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Women’s golf will make its way to Saudi Arabia in 2020. A year after the European Tour debuted the Saudi International to the sport, the Ladies European Tour announced on Thursday the creation of a 72-hole event to be held in March. The tournament will feature a $1 million purse, one of the highest payouts
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1:59 PM ET Associated Press BARTOW, Fla. — A professional golfer was one of 124 people arrested in Florida in a prostitution and human-trafficking sting. Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey, 44, was arrested Sunday and charged with first-degree misdemeanor solicitation, news outlets reported. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that Gainey was arrested in an
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1:39 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Perhaps out of necessity, Tiger Woods will play again Friday during the second day of the Presidents Cup. He’ll again partner with Justin Thomas, with whom he won his opening match Thursday — the only American victory in what was a surprising 4-1 deficit after the first session at
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1:51 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — He may have been left in the locker room for the opening Presidents Cup pairings but Australian Cameron Smith did not retreat from his comments about United States team member Patrick Reed. Just an hour before Els and U.S. captain Tiger Woods took to the stage to announce the
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The 13th edition of the Presidents Cup features two dozen of the world’s best golfers gathering at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club. The United States and International teams begin the four-day event on Thursday morning in Australia—Wednesday evening in the U.S. thanks to the 16-hour time difference between there and the East Coast. Since the
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10:18 AM ET Patrick Reed could be in for a long week in Australia in the aftermath of a rules-breaking controversy that occurred Friday at the Hero World Challenge. Reed was due to arrive Monday morning in Melbourne with the rest of his U.S. teammates for the Presidents Cup. And a couple of members of
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12:39 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The rules violation that cost him two strokes and, perhaps, part of his reputation has followed Patrick Reed from the Bahamas to Australia. The seven-time PGA Tour winner who was deemed to have improved his lie in a sandy waste area last week at the Hero World Challenge heard
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