PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — “Max, can you hear me?” Lead analyst Trevor Immelman was in the broadcast booth talking to Max Homa, who had just hit his drive on the par-5 13th at Torrey Pines. …
Davis Thompson, a 23-year-old PGA Tour rookie and former No. 1 amateur, needed only five words to indicate the odds he faced in the final round of The American Express. “I’m playing against Jon Rahm.” This …
HONOLULU (AP) — No two tournaments held in consecutive weeks in the same state have so little in common as Kapalua on Maui and the Sony Open on Oahu. One is an elite field of 39 …
For professional golfers, everyone has a different nutrition regimen. Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy notoriously eat very clean; Bryson DeChambeau famously went through a strict diet of basically protein shakes to bulk up; then there’s John …
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — One moment the splash of a humpback whale’s tail pierced the Pacific blue below the Plantation Course at Kapalua. Before long, as players began lining up for practice rounds, a brief shower …
Behind the ropes in the Bahamas were a pair of longtime PGA professionals. One was David Young, getting ready to retire after 20 years at Sleepy Hollow in New York. The other was Mike Thomas, now …
Kathy Whitworth set a benchmark in golf no one has ever touched, whether it was Sam Snead or Tiger Woods, Mickey Wright or Annika Sorenstam. Her 88 victories are the most by any player on a …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer Players who defected from the PGA Tour to join Saudi-funded LIV Golf are still welcome at the Masters next year, even as Augusta National officials expressed disappointment Tuesday in the …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Lee Trevino was holding court on the practice range at the PNC Championship as only he can, mixing swing advice with Merry Mex humor. He stopped …
As many people have predicted since its inception, it appears that LIV Golf’s inability to draw some of the top names in golf could end up being its downfall. A recent New York Times report on …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer LIV Golf added three more tournaments to its 2023 schedule on Wednesday, two of them at courses and markets where the PGA Tour no longer plays and a third on …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer Alignment between golf tours worldwide — with the exception of LIV Golf — keeps coming into view. The latest example was a decision to award the leading three players from …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The player everyone assumed was a lock to join LIV Golf is still a PGA Tour member and might be the only one capable of making …
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have made headlines over the past few weeks criticizing LIV Golf frontman Greg Norman, and saying he would need to step aside in order for any peace talks to commence between …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Viktor Hovland led by four shots at the turn. No one got closer to him than two shots during the final nine holes at the Hero …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson are representing the LPGA Tour this week in the QBE Shootout. Next year, they will have plenty of company. The QBE …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer Rory McIlroy thought his differences with Greg Norman over a Saudi-funded rival golf league had been patched up. That changed when Norman accused him of being “brainwashed” by golf’s ruling …
