Collin Morikawa birdies the 18th to win Pebble Beach and end 16-month droughtVideo
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Collin Morikawa went 45 starts over more than two years to finally win again on the PGA Tour, and he faced a wait that felt just as long on the final hole Sunday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He kept his poise, hit a 4-iron...
Bhatia’s big birdie runs helps him beat the wind and lead at Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Akshay Bhatia played Pebble Beach by the book in accommodating weather with such a blistering start that he threatened to run away with the tournament by building a five-shot lead at the turn. But then a cool day turned into a cold one, more spectators holding...
Bhatia and Hisatsune share Pebble Beach lead. Travis Kelce and amateurs head home
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Far removed from the false hopes Taylor Swift would make an appearance at Pebble Beach, Akshay Bhatia and Ryo Hisatsune went about their business quietly at Spyglass Hill and wound up with a share of the lead Friday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am. Bhatia was...
Scheffler, Gotterup and how much has changed in a year at Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Scottie Scheffler had a fresh scar on his right hand and plenty of rust the last time he was at Pebble Beach, courtesy of a freak accident while making ravioli that set him back at the start of the year. Chris Gotterup wasn’t even at the...
McIlroy says pendulum swings in PGA Tour’s direction with return of Koepka and Reed
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rory McIlroy believes the pendulum has swung more in the PGA Tour’s favor with the return of Brooks Koepka from LIV Golf and Patrick Reed leaving the Saudi-funded league and being virtually assured a tour card for next year. “I’m all for anything that makes the...
Hisatsune chips in for birdie after water ball, shoots 63 to take 2nd-round lead at Phoenix Open
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Ryo Hisatsune chipped in for birdie after driving his ball in the water on the par-4 17th hole and shot a bogey-free 8-under-par 63 on Friday to surge into the lead in the second round of Phoenix Open. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler closed out a 65 with a...
Gotterup shoots 63, Scheffler struggles in 1st round of Phoenix Open
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Chris Gotterup seems to have figured out TPC Scottsdale, giving him a chance to finally see the Saturday spectacle of the Phoenix Open. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler will need to go low in his next round if he’s going to get to the weekend. Gotterup shot a bogey-free...
Brooks Koepka and Scottie Scheffler ready to embrace the chaos at the wild Phoenix Open
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Brooks Koepka felt comfortable in his return to the PGA Tour at Torrey Pines last week, despite his putter not always cooperating. The five-time major champion’s second start should be even cozier, even as up to 200,000 fans cram onto TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course. Success at the...
Justin Rose sets scoring record and becomes 1st wire-to-wire winner at Torrey Pines since 1955
SAN DIEGO — No one else had a chance to beat Justin Rose at Torrey Pines on Sunday, and so his final challenge was to take on Tiger Woods. Rose won that battle, too. In what Rose felt was his most complete tee-to-green performance, he sailed to a 2-under 70...
Justin Rose breaks his 36-hole record at Torrey Pines. Brooks Koepka makes it to the weekend
SAN DIEGO — Justin Rose scored even better on the notorious South course Friday in the Farmers Insurance Open, and the proof is in the tournament record book. He broke his own 36-hole record by two shots at Torrey Pines to build a four-shot lead. The weekend will include Brooks...
Justin Rose sets Torrey Pines pace with 62. Koepka makes his PGA Tour return with 73
SAN DIEGO — Justin Rose had birdie chances on all but one hole Thursday and turned that into a 10-under 62 on the easier North course at Torrey Pines, giving him a one-shot lead in the Farmers Insurance Open on a day that marked the return of Brooks Koepka from...
Patrick Reed leaving LIV Golf, could return to PGA Tour in SeptemberVideo
SAN DIEGO — Patrick Reed is the second major champion to leave Saudi-funded LIV Golf, announcing Wednesday he will spend the rest of the year on the European tour with an eye on returning to the PGA Tour as early as September. His stunning decision, just three days after he...
Scottie Scheffler starts a new season looking like nothing has changed. He wins his PGA Tour opener
LA QUINTA, Calif. — New year, same Scottie Scheffler. The world’s No. 1 player loves coming to the California desert early in the season to take stock of his game and get into tournament shape. There’s wasn’t much wrong Sunday in The American Express. Scheffler made birdie on half of...
