7:53 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — C.T. Pan watched the Masters last week with his wife, and sometimes caddie, Yingchun Lin, thrilled by Tiger Woods‘ stirring victory at Augusta National. His wife, Pan recalled, told him point blank, “Hey, I’m not patient, so you better get me (to Augusta) as soon
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Tiger Woods turned back the clock last week, but presumably he did not turn it back to the 2000s, when any tournament without him was consigned to the remainder table. The world of golf has changed. Woods, a fifth green jacket notwithstanding, is not likely to dominate, not at 43, battered and bruised and unable
One week ago Sunday, Tiger Woods won the Masters, a sequence of words that still feels funny to write. For all the reasons that has made Woods the most compelling figure in golf for the last two decades—through extraordinary highs and humiliating lows—those are the reasons why his one-stroke win at Augusta National has become
11:55 PM ET Associated Press KAPOLEI, Hawaii — Brooke Henderson successfully defended her Lotte Championship title Saturday to tie Sandra Post’s record for LPGA Tour victories by a Canadian with eight. The 21-year-old Henderson closed with a 2-under 70 at breezy Ko Olina Golf Club for a four-stroke victory over Eun-Hee Ji. Henderson rebounded from
On a windy Sunday in Oahu, Brooke Henderson’s steady round of 70 was plenty to secure the trophy at the LOTTE Championship. A pack of players were close to Henderson at the start of the day, including Nelly Korda, who was tied with Henderson at 14-under. But the difficult conditions kept Korda and other notable
7:14 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Top-ranked Dustin Johnson shot a 3-under 68 on Saturday to move past Shane Lowry for a one-stroke lead after three rounds in the RBC Heritage. The top-ranked Johnson, a South Carolina native who had not played his home state’s only PGA Tour stop for nine
Akshay Bhatia might not be an amateur for much longer. If his recent results are any indication, the fledgling talent should assimilate into the pro ranks just fine. Bhatia, the 17-year-old who made his PGA Tour debut last month at the Valspar Championship, was able to Monday qualify into the Web.com Tour’s Robert Trent Jones
Michael Phelps had the best view of anyone for Tiger Woods’ latest iconic moment on the 16th hole at Augusta National. But another sports GOAT was watching Woods’ 2019 Masters victory just as closely on TV. In an interview with The Athletic’s David Aldridge, Michael Jordan said he was at a Masters party rooting on
8:49 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Shane Lowry led the RBC Heritage at 9-under par with two holes left when the rain-delayed second round was suspended Friday because of darkness. Trey Mullinax was a stroke back after a 68. Top-ranked Dustin Johnson and Emiliano Grillo each shot 67 and were at
Every aspect of Jordan Spieth’s game is out of sync. He’s outside the top 200 in strokes gained/off-the-tee, 111th in approach, and 82nd in sg/around-the-green. But the putter gets most of the blame, as for the second straight season Spieth’s Scotty Cameron has been the bane of his existence. That remained true on Thursday at
9:25 PM ET Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. — Scott McCarron topped the leaderboard at 4 under with two holes left Friday when first-round play in the rain-delayed Mitsubishi Electric Classic was suspended because of darkness. The start of the PGA Tour Champions event was delayed more than four hours because of 2 3/4 inches of
It’s often said that Tiger Woods inspired a generation of kids to get into golf, a fact confirmed by the numerous PGA Tour pros—including one of Tiger’s Sunday playing partners, Tony Finau—who point to Woods’ seminal performance at the 1997 Masters as their reason for playing the sport. Less talked about, though, is another group
In the days when Tiger Woods was dominating the sport, you would never hear him referring to he and caddie Steve Williams as “we” like the modern tour pro does now. In Woods’ mind, he was the one that hit the shots, he was the one that put in the work and reaped the rewards.
3:40 AM ET Associated Press KAPOLEI, Hawaii — Eun-Hee Ji rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 18th with a pitch-in eagle on the par-5 first and shot a 7-under 65 to take a two-stroke lead over Nelly Korda on Thursday in the Lotte Championship. Ji had a 15-under 129 total to break the tournament
The United States Department of Justice released the 448-page Mueller Report on Thursday morning. As the public begins to digest the non-redacted information from the investigation, a golf-related detail plays a part in the drama. Since the investigation’s launch, President Donald Trump has claimed that special counsel Robert Mueller had a conflict of interest. According
6:54 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Shane Lowry was convinced his game was on the rise, despite his poor scoring. He finally showed that Thursday in the RBC Heritage, shooting a 6-under 65 to take a one-shot lead. Trey Mullinax, Daniel Berger, Luke List, Ryan Moore and Ryan Palmer were tied
Watching the Masters this past weekend, most of my thoughts revolved around the eventual champ, but my brain took an occasional detour from the Tiger Superhighway, and on one of these detours I thought about Tony Finau. I knew he wouldn’t win the green jacket, partly because he hasn’t spent very long in the prime
There are clean even par rounds, and then there are chaotic, roller-coaster like even par rounds. LPGA pro Angel Yin’s even par 72 in the opening round of the Lotte Championship would fall squarely in the latter category. Yin, 20, began her round on the back nine at Ko Olina Golf Club in Oahu, Hawaii,