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9:03 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Blue Bay LPGA has been canceled for the third time in four years because of ongoing COVID-19 matters, the association said Tuesday night in a short statement released from its headquarters. The decision came from the China Golf Association, which regulates golf in the country.

On a trip last fall to Augusta National Golf Club, Larry Mize played the member tees for just the second time since he stunned Greg Norman in a playoff to win the 1987 Masters Tournament. It was a revelation, of sorts. “It’s such a great golf course, and from the member tees … boy, it’s

9:51 AM ET Phil Mickelson said he’s as light as he has been in three decades and will be a little quieter on social media as he prepares to play in the LIV Golf League’s second season, which begins in Mexico next month. Mickelson, speaking to reporters Tuesday ahead of this week’s PIF Saudi International

Jon Rahm’s recent rampage has been one of the big storylines early in 2023—especially because it didn’t result in him moving back on top of the Official World Golf Ranking. It’s something that golf fans and Rahm himself haven’t seemed too pleased about. (Just ask him!) But had the Spaniard overaken Rory McIlroy, it’s McIlroy

1:23 PM ET The next event on the PGA Tour is the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which begins Thursday. The tournament will take place in Pebble Beach, California and is the third straight PGA Tour event held in the Golden State. The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am will use a three-course format, with Spyglass Hill Golf

Afterward, McIlroy acknowledged he felt extra motivation during the final round with Reed being the golfer making the charge. “Did I want to win? Yes. Was there added incentive because of who was up there? Absolutely.” Yet McIlroy hasn’t always had issues with Reed; he’s even been one of his bigger defenders over the years.

7:16 PM ET Associated Press A federal judge denied a request by LIV Golf to expand discovery in its antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour to include communication with 10 Augusta National members, including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. LIV Golf had issued subpoenas to five PGA Tour board members and Tim Finchem, the

After a tumultuous year that included playing a key part in the launch of LIV Golf, Phil Mickelson is excited about 2023 and beyond—even if that future doesn’t ever include another PGA Tour appearance or participating again in the Ryder Cup. In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated’s Bob Harig, the six-time major champ discussed

10:34 AM ET The ongoing battle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf for the best players in the world seems to have reached the pettiness phase, and boy, it’s hard to turn away. With LIV players, Rory McIlroy and others hooking up in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic this past weekend, there were plenty

DUBAI, U.A.E. — Adding yet another entry to his list of brushes with the Rules of Golf—and another twist to an already chaotic week at the DP World Tour event—Patrick Reed found himself involved in what turned into an unusual discussion/decision when playing the 17th hole at the Emirates Club during the Sunday’s third round

6:03 AM ET Associated Press Rory McIlroy overcame a final-round charge from Patrick Reed to win the Dubai Desert Classic in a tense Monday duel between players who were involved in a pre-tournament spat. World No. 1 McIlroy rolled in a birdie putt from around 15 feet at No. 18 for a 4-under 68 that

11:14 AM ET Patrick Reed‘s week in Dubai started with him throwing a tee at Rory McIlroy in disgust on the practice range in an incident that was widely dubbed “tee gate.” On Sunday, Reed was embroiled in another controversy when his tee shot on the 17th hole of the third round of the Dubai

SAN DIEGO — Marcus Byrd was like a bunch of other kids who played golf and idolized Tiger Woods in his prime. When the superstar was competing at Congressional Country Club outside Byrd’s hometown of Washington, D.C., he attended with his father, decked out in Tiger’s signature red and black. At the rope line, young

As he was driving to his home in Glendale, Ariz., from TPC Scottsdale after his second round in the 2015 WM Phoenix Open was suspended by darkness, Michael Hopper saw that his phone was blowing up with calls and text messages. Friends were telling him that he had appeared on ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” and he thought

11:22 AM ET Associated Press Rory McIlroy delivered an exhibition of short iron play to shoot 7-under 65 in his third round and build a 3-stroke lead at the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday. Top-ranked McIlroy made eight birdies at Emirates Golf Club — four in a row from No. 1, three straight from No.

