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Bland wins rain-delayed U.S. Senior Open on 4th playoff hole for his second straight senior major
Read full article: Bland wins rain-delayed U.S. Senior Open on 4th playoff hole for his second straight senior majorRichard Bland shot a 4-under 66 in the final round of the U.S. Senior Open and banged a chip shot off the pin on the fourth playoff hole to win his second straight senior major.
Fujita leads U.S. Senior Open by 3 strokes when rain hits. Play resumes Monday with 8 holes left
Read full article: Fujita leads U.S. Senior Open by 3 strokes when rain hits. Play resumes Monday with 8 holes leftHiroyuki Fujita held a three-stroke lead with eight holes to play in the final round of the U.S. Senior Open on Sunday when the tournament was postponed because of severe weather at Newport Country Club.
Hiroyuki Fujita shoots 66 and leads by one through two rounds of the U.S. Senior Open
Read full article: Hiroyuki Fujita shoots 66 and leads by one through two rounds of the U.S. Senior OpenHiroyuki Fujita shot a 4-under 66 in the second round of the U.S. Senior Open, taking a one-shot lead as he attempts to earn his first victory on American soil.
Nick Taylor wins Phoenix Open with birdie on 2nd hole of playoff with Charley Hoffman
Read full article: Nick Taylor wins Phoenix Open with birdie on 2nd hole of playoff with Charley HoffmanNick Taylor made an 11-foot birdie putt to beat Charley Hoffman on the second hole of a playoff after birdieing three of the last four in regulation Sunday, capping another wild week at the Phoenix Open with his second memorable victory.
Tiger Woods and son Charlie to play in PNC Championship again
Read full article: Tiger Woods and son Charlie to play in PNC Championship againMaybe the reason Tiger Woods is returning to competition next week in the Bahamas is to prepare for what really matters: The father-son appearance in the PNC Championship.
Column: Steve Stricker is having a record year with seniors. Now he's contemplating the PGA Tour
Read full article: Column: Steve Stricker is having a record year with seniors. Now he's contemplating the PGA TourSteve Stricker is winning so much on the PGA Tour Champions that he wonders how he would fare on the PGA Tour.
Picking Koepka from LIV Golf was easy for US Ryder Cup captain Johnson. Because everyone wanted him
Read full article: Picking Koepka from LIV Golf was easy for US Ryder Cup captain Johnson. Because everyone wanted himThe U.S. Ryder Cup team is holding a two-day training camp on the Marco Simone course outside Rome that will host the Sept. 29-Oct. 1 event.
Triplett shoots 63 to take PGA Tour Champions lead in Iowa
Read full article: Triplett shoots 63 to take PGA Tour Champions lead in IowaKirk Triplett shot a 9-under 63 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over Jerry Kelly, Ken Tanigawa and Brett Quigley after the first round of the PGA Tour Championsโ Principal Charity Classic.
Stricker goes wire-to-wire for 2nd Regions Tradition win
Read full article: Stricker goes wire-to-wire for 2nd Regions Tradition winSteve Stricker completed at a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the Regions Tradition, closing with a 4-under 68 for a six-stroke margin and his fourth PGA Tour Champions major title.
Scheffler tops Cantlay in Phoenix Open playoff for first win
Read full article: Scheffler tops Cantlay in Phoenix Open playoff for first winScottie Scheffler outlasted Ryder Cup teammate Patrick Cantlay on the third hole of a playoff in the WM Phoenix Open, making a 25-foot birdie putt that had just enough momentum to tumble in.
Yanks' opening 6-2 lead at Ryder Cup could've been bigger
Read full article: Yanks' opening 6-2 lead at Ryder Cup could've been biggerThe U.S. Ryder Cup squad zoomed out to its biggest opening-day lead since 1975, pummeling defending champion Europe in both the foursomes and fourball matches to build a 6-2 cushion.
Alex Cejka wins Regions Tradition playoff over Stricker
Read full article: Alex Cejka wins Regions Tradition playoff over StrickerAlex Cejka won the Regions Tradition on Sunday in only his third PGA Tour Champions start, beating defending champion Steve Stricker with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.
Jones wins Honda Classic by 5 shots, earns spot in Masters
Read full article: Jones wins Honda Classic by 5 shots, earns spot in MastersJones won the Honda Classic by five shots Sunday, a final round of 2-under 68 good enough to finish the week at 12-under 268 at PGA National. J.B. Holmes was in the final group with Jones, three shots back to start the day, and his chances were gone very quickly. He ended up with a costly final-round 79 for Holmes; second place, where he started the day, paid Hagy $763,000 while the tied-for-46th finish paid Holmes $19,070. AdHe went on to make double bogey there, and when Jones birdied the par-5 third Holmesโ deficit had gone from three to eight shots in about 45 minutes. โYou can't get a tougher golf course to win on than this one, in these conditions," Jones said.
