Jim Furyk is out of the FedEx Cup playoffs. (Getty Images) Jim Furyk’s truncated PGA Tour season ended on Monday, with the 2003 U.S. Open champion failing to finish high enough in the Deutsche Bank Championship to advance to the next stage of the FedEx Cup playoffs. With Furyk outside the top 70 in points, […]
Jason Day, Shane Lowry bow out of Olympic consideration over Zika
July 1, 2016 by
Add two more, including the world No. 1, to the list of players bowing out of consideration for the 2016 men’s Olympic golf tournament. Jason Day and defending WGC-Bridgestone Invitational champion Shane Lowry announced on Tuesday that they will not represent their countries in the Olympics over fears of Zika virus. pic.twitter.com/UNmThs64re — Jason Day […]
Henderson wins 1st LPGA major in Women’s PGA playoff over Ko
June 14, 2016 by
It seems fitting that the person to deny Lydia Ko a third consecutive LPGA major would be a player who is somehow younger than she is. And that’s exactly what 18-year-old Canadian Brooke Henderson did on Sunday to win her first major title at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Henderson first earned her way into […]
Jason Day concerned over Zika, may back out of Olympics
June 5, 2016 by
Jason Day isn’t sure now if he’s going to represent Australia in the Olympic golf tournament in August. He’s concerned about the spread of Zika virus, and that may cause him to back out of the event. “It’s difficult to say right now,” Day said at the Memorial Tournament. “We’re just really trying to monitor […]
Mickelson wins over Daniel Berger after 18th hole injury
March 25, 2016 by
Phil Mickelson won his Thursday match at the WGC-Dell Match Play 1 up against Daniel Berger, but it probably wasn’t how the five-time major winner wanted to lock up his second win in as many days. Mickelson, who never trailed in the match, arrived to the 18th hole at Austin Country Club all square with […]
Jason Dufner wins CareerBuilder over Lingmerth on 2nd playoff hole
January 25, 2016 by
Call it the Escape from Alcatraz. Jason Dufner’s tee shot on the island-green par-3 17th – named after the infamous San Francisco prison – at PGA West’s TPC Stadium Course on Sunday went long and landed in some rocks in a hazard just off the grass. Tied with David Lingmerth at 25 under par, Dufner […]
Dustin Johnson seemed to get over his U.S. Open loss very quickly
January 2, 2016 by
One putt. Two putts. Three putts. Just like that, the U.S. Open had slipped away from Dustin Johnson and into the hands of Jordan Spieth. Johnson reached the par-5 — that day, at least — 18th hole at Chambers Bay outside of Tacoma, Wash., in two. He was 8 feet or so away from a […]
Emiliano Grillo wins Frys.com Open in playoff over Kevin Na
October 19, 2015 by
Emiliano Grillo is batting 1.000 as a full member of the PGA Tour. The 23-year-old won his first start with a Tour card on Sunday, beating Kevin Na in a two-hole playoff for the Frys.com Open at Silverado Resort’s North Course in Napa, Calif. Both Grillo and Na finished at 15-under 273, a stroke clear […]
Bubba Watson to paint over Confederate flag on General Lee
July 4, 2015 by
Bubba Watson has owned the General Lee from the 1970s and ’80s TV show “The Dukes of Hazzard” since 2012. On Thursday evening, Watson, who bought the car at auction for $ 110,000 and restored its interior, announced he is making a drastic change to the car’s appearance. Watson tweeted he’ll paint over the Confederate […]
Lydia Ko defends Swinging Skirts LPGA in playoff over Pressel
April 28, 2015 by
Lydia Ko gave herself a great birthday present: a successful title defense. Ko won the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic for the second consecutive year on Sunday, making a birdie on the second playoff hole to defeat a game Morgan Pressel and win her seventh LPGA Tour title. Both players finished regulation at 8-under 280, with […]
