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2:02 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Michelle Wie has withdrawn from next week’s U.S. Women’s Open champion to continue her recovery from a hand injury. Wie announced her decision Friday on Twitter, saying that while she’s making progress she needs to take more time off. The 29-year-old Wie said it is a difficult
Arkansas’ Maria Fassi and Wake Forest’s Jennifer Kupcho, the last two winners of the NCAA individual championship, were already destined to be linked as they embarked on their professional golf careers. But the USGA made that even more so when it announced on Friday that the duo will be playing together as they each make
Despite a prolonged stretch of PGA Tour finishes, Jordan Spieth declared his much-discussed slump to be over before last week’s PGA Championship. But if the ensuing T-3 at Bethpage Black wasn’t enough to convince others of his claim, what he did on Thursday at least proved he’s back to peak form with the putter. RELATED:
9:39 PM ET Associated Press PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Scott Parel took advantage of ideal scoring conditions Thursday morning to shoot a 4-under 66 and take the first-round lead in the weather-delayed Senior PGA Championship. The gusting afternoon wind, which buffeted flags and shook hospitality tents across Oak Hill Country Club’s East Course, hadn’t yet fully
If you’re wondering why a player of prodigious talent like Tony Finau has a lone PGA Tour win to his record (at an alternate event, no less), a glance at his short-game statistics should deliver the answer. Though few are better off the tee than Big Tone, the 29-year-old has ranked outside the top 100
Tiger Woods has entered next week’s Memorial Tournament, Jack Nicklaus’ annual event in Dublin, Ohio. Woods has won the tournament five times, and it has been a frequent event on his schedule as it typically is played two weeks before the U.S. Open. Woods finished tied for 23rd last year. This Just In
After opting not to play between April’s Masters win and last week’s PGA Championship, Tiger Woods won’t follow the same barren schedule before the season’s next major. Woods announced Thursday that he will play in next week’s Memorial Tournament, which will be a final tuneup before the U.S. Open (June 13-16) at Pebble Beach. https://twitter.com/TigerWoods/status/1131556031493038080
The drama departments at either of these universities could not have staged a production more compelling than that delivered by the Duke and Wake Forest women’s golf teams on Wednesday. Yet in the end, well, dynasties are dynasties for a reason, and Duke rallied from behind to win its seventh NCAA women’s championship in overtime,
8:44 PM ET Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Miranda Wang won the 20th hole of the final match on the course Wednesday, giving Duke a 3-2 victory over Wake Forest for its seventh NCAA title in women’s golf. The longest day at rain-soaked Blessings Golf Club concluded with three of the five matches going extra
We all know we’re not capable of doing anything remotely similar to what Brooks Koepka does, short of tying our shoes. But not only is Koepka comfortably ahead of the pack on the PGA Tour, he is so far removed from the average golfer that what he’s doing, or more precisely what we’re doing, might
1:58 PM ET Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Duke freshman Gina Kim drilled a fairway bunker to 2 feet for birdie on the final hole that secured a 1-up victory and sent her team into the title match against Wake Forest in the NCAA women’s championship. Wake Forest, led by Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion
When in February the PGA Tour changed its dress code to allow shorts during practice rounds and pro-ams, players immediately—and happily—exposed their knees to the breeze. Dare they hope, however for still more ventilation? Would there be a day when the world’s greatest golfers play in “knee length, tailored and neat” shorts during tournament rounds?
How far back does déjà vu apply? At the NCAA Women’s Championship, it can be as short as a few days, or as long as a year. For the third time in 72 hours, thunderstorms interrupted play at Blessing Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark., forcing the NCAA D-I Women’s Golf Committee to once again tinker
11:06 PM ET Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Haley Moore delivered again for Arizona, making a 15-foot birdie putt for a 1-up victory that sent the defending champions to a 3-2 victory over Southern California and into the semifinals on Tuesday in the rain-delayed NCAA Women’s Golf Championship. Moore made the winning putt last year
And just like that, two major championships are in the books, and the third is just three weeks away. The heart of the golf season has a way of flying by. But let’s not jump too far ahead. This week, the PGA Tour makes its final stop in Texas at Colonial Country Club in Fort
10:40 PM ET Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas senior Maria Fassi won the NCAA title on her home course Monday and gave the Razorbacks a shot at the team title as one of eight teams that advanced to match play. Fassi, the rising Mexican star who was runner-up at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur,
Golf has been blessed with tremendous theater on its biggest stages so far in 2019. Unfortunately, viewers have missed some of its most critical scenes. At the Masters, CBS drew heat for failing to show what proved to be one of the decisive shots of the tournament. Despite his double at the 12th, Francesco Molinari