12:04 PM ET South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence and Spain’s Angel Hidalgo had a share of the lead at 6 under par before a thunderstorm suspended play for the day in the first round of the DP World Tour’s Joburg Open at the Randpark Country Club on Thursday. It was the opening day of the newly-styled
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Donnie and Jamie Solesbee had no intention of getting their soon-to-be-daughter Autumn into golf. She was a 7-year-old in the foster care system, and the Solesbees were a couple on a journey to adopt. They met and fell in love with the young girl, unaware the game was about to become a big part of
Apparently, the COVID golf boom has made it harder for everyone to get a tee time. Even if you’re an MLB All-Star. San Diego Padres outfielder Will Myers finds himself in quite the interesting legal battle, according to The Charlotte Observer. Myers, who lives in Charlotte during the off-season, has been taken to court by
7:41 AM ET His résumé is heavy with major championship accomplishments, and Brooks Koepka has somewhat famously let it be known that the regular tournaments are not much of a priority to him. So a couple of missed cuts late in a long year that has seen its share of injury struggles for Koepka might
Maybe we should have seen this coming all along, that the Brooks Koepka-Bryson DeChambeau tift spat row quarrel argument battle feud would ultimately play itself out in a made-for-TV duel on the golf course. For those with such clairvoyance, you’ve probably had Friday, Nov. 26 circled on your calendar even before the fifth iteration of
If you’re reading this post, you are considering making a bet on the Bryson vs. Brooks match. Which means you are in the right place, as we have picks from some of the best golf handicappers in the industry, who comprise our Golf Digest betting panel (which makes picks every week during the PGA Tour
7:39 AM ET It would be tough to top the kind of drama that Bryson DeChambeau found himself part of in 2021. He won just once on the PGA Tour, but the man who transformed his body in less than two years to become the tour’s longest driver certainly was a major topic of discussion
There is a course with a driving range up the street, and for years I believed the range was no good. The balls are beaten to hell and painted with a cheap protective coating that leaves a nasty mark on your irons. There’s no grass, and with little cushion between the mats and concrete underneath
Sam Bennett’s start to the 2021-22 college season showcased what happens when you take an already impressive golf game and you add consistency and patience. The Texas A&M senior shot par-or-better in all nine of his stroke-play rounds, posted two top-three finishes and is No. 1 in the PGA Tour University ranking entering the winter
The PGA Tour announced to its membership Monday significant increases coming to its prize money and payout structures for the new year. The financial details were explained to PGA Tour players in a memo sent to them by commissioner Jay Monahan and first reported by the Associated Press and Golfweek followed by multiple other media
After a year of following verbal jabs and one viral eye-roll, golf fans will finally see Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau settle their feud on the golf course this week. But they’ll also get a nice, even if not complete, look at one of the country’s most interesting—and pricey—layouts. The Wynn Golf Club, just off
When The Match between Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau was announced on October 5, it felt like poor timing. A week earlier at the Ryder Cup, the two hugged it out, Ari Gold-style. Beef squashed. Feud over. Whatever juice this thing had was squeezed out the moment these so-called enemies embraced at Whistling Straits. In
5:46 PM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour is raising purses even higher in five of its biggest events, with two FedEx Cup playoff events now offering $15 million in a schedule that pushes prize money closer to the $500 million mark this year. The increases, which include $12 million purses in the three invitational
7:50 AM ET Associated Press British Open champion, Ryder Cup winner and now the first American to finish a season as the European Tour’s No. 1 player. It’s been quite the year for Collin Morikawa. The 24-year-old Californian showcased his world-class iron play down the stretch in making five birdies in his last seven holes
NAPLES, Fla. — For those successful on the LPGA Tour, the offseason comes like a brief reprieve. The CME Group Tour Championship finishes near Thanksgiving, and a mere six weeks later, the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions kicks things off once more. The constant grind causes Lydia Ko to only take a month off
5:27 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Talor Gooch was playing too well to get fazed by anything Sunday in the RSM Classic, and it paid off with his first PGA Tour title when he closed with a 6-under 64 for a three-shot victory at Sea Island. He was playing with two
NAPLES, Fla. — The setup for the final-round showdown at the CME Group Tour Championship was too good to be true. Nelly Korda, Jin Young Ko and Celine Boutier, winners of the previous six tournaments on the LPGA Tour heading into the 2021 season finale, were all tied for the lead along with Nasa Hataoka,
5:36 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — The stakes were high and the odds would have seemed long to anyone but Jin Young Ko. Her only chance at LPGA player of the year was to win the CME Group Tour Championship. In her way was Nelly Korda, the No. 1 player in the world.
