Statement wins don’t usually happen in November. Autumnal golf is fertile ground for the first-time winner, the 40-something who turns back the clock, the total outsider who picks one off out of nowhere. But each golf tournament presents an open canvas, a fresh opportunity to grow as a player and send a message to your
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6:29 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Viktor Hovland won again on the PGA Tour, this time without a clutch finish. The Norwegian star was too dominant to give anyone else a chance Sunday in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Hovland seized control with three birdies on the front nine,
There was a crack in his voice as Thomas Pieters spoke behind the 18th green at Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course. It wasn’t born out of anger or frustration, something the 29-year-old from Belgium has been known to display during his pro career. No, this this was a softer, more meaningful sound as he soaked
12:16 PM ET Belgian Thomas Pieters fired a three-under-par 68 in the final round of the Portugal Masters on Sunday to clinch the title by two strokes for his fifth European Tour crown. The 29-year-old came into the final round at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura sharing the lead with France’s Matthieu
Perhaps you’ve heard of The Butterfly Effect? It’s the chaos theory where a small change in one place (something as small as the flap of a butterfly’s wings) can lead to a larger unpredictable change somewhere else. Well, Padraig Harrington saw a variation of that theory seemingly play out (somewhat literally) on Friday at the
6:01 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Viktor Hovland was hitting it so well he had no trouble taking on a big risk, and it paid off Saturday with a big finish for a 9-under 62 and a two-shot lead in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Hovland, the defending champion
RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico — Perhaps you were hoping for a sleepy Sunday leader board so you could lock in on the NFL games with a clear conscience. This chunk of the calendar used to be known as the “silly season” in the pre-FedEx Cup days, and even now November typically ushers golf into a gentle
7:02 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Tim Petrovic birdied the final two holes for an 11-under 61 and a share of the lead with Jim Furyk after a 36-hole Saturday in the TimberTech Championship. Furyk closed with a birdie for a 64 to match Petrovic at 14-under 130 at The Old Course
DUBAI, U.A.E. — Right from the start, he was the man to beat in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. And, in the end, no one did. It took the world’s leading amateur, Keita Nakajima, 74 holes to get the job done, but the 21-year-old from Japan was just good enough to see off a stream of
9:30 AM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Keita Nakajima became the first No. 1 amateur to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, closing with a 3-under 68 and outlasting Taichi Kho on the second hole of a playoff Saturday. Needing three putts from 20 feet to win, Nakajima finished in style by making
Rickie Fowler was on a roll. The five-time PGA Tour winner had recently posted his best finish in two-and-a-half years, he’d shot 66 on Thursday and he began Friday with a pair of birdies to pull within a few strokes of the lead. Then, suddenly, the good times were over quicker than you can say
2:58 PM ET Associated Press Nino Bertasio carded a 2-under 69 on Friday to hold a two-shot lead after the second round of the Portugal Masters. The Italian hit three birdies at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course to go with one bogey, a day after he shot a 61 for the lowest European Tour
RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico — Matthew Wolff’s off-course journey has been covered ad nauseum. Articles and interviews and podcasts, including on this very website. It has largely been cited, including by the man himself, as the source of a slump that’s on its very last legs, if not already vanquished. But mental-health struggles don’t cause bad
7:33 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Matthew Wolff was on the verge of building a big lead Friday at Mayakoba until a pair of late bogeys forced him to settle for a 3-under 68 and a two-shot lead over fast-closing Scottie Scheffler in the World Wide Technology Championship. Wolff had no
RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico — If a competition derives legitimacy from the quality of its champions, the FedEx Cup gets a solid A-. Tiger and Rory each have two, but Phil’s been shut out. DJ’s got one, and so do J-Rose and Spieth, but not Brooksy. JT, Furyk, Stenson and Vijay nabbed one to bolster their
12:30 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Keita Nakajima of Japan made a pair of 15-foot putts over the last three holes Friday, the last one for par on the 18th hole, for a 4-under 67 and a 1-shot lead going into the final round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. That set
2:38 PM ET Italy’s Nino Bertasio carded a bogey-free 61 to claim a four-shot lead after the opening round at the Portugal Masters on Thursday. Bertasio went on a hot streak on the back nine at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course, carding six birdies over the last seven holes to move to 10 under
What does it mean to have a breakout year on the PGA Tour? You’d typically connote that term with wins, awards, and consistent contention. It’s reserved for on-course success. But it doesn’t have to be, and while Matthew Wolff watched many of his contemporaries add wins, and even majors, to their resumes last year, he
RIVERA MAYA, Mexico — Brooks Koepka missed the cut at this tournament last year and hardly seemed to care. Assuming you live online like the rest of us, you’ll recall his then-girlfriend now-fiancee Jena Sims feeding him grapes just a few hours after his week came to an abrupt end. He hardly had time to
7:33 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Matthew Wolff arrived at Mayakoba and quickly realized El Camaleon might not be a good course for what he calls his “rip dog” length. Then again, he’s playing so well it doesn’t matter. Wolff hit only one driver Thursday, followed his script of keeping the
RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico — He doesn’t get headlines like Mr. DeChambeau, but Danny Lee is just as all-in on the speed chase as his beefier colleague. The 31-year-old from New Zealand has made a concerted effort to add distance over the past couple years, and you won’t find anyone swinging harder in competition. Check out
11:59 AM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Oklahoma State sophomore Bo Jin took a big step toward following in his brother’s footsteps by making five birdies over his last eight holes on Thursday for a 7-under 64, giving him a one-shot lead in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. Jin, a 19-year-old from Beijing,
RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico — Greg Norman is fronting a group that will pump money into the Asian Tour, but its eventual goal is to start a new tour that will compete with the PGA Tour, and it’s complicated because it’s Saudi money, and there’s also another upstart tour without Saudi money, but its backers want
3:40 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Defending champion Yuxin Lin of China and top-ranked amateur Keita Nakajima of Japan were among seven players who shared the lead at 4-under 67 as the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship began Wednesday with some of the biggest stars off to an ideal start. Lin is trying
Beginning Nov. 8, PGA Tour players and caddies who are not U.S. nationals will be required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in order to enter the United States. The tour alerted its membership of the CDC’s new policy in the informational “Green Sheet” it sends to players and caddies each week, a copy of which
5:34 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Bellerive Country Club has been selected to host the Presidents Cup in 2030, making it the seventh American course to host the biennial event. It adds to the list of big events Bellerive has hosted, from Gary Player completing the career Grand Slam in the 1965 U.S.
Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, the site of one U.S. Open and two PGA Championships, will host the 2030 Presidents Cup, the PGA Tour announced on Wednesday. “St. Louis is a passionate and iconic sports town and one which embraces teams and events such as the Presidents Cup with tremendous enthusiasm. The combination of
10:10 AM ET The head of the Premier Golf League said his group is not swayed by Hall of Famer Greg Norman joining another entity seeking to start a different circuit that would attract top players in small-field events for large monetary guarantees. But Andy Gardiner told ESPN that his original plan of 48-player, 12-team,
Last year, in addition to hitting Hovland, these authors also cashed a ticket on Brooks Koepka missing the cut. Now, the headline for this column endorses betting Koepka. What gives? One of our experts is relying on a philosophy that has served some golf bettors well recently: Betting on a golfer with high win equity
Golf fans who tune out the fall PGA Tour season events are missing out this week. Mayaboba, now called the World Wide Technology Championship, boasts its best field ever, drawing seven of the top 20 players in the world this week, including defending champion Viktor Hovland; Justin Thomas (the betting favorite); Brooks Koepka; Tony Finau