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South Africa’s Bobby Locke, a four-time Open champion, is generally credited with coming up with the phrase “Drive for show and putt for dough” to describe the key ingredients to winning a golf tournament. It was a theory that held true for some time, but in recent years statistical data shows the formula for winning

Two-time major champion Angel Cabrera is now a two-time assault convict. Cabrera was convicted for assaulting an ex-partner for a second time on Monday, according to Agence France Presse. The 53-year-old received an additional two years and four months of prison time for assaulting Micaela Escudero. Cabrera is still serving a two-year sentence for assaulting,

The penultimate event of the fall portion of the 2022-23 PGA Tour schedule will take place this week in Texas for the Cadence Bank Houston Open. The tourney will feature Scottie Scheffler coming off of a final-round 62 and T-3 finish at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba and a T-2 at last year’s

5:18 PM ET Associated Press A few days before Rory McIlroy returned to No. 1 in the world, he was asked if he could accept being No. 2 for the foreseeable future. The topic, of course, was the Player Impact Program, and McIlroy smiled. “Hey, I gave him a pretty good run,” McIlroy said. That

There are only two official events left on both the PGA Tour and the LPGA Tour in the 2022 calendar year. After playing in the Cadence Bank Houston Open this week, the PGA Tour closes the year at The RSM Classic at Sea Island Resort on Saint Simons Island, Georgia, on Nov. 17-20. The LPGA

With only one regular season event and the tour championship remaining on the LPGA calendar, Jessica Korda announced Tuesday that her season is over early. In a social media post, Korda cited a back injury, saying that her doctor told her that if she continued to play her recovery would be greatly extended. So, to

You hear it happen every so often, not frequently enough to call it common but not infrequently enough to call it rare. Still, each time a golfer forgets to sign a scorecard—and is subsequently disqualified from a tournament—the reaction that follows is twofold: How could that possible happen (again)? And why are they hit with

11:06 AM ET It’s official: Tiger Woods is returning to the golf course Dec. 10 in the seventh edition of The Match. The 15-time major champion will team up with world No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy against Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth in a 12-hole competition under the lights at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair,

The reports are finally official: Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy will face Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth in the latest iteration of “The Match” Dec. 10 at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla. The four superstars committed to the exhibition series, which will be held for the seventh time and second in 2022 after a

Bernhard Langer won on Sunday. Again. To break his own record for being the oldest PGA Tour Champions winner. Again. Golfers have longer careers than other professional athletes, but this is just ridiculous. Langer has had a longer career than most if you just count his time on the senior tour. And he’s certainly made

5:53 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Bernhard Langer broke his own record as the oldest winner on the PGA Tour Champions with a 6-under 66 for a six-shot victory Sunday in the TimberTech Championship, leaving the 65-year-old German one win away from matching the career record. Langer started the final round with

Winning on the PGA Tour is a satisfying feeling, but the manner in which it is achieved matters, too. And the way Russell Henley won the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba on Sunday in Riviera Maya, Mexico sure felt fulfilling to the Georgia native. Henley secured his fourth career PGA Tour title with a

6:21 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Russell Henley finally made a bogey, and that’s about all that went wrong for him Sunday as he closed with a 1-under 70 for a four-shot victory in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Henley, staked to a six-shot lead going into the final

Nov 5, 2022 Associated Press Dow Finsterwald earned a place in golf history as the first player to win the PGA Championship in stroke play and the last U.S. captain of a Ryder Cup before continental Europe was invited to join. More than a major champion and Ryder Cup player, he devoted his life to

Imagine winning four events on the PGA Tour in a single year and ditching the putter that you used in all of those victories. There are guys who would go the grave holding that flat stick. On Sunday in the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico, Scheffler scorched Mayakoba for a nine-under-par 62, and then

To see any PGA Tour pro make a hole-in-one on a par 4 during a tournament would be incredible, but to see Joel Dahmen pull it off would be extra special given the likelihood that he might have unleashed a celebration for the ages. The 34-year-old Washington native is one of the tour’s more fun-loving

4:52 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Gemma Dryburgh of Scotland won her first LPGA Tour title with a final-round 7-under 65 on Sunday to take the Toto Classic by four shots ahead of Japan’s Kana Nagai. Nagai also closed with a 65. Linn Grant was a third, five shots off the pace after

In July of 1958 the PGA of America was celebrating some notable milestones. It had switched its format to stroke play from match play, and for the first time, a national television audience would be able to watch the competition on the weekend. The CBS executives of the time had to be thrilled when both

8:03 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Russell Henley rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on his first hole and never really let up Saturday until he had a 6-under 65 and doubled the size of his lead to six shots in the World Wide Technology at Mayakoba. This is the sixth

You remember the old saw about the tree falling in the woods? Well, how about this one: If a hole-in-one falls on the PGA Tour, and nobody reacts, did it actually happen? For a little while on Saturday at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, Greyson Sigg wasn’t sure. On the 200-yard 10th, he

6:52 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Bernhard Langer beat his age by two shots Saturday with a 9-under 63, giving him a one-shot lead over Paul Goydos in the TimberTech Championship and a chance to move closer to the PGA Tour Champions record for career wins. Langer opened with three straight birdies,

6:58 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Momoko Ueda of Japan shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a one-stoke lead after three rounds of the Toto Classic. Ueda also held a one-shot lead after the second round. Ueda, who had a three-round total of 14-under 202, is one shot ahead of Gemma

But now, there’s the potential for Thitikul to as quirkily fall out of the top spot come Sunday due to her performance on the golf course. With a one-over 73 during the third round of the Toto Japan Classic, Thitikul dropped to five under for the tournament to settle into a tie for 23rd, nine

Pick any of the most famous par-3 holes in the world. Augusta National No. 12. Pebble Beach No. 7. TPC Sawgrass No. 17. The Postage Stamp eighth at Royal Troon. If you could make the first hole-in-one of your life at any of them, which would you choose? We don’t know what Christian Clark’s answer

Two-time Masters champ Bubba Watson stated in an interview with ESPN that he received money from sponsors and tournament officials for appearances on the PGA Tour, a practice that is against tour rules. Watson, who defected to LIV Golf this summer, was responding to the backlash the Saudi-backed circuit has received for handing out guaranteed

6:05 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Miguel Angel Jimenez birdied his final four holes Friday for a 5-under 67, giving him a 1-shot lead over Paul Goydos and Rod Pampling in the TimberTech Championship. The PGA Tour Champions event is the second of three in the postseason, with the leading 36 players

DP World Tour players will compete for a record level of prize money in the 2023 season. Outside of the four major championships and the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, the former European Tour will offer $144.2 million over a schedule that will feature a minimum of 39 tournaments in 26 countries. That figure includes a

3:57 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Motoko Ueda shot 3-under 69 to hold a one-shot lead on Friday after the second round of the LPGA’s Toto Classic. Ueda was a shot clear of fellow Japanese players Miyu Yamashita and Ai Suzuki. Yamashita carded a 68 and Suzuki had a 70. Attahaya Thitikul of

Worldwide by name, worldwide by nature. With the PGA Tour in Mexico this week for the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, it’s the fourth different country the tour has visited in the seven fall tournaments this season after playing in the U.S., Japan and Bermuda. Will Gordon, a Korn Ferry Tour graduate, leads at

7:58 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Will Gordon was frustrated with the way he finished last week in Bermuda. He had no complaints about his start Thursday at Mayakoba. Gordon ran off four straight birdies to start the back nine on the El Camaleon course and finished with a 9-under 62