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — The first win of Talor Gooch’s PGA Tour career was not easy inside the walls of his own mind—it never is—but to an outside observer, he certainly made it look easy. On a sleepy Sunday at the RSM Classic, in the last official event before the winter break, the Oklahoma
11:12 AM ET Tiger Woods posted video of himself hitting balls for the first time since his February car crash that caused several injuries to his right leg and foot. The video posted Sunday to Woods’ social media accounts constitutes the first official update he has shared since April. The three-second clip includes the caption,
Tiger Woods gave fans an early holiday present by posting a video of him hitting a golf shot on Sunday morning. It is the clearest sign yet that Woods, 45, is planning to at least attempt a return to golf after his traumatic single-car accident on Feb. 23. The video, which appears to be shot
6:09 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Nelly Korda and Jin Young Ko are part of a four-way tie for the lead going into the final round of the season, with nothing less than $1.5 million and LPGA player of the year on the line. Ko started pouring in putts from everywhere and ran
Gaby Lopez was utterly bewildered by a bad swing. A few minutes later, she was pumping her fist with gusto.. A few minutes after that, she stood laughing at herself because the alternative was to cry. In the span of the last three holes on Saturday, while trying to keep her position at the top
NAPLES, Fla.—In a season defined by the blow-for-blow battle between Jin Young Ko and Nelly Korda for LPGA Tour supremacy, it’s fitting they’re in the final group at the CME Group Tour Championship on Sunday alongside Nasa Hataoka. The tour titans sit even in a four-way tie for first at 14 under par at Tiburon
6:41 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Talor Gooch is playing some of his best golf in the toughest weather, even when he hasn’t been in the best position off the tee. Now the former Oklahoma State player is one round away from his first PGA Tour victory at the RSM Classic.
DUBAI, U.A.E. — It’s all over really. Never mind the usual platitudes about “focusing on winning the tournament.” Barring something truly extraordinary in the closing round of the DP World Tour Championship on Sunday, Collin Morikawa has already won the European Tour’s season-long Race to Dubai. Consider the facts. Even if Morikawa were to fall
9:35 AM ET Associated Press Rory McIlroy was on the rocks late in his third round at the DP World Tour Championship. Some cliff-edge improvisation, followed by a final-hole birdie, put him back in control. Seeking a second straight victory to end his season, McIlroy delivered another wild finish at Jumeirah Golf Estates in shooting
NAPLES, Fla.—The scrutiny, the stories, and the eyeballs were focused on Nelly Korda and Jin Young Ko heading into the CME Group Tour Championship. Their world-beating ways earned the attention as they won 27 percent of the LPGA’s events between them, and Korda seizing the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. As their Rolex Player
6:22 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — What looked to be a wide-open race for the richest prize in women’s golf is now in the hands of Celine Boutier, who made seven birdies over the last 10 holes for a 7-under 65 and a four-shot lead Friday in the CME Group Tour Championship. For
7:33 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — A strong wind off the Atlantic Ocean swept over Sea Island on Friday, and it was no problem for Talor Gooch of Oklahoma as he handled the exposed Seaside course for a 5-under 65 to take a one-shot lead in the RSM Classic. As expected,