PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Jake Knapp knew he was on the verge of something special early on Thursday, with a run of five straight birdies to open his round at the Cognizant Classic. In …
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The angst over pace of play in golf has been around for ages. One overlooked example is a memo from Joe Dey, the USGA executive director who in 1950 issued a …
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — The cream-colored envelope arrived at the Puerto Rico home of Rafael Campos on Dec. 23, and there was no mistaking who it was from — Augusta National — or what it contained. …
Mollie Marcoux Samaan is resigning in January as LPGA commissioner, a surprise announcement Monday after record growth in prize money along with criticism the LPGA wasn’t gaining in popularity during the surge in women’s sports. Marcoux …
The LPGA Tour has lost nine veteran players under the age of 40, including four major champions, who have decided to retire from full competition. Lexi Thompson, whose playing career is marked as much by the …
Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez, a Hall of Fame golfer whose antics on the greens and inspiring life story made him among the sport’s most popular players during a long professional career, died Thursday. He was 88. Rodriguez’s death …
TROON, Scotland (AP) — Rory McIlroy insists he wasn’t ghosting Tiger Woods. Woods was one of the big-name stars who texted McIlroy after the Northern Irishman’s late collapse at the U.S. Open last month. “Full disclosure, I changed …
PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — The temptation would be to refer to a change in the scorecard procedure as the “Jordan Rule,” only because Jordan Spieth was the most recent example. Players now have an additional 15 minutes …
PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Jon Rahm withdrew from the U.S. Open on Tuesday afternoon because of an infection in his left foot that led to concerns it could hurt the rest of his game. Rahm, a …
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Austin Eckroat waited a long time to become a winner on the PGA Tour. Another day didn’t hurt. Eckroat got the first victory of his tour career Monday, topping Erik …
PGA Tour players who finished out of the top 125 on the FedEx Cup now have another option where to play: the European tour. The DP World Tour is offering full membership to PGA Tour players …
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The Americans always seem to come home from the Ryder Cup with plenty of drama. Just never the trophy. Maybe they need another task force to figure out a way to …
Kevin Kisner is no stranger to bad golf. It was a struggle when he left a championship career behind at Georgia, taking four years through some of golf’s back roads to get on the PGA Tour. …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Megan Khang needed an extra hole to win her first LPGA tournament in 191 career starts. Andrea Lee agonizingly watched the leaderboard for nearly an hour to see if she would …
HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Jon Rahm was so eager to begin chasing down Brian Harman in the final round of the British Open that he was putting his tee in the ground on No. 1 when the starter …
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Rose Zhang and Annika Sorenstam finished nine holes of practice Wednesday and stopped to pose for a picture on the 18th green at Pebble Beach, a convergence of generations. Zhang was …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — From his electric opening-round 62 to his neon-orange Sunday ensemble, Rickie Fowler showed off just about everything during the 123rd U.S. Open that once made him one of the most compelling figures in golf. …