Jones survives a challenging day, takes 3-shot lead at Honda
Read full article: Jones survives a challenging day, takes 3-shot lead at HondaโI'm happy to go low with the ball flight and I'm probably a little more conservative when the wind is up," Jones said. Thatโs when his woes started, and what became a nine-shot turnaround between he and Jones began. Jones grabbed a share of the lead with a birdie at the par-4 14th. And when Wise made bogey at the par-3 15th, Jones was the outright leader again. โJust keep doing what I'm doing," Jones said.
Wise takes three-shot lead at midway point of Honda Classic
Read full article: Wise takes three-shot lead at midway point of Honda ClassicWise shot his second straight 6-under 64 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead into the weekend at the Honda Classic. The 128 total is the lowest 36-hole score at PGA National since the tournament moved there 15 years ago โ and marks the first 36-hole lead of Wiseโs PGA Tour career. Wise birdied the last to finish off the 64, the eighth round of 64 or lower surrendered by PGA National this week. He opened with a 69, then shot 62 โ the fourth score that low in Honda history at PGA National โ Friday. Jones (61), Wise (64) and Russell Henley (64) had the 64s or better Thursday; Hagy, Ryder, Wise, Brice Garnett (64) and Stewart Cink (64) had them Friday.
Conners builds 1-shot lead at Bay Hill as McIlroy lurks
Read full article: Conners builds 1-shot lead at Bay Hill as McIlroy lurksConners surged into the lead with a 25-foot eagle putt on the par-5 16th hole โ his second eagle on that hole in two days โ for a 3-under 69 and a one-shot advantage over former Bay Hill winner Martin Laird (67). He was two shots behind, along with Viktor Hovland and Lanto Griffin, who each had a 68. The forecast featured plenty of rain Saturday, which figures to make Bay Hill play longer and tougher, while also keeping the greens from getting as crusty as they were last year when Tyrrell Hatton won with a closing 74. He won at Bay Hill in 2011 on a final round so tough a 75 was enough to get the job done. He played in the morning, had a pair of birdies and came to the 16th, the easiest at Bay Hill.
Healthy again, Koepka eagles 17, rallies to win Phoenix Open
Read full article: Healthy again, Koepka eagles 17, rallies to win Phoenix OpenโItโs been a wild ride for the last year and a half and very frustrating,โ Koepka said. That's where he chipped in from 32 yards for his second eagle of the day to break a tie for the lead. AdFive strokes behind Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele entering the round, Koepka shot a 6-under 65 to finish at 19-under 265. โIt was a good day to learn from some mistakes,โ Schauffele said. Schauffele and Spieth each drove into the water on 17 to end their chances, then both birdied 18.
Love appointed captain again, this time for Presidents Cup
Read full article: Love appointed captain again, this time for Presidents CupThe PGA Tour has selected Love to be U.S. captain for the Presidents Cup in 2022 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was captain when Europe rallied from a 10-6 deficit to beat the Americans in the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah, and he was Ryder Cup captain for a rare U.S. victory four years later at Hazeltine. He also was an assistant captain in the Ryder Cup under Corey Pavin in 2010 and Jim Furyk in 2018 and is on the staff of Steve Stricker this year. The Presidents Cup was supposed to be played this year until the COVID-19 pandemic led to the Ryder Cup being postponed one year to this September. ... Tony Finau has 35 finishes in the top 10 since the start of the 2016-17 season on the PGA Tour without winning.
Maui Musings: 5 questions for a new year in golf
Read full article: Maui Musings: 5 questions for a new year in golfAnd no one is more concerned than Ryder Cup officials. THE RYDER CUPNo other golf tournament relies so much on noise than the Ryder Cup, which is why it was postponed from last September. Phil Mickelson has played in every Ryder Cup since 1995 โ Morikawa wasn't even born then. Since the last Ryder Cup, Lefty has finished a combined 84 shots behind in the five majors he made the cut. McIlroy, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas all have had moments of brilliance.
PGA Tour's top 2 rules officials retiring after long careers
Read full article: PGA Tour's top 2 rules officials retiring after long careersWhiteโs father was a stickler for the rules, and White thought he knew them well when he decided to join the PGA Tour. His most memorable ruling was among the more famous on the PGA Tour. Also, Mike Peterson, Pete Lis and Jordan Harris are moving from the Korn Ferry Tour to the PGA Tour as rules officials. The tour said that became the top-performing tweet for the PGA Tour, also surpassing the Masters graphic. Im then finished out his year by flying to Dubai for the DP World Tour Championship on the European Tour.
