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 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 […]
Fabian Gomez wins Sony Open on 2nd playoff hole against Snedeker
January 18, 2016 by
Fabian Gomez is a two-time PGA Tour winner, taking the Sony Open in Hawaii on Sunday on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff against Brandt Snedeker. Playing the par-5 18th at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu for the third time that day, Gomez scored his second birdie, building on the first that he made […]
Graeme McDowell wins OHL Classic in three-man playoff for 1st Tour win since ’13
November 16, 2015 by
Graeme McDowell is a winner again on the PGA Tour, taking the OHL Classic at Mayakoba on Monday on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff against Jason Bohn and last week’s WGC-HSBC Champions winner Russell Knox. All three players finished at 18-under 270 at El Camaleon Golf Club, with Knox bogeying the final hole […]
Kristoffer Broberg beats Patrick Reed in BMW Masters playoff
November 15, 2015 by
For the second-consecutive week, the European Tour’s Final Series was site of a breakthrough victory. Swede Kristoffer Broberg won the BMW Masters on Sunday over American Patrick Reed with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, locking up his first European Tour win. Broberg shot 4-under 68 in the final round of […]
Champions Tour finalizes new playoff series with L.A.-based event
November 9, 2015 by
The Champions Tour is moving to a playoff system in 2016 that will settle the Charles Schwab Cup. The 50-plus circuit will have a three-event series in the fall, starting with a 72-player field in the new Powershares QQQ Championship near Los Angeles, announced Monday by PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem. After that event, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Greg Chalmers wins Aussie PGA from Adam Scott on 7th playoff hole
December 14, 2014 by
If anything, Adam Scott has one weakness in his golf game: putting. He ranked a modest 55th on the PGA Tour last year in strokes gained putting, but an abysmal 137th in one-putt percentage from inside 5 feet. It was the latter liability that lead to losing the Australian PGA Championship to Greg Chalmers on […]
Bubba Watson wins WGC-HSBC Champions in thrilling finish, playoff
November 10, 2014 by
No matter what you think of Bubba Watson, his style of golf is undoubtedly exciting — especially at its best. Watson needed his best on the final shot of regulation at the WGC-HSBC Champions, shocking everyone when he holed out a bunker shot at the par-5 finisher for a playoff-forcing eagle. In the ensuing extra […]