DUBAI, U.A.E. — It wasn’t the third round draw the more tabloid-minded members of golf’s audience was hoping for. But it was surely the next best thing. In the absence of a Rory McIlroy/Patrick Reed head-to-head, the sight of European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald walking the fairways in the third round of the Hero

8:56 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Southern California native Max Homa came from five shots off the lead to win the Farmers Insurance Open by two strokes over Keegan Bradley on Saturday at Torrey Pines, where Jon Rahm imploded early and missed a shot at winning his third straight start and moving to

SAN DIEGO — The world knows how off-beat funny and observant Max Homa is with the 240 characters provided him on Twitter. If there were trophies handed out for droll asides, he’d need a building the size of The Met to house them. What we’ve found out more and more—first with a now-defunct podcast and

DUBAI, U.A.E. — Most of the Thorbjornsens in the world are to be found in Norway. But not this one. Michael, born in Ohio, resident in Massachusetts and a junior at college in California (Stanford), is currently in the United Arab Emirates. And he’s doing rather well, too. Rounds of 70 and 64 over the

12:42 PM ET Associated Press Top-ranked Rory McIlroy and rival Patrick Reed were two shots off the lead at the halfway point of the Dubai Desert Classic on Saturday. Richard Bland, Thomas Pieters and amateur Michael Thorbjornsen all reached 10-under overall at Emirates Golf Club for a share of the lead after two rounds of

When you think of Torrey Pines’ South Course, host of this week’s Farmers Insurance Open, the first golfer who probably comes to mind is Tiger Woods. And rightfully so. In 18 starts in the annual PGA Tour event at the San Diego municipal course, Woods won seven times and had 13 top-10 finishes, earning a

SAN DIEGO — Oh, to be in Jon Rahm’s head right now. To understand what it’s like to address a golf ball and know that you’re pretty darned sure that you’ll hit it pretty darned close to where you want to. That your self-belief is so strong that nothing seems inescapable, whether it’s the nasty

9:55 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Jon Rahm made an impressive charge up the leaderboard on his favorite course with a 6-under 66 on Friday, which is now moving day at Torrey Pines, to pull within two shots of leader Sam Ryder after the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Rahm, ranked

SAN DIEGO — By nearly every measure, the Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour’s Farmers Insurance Invitational played last January at Torrey Pines was a rousing success. The circuit, founded to give minority pro golfers more access to top-level competition, celebrated a watershed moment when the Sunday final round of the 36-hole event was played on

SAN DIEGO — The drive to the Torrey Pines golf courses that hugs the red sandstone hills and and goes past the ocean has to be one of the most scenic in all of tournament golf. For the players in the Farmers Insurance Open, it can be a soothing sight on their way to wrestle

SAN DIEGO — It was a weekend in early December and Trevor Immelman was in a television booth to get a feel for the mechanics and cadence of CBS sports anchor Jim Nantz’s work. Call it a homework assignment, since Immelman was scheduled to make his debut as lead analyst on golf telecasts, replacing Nick

9:11 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Sam Ryder extended his lead to three shots in the Farmers Insurance Open with a 4-under 68 in challenging wind in the second round Thursday on Torrey Pines’ South Course while Jon Rahm had an eagle and three straight birdies late in his 5-under 67 on the

A bucket of range balls will cost you $5 at Rock Hill Golf & Country Club in Manorville, N.Y.—one of the premier public courses on the south shore of Long Island, right before you get to the Hamptons. However, today, the quality of that deal is little comfort to Golf Digest 50 Best Teacher Michael

3:45 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Patrick Reed fared better than Rory McIlroy after some pre-tournament friction as the Dubai Desert Classic got off to a wet start on Thursday with only 11 players managing to finish their weather-affected first rounds. Play only began at the European tour event after a

SAN DIEGO — There will be a day a couple of years from now when we’ll watch PGA Tour coverage and hear a phrase that sounds like those constantly uttered in other professional sports when officials need help with a rules call: “They’re taking a look in Ponte Vedra.” Just as the NFL has its