Month: August 2019

He made hard work of it in the end, but there was no doubt that overnight leader Erik Van Rooyen was a deserving winner of the Scandinavian Invitation. Of course he was. There was a lot of pressure on the 15-foot downhill, right-to-left putt the 29-year-old South African made for a closing birdie, a one-shot

11:34 AM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Brooks Koepka got up-and-down for birdie from behind the 18th green to complete a bogey-free Sunday morning at the Tour Championship and set up a wild finish for $15 million in the FedEx Cup. Koepka had two bogeys in five holes of the third round when it was

ATLANTA—You’re forgiven for thinking the hand on the “Don’t give a damn” meter was low Saturday morning. Even in the heat of Sunday afternoons, Dustin Johnson’s complexion exudes disinterest, so starting his Saturday 15 shots back of the lead—coupled with the last-day-of-school ambience that permeates this tournament—well, there was a question if Johnson would show

10:12 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Fred Couples made a hole-in-one in a round of 9-under 63 on Saturday and built a five-shot lead after two rounds of the Boeing Classic, his hometown tournament that he is trying to win for the first time. Couples made the ace on No. 9, using a

ATLANTA — Lightning strikes during Saturday’s Tour Championship have left multiple fans injured. Two lightning strikes happened at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta at 4:45 p.m. ET, one hitting a maintenance area and another striking a fan zone near the 16th tee box. Debris from that strike injured at least four people. NBC Sports

After making a quadruple-bogey 9 on Magna Golf Club’s 14th hole on Thursday at the CP Women’s Open, Lee-Anne Pace withdrew from the event, citing a back injury that’s been plaguing her throughout the season. This is news that would have gone completely unnoticed if not for one peculiar wrinkle involving the inaugural Aon Risk

8:19 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — A storm delay at the Tour Championship slowed the momentum of Brooks Koepka and Justin Thomas — right when they were starting to pull ahead in the chase for the $15 million FedEx Cup. The final hour Friday showed how quickly it can change — and for Rory

ATLANTA – When Justin Thomas teed off in Thursday’s opening round of the Tour Championship and saw that he was already 10-under par and had a two-stroke lead on the leader board, there was no getting around the weirdness of it. “It’s just so odd looking over and seeing 10 under,” he said. “I would

8:36 PM ET ATLANTA — The detractors are plenty, and for seemingly good reason. The new and — allegedly — improved Tour Championship that really isn’t a tournament but will decide the FedEx Cup champion has a few issues that maybe — just maybe — could be excused if the players atop the leaderboard continue

ATLANTA—Despite an abundance of room at the East Lake range, what with the 30-player field bestowing ample space, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas packed in like New York subway passengers toward the right side of the practice area on Friday. Their routines vary, as do their swings and trajectories and conversations with gathered