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Pebble Beach with its beauty and loaded field gives the PGA Tour a chance to shine 
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — For a sport needing a jolt of energy, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is as good a test as any. Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy make their PGA Tour season debuts, and Jordan Spieth returns after having wrist surgery last summer. The field is stacked. The...
Harris English makes a late charge to the take 3rd-round lead at the Farmers Insurance Open 
SAN DIEGO — Harris English finished his 6-under-par 66 with three straight birdies Friday, charging into a one-shot lead over Andrew Novak at 9-under 207 heading into the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open. English capitalized in the third round after Torrey Pines’ brutal wind calmed down and the...
Ludvig Aberg, Lanto Griffin share lead after fierce coastal wind interrupts Farmers Insurance Open 
SAN DIEGO — Ludvig Aberg and Lanto Griffin shared the lead Thursday at Torrey Pines in the Farmers Insurance Open after ferocious wind forced an 86-minute delay and prevented dozens of players from finishing the second round. First-round leader Aberg fought to a 3-over-par 75, while Griffin had a 72...
Ludvig Aberg cards an opening-round 63 for a 2-shot lead at the Farmers Insurance Open 
SAN DIEGO — Ludvig Aberg shot a 9-under-par 63 on Wednesday in what he calls his favorite place in the world, taking a two-shot lead over Danny Walker and Hayden Springer in the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Aberg took a first-round lead on the...
Lack of Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele means slow PGA start
A new season in any sport is ripe with optimism and enthusiasm, and that’s how PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan sounded when he delivered a year-end video message that promised innovation and excitement. “Everything is on the table,” Monahan said just over a month ago. Unfortunately, the table included ravioli...
Sepp Straka surges to 4-shot lead over Hoffman, Day, Lower through 3 rounds at The American Express 
LA QUINTA, Calif. — Sepp Straka shot an 8-under-par 64 on Saturday while his top competitors failed to match his sizzling pace, staking the Austrian to a four-shot lead over Charley Hoffman, Jason Day and Justin Lower after three rounds at The American Express. Straka made six birdies on his...
Charley Hoffman, Rico Hoey charge into the lead midway through The American Express 
LA QUINTA, Calif. — Charley Hoffman knows his time on the PGA Tour is running short. He can feel every one of his 48 years whenever his troublesome back acts up, and he knows the recent reduction in tour cards will end most players’ careers well before they reach his...
J.T. Poston goes 10 under for a 1-shot lead among the usual low scores at The American Express 
LA QUINTA, Calif. — J.T. Poston shot a 10-under-par 62 to take a one-stroke lead over Justin Lower in the opening round of The American Express on Thursday. Poston carded nine birdies and an eagle on the Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West in the Palm Springs-area desert. Lower was...
LIV Golf finally gets network TV partner in deal with Fox Sports 
LIV Golf finally has a network TV partner as the Saudi-funded league enters its fourth season, announcing a multi-year deal with Fox Sports to broadcast all three rounds across its channels and streaming app. Terms of the deal were not announced, and it was not clear if Fox was paying...
Tiger Woods makes indoor golf debut and finds humor in blowout loss, noting 'how bad pros can be'
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Tiger Woods was the sixth and final player to emerge from the tunnel and onto the field of play for his TGL debut on Tuesday night. No one announced his name. Wasn’t necessary. Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” blared and that was more than enough...
Eugenio Chacarra out of LIV Golf, losing prime years in cautionary tale
HONOLULU — One of the complaints Eugenio Chacarra had about LIV Golf concerned money, of all things. Chacarra left Oklahoma State in 2022 to join the Saudi-funded league, the brightest of the young players on a roster of mostly aging veterans. He won in his fifth start, and there were...
Nick Taylor wins another playoff with clutch play on the 18th in the Sony Open 
HONOLULU — Canada’s Nick Taylor delivered another theatrical finish Sunday, this time chipping in for eagle on the 18th hole to get into a playoff at the Sony Open and winning with a superb pitch that set up birdie to defeat Nico Echavarria. Taylor never looked like a winner at...
