5:07 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — NCAA champion Jennifer Kupcho of Wake Forest was first to tee off in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur and kept right on going until she had a 4-under 68 for a share of the lead after the opening round Wednesday. Zoe Campos, a 16-year-old Californian, birdied
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Tiger Woods’ grasp on the PGA Tour’s all-time money list is nothing new, but a new graphic showing the history of said list is making the rounds. And it’s staggering. RELATED: How much money has Tiger Woods earned per shot in his career? Data Golf is behind the (literally) moving chart that tells the story
9:10 PM ET Associated Press BILOXI, Miss. — Scott Parel made a 12-foot par putt to match Kevin Sutherland on the fifth hole of a playoff before play was suspended because of darkness Sunday night in the PGA Tour Champions’ Rapiscan Systems Classic. They will finish Monday morning at Fallen Oak. Sutherland, the second-round leader,
How can Augusta National be improved? That may seem like a frivolous question, given that the course, the perennial home of the Masters, is currently No. 2 on Golf Digest’s 2019-2020 ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses, and was previously ranked No. 1 in six out of the past 11 years. But it’s a
The R&A is making a change to its dress code this summer. Although it might be some time before its embraced. On Tuesday the governing body announced that, for the first time in tournament history, players will be able to wear shorts during the Open Championship at Royal Portrush during practice rounds. The European Tour
1:58 PM ET Jake Owen, country singer and avid golfer, apparently was not a big fan of The Match, a much-hyped 18-hole pay-per-view event won by Phil Mickelson in extra holes over Tiger Woods – with a winner-take-all payday of $9-million – the day after Thanksgiving. And Owen let Mickelson know about it. A day
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — The most coveted piece of mail in golf, postmarked Augusta, Ga., is from the Board of Governors of the Augusta National Golf Club, extending an invitation to play in its tournament, with a superfluous R.S.V.P. Why superfluous? Well, who is going to turn down an invitation to play at Augusta? It
10:36 AM ET Associated Press BILOXI, Miss. — Kevin Sutherland won the Rapiscan Systems Classic on Monday by making an 18-foot birdie putt on the seventh hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat Scott Parel and win for the second time on the PGA Tour Champions. It was the first birdie Sutherland made since Saturday.
Remember when Nike made the custom version of the Air Zoom Victory Tour for Rory McIlory at the Players? Take that idea, multiply it by five, and give it a Masters theme. The team at Nike announced five Masters-specific shoes that their tour players will be wearing while playing Augusta National for the Nike Roshe
The answers don’t quite add up. But in the minds of Matt Kuchar and Sergio Garcia, the incident has been settled. The incident, of course, referring to the dust-up over the weekend at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play between Kuchar and Garcia. After missing a putt on the seventh hole in his quarterfinals tilt with
12:31 PM ET For Tiger Woods, a trip to Augusta National is expected this week, perhaps the disappointment by then having dissipated after a frustrating end to the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. He said it would take a few days to shake the sting of defeat. Right now, there’s little time to waste. The Masters
Graeme McDowell has never been one to rationalize poor play—especially his own. That’s why it wasn’t surprising on Sunday after his victory in the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, that one of his first comments was, “It’s been a rough few years.” Maybe it’s because of their country’s troubled history, but those who come
2:15 AM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Nasa Hataoka won the Kia Classic on Sunday at Aviara Golf Club for her third victory in her last 16 LPGA Tour starts. The 20-year-old Japanese player closed with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory over playing partner Inbee Park, top-ranked Sung Hyun Park, Jin Young
Welcome to the Dew Sweeper, your one-stop shop to catch up on the weekend action from the golf world. From the professional tours, trending news, social media headlines and upcoming events, here’s every golf-related thing you need to know for the morning of April 1. Kisner continues Match Play dominance The Presidents Cup teams won’t
The countdown to the first major of 2019 is on. As the Masters approaches, 99 golfers have qualified to play at Augusta National in April. That number accounts for all the living past champions, 13 of whom have indicated they will not tee it up, which brings the field size as of the WGC-Dell Match
9:43 AM ET Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher sunk three birdies in his final four holes to complete a remarkable one-stroke victory at the Indian Open on Sunday for his fourth European Tour title. The 44-year-old overcame a terrible quadruple-bogey eight on the seventh hole to finish 1-under-par 71 on a windy day at the DLF Golf
At the end of an extraordinary and ever-fluctuating day’s play on what is surely one of the game’s more extraordinary courses—the DLF Golf & Country Club in New Delhi—Stephen Gallacher somehow emerged as winner of the European Tour’s Hero Indian Open. The 44-year-old Scot made seven birdies in a closing 71, one under par over
10:30 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas — The wind howled, the temperature dropped and the forecast did not look good. Temperatures topping out at 60. A hilly, quirky golf course. Two more rounds, the possibility of 36 holes. Perhaps it’s not so bad that Tiger Woods missed that 4-footer Saturday afternoon at Austin Country Club. Of