Mickelson and late-night range session key for DeChambeau
Read full article: Mickelson and late-night range session key for DeChambeauThe first one was early in the week, when he played a practice round at Winged Foot with Phil Mickelson. NEW LIFEThe PGA Tour stop in the Dominican Republic should be a candidate for comeback tournament of the year. Neither the LPGA Tour nor the PGA Tour, or the majors they play, have had fans this year. The only spectators in the U.S. have been on the PGA Tour Champions in South Dakota. ... Sam Horsfield of England, who played his college golf at Florida, is playing the PGA Tour event in the Dominican Republic on a sponsor exemption.
Zach Johnson, normal guy from Iowa, wins Payne Stewart Award
Read full article: Zach Johnson, normal guy from Iowa, wins Payne Stewart AwardHe won as a rookie and reached the Tour Championship in Atlanta, where one of the perks was attending a ceremony to watch Jay Haas accept the Payne Stewart Award. It brought Johnson to tears 16 years later when he was selected Wednesday to receive the Payne Stewart Award. As it enters its second decade, the award now is regarded as the most prestigious on the PGA Tour. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan referred to Johnson as a fearless underdog and a statewide hero in Iowa for his charitable work in his home state. Zach would say hes just a normal guy from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but in truth, he has one of the most compelling stories on the PGA Tour in the last 25 years, Monahan said.
Tiger Woods might have a new putter for the PGA Championship
Read full article: Tiger Woods might have a new putter for the PGA ChampionshipTiger Woods toss a ball down on the 17th hold during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)SAN FRANCISCO Tiger Woods appears to have something new in store for this PGA Championship: his putter. THE FIELDThis PGA Championship might have set a record for most players who decided not to play. He is the 11th player to withdraw from the PGA Championship since the field was first released six days ago. PACKING FOR A SUMMER MAJOR IN AMERICAThe PGA Championship in August for years meant heat and plenty of sweating.
Finau, Palmer share early lead at Memorial as Tiger hangs on
Read full article: Finau, Palmer share early lead at Memorial as Tiger hangs onTony Finau hits from the second tee during the second round of the Memorial golf tournament, Friday, July 17, 2020, in Dublin, Ohio. That kind of score isn't happening at Muirfield Village, where the greens are getting faster by the hour. The way Muirfield Village is playing, both are impressive. Woods, a five-time winner at Muirfield Village, has never missed the cut in 17 previous times at the Memorial. But I battled back well.Palmer played the Workday Charity Open last week at Muirfield Village and missed the cut.
Paul Casey tuned in for more than golf in PGA Tour's return
Read full article: Paul Casey tuned in for more than golf in PGA Tour's returnCasey watched plenty on TV, and he was watching more than the golf. PAIRINGS WITH A PURPOSEThe PGA Tour has four groups of featured pairings for its PGA Tour Live," and then the rest of the field is supposed to be relatively random depending on a player's category. Oak Hill last hosted the PGA Championship in 2013 won by Jason Dufner, while Tiger Woods won his fourth PGA Championship at Southern Hills in 2007. DIVOTSHilton Head has some of the smallest greens on the PGA Tour, and Abraham Ancer hit 65 out of 72 of them in his runner-up finish. FINAL REBUTTALFascinating stuff. CBS analyst Nick Faldo, watching Koepka tee off on the 18th hole and telling viewers he would listen to what Koepka had to say.
US team for Ryder Cup has 6 qualifiers, 6 captain's picks
Read full article: US team for Ryder Cup has 6 qualifiers, 6 captain's picksThe changes announced Wednesday, June 10, 2020, account for golf not being played for three months during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)U.S. captain Steve Stricker would pick half of his 12-man Ryder Cup team under a revised points system that accounts for golf not being played for three months during the COVID-19 pandemic. That leaves 12 events for Americans to earn Ryder Cup points for the Sept. 25-27 matches at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin, assuming the Ryder Cup is held this year. The PGA Tour canceled 11 events, nine that pertain to the Ryder Cup. The British Open was canceled, while the the U.S. Open has moved to the week before the Ryder Cup and the team already will have been set.
Woods and Els meet again, now as captains of Presidents Cup
Read full article: Woods and Els meet again, now as captains of Presidents CupTiger Woods was a senior in high school, six months away from winning his first U.S. Over the next two decades, no one finished runner-up to Woods more than Els, a rivalry as one-sided as the Presidents Cup. The Presidents Cup starts Thursday, and Woods is attracting all the attention as the first playing captain in 25 years. Els, unlike Woods, has no influence on the outcome except for his plan and his leadership. "He told us his plan early on, and he's going 100% on that.