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11:24 AM ET NASSAU, Bahamas — Some six months after winning the Masters, Tiger Woods finally sat down with his caddie, Joe LaCava, to watch the final round and relive the tense moments leading to his 15th major title on April 14. LaCava visited Woods recently at his South Florida home for some promotional work

For a second consecutive year, Phil Mickelson will make a surprising tweak to his early-season schedule. This time, he’s swapping desert tournaments on different continents. On Monday, the Saudi International announced it has received a commitment from Mickelson. That means the five-time major champ will play in the controversial European Tour event instead of the

Phil Mickelson being Phil Mickelson—an inveterate and incorrigible mischief maker—he wasn’t about to forego a chance to own his longtime rival Tiger Woods and singer Jake Owen with a single post on Twitter, which he did last week. Nov. 23 to be specific, the first anniversary of Mickelson earning $9 million, the most lucrative Black

2:06 PM ET Associated Press Pablo Larrazabal won the European Tour’s season-opening Alfred Dunhill Championship Sunday after losing a three-shot overnight lead and then making three birdies on his last four holes for a dramatic one-stroke victory. Larrazabal birdied the par-5 No. 18 as the Spaniard finished 8 under overall and just ahead of Sweden’s

The Presidents Cup, compared to its biennial match counterpart, the Ryder Cup, has been a civil affair. In Adam Scott’s eyes, perhaps a bit too civil. In an interview with the Herald Sun ahead of the American-International matchup at Royal Melbourne, Scott implored his countrymen not to root for the opposing squad. “Last time it

3:24 PM ET Adam Scott is happy Tiger Woods is headed to Australia next week for the Presidents Cup. He simply hopes his countrymen don’t cheer for the reigning Masters champion. Woods will be making his first playing appearance in Australia since competing in the 2011 Presidents Cup and Scott hopes his International team can

The Alfred Dunhill Championship was Pablo Larrazabal’s to lose on Sunday, and, hobbled by a painful blister, was in the process of doing so when he took a cue from Tiger Woods and limped to his first victory in more than four years. The 36-year-old Spaniard had a three-stroke lead through 54 holes at Leopard

5:12 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from the Hero World Challenge next week in the Bahamas so he can be better prepared for the Presidents Cup. Johnson had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Sept. 5 to repair cartilage damage. He has not played since Aug. 25 at

Dustin Johnson announced on Saturday that has withdrawn from Tiger Woods’ Hero World Challenge. Johnson, who underwent arthroscopic knee surgery following the Tour Championship, posted on Twitter that he feels he needs another full week of physical therapy before he’s able to compete. However, Johnson, who is scheduled to play for the United States at

2:24 PM ET Associated Press Pablo Larrazabal kept his three-shot lead at the Alfred Dunhill Championship Saturday ahead of the final round of the European Tour’s 2020 season-opener. Larrazabal’s 2-under 70 in the third round put him 11 under par and kept him ahead of Wil Besseling (70). South African home favorite Branden Grace (71),

A new year will bring a new formula for how the world’s top-ranked male and female amateur golfers are determined. And with it, officials at the USGA and R&A who oversee the World Amateur Golf Ranking hope to address those who questioned if the previous iteration of rankings properly emphasized recent results. Whether it brings

Crockett, Texas, is a speck on a map that even the eyes of Texas would have trouble locating, its historical ties notwithstanding. It took its name from the king of the wild frontier, Davy Crockett, who played through on his way to The Alamo. A remote stop on blue highways, as mapped roads less traveled

9:18 AM ET Australian Jason Day has withdrawn from the International Presidents Cup team due to a back injury, with captain Ernie Els replacing him with South Korean golfer Ben An. Day, a former No. 1-ranked player in the world who won the 2015 PGA Championship, had been selected by Els as one of his

The opening tournament of the 2019-’20 European Tour season became notable for something other than being merely the opening tournament of the 2019-’20 season. For the first time in tour history, players were allowed to wear shorts during competition. With temperatures forecasted to reach triple digits all week at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South

12:56 PM ET Pablo Larrazabal sunk five birdies in six holes at the start of his back nine to card a 69 and open up a three-shot lead after the second round of the European Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club Friday. The Spaniard also recorded a double-bogey on the seventh when

Another major champion has dropped out of the 2019 Presidents Cup due to injury. On Friday, Jason Day announced that trouble with his back has caused him to withdraw from competing on the International team at Royal Melbourne in two weeks. Day had been one of Ernie Els’ four captain’s picks for the team chosen

2:40 AM ET Wil Besseling carded a seven-under-par 65 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead in the blazing heat of the Alfred Dunhill Championship. The tournament’s first round marked the start of a new European Tour season, which opened with special dispensation for players to wear shorts at the Leopard Creek Country Club due

Sergio Garcia will be returning to the site of his infamous bunker meltdown. According to reports from the Telegraph and ESPN, Garcia is scheduled to play in the 2020 Saudi International. At last year’s inaugural event in Saudi Arabia, Garcia was disqualified when European Tour officials deemed the Spaniard had committed “serious misconduct” under Rule