Teenager Blades Brown 1 shot behind at PGA Tour event entering final round
LA QUINTA, Calif. — Blades Brown looked well beyond his 18 years under increasing attention Saturday. He finished with three straight birdies that left him tied with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, both of them one shot behind Si Woo Kim going into the final round of The American Express....
Scottie Scheffler starts new year with 63 at The American Express
LA QUINTA, Calif. — The idea for Scottie Scheffler was to get a gauge on his game at The American Express, and all appeared to be in good working order Thursday. He made birdies on half of his holes for a 9-under-par 63 to join a parade of low scores...
Scottie Scheffler makes his 2026 debut amid palm trees and desert at The American Express
LA QUINTA, Calif. — Scottie Scheffler always keeps score. His most recent competition before starting the PGA Tour season was at home in Dallas when Si Woo Kim took some cash off the world’s No. 1 player, only to have to give most of it back from a separate game....
Chris Gotterup wins PGA Tour opener in Hawaii. Elvira takes Dubai Invitational
HONOLULU — Chris Gotterup opened the new PGA Tour season with three big birdies on the back nine that carried him to a 6-under 64 and a two-shot victory in the Sony Open, his third straight season with a victory as he moves closer to golf’s A-list. Gotterup was two...
Riley, defending champ Taylor part of 5-way tie for lead at windy Sony Open
HONOLULU — The wind arrived early and stayed late Friday in the second round of the PGA Tour’s season-opening Sony Open. Davis Riley thrived in the difficult conditions in the morning, birdieing the par-5 18th for a 64 and a share of the lead. Riley matched defending champion Nick Taylor,...
Brooks Koepka returns to PGA Tour under stiff financial penalty just 5 weeks after leaving LIVVideo
HONOLULU — Brooks Koepka is returning to the PGA Tour just five weeks after bolting from LIV Golf, agreeing to a one-time program for elite players that comes with a financial penalty that could rank among the largest in sports. Koepka plans to resume his PGA Tour career in the...
Tiger Woods turns 50. It’s the one time golf’s greats can relate to him
Talk to any golfer who played against Tiger Woods and there is sure to be at least one story about one shot so sublime they were certain it could not be hit by them or anyone else. He was just different. Better. The 2-iron Woods hit into the par-5 10th...
Brooks Koepka is first player to defect from LIV. The next step is if PGA Tour will take him back
Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka became the first player to defect from LIV Golf, a significant blow to the Saudi-funded league that raises questions whether the PGA Tour will find a way for him to return. LIV Golf posted an announcement to its website under a statement that Talor Gooch...
Scottie Scheffler joins Tiger Woods by winning PGA Tour player of the year for 4th straight year
Scottie Scheffler earned another comparison with Tiger Woods on Monday, joining him as the only players to win PGA Tour player of the year at least four times in a row. Scheffler made an easy case to pick up another Jack Nicklaus Award. His tour-leading six victories were twice as...
Matsuyama rallies in the Bahamas and beats Noren in a playoff to win Hero World Challenge
NASSAU, Bahamas — Hideki Matsuyama ended his season the way he started it, winning the Hero World Challenge on Sunday when he closed with an 8-under-par 64 and then hit 9-iron to 2 feet for birdie on the first playoff hole to defeat Alex Noren. Matsuyama, who began the year...
Cameron Young and J.J. Spaun part of another 5-way tie for the lead in the Bahamas
NASSAU, Bahamas — U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun converted two of his three eagle chances, Cameron Young shot 30 on the back nine and Hideki Matsuyama was bogey-free, all of them part of another five-way tie for the lead Friday in the Hero World Challenge. Missing from a share of...
Fuzzy Zoeller, 2-time major champion haunted by racist joke about Tiger Woods, dies at 74
Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion and one of golf’s most gregarious characters whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, has died, according to a longtime colleague. He was 74. A cause of death was not immediately available. Brian Naugle, the tournament director of the...
