AUGUSTA, Ga. — Hallie Horton looked every bit the happy 6-year-old as she made her way around Augusta National Golf Club on Saturday. Clad in a freshly purchased Masters hat, and holding a newly acquired Augusta National teddy bear, she had just come from the third hole where she watch the action along with her
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3:42 AM ET Associated Press SANYA, China — Officials at the Sanya Championship said Sunday that 28-year-old Malaysian golfer Arie Irawan died in his hotel room from “apparent natural causes,” and the PGA Tour Series-China canceled the final round of the tournament. The PGA Tour Series-China said in a statement that Irawan missed the 36-hole
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — However one crunched the numbers at one point on Saturday, they invariably added to a Sunday victory for Jin Young Ko in the ANA Inspiration. Take a lead of five with 26 holes left and factor in a final-round scoring average of 66.2 this year and go ahead and affix her
5:24 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — During Augusta National’s controversial stance involving membership, the truth often missed was the club welcomed women — although not as members — to play the storied course going back to the days of founder Bobby Jones. The great amateur golfer was friends with some of the leading women players
There will be many enduring memories of this week’s inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur, especially in Saturday’s final round, starting with Hall of Famers such as Annika Sorenstam and Nancy Lopez hitting the opening tee shots. The shot of the day thus far, however, came courtesy of Jennifer Kupcho at Augusta National’s famous par-5 13th
The first Masters Charles Howell III attended was in 1987 when he was 7 years old and local Larry Mize chipped in to beat Greg Norman in a playoff. When he was 10, Howell played Augusta National for the first time and broke 80. In 2002, a year after being named PGA Tour Rookie of
8:44 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — First-round leader Si Woo Kim used a late-round hole-in-one Friday to build a four-shot lead at the halfway point of the Valero Texas Open. Kim, the 2017 Players Championship winner, led by one heading into the second round before shooting a 6-under 66. Kim aced TPC San
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — I.K. Kim left an indelible mark here in 2012, one of which she is often reminded, not that she needs reminding. Who can forget missing a one-foot putt to win a major championship that they lose in a playoff? But one can move on, and Kim apparently has done so in
5:59 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Seven years after missing a 1-foot putt on the final hole of regulation and losing a playoff, In-Kyung Kim was back on top at the ANA Inspiration. Kim shot a 7-under 65 in mostly calm morning conditions Friday at Mission Hills to take a three-stroke lead
For a man who’s been lost in golf’s wilderness this season, Jordan Spieth is picking an opportune time to get pack on the path. Judging by the Friday clips from the Valero Texas Open, it appears the reports of Spieth’s loss of game have been greatly exaggerated. Early in his round the 25-year-old chipped in
Not long after Phil Mickelson completed his victory in the 1990 U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills Country Club outside Denver, he began to think about his debut in the Masters Tournament the following April. Any amateur player would; there are only a few events in which they can garner an invitation to the year’s first
8:43 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print SAN ANTONIO — Si Woo Kim birdied five of his final eight holes Thursday for a 6-under 66 and the first-round lead at the Valero Texas Open. Kim, the 2017 Players Championship winner, leads by a shot over Abraham Ancer, J.T. Poston, Brian
Did the hard part of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur just happen? Or is it about to come? The answer to the question likely depends on which side of the cut line your found yourself on Thursday evening. For the 30 golfers who have one more round to play after 36 holes at Champions Retreat,
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Close your eyes and pick a hole at Augusta National. You can see so many in your mind’s eye — picturing the pond and the big Masters scoreboard beside No. 11, the Hogan Bridge leading to No. 12, the steep bank and the water in front of the 15th green. The U.S.
Tiger Woods and GolfTV are launching a series of head-to-head matches, to be distributed on GolfTV’s OTT platforms, according to Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav. GolfTV, the live and on-demand video service Discovery launched with the PGA Tour in 2018, announced last fall that Woods had agreed to a multi-year partnership that will offer
It was 1996 and Jack Nicklaus had just seen the future. It was found in the form of a lanky, 6’2″ sophomore out of Stanford who hit the ball unfathomable distances and worked his irons like a blacksmith. The young man was still raw on the greens, but that didn’t matter. Following a practice round
2:21 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — A year ago, Devon Bling stood at the practice range at Augusta National Golf Club watching PGA players like Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth preparing to play in the Masters Tournament. Bling and his UCLA teammates had just finished playing in a collegiate tournament at Augusta University,
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — The bright side illuminates the high road on which LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan is traveling when discussing Augusta National having scheduled its inaugural Women’s Amateur opposite the ANA Inspiration. The bright side, he said here on the eve of the start of the ANA Inspiration, is that there “sure is an