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12:45 PM ET Natalie Gulbis, whose lone LPGA Tour victory came in 2007, said she will retire from competitive golf at the end of this season. Gulbis, 37, has played a limited schedule the last two years while trying to navigate back issues that have hampered her for more than a decade. In a story

Tiger Woods will make his first start in 2020 when he competes in this week’s Farmers Insurance Open, joining an impressive field that includes seven of the top 15 players in the World Ranking. A seven-time winner of this event, Woods has had plenty of success at Torrey Pines, including a 2008 U.S. Open win.

6:33 PM ET Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — Jared Wolfe won The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at Baha Mar on Wednesday for his first Korn Ferry Tour title, closing with a 3-under 69 in strong wind for a four-stroke victory over Brandon Harkins. A winner each of the last three years on PGA Tour Latinoamerica,

When Jason Day won the Farmers Insurance Open two years ago, the victory seemed to signal that he was perhaps on his way back to being the best player in the world again. After a difficult 2017 in which his mother was diagnosed with lung cancer (and initially given only months to live) and his

ORLANDO—Listen to the bell, all heinous sandbaggers. It tolls for thee. Like communism, golf’s handicap system is rooted in good intentions, but is an infrastructure that is easily falsified and exploited. What was supposed to create a level playing field for sticks and hacks often tips the scales in the latter’s direction, with better players

4:05 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods is set to begin the 2020 part of his PGA Tour schedule this week at the Farmers Insurance Open, looking to keep the momentum going after an impressive conclusion to 2019. Ranked sixth in the world, Woods, 44, won the Zozo Championship in Japan, finished fourth at

LA JOLLA, Calif. — There are at least five players with legitimate claims to being the best golfer on Earth at the moment. The almighty algorithm says it’s Brooks Koepka, who has held the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking since May and is finally back from a left knee injury. Justin

5:37 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Jordan Spieth didn’t like watching many of his friends play the Presidents Cup last month at Royal Melbourne, a golf course he enjoys. What he didn’t like so much was being at home and not participating. “For me personally, it really sucked,” Spieth said. “I hated not being there

Tiger Woods will be trying for a record 83rd career PGA Tour win at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open, a remarkable milestone in a career made up of records and historic streaks. But when it comes to the achievements of others in the sporting landscape, what’s one that stands out to him in his lifetime?

As he turns 80 years old Tuesday, Jack Nicklaus still could do a lot of things with his life. He could design golf courses. He could raise money for his favorite charity. He might even entertain the odd young player precocious and perceptive enough to seek his advice on a variety of topics, be it

8:49 AM ET NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. — There is not much vanity on display in the Nicklaus home, the one that overlooks a pool and Lake Worth Lagoon, a waterway to the Atlantic Ocean and where the most accomplished golfer in the game’s history has resided since 1970. Jack Nicklaus moved here just after

The Callaway Chrome Soft golf ball franchise grew out of a stated mission to think about the performance requirements and ultimately the design of a golf ball in a different way than other companies thought of golf ball technology. That different thinking again takes prominence with the Chrome Soft’s 2020 collection, as the two main

4:40 PM ET Don’t worry, it won’t look like this for the Masters. Augusta National doesn’t even look like this now. But photos that surfaced in recent days via Google Earth show a dormant Augusta National, with work being done on the land purchased from nearby Augusta Country Club, as well as a new building

Tiger Woods makes his 2020 debut this week at one of the most comfortable and familiar confines, Torrey Pines, site of seven of his 82 PGA Tour wins, and of course, his 2008 U.S. Open victory. The Southern California native is a cumulative 176 under par in his 17 appearances in the Farmers Insurance Open.

It is early to be sure, but initial signs would indicate that the European Tour’s new and more stringent pace-of-play policy is having its desired effect. In a meeting with members of the media at last week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, senior referee Andy Macfee outlined the data amassed over the first two days of

9:34 AM ET Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Gaby Lopez ran in a 30-foot putt for birdie Monday to defeat Nasa Hataoka in a seven-hole playoff that took an extra day to finish at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. It was Lopez’s second LPGA victory. Lopez and Hataoka, ranked sixth in the

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. 20. Landry staves off collapse at PGA West Forget sending a

8:47 PM ET Lisa D. Mickey LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The LPGA kicked off the new year and the 2020 season with an outright tussle for the title at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. But at the end of four rounds, five playoff holes and the gloaming of another day, a playoff between