NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tiger Woods looked a lot better in his return to golf than he did when he left. Playing for the first time since his fourth back surgery, Woods returned from a 10-month layoff with a 3-under 69 on a breezy Thursday in the Bahamas that left him three shots behind Tommy … Continue reading
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez fired a 6-under round of 64 to be in a three-way tie for the lead after the European Masters first round on Thursday. Aged 53, Jimenez had seven birdies and a single bogey on the picturesque Swiss Alps course to share the top of the leaderboard with 30th-ranked … Continue reading
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rory McIlroy leaned over and rested his hand on the top of his driver. At the turn, waiting for the green to clear, he twirled half of a bagel in his finger and then ducked inside a tent to sit on a table. In his return to golf after seven weeks, … Continue reading
Scott McCarron came into the season with a goal of winning the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. He put himself in position to do just that Sunday in the Dominion Charity Classic, making a 6-foot putt on the first hole of a playoff with Tom Byrum to win the second of three PGA Tour Champions playoff … Continue reading
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Rocco Mediate played the first 13 holes in 9 under and closed with five pars for a 62 to match the Senior PGA Championship and Harbor Shore records Thursday, May 26. Taking advantage of greens softened by overnight rain, Mediate matched the marks set by Kenny Perry in the 2012 … Continue reading
HOUSTON (AP) — Charley Hoffman birdied half the holes on the Golf Club of Houston and had one bogey Thursday while shooting an 8-under 64 for the first-round lead in the Shell Houston Open. He had a one-shot advantage over a group that included Scott Brown, the Augusta, Georgia, native who has never played in … Continue reading
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jason Day one-putted his last seven holes Thursday and had a 6-under 66 to take a one-shot lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Day felt he was playing better, and he finally has a score to prove it. He reached No. 1 in the world for the first time last September … Continue reading
SINGAPORE (AP) — South Korea’s Ha Na Jang has developed a habit of making the extraordinary seem normal. In January, she made a hole-in-one on a par-4 and last month she won her first U.S. LPGA Tour title, at the Coates Golf Championship in Florida. Jang was at it again on Friday, holing a monster … Continue reading
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — Europe dominated Sunday’s, Jan. 17, singles matches 9-1/2 to 2-1/2 to comfortably win the EurAsia Cup. The second edition of the trans-continental team event ended with a lopsided 18-1/2 to 5-1/2 score in favor of the visitors at Glenmarie Golf and Country Club. The inaugural event in 2014 ended in … Continue reading
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Roberto Castro finished just six holes Sunday at a soggy Sanderson Farms Championship. The way things were going, that wasn’t such a bad thing. Castro clung to a one-stroke lead at the Country Club of Jackson after playing the first six holes in the suspended third round in 2-over par. He’ll … Continue reading
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Jessica Korda took a two-stroke lead Saturday in the LPGA Malaysia, shooting a bogey-free 6-under 65 in sweltering conditions. Korda missed a birdie chance on the par-4 18th when her 6-footer slid by on the left side, leaving the 22-year-old American at 12-under 201 at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country … Continue reading
ATLANTA (AP) — Jordan Spieth treated the Tour Championship as if it were a major. He played like it was, too. Looking for a fitting finish to a sensational season, Spieth poured in putts from all over East Lake and never gave Henrik Stenson or anyone else much of a chance Sunday. His final stroke … Continue reading
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Jason Day has plenty of rivals at the moment, but very few peers. Day’s runaway victory Sunday in the BMW Championship vaulted him to No. 1 in the world ranking, backing up a boast the then little-known Australian made during a conference call with reporters in 2007 — and for … Continue reading
EDISON, N.J. (AP) — Jim Herman played in the group in front of Tiger Woods last week on the PGA Tour, giving him a little experience in coping with gallery noise behind him. Sunday at The Barclays was slightly different. It wasn’t the size of the gallery, it was one person. Donald Trump came out … Continue reading
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Phil Mickelson faded early and Rory McIlroy tailed off late. Robert Streb just kept on making birdies. Streb shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead over Patrick Reed and Kevin Chappell after the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship. McIlroy appeared on the verge of a … Continue reading
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