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SCOTTSDALE — Much like the Super Bowl, the playoff at the Waste Management Phoenix Open featured two opponents with contrasting styles of play. There was the long, sinewy power game of Tony Finau matched against the tactical beauty and terrific putting of Webb Simpson. Golf has long proven there’s room for both at the top

6:59 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Webb Simpson birdied the final two holes of regulation to force a playoff with Tony Finau, then won the Waste Management Phoenix Open with a 10-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole Sunday. Finau, two strokes ahead with two holes left, missed an 18-foot birdie try

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. 3. Coronations are never a given in sports, as Webb Simpson

Denny McCarthy has a brief-yet-odd history at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. A year ago, the 26-year-old former U.S. Amateur runner-up played in the tournament for the first time, and made waves during the second round when he was the recipient of a two-stroke penalty. Officials deemed McCarthy’s caddie had been standing behind the golfer

9:31 AM ET Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell has ended his five-and-a-half-year wait for a European Tour title with a victory at the Saudi International on Sunday. McDowell cared an up-and-down par 70 to finish 12 under for the tournament, two shots ahead of second place American Dustin Johnson. The 40-year-old Northern Irishman struggled to a

So far, so good. As the Waste Management Phoenix Open goes, the 2020 edition has been a fairly quiet affair. Or at least as quiet as you can get from a tournament that had north of 200,000 fans in attendance at TPC Scottsdale on Saturday and will no doubt have a lively crowd once more

11:31 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The PGA Tour will continue to honor the late Kobe Bryant on Sunday during the final round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The tour reconfigured the hole location on the par-3 16th hole for the final round, so it sits 24 paces on to the green and eight

SCOTTSDALE — All week at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, golfers have been honoring the late Kobe Bryant by donning his jersey, wearing special shoes, stamping their clubs and with other tributes. On Sunday, the PGA Tour will honor the basketball star as well, altering its traditional final-round pin position on the par-3 16th at

In-round interviews have been a part of European Tour coverage for the last few years. They range from the mundane, to the entertaining, to the insightful. Brooks Koepka, who has proven to be a more intriguing voice in recent years given his willingness to speak with the same blunt force that he applies to his

12:48 PM ET Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco — Brett Quigley won the Morocco Champions in his second PGA Tour Champions start, saving par on the final two holes Saturday to hold off Stephen Ames by a stroke. The 50-year-old Quigley got into the field for the senior tour’s first African event as one of the

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A golf tournament is being played this week at TPC Scottsdale, though it can be hard to tell sometimes. The Waste(d) Management Phoenix Open, as it is often known, is the one event all year where the people-watching is trained as much—if not more—on those outside the ropes than on the people

9:05 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — J.B. Holmes roared through the fan-packed closing stretch at TPC Scottsdale on his opening nine Friday, then grabbed the lead on the mellower side of golf’s biggest party. Six months after a final-round collapse and slow-play controversy at the British Open, Holmes took a one-stroke lead into

Shortly after missing the cut at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, Colt Knost announced he is retiring from professional golf. At least, from playing the game. The former U.S. Amateur champ has accepted a broadcasting opportunity with CBS, according to GolfChannel.com. Knost, 34, also has a radio show discussing golf on SiriusXM. Here was Knost’s

From golf balls to golf shoes to golf clubs, PGA Tour pros at this week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open have paid tribute to Kobe Bryant. But no one did it in a more electrifying way than Tony Finau on Friday. RELATED: College golfer sinks winning putt while wearing Kobe jersey Finau joined others including Justin

12:57 PM ET Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco — Stephen Ames shot a 3-under 69 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the PGA Tour Champions’ Morocco Champions. Ames had a 12-under 132 total at Samanah Golf Club in the senior tour’s first event in Africa.. He matched the course record

A global rival to the PGA Tour is a long-standing idea, albeit one that has lived mostly in grill rooms rather than boardrooms. That changed last week, as commissioner Jay Monahan felt compelled to address the “Premier Golf League,” the latest proposal for a competing circuit, at a players meeting in San Diego and in

9:18 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Wyndham Clark beat darkness — and everyone else Thursday at TPC Scottsdale. Playing in the second-to-last group off the 10th tee, Clark shot a career-best 10-under 61 to take the first-round lead in the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He had eight birdies in a 10-hole stretch from

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It turns out there’s a secret to how to deal with the mayhem of the infamous 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale, where the sights and sounds at this week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open will range from the hilarious to the X-rated. Pro tip: Play a tournament alongside Tiger Woods. Sure, embracing the