J.J. Spaun takes the lead at Sony Open with a wide-open chase in the wind of Waialae 
HONOLULU — Stephan Jaeger had nine birdies for the lowest round this week at Waialae, and two of the most important holes for him Saturday in the Sony Open were pars. Jaeger knows dropping a shot is losing ground, and the way the Sony Open is playing out, no one...
Paul Peterson makes PGA Tour debut at age 36 and leaves an impression 
HONOLULU — The Sony Open is the PGA Tour stop where introductions are in order, and Paul Peterson made quite the first impression. He opened with a 6-under-par 64 and shared the early lead with four others Thursday on a pleasant day at Waialae. Harry Hall, Denny McCarthy and Eric...
Sony Open starts race for fewer PGA Tour players to keep jobs
HONOLULU — The royal palms on a Waialae course that runs along the Pacific Ocean give a peaceful ambiance to the Sony Open, the ideal place for the full PGA Tour membership to start the year. But a new season has brought a small degree of stress in paradise. The...
Adam Scott has full plate in Saudi negotiations over LIV Golf
HONOLULU — Adam Scott made it back to Kapalua and returned to the top 20 in the world ranking, and it’s a wonder how he managed with so much on his plate. This coincided with his first full year on the PGA Tour board, and it was a lot. The...
Hideki Matsuyama has record-setting PGA start, wins The Sentry
KAPALUA, Hawaii — Hideki Matsuyama got the new season off to a smashing start Sunday when he broke the PGA Tour record to par for 72 holes by closing with an 8-under-par 65 for a three-shot victory over Collin Morikawa in The Sentry. Matsuyama made an 8-foot birdie putt on...
PGA Tour moves toward changes to FedEx Cup finale
KAPALUA, Hawaii — Commissioner Jay Monahan wasn’t kidding when he told the PGA Tour staff in his year-end message that “everything was on the table.” That includes what could be another massive overhaul at the Tour Championship to determine the FedEx Cup champion. How soon it happens — and what...
Hideki Matsuyama sets the target at Kapalua and leads Collin Morikawa by 1 
KAPALUA, Hawaii — Collin Morikawa has played Kapalua enough to know that trailing Hideki Matsuyama by seven shots early in the second round was no reason to panic. Sure enough, he nearly caught up to the Japanese star Friday at The Sentry. Matsuyama played bogey-free on another gorgeous day on...
PGA Tour contemplating changes to Tour Championship, AP sources say 
KAPALUA, Hawaii — The PGA Tour is contemplating another change to the format at the Tour Championship to crown a FedEx Cup champion as part of its response to what fans, television and corporate partners want to see. Two PGA Tour officials said several concepts are still under discussion as...
Tom Hoge leads at Kapalua where good golf exceeds expectations in PGA Tour opener 
KAPALUA, Hawaii — Tom Hoge grew up in North Dakota and found the ideal vibe for Kapalua on Thursday, keeping expectations low and riding the momentum of good golf on his way to a 9-under-par 64 to take a one-shot lead at The Sentry in the PGA Tour season opener....
Masters gets 9 more players from top 50 in the world ranking. Glover narrowly gets in
Lucas Glover held down the 50th spot in the final world ranking of the year, making him one of nine players who will be added to the invitation list to play in the Masters. The field has eight more players than it did at this time a year ago. The...
Tiger's son Charlie comes up aces in PNC Championship with a hole-in-one 
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods isn’t the only member of his family that can produce big moments. His 15-year-old son Charlie made his first ace Sunday in the PNC Championship. Woods was more excited than if he had made the hole-in-one himself. Charlie Woods hit 7-iron from 175 yards on...
Tiger Woods' immediate goal: Keep his son from beating him in golf for 18 holes 
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods turns 49 at the end of the month, and he has one pressing goal that relates to his golf. He wants to prolong that inevitable day when his son beats him over 18 holes. They will be playing with — not against — each other...
Lydia Ko had doubts about her game but she never felt more proud of her climb back to the top
Lydia Ko had the Olympic gold medal virtually wrapped up when she had a conversation with herself walking up the 18th fairway at Le Golf National that surprised her. “The thing I told myself walking down the 18th was, ‘I’m so proud of myself.’ And I never say that to...


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