South Korea’s Kang Sung scorched the Tournament Course at the Golf Club of Houston on Friday, firing a nine-under par 63 for a record-setting second-round lead at the Houston Open. The 29-year-old, who entered the week ranked 202nd in the world, opened the second round one shot off the lead held by American Rickie Fowler. … Read more
South Korea’s Kang Sung, seeking a win to reach his first Masters, birdied four holes in a row before a closing bogey left him one adrift of leader Rickie Fowler after the first round of the Houston Open. US star Fowler fired a bogey-free eight-under par 64 to seize the lead in the final PGA … Read more
Five-time major winner Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth, the 2015 Masters champion who bungled a repeat bid, begin play Thursday at the PGA Houston Open with the Masters looming next week. Also in the field a week before the year’s first major championship at Augusta National are England’s Justin Rose, Australia’s Adam Scott, reigning British … Read more
Top seed Stan Wawrinka crashed out of the Miami Open on Tuesday falling 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 to German young gun Alexander Zverev. Zverev’s win earned him his first place in a Masters 1000 quarter-final and he will face the winner of Tuesday’s late game between Australian Nick Kyrgios and Belgian David Goffin. Roger Federer, Rafael … Read more
Top-ranked Dustin Johnson and five-time major champion Phil Mickelson advanced to the World Golf Championships Match-Play Championship quarter-finals with impressive triumphs on Saturday. Reigning US Open champion Johnson defeated fellow American Zach Johnson 5 and 4 while Mickelson downed Australia’s Marc Leishman 4 and 3. Johnson, who has led after all 60 holes he has … Read more
Rory McIlroy made a charge into contention but Charley Hoffman closed with a 70-foot birdie putt to match Kevin Kisner for the lead after Saturday’s third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Hoffman curled in the shot of the tournament at the US PGA event on Orlando’s famed Bay Hill course to cap a closing … Read more
Jack Sock of the United States serves against Kei Nishikori of Japan in their quarter final match during day twelve of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 17, 2017 in Indian Wells, California American Jack Sock ousted fourth-seeded Kei Nishikori 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 on Friday to book an Indian Wells … Read more
Roger Federer, riding high after an 18th Grand Slam triumph, isn’t rattled by the tennis version of the group of death. The Swiss superstar, whose Australian Open victory in January signalled a resurgence after a year disrupted by injury, is drawn in the same quarter with three-time defending champion and second seed Novak Djokovic and … Read more
World number one Dustin Johnson held off Spanish rookie Jon Rahm and England’s Tommy Fleetwood over Sunday’s final holes to win the World Golf Championships Mexico Championship by one stroke. The reigning US Open champion became only the fifth player to capture his first event after moving atop the world rankings, matching a feat done … Read more
Japan’s fifth-ranked Kei Nishikori, seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and reigning French Open champion Garbine Muguruza were among players announced for Monday’s 10th Tennis Showdown in New York. The annual Madison Square Garden event adopts an “Americas versus the World” theme and World Team Tennis format this year, pitting North and South America stars … Read more
Jack Sock claimed his second ATP title of 2017 on Sunday as top-seeded Milos Raonic withdrew before the Delray Beach Open final with a torn hamstring. Canada’s Raonic, ranked fourth in the world, was playing his first tournament since suffering his fourth adductor muscle injury in 12 months at the Australian Open in January. “It’s … Read more
Juan Martin Del Potro turned back a challenge by Damir Dzumhur on Thursday to book a quarter-final clash with defending champion Sam Querrey at the ATP Delray Beach Open. Argentina’s Del Potro, the 2011 Delray Beach champion playing just his second match of 2017, held on to beat the 24-year-old Bosnian 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-3. … Read more
Former world number one Angelique Kerber survived as three of the top five seeds were bundled out of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday. The top seed and winner of two Grand Slams in 2016 dispatched fellow German Mona Bartel 6-4, 6-3 in a second-round match. World number two Kerber is battling to recover the … Read more
Canada will host a local qualifying event for the US Open for the first time, the US Golf Association announced Tuesday, with Beacon Hall north of Toronto getting the nod. In all, 114 18-hole local qualifying events will be conducted in 44 states and Canada from May 2-18 for the 117th US Open, to be … Read more
Wild wind and rain lashing Riviera Country Club halted Jhonattan Vegas’s charge at the US PGA Genesis Open, where the second round was stopped Friday as a storm moved in. Play was suspended for the day not long after gusting wind brought down part of a eucalyptus tree on the rain-soaked course. Vegas coped admirably … Read more
Sam Saunders, grandson of golf great Arnold Palmer, got off to a strong start at Riviera Country Club where he’s in search of a first US PGA Tour title. Saunders on Thursday fired seven birdies in a seven-under-par 64 to seize a two-stroke lead over US Open champion Dustin Johnson and four other players in … Read more
Japan’s world number five Hideki Matsuyama is hoping a sexism row won’t spell the end of Kasumigaseki Country Club as a venue for the 2020 Olympic golf competition. Matsuyama didn’t wade into the thorny debate sparked when Tokyo’s female governor, Yuriko Koike, said she felt “uncomfortable” with the idea that women couldn’t become full members … Read more
Two-time major champion Jordan Spieth fired a bogey-free two-under par 70 Sunday to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and capture his ninth career US PGA Tour title. The 23-year-old American birdied the second and second-to-last holes in the final round at Pebble Beach Golf Links, the only course used Sunday after three layouts were … Read more
Roger Federer beat fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka 7-5 6-3 1-6 4-6 6-3 to reach the Australian Open final and stay on course for an 18th Grand Slam title. The 35-year-old will face Rafael Nadal on Sunday if the Spaniard beats Grigor Dimitrov in Friday’s semi-final. The Swiss, returning from a six-month lay-off to rest his … Read more
Ghanaian-American Fashion Designer Mimi Plange says dressing Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States of America for her appearance on a major talk show confirmed her “belief that anything is possible.” In 2012, Mrs. Obama wore a Mimi Plange dress when she appeared on The View as a special guest. Plange, who was born … Read more