Month: February 2020

Martin Trainer has a 9:29 a.m. PST tee time in the third round of the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club on Saturday. If that doesn’t seem like that big a deal, well you might not be familiar with the recent record of Martin Trainer. Last February, the 28-year-old Californian won the Puerto Rico Open

2:29 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Seven-time major champion Inbee Park hasn’t won an LPGA tournament in nearly two years, but her 19 tour victories include trophies at Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia. She might well be adding Australia soon to that total in the Asia-Pacific region. Park took a three-stroke lead at

In October, Brooks Koepka revealed that he had played through a knee injury for much of last season, one that required him to get a painful stem-cell injection following the Tour Championship. After staying off his feet for a few days, then rehabbing the knee, Koepka entered the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open feeling much

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Tiger Woods did not commit to the WGC-Mexico Championship by the Friday deadline, meaning the 15-time major champion will not be playing next week at Club de Golf Chapultepec. All signs point toward Woods wanting to rest after a week of double duty as player-host of the Genesis Invitational. There was

4:26 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Poor rounds are inevitable, but Tiger Woods had made a nice habit of playing so many good ones since he returned from knee surgery that Friday’s score of 73 came as somewhat of a surprise. The hallmark iron game was missing and he couldn’t save himself on the greens

The European Tour is the latest golf circuit to postpone events in wake of the coronavirus outbreak. On Friday morning the Euro Tour, in conjunction with the Asian Tour, decided to push back two tournaments: The Maybank Championship and the Volvo China Open. The Maybank, originally scheduled for the week after the Masters and played

3:25 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Seven-time major winner Inbee Park moved into contention for her 20th LPGA Tour win by taking a share of the second-round lead at the Women’s Australian Open on Friday. Park’s 4-under 69 left her with a two-round total of 10-under 136 at Royal Adelaide, level with England’s

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Tiger Woods began the Genesis Invitational with two perfect shots, easily reaching Riviera’s benign par-5 first hole in two. He then drained the eagle putt of 24 feet, 8 inches. Seriously. In Kobe Bryant’s city, in Woods’ first tournament since learning of his longtime buddy’s shocking death, Woods’ first putt of

The tapestry of Tiger Woods’ career, and how we examine and appreciate his work, constantly lends itself to findings both remarkable and odd. Consider this note from the PGA Tour communication department somewhere in the middle of that spectrum. Woods, playing in (and hosting) this week’s Genesis Invitational, made an eagle at Riviera’s first hole