Rickie Fowler seems to have a knack for playing in front of big crowds and big spots. He flexed his game in front of a large gallery on Thursday, opening the Waste Management Phoenix Open with a 6-under 65 at TPC Scottsdale that has him in a share of the Round 1 lead with Shane […]
Paul Azinger to replace Greg Norman as Fox Sports’ lead golf analyst
January 28, 2016 by
Paul Azinger is going to fit in nicely at the U.S. Open. Fox Sports made it official on Wednesday, announcing Azinger would become their lead golf analyst, replacing Greg Norman, who parted ways with the network after just one year on the job. “I am honored to partner with Fox Sports and the USGA to […]
Spieth shoots 65 at Kapalua, marches to five-shot TOC lead
January 10, 2016 by
New year, same Spieth. Jordan Spieth controls the Hyundai Tournament of Champions by five shots heading into Sunday’s final round, riding a 4-under run in the final five holes to take a commanding lead over Brooks Koepka. The lead was almost six. On the par-5 18th at Kapalua’s Plantation Course on Maui, Spieth swung his […]
Closing eagles gives Reed lead at Tournament of Champions
January 8, 2016 by
Patrick Reed ended Day 1 of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions where he finished here a year ago: atop the leaderboard. Reed, who won the PGA Tour’s winners-only event a year ago, has a one-stroke lead over Thursday playing partner Jordan Spieth after the first round at Kapalua’s Plantation Course on Maui in Hawaii. The […]
Spieth is — where else? — in a tie for the lead at the Hero World Challenge
December 5, 2015 by
Jordan Spieth may be defending his Hero World Challenge title on a different course than last year, but he’s in a familiar position. Spieth, who won by 10 shots last year at Isleworth Golf & Country Club, is tied for the lead at the halfway mark at Albany in the Bahamas. At 11-under 133, Spieth […]
McDowell surges into Mayakoba lead with 63, Varner cards record 62
November 14, 2015 by
On the back of a stretch of seven birdies in eight holes on Friday, Graeme McDowell surged into the lead after the second round of the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. The mid-round stretch, which also included McDowell’s only bogey of the day after he turned from the back on the first hole, was part of […]
Kisner maintains HSBC Champions lead as D. Johnson, Spieth charge
November 7, 2015 by
Kevin Kisner is 18 holes away from his first PGA Tour win, carrying a one-shot lead into Sunday at the WGC-HSBC Champions. Kisner, who shot 2-under 70 at Sheshan International in his third round on Saturday, leads by one over 2013 champion Dustin Johnson, Li Haotong and Russell Knox, who has one hole to go […]
Podcast: Will golf’s youth movement lead to shorter pro careers?
October 30, 2015 by
Smylie Kaufman becomes the second 20-something in this new PGA Tour season to win, and it makes us wonder what skills these young guys possess that prior generations didn’t that lets them win so young and so often. Then, on the heels of Ian Poulter’s catharsis about the nature of pro golf, we wonder if […]
Lydia Ko surges into LPGA KEG Hana Bank lead with 65
October 17, 2015 by
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Lydia Ko leads on the LPGA Tour. The 18-year-old Kiwi shot 7-under 65 at Sky 72 Golf Club in South Korea on Friday to take a one-shot edge heading into the weekend at the LPGA KEG Hana Bank Championship. Ko, who began the day seven shots behind […]
