Dou Zecheng could scarcely believe it as he became the first Chinese golfer to earn a prized PGA Tour card, saying his rise to the world’s richest circuit was “going to be pretty big.” It completes a historic month for Chinese golf after Li Haotong finished third at the British Open at Royal Birkdale — … Read more
Vijay Singh jumped into contention for his first victory since 2008 and Gary Woodland was just off the course record but it was unheralded Martin Flores who grabbed the 36-hole lead Friday at the Canadian Open. Flores, a 35-year-old American ranked 299th in the world, fired his second consecutive six-under par 66 to seize the … Read more
Jordan Spieth will go into the US PGA Championship next month looking to join an elite club and complete the career Grand Slam after his memorable British Open triumph on Sunday. Spieth’s dramatic victory on the links at Royal Birkdale in north-west England saw him add the Open’s famous Claret Jug to the Masters green … Read more
Jordan Spieth’s overnight three-shot lead was reduced to a single stroke after just two holes of his final round in the British Open at Royal Birkdale on Sunday. Spieth started the day atop the leaderboard on 11 under par but immediately dropped a shot at the difficult par-four 1st hole to go back to -10. … Read more
Chad Collins nearly made history Friday, but his 11-under par 60 was enough for a four-shot lead at the halfway stage of the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship. The 38-year-old American came within a whisker of an a rare 59, just missing a hole-in-one on the par-three 17th at the Robert Trent Jones Trail Grand National … Read more
The US trio of Martin Flores, Cameron Tringale and Zac Blair shared a one-shot lead on Thursday as darkness halted play in the US PGA Tour Barbasol Championship in Alabama. Flores and Tringale were in the clubhouse on six-under 65 before thunderstorms halted play for almost two hours. Blair returned after the interruption and seized … Read more
Tiger Woods has dropped outside the top 1,000 players in the world for the first time in his professional career, latest rankings showed Monday. The official World Golf Ranking showed Woods placed at 1,005, reflecting the former world number one’s injury-hit two years that have seen him hardly play. Woods, whose attempts to resurrect his … Read more
Bryson DeChambeau drained a 14-foot birdie putt at the 72nd hole on Sunday as his storming back nine lifted him to a first US PGA Tour title at the John Deere Classic. The 23-year-old had six birdies coming in as he rallied for the victory over a faltering Patrick Rodgers, punching his ticket to next … Read more
American Patrick Rodgers fired a seven-under 64 to vault to the top of the leaderboard halfway through the USPGA Tour’s John Deere Classic on Friday. Rodgers drained five birdies in one seven-hole stretch before finishing with a bogey on his last hole of the day, the par-four ninth. “It was nice to keep making birdies … Read more
PGA Tour rookie Sebastian Munoz fired a two-under 68 on Saturday to maintain his lead at the Greenbrier Classic as he seeks to become the first wire-to-wire winner of the event. Munoz reached 14-under 196 and had a two-shot lead over Robert Streb, of the US, who shot a five-under 65 and was alone in … Read more
Sebastian Munoz, his sights on a first US PGA Tour title, stretched his lead at the Greenbrier Classic to three shots on Friday with a second-round 67. Munoz couldn’t match his stellar 61 of Thursday, but he sorted out some early troubles off the tee to counter two bogeys with five birdies as he moved … Read more
Former world number one Tiger Woods says he has finished a program to help him manage his medications, following his arrest in May for impaired driving. Woods said he would move forward with his next round of treatment to ease back pain and sleep issues with the help of his physician and relatives. “I recently … Read more
Sweden’s David Lingmerth clung to a one-stroke lead over American Daniel Summerhays as play resumed during Saturday’s third round of the storm-interrupted US PGA National. Lingmerth, seeking his second PGA title after taking the 2015 Memorial, stood on eight under par for the event but two-over for the day at TPC Potomac, a renovated layout … Read more
Jordan Spieth posted the lowest opening-round score of his career on Thursday with a 63 at the Travelers Championship. The 23-year-old Spieth, who is coming off a disappointing tie for 35th at the US Open, made his eighth birdie of the round on his last hole to seize a one-shot lead in his first career … Read more
Rory McIlroy will be making just his third start since the Masters as the Northern Irishman tries to kick start his game this week at the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship. Less than a week after the finish of the 2017 US Open a star-studded field will tee it up at the TPC River Highlands course, … Read more
Tiger Woods, arrested three weeks ago for impaired driving, said Monday he is receiving “professional help” to manage his medications and help cope with back pain and a sleep disorder. Woods, a 14-time major golf champion who has not won a PGA Tour title since 2013, was arrested May 29 when police in Jupiter, Florida, … Read more
Dustin Johnson will aim to exploit his big-hitting prowess on the longest course in major championship history when he tees off at the US Open on Thursday, bidding to become the first back-to-back champion in 28 years. The world number one won his first major in last year’s US Open at Oakmont, after several near-misses, … Read more
Daniel Berger fired a four-under-par 66 to retain his St. Jude Classic crown in Memphis on Sunday, emerging from a crowded field to claim the second US PGA tour win of his career. The 24-year-old from Florida, who started the day at TPC Southwind three off the pace, carded four birdies and 14 pars to … Read more
Jason Dufner continued his assault on the weather-hit Memorial Tournament on Sunday, rebounding from a dreadful 77 to close with a four-under 68 and win the PGA Tour event by three strokes. Dufner clinched the win by saving par on No. 18 with an incredible 30-foot putt from the middle of the green. “Those 30 … Read more
Daniel Summerhays seized a three-shot lead at the US PGA’S Memorial tournament Saturday as overnight leader Jason Dufner ballooned to five-over par 77 in the third round. Dufner had started the day with a commanding five-shot lead over Summerhays at Muirfiled Village in Dublin, Ohio. But Summerhays, in search of a first US PGA Tour … Read more