John Smoltz’s first foray into serious senior golf came at last year’s U.S. Senior Open, where he shot 85-77 at the Broadmoor to miss the cut. Not that the ultra-competitive retired pitcher was surprised. “Look, I had a flight home Saturday,” Smoltz admitted to GolfDigest.com. “I wasn’t really thinking I was going to make the
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Getting into a tournament on the PGA Tour through Monday Qualifying is at best a long shot. It usually takes a score in the low 60s to earn one of four spots against a field of typically more than 100 players ranging from rising young hot-shots, to wily veterans and guys who have won on
2:10 PM ET Former Web.com golfer Johnny DelPrete was arrested Friday and charged with soliciting prostitution in the same widespread crackdown on sex trafficking in Florida that has implicated New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Hundreds of arrest warrants have been issued as a result of a six-month investigation, and more are expected. Ten spas
Dustin Johnson was like a cat playing with a toy as he overwhelmed the field at the WGC-Mexico Championship, eventually winning by four stokes over Rory McIlroy and 10 shots over a trio of third-place finishers in an impressive—and complete—domination of the Club de Golf Chapultepec. Johnson picked up more than five strokes on the
8:36 PM ET MEXICO CITY — When Dustin Johnson dominates as he did again in winning the WGC-Mexico Championship for the second time on Sunday, it often makes you wonder why he doesn’t bring home more of the tournament hardware. The game can appear to look so easy for him, and playing in the thin
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 Feb. 25. Dustin dusts the field at Chapultepec Just call Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson has never seriously contended down the stretch at the Masters, but he is now officially the Vegas favorite to win the year’s first men’s major championship. We’re guessing few will argue following his latest performance. RELATED: The clubs Dustin Johnson used to win the WGC-Mexico Championship Johnson cruised to a five-shot win at
6:28 PM ET MEXICO CITY — For the second straight day, Tiger Woods was understandably and visibly irritated with himself after struggling on the greens at Club de Golf Chupltepec and squandering a chance at a low score. And for the second straight, Woods declined to talk about it. Golfers across all professional tours decline
Amy Yang would be a pretty good bet to win the Honda LPGA Thailand in 2021. By capturing this year’s event, Yang has now won the tournament in 2015, 2017 and 2019. This year’s victory came courtesy of some solid ball striking and timely putting, especially in the final round. After an up-and-down birdie at
7:08 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Standing in the middle of the 15th fairway Saturday at Club de Golf Chapultepec, Tiger Woods had a realistic chance of playing his way into the final group at the WGC-Mexico Championship. Less than 10 minutes later, he walked off the green with a stunning double-bogey 7 on the
Jam Media (Photo by Mauricio Salas/Jam Media/Getty Images) Tiger Woods has taken a conservative approach to playing the Club de Golf Chapultepec in the WGC-Mexico Championship, one that Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee called “a strategy…that he would have to know could not win.” Chamblee made the comment on Golf Central following the third round, when
SAN ANTONIO — From allowing flagsticks to stay in while putting, to the prohibition of caddies standing behind players, to the knee-height requirement for dropping a ball, the new Rules of Golf have been among the most hotly debated topics in the game to date in 2019. At no time did Mike Davis get a
New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox won his first European Tour event on Sunday in Perth, Australia and only learned Tuesday that he would get into the WGC-Mexico Championship field. That meant a journey of more than 10,000 miles, and he did not arrive until 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, with no chance to see the golf course.
Friday’s “backstopping” incident between Amy Olson and Ariya Jutanugarn at the Honda LPGA Thailand has reached a conclusion—as far as any ruling from the LPGA is concerned. Neither player will receive a penalty. Olson and Jutanugarn were playing the 18th hole during the second round at Siam Country Club, Jutanugarn’s ball on the green while
7:35 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Early in the second round of the WGC-Mexico Championship, when Tiger Woods struggled to make pars on his opening two holes, he found himself 10 shots out of the lead — but unwilling to panic. As has often been one of his best attributes, Woods stayed patient Friday, unwilling
If you thought the “backstopping” controversy was over, think again. While things like golf’s new rules, temper tantrums in bunkers, and underpaid local caddies have dominated the headlines of late, the issue remains on the PGA Tour. And now arguably the most egregious example of it has occurred on the LPGA Tour. RELATED: Jimmy Walker’s
The tight, tree-lined fairways at Club de Golf Chapultepec seem to be the course’s best defense, though on many holes the big hitters are simply hitting it over them. Tiger Woods has taken a different approach this week, opting to lay back with irons on many holes to set himself up with a distance he
6:06 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — D.J. Trahan birdied the final hole Friday at windy Coco Beach Golf and Country Club for a 5-under 67 and a share of the second-round lead with Nate Lashley in the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open. Trahan had seven birdies and two bogeys in his