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Some of golf’s biggest stars shined brightly this fall, but only Brendon Todd, a player plagued by the full-swing yips who ended 2018 ranked No. 2,006 in the world, won twice—in a row—to complete one of the more remarkable comebacks in golf history. And behind the 34-year-old’s resurrection was a former PGA Tour pro, Bradley

5:42 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Nobody has finished second to Tiger Woods more than Ernie Els, a testament to the South African’s stature in the game over the years as well as the frustration he faced in trying to beat the game’s top player. Els now has a different task in trying to bring

MELBOURNE — When 49-year-old Hale Irwin captained and played for the U.S. Presidents Cup team in 1994, he succeeded in both roles, posting a 2-1-0 record and leading the Americans to a 20-12 victory. That was the inaugural Presidents Cup, and Irwin only had one assistant captain—Paul Azinger—to assist him. But the assistance was total,

Say this about the Americans’ 1998 Presidents Cup defeat at the hands of the International Team: It does not stand alone as the worst loss a United States squad has suffered in the history of major men’s professional team competitions. For that, the team can thank its red, white and blue Ryder Cup counterparts of

7:39 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Jason Langer made a 16-foot eagle putt on the first hole of a playoff Sunday to give father Bernard his fourth victory in the PNC Father Son Challenge. The Langers closed with a second straight 12-under 60 to match Retief and Leo Goosen and Tom and Thomas

In a piece like this, the disclaimer belongs at the beginning: The history of the Presidents Cup has been a history of American domination, to the tune of 11 victories, one draw, and only one loss in 12 installments, a superlative (and a little absurd) stretch that spans 25 years. Most of the matches have

11:28 AM ET Danish teenager Rasmus Hojgaard gave a nerveless display in a tense sudden-death playoff Sunday to win the Mauritius Open in a three-man shootout. Hojgaard, 18, made eagle on the third playoff hole — after Italy’s Renato Paratore had been eliminated at the first — to edge France’s Antoine Rozner, and in so

Patrick Reed’s rules imbroglio has caught the attention of his Presidents Cup opponents. Multiple members of the International team have weighed in on the rules dispute that saw Reed receive a two-shot penalty for improving his line of play in a bunker on Friday at the Hero World Challenge. Cameron Smith offered the strongest criticism

SYDNEY — He did it the hard way, but Matt Jones got it done. Just. Standing on the 18th tee at The Australian Club (where he is a member), the 39-year-old PGA Tour regular was 15 under par and a comfortable-looking three shots clear of Louis Oosthuizen, who was playing in the group ahead. No

2:01 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Matt Jones made a testing four-foot par putt on the final hole to hold off Louis Oosthuizen and win his second Australian Open golf championship on Sunday by one stroke after a 2-under 69. Jones, who is a member at the host Australian Golf Club and won his

NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas — Everybody likes a good comeback story. And Henrik Stenson is a man of comebacks, all shapes and sizes. There was the time he lost his game, in 2001, when he developed the full-swing yips. It was so bad that he walked off the course during the second round of the Smurfit

3:45 PM ET Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — Winless in more than two years, Henrik Stenson found himself in the middle of a wild chase to the finish Saturday with Tiger Woods and the elite in golf all around him. Five players had a chance to win in the final hour. Four had at least

Saturday marks the third time Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas have been paired together this week at the Hero World Challenge. Before their third-round tee time, Thomas couldn’t help but laugh at the quick introduction he got, compared to his playing partner, the tournament host. JT and Tiger laughed about it on Friday walking up

NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas — Patrick Reed has endured his share of controversies over the years, and on Friday he found himself at the center of another at the Hero World Challenge. During the third round at Albany, Reed was in a waste bunker and his ball in a depression in the sand as he prepared

1:49 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Matt Jones coped best with difficult afternoon conditions Saturday at the Australian Open for a 3-under 68 to take a three-stroke lead into the final round. Jones, who led by one stroke after the second round, had a three-round total of 13-under 200 at The Australian Golf Club.

NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas — Tiger Woods has a lot on his plate at the moment as tournament host of this week’s Hero World Challenge and playing captain of the U.S. Presidents Cup team that heads to Australia next week. He’ll also enter Saturday with a chance to win for the third time this year. After

5:24 PM ET Patrick Reed was assessed a two-shot penalty after conferring with rules officials following his third round at the Hero World Challenge on Friday for improving his lie in a sandy waste area on the 11th hole at Albany Golf Club. Video clearly shows Reed taking a practice swing with his club behind

NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas — Bubba Watson’s golf career is in semi-purgatory. On one hand, he’s just one year removed from a three-win PGA Tour season and was ranked inside the world’s top 20 players as recently as May. On the other, he’s 41 years old and had more missed more cuts (six) than top-10 finishes