The PGA Tour announced on Wednesday that Alexandra Baldwin, current vice president of marketing partnerships, has been named president of the Web.com Tour. With the promotion, Baldwin becomes the first female to lead one of the PGA Tour’s six global circuits. “We are excited to announce Alex as the new President of the Web.com Tour
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Wesley Bryan announced on Wednesday that he underwent surgery on a torn labrum. Bryan, the trick-shot artist turned tour winner, said he played through pain for most of the fall. His performance suffered as a result, missing five consecutive cuts before withdrawing from the RSM Classic. An MRI confirmed the issue, with surgery given as
6:54 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Gary Woodland walked through the tunnel to the Phoenix Open’s 16th hole, the par 3 with an atmosphere more like a football game than a golf tournament. Waiting for him was a young lady in a purple shirt with some game of her own. After hitting his
Wayne Player, son of golf legend Gary Player, was arrested in Columbia County on fraud charges involving a house he rented during the week of the 2018 Masters. The 56-year-old Player, Gary’s third oldest out of six children, was charged with deposit account fraud/bad check last Wednesday. According to the Augusta Chronicle, Player had rented
3:28 PM ET The European Tour and players who are participating in this week’s inaugural Saudi International golf tournament have received criticism in the wake of the decision to go ahead with the event despite the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last fall. The Washington Post writer, who was living in the United States at
Eight years ago Jarrod Lyle produced one of the more memorable shots in the history of the Phoenix Open, acing the iconic par-3 16th at TPC Scottsdale during the second round of the 2011 tournament. [embedded content] The shot, which he hit with an 8-iron on the 163-yard hole and took a couple of bounces
The long-rumored changes to Augusta National Golf Club’s iconic par-5 13th remain just that, but the course has made a significant alteration to another one of its holes in time for the 2019 Masters. RELATED: A complete list of changes to Augusta National through the years In the tournament’s media guide, which was released on
7:56 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Waste Management has extended its title sponsorship of the Phoenix Open through 2030. The new agreement was announced by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Waste Management president and CEO Jim Fish on Tuesday at TPC Scottsdale. The deal replaces a 10-year agreement that started with the
Johnny Miller is saying his farewells as a TV announcer, and to be sure, he has never been at a loss for words. The voice of golf at NBC for almost 30 years, Miller will make his final call Feb. 2 at Scottsdale, and he’ll be missed. As a longtime contributor to Golf World and
10:18 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Getting to No. 1 in the world came with some awkwardness for Justin Rose over the past few months as he played give-and-take with Brooks Koepka for the top spot. It doesn’t seem to be much of a problem now. Rose’s two-shot victory on Sunday over Adam Scott at
This week the European Tour is debuting a new event in a new market, with four of the top five players in the world and recent major champs Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson all scheduled to compete. What should be cause for celebration, however, has instead elicited uncomfortable questions about the tournament host,
There’s always an element of intrigue to how PGA Tour caddies get to where they are. There is no draft, or formal application process. Very often the men and women who land a bag on tour point to a hybrid of good timing and persistence, with the occasional “No one else was around” thrown in
9:09 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Expectations are higher, and even Tiger Woods admits it. After a year of feeling his way along, contending several times and winning his 80th PGA Tour title, such prospects were inevitable. But that doesn’t mean Woods was going to get ahead of himself and impatiently look to add to
It was Mark Russell, the long-time PGA Tour rules official, who summed up the ongoing issue of slow play not long after what remains one of the most famous pace-of-play brouhahas of all time, the clash in 2005 between Rory Sabbatini and Ben Crane: “We’ve got a very simple problem out here,” he said. “We’ve
7:07 PM ET Chinese golfer Li Haotong was penalized two strokes on Sunday during the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic under a new rule that prohibits a caddie from standing behind him while he addresses the ball to help him line up a shot. Li, the defending champion of the event, saw a
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 Jan. 28. Rose continues historic tearJustin Rose became No. 1 for the
LA JOLLA, Calif. — The Justin Rose World Tour rolls on, his performances continuing to dazzle intercontinentally, golf a passport to fame and fortune. He won in America on Sunday, less than three months after winning in Turkey, a week after threatening to win in China and two weeks after contending in England. Up next,
7:00 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Justin Rose overcame a few nervous moments early with enough key putts down the stretch for a 3-under 69 and a two-stroke victory over Adam Scott in the Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday. After a mostly frustrating tournament, Tiger Woods got something going over his final nine