DUI charges against Tiger Woods dropped; diversion program ahead

Prosectors in Palm Beach County, Florida, have dropped a DUI charge against Tiger Woods stemming from a Memorial Day incident. Woods instead will enter a diversion program. Jupiter (Fla.) police found Woods asleep in his car early in the morning on Memorial Day. Woods later indicated that he was suffering from the effects of mixing […]

Drama ahead on “Cut Day” at the WGC-Dell Match Play

It’s Cut Day at the WGC-Dell Match Play — the first of three in a row. Friday is the final day of round-robin group play at Austin Country Club, with the last of the six matches in 16 groups of four unfolding. At the conclusion of the 32-match docket on Friday, the starting field of […]

McIlroy: Woods has a ‘long road ahead’ to recovery

Tiger Woods went under the knife on Wednesday for the third time in less than two years to fix issues related to discs in his back.  Woods’ friend, Rory McIlroy, is concerned that yet another surgery is going to make the 14-time major winner’s return even more difficult and recovery lengthier. “That’s his third back […]

Stacy Lewis hosted a special junior player ahead of the Kia Classic

World No. 3 Stacy Lewis went several extra miles this week for one of her biggest fans she met last fall. Last October, producers from the syndicated TV show “The Doctors” contacted Lewis to see if she would help them for a segment they were doing on 10-year-old Marley Franklin, a young girl who fell […]

D. Johnson denies cocaine problem, suspension ahead of PGA Tour return

Dustin Johnson is set to make his PGA Tour return next month after announcing July 31, 2014, that he would be taking an indefinite leave of absence to deal with what he described as “personal challenges.” Several reports, most notably from golf.com, claimed Johnson’s time away wasn’t voluntary, but rather a six-month suspension for violating […]

Tiger Woods says he is ahead of schedule but wouldn’t be here if not for his foundation

We still have two days to wait until we get to see Tiger Woods back on the golf course in a PGA Tour event, but Tuesday was his return to the media scrum at the Quicken Loans National and it was a jovial Tiger who answered questions. Woods admitted that if not for his foundation […]

Teeing Off: A final look at 2012 and ahead at 2013

Welcome to Teeing Off, where Devil Ball editor Shane Bacon and head writer Jonathan Wall take a day’s topic and smack it all over the course. Suggest a future topic by hitting us on Twitter at @shanebacon and @jonathanrwall. Today, we wrap up the season’s last major once and for all. Bacon: With this week being one […]