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
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
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
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
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
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
Kevin Kisner finally broke through on Sunday for his first victory since 2015, holding off a strong field at the PGA Tour’s Colonial with a closing round of four-under 66. Kisner second career victory contrasted sharply with his first at the 2015 RSM Classic which he won by a whopping six shots. He finished 72 … Read more
New Zealand’s Danny Lee and red-hot Kevin Kisner were in a four-way tie for the lead halfway through the PGA Tour’s Colonial as an already crowded leaderboard got more congested on Friday. Lee fired a six-under 64 and American Kisner shot his second straight 67 to move into a tie with Webb Simpson (66) and … Read more
Tiger Woods says he “hasn’t felt this good in years” after having a fourth operation on his back, but added he will not “hurry” to return to golf. America’s 14-time major champion, 41, came back after 15 months out injured in December, but has not played since his back problems recurred in February. Plans to … Read more
A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled that a lawsuit by former world number one Vijay Singh of Fiji against the US PGA Tour should go to trial. Judge Eileen Bransten partially denied the tour’s request for a summary judgment on the case filed by Singh in May 2013 in which the three-time … Read more
Ireland’s Seamus Power and American Billy Hurley shared the clubhouse lead as darkness halted play in the weather-hit US PGA Wells Fargo Championship. The second round at Eagle Point Golf Club in Wilmington, North Carolina, teed off three hours late after an overnight storm brought more than an inch of rain. When it got underway, … Read more
Australian golfer John Senden said Saturday he’ll take an indefinite break from the game to be with his teenage son Jacob, who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. “Our son is undertaking the biggest challenge of his life thus far, having been diagnosed with a brain tumor,” said Senden in a statement issued through … Read more
The team of Jonas Blixt and Cameron Smith fired two eagles and six birdies en route to a 62 in the better ball second round of the Zurich Classic on Friday, taking a one-shot lead in the US PGA Tour event. “I think just having a backup, playing a little more aggressively,” Australia’s Smith said … Read more
The US PGA Tour confirmed Thursday that South Korea’s stop on their new three-event Asian swing later this year will be held on the resort island of Jeju from October 19-22. The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges will carry one of the biggest prize funds on the US PGA Tour at $9.25 million and have … Read more
Top-ranked Dustin Johnson, uncertain for the Masters after suffering a lower back injury in a “serious” fall, added more drama to the intense atmosphere ahead of Thursday’s start at Augusta National. The reigning US Open champion fell at his rented home Wednesday afternoon, about 23 hours before his scheduled start in the final group at … Read more
Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm advanced to the final of the World Golf Championships Match-Play Championship, setting up a showdown between world No. 1 and one of the game’s brightest stars. Johnson defeated Japanese star Hideto Tanihara 1-up Sunday in the semi-finals of the $9.75 million PGA Tour event. Spain’s Rahm had an easier time … Read more
Arnold Palmer will loom large over the Bay Hill Club & Lodge this week as the tournament which bears the golf legend’s name takes place for the first time since his death. Australia’s defending champion Jason Day and world number three Rory McIlroy will headline an event which is expected to unfurl as a four-day … Read more
Rickie Fowler, buoyed by a brace of long-range birdie putts, won the US PGA Tour Honda Classic on Sunday with a one-over par 71 in the final round at PGA National. Key burdie putts of 40 feet and 25 feet helped Fowler overcome two tee shots into the water. He started the day with a … Read more
Fourteen-time major winner Tiger Woods says he will “never feel great” again because of the number of injuries suffered during his career. Woods, 41, pulled out of the Dubai Desert Classic before the second roundthis month because of a back spasm. He only returned to action in December after two back operations. “There were a … Read more