before the first round of the Players
6:29 PM ET Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — Rory McIlroy has gone from tears at the Ryder Cup to some of his best golf of the year, and right now his only complaint is the calendar. “I wish it was the end of March,” McIlroy said Thursday after a 6-under 66 to share the lead
NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas — At Rory McIlroy’s level, you don’t rip shirts after a missed cut. You simply fire up the jet and try to make it home for dinner. It’s the near-misses that cut deep, and blowing the DP World Championship in spectacular fashion led to that clandestine picture that went viral. A hugely
NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas — When Tiger Woods told Golf Digest he’ll never play the PGA Tour full-time “ever again” and that he’ll have to “pick and choose” which events he plays, some pointed out that Woods had already been playing a limited schedule before his February 2021 accident. Yes and no. In 2018—his first year
The PGA Tour had signaled this was coming, but on Wednesday the USGA and R&A made it official. Golf’s governing bodies announced the creation of a Model Local Rule (MLR G-11), set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2022, that allows tournament organizers to require players use only approved yardage books competition. In turn the
NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas—The talk of the PGA Tour these days is the other tours. There’s Greg Norman’s LIV Golf Investments, which is pumping $200 million into the Asian Tour and made a splash by announcing they’ve enticed a few dozen of the world’s best to play a tournament in Saudi Arabia. There’s also the Premier
Moe Norman will have a feature-length movie made about his life. And another Canadian sports legend will play a key role. Wayne Gretzky and his wife Janet were announced on Thursday as co-producers of the upcoming film about one of golf’s most mythical figures. Norman, who died in 2004, has been called one of the
After a one-year hiatus due to COVID, the Hero World Challenge, hosted by Tiger Woods, returns to Albany Golf Club in The Bahamas with a small but stacked field set to play. Past major champions Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson will be joined by Race to Dubai victor Collin
Golf fans can expect to hear even more from David Feherty in 2022. SiriusXM announced on Tuesday the popular golf analyst is set to host a new radio show. The weekly program will feature Feherty along with fellow former pro and current SiriusXM host John Maginnes. “I can’t wait to work with John Maginnes,” Feherty
11:37 AM ET Tiger Woods was optimistic about playing some limited professional golf in the future while also being realistic about the struggles ahead, given the perspective he gleaned from the serious auto accident he endured in February. “I’m lucky to be alive and also have a limb,” Woods said Tuesday in the Bahamas, where
2:26 PM ET Tiger Woods offered hope of a return but also a sobering assessment of his situation in his first interviews since a serious car crash in February. Speaking at his first news conference Tuesday, a day after a lengthy video conversation with Golf Digest was released, Woods expressed gratitude for being alive and
NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas — Being a PGA Tour caddie can be a pretty lucrative gig these days. With ever-increasing purses and shifting attitudes toward loopers—gone are the days of keep-up and shut-up, replaced by players talking about how well “we” executed—bagmen for the top players can bring in north of $1 million per year. Still,
8:51 AM ET Associated Press FINCA CORTESIN, Spain — Suzann Pettersen, who won the Solheim Cup for Europe in 2019 with the last shot of her career, will captain the team four years later for its second straight title defense. The Norwegian’s 7-foot putt for birdie at the final hole at Gleneagles saw Europe reclaim
“I think something that is realistic is playing the tour one day—never full time, ever again—but pick and choose, just like Mr. [Ben] Hogan did. Pick and choose a few events a year and you play around that,” Woods said during a Zoom interview with Henni Koyack from his South Florida home. “You practice around
If there ever is a movie made about the extraordinary life of Lee Elder—and there should be—it needs to open with a scene in front of the Augusta National clubhouse. It is April 10, 1975. Near the famous big oak, the camera pans the prideful, beaming faces of the Black waiters and cooks and caddies.
4:41 PM ET In his first extensive interview since a February car crash, Tiger Woods said his hope is to return to competitive golf, but that he never expects to compete again at the highest level. “I think something that is realistic is playing the Tour one day-never full time, ever again-but pick and choose,
11:20 AM ET PGA Tour pioneer Lee Elder, the first Black player to compete in the Masters, has died at age 87. The tour confirmed his death on Monday morning. Elder, a four-time winner on the PGA Tour, made his groundbreaking appearance at Augusta National in 1975. He was celebrated at the Masters this past
In his first in-depth interview since his February car accident, an upbeat Tiger Woods shed light on his traumatic injuries, recovery, and what the future might hold. “I think something that is realistic is playing the Tour one day—never full time, ever again—but pick and choose, just like Mr. (Ben) Hogan did. Pick and choose
This week’s debut event on the rebranded DP World Tour (formerly European Tour) was troubled by two uncontrollable factors, one serious, one just unlucky, that forced the tournament to be called after 36 holes. Tour officials at the Joburg Open scrambled to address the issue of getting non-South African golfers in the field home before
Here I go again, to LPGA Q-Series that starts this week in Alabama at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail (Dec. 2-5 and Dec. 9-12), hoping for the job security that would mean everything. To be in this uncertain position for the fifth time in eight years, and only weeks after turning 30, I should
PLAYER, QUALIFYING CRITERIA NUMBER(S)Abraham Ancer, 16 (WGC-FedEx), 17Daniel Berger, 17Sam Burns, 16 (Valspar, Sanderson), 17Patrick Cantlay, 16 (Memorial, BMW), 17Paul Casey, 15Cameron Champ, 16 (3M Open)Stewart Cink, 12, 16 (RSM Heritage), 17Corey Conners, 12, 17Fred Couples, 1Cameron Davis, 16 (Rocket Mortgage)Bryson DeChambeau, 2, 17Harris English, 13, 16 (Travelers), 17Tony Finau, 12, 16 (Northern Trust), 17Sergio