For the 19th straight time, Charles Howell III has made the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii. It’s a pretty amazing accomplishment for the 40-year-old, who obviously feels comfortable playing at Waialae Country Club, as he’s never not played all four rounds in Honolulu. During this time, Howell has accumulated $2.8 million in earnings
HONOLULU — Earlier this week, Australians Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith announced that they would donate money to relief efforts for the wildfires that have ravaged their home country for each birdie and eagle they made at this week’s Sony Open. The idea, in part, was that doing so would not only aid efforts Down
10:56 PM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Brendan Steele went from lagging behind to seizing control Saturday in the Sony Open when he birdied his last three holes for a 6-under 64 to take a three-shot lead into the final round. Steele had a share of the lead to start the day, with 23 players
Tianlang Guan, who played in—and made the cut at—the 2013 Masters as a 14-year-old has earned his card on the PGA Tour’s China circuit. Guan, now 21, finished T-10th during the China’s series qualifying tournament this week thanks to rounds of 72-71-72-79. “It feels pretty good to get full status,” Guan said. “I didn’t really
12:15 AM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Different island, similar result. Justin Thomas and Patrick Reed finished the tournament with the same score. Only this was Friday at the Sony Open. There was no playoff, only a plane back to the mainland. In wind that was vexing no matter how strong and soft greens so
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: A teenage golfer is hanging with some much older competition. Yes, golf’s youth movement has been a huge part of pro golf’s story in recent years, and this plot seems to be unfolding on the European Tour more than anywhere these days. RELATED: Youngest player in Masters history
Ohio has produced its share of prominent legends — Jack Nicklaus, William Powell and Peggy Kirk Bell, among them — but it has its unsung legends, too, one of whom passed away earlier this week. Burch Riber, 87, was an executive with Taft Broadcasting Company in Cincinnati, where he befriended its CEO, Charles Mecham, who
5:49 PM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Michelle Wie always thought if she ever had children, that would be the end of her golf. Now she is more inspired than ever to return. Wie, who married Golden Golden State Warriors executive Jonnie West in August, announced they are having their first child — a girl
TaylorMade Golf has released details of its all-new SIM Max and SIM Max OS irons ahead their February 7 release date. Featuring the company’s tried and tested Speed Bridge technology and the all-new ECHO Damping System, both models promise to offer ‘explosive distance, enhanced sound and forged-like feel’. Speed Bridge technology features in both the
“the man who reinvented golf course design,” as Golf Digest’s Ron Whitten described the master architect, has died at age 94. Dye’s greatest gifts are the golf courses he built for golfers around the world to enjoy, which will endure lifetimes. To honor Mr. Dye’s legacy, we present the 10 highest-ranked golf courses he (and
Michelle Wie liked how Lorena Ochoa said good-bye to competitive golf. After spending 158 consecutive weeks as the No. 1 player in the world, Ochoa decided to have a family, retired at age 28 and made a clean break from the game. “I definitely idolize her and look up to her, so when she did
11:57 PM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — The wind blew so hard that palm trees looked as though they were made of rubber. The Pacific looked angrier than usual. Some of the sights Thursday at the Sony Open made it clear that playing golf in Hawai’i was no vacation. Collin Morikawa managed better than everyone.
The new TaylorMade SIM Max and Max OS irons come from a lineage of designs aimed at making the face more flexible. Whether it be the company’s history of thin faces or slots in the sole, making the face more springy at impact has been a key part of the company’s irons. But to go
HONOLULU – James Hahn has returned from an elbow injury that sidelined him for nearly eight months, but it’s his head that hurts as he goes about trying to retain his PGA Tour card beyond this season. Playing in his fifth event since he withdrew from the Genesis Open last February with a sore elbow
7:29 PM ET Michelle Wie announced on Instagram on Thursday that she is going to be a mother. Wie posted on the social media site that she and husband Jonnie West are expecting a daughter. “Babygirl, we love you so much already and we just can’t wait to meet you this summer!” Wie wrote. Wie,
FootJoy has launched a new golf shoe that combines technologies that feature in three of its Tour-proven models – the Tour-S, DNA and Fury – and amplifies them with the latest performance technologies and materials to achieve the most feature-laden performance shoe in the company’s history. Already put into play on tour by brand ambassadors
You might still be digesting (and detoxing) from your holiday celebrations, but while they were off your TV screens, tour players spent those weeks grinding away. After all, the stretch between the last “fall series” event, the RSM Classic in late November, and the next regular field event in Hawaii this week is the only
Editor’s Note: This story appeared in the November 2018 issue of Golf Digest. Pete Dye died on Jan. 9, 2020 at age 94. “Please don’t end your story on a sad note,” Alice Dye says to me as I close my notebook and reach over to shut off my voice recorder. “I won’t,” I say,
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