Brendan Steele won for the second time on the PGA Tour. (Getty Images) On Sunday, Brendan Steele avenged a disappointing Sunday in California wine country from a year ago. Steele won the Safeway Open at Silverado Resort in Napa, Calif., picking up his second PGA Tour win and first since his breakthrough victory at the […]
Inbee Park runs away with women's golf gold while Ko finishes in a close second
August 20, 2016 by
Inbee Park locked up the women’s golf gold medal in a rout. (Getty Images) It was a coronation on Saturday for Inbee Park, the seven-time major winner, who won the first Olympic gold medal in women’s golf in 116 years in a runaway at the Olympic Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro. The South Korean […]
56-year-old Peter Senior wins third Aussie Masters; DeChambeau second
November 27, 2015 by
Peter Senior won his third Australian Masters title on Sunday in Melbourne, 20 years after taking his second gold jacket. With an 8-foot par putt on the final hole at Huntingdale Golf Club, the 56-year-old Aussie finished off a 3-under 68 that gave him a two-shot win over U.S. Amateur champion Bryson DeChambeau, John Senden […]
Tiger Woods expects ‘tedious and long’ recovery from second back surgery
October 22, 2015 by
Tiger Woods doesn’t know when he’s going to play competitive golf again, but his message on Tuesday was clear: Don’t hold your breath. Woods, who surprisingly announced Sept. 18 that he had undergone a second microdiscectomy surgery on his back in 18 months, said he will soon begin rehab. However, he doesn’t have any kind […]
Jordan Spieth misses second cut in a row at the Deutsche Bank
September 7, 2015 by
For the first time in Jordan Spieth’s short pro golf career, he has missed consecutive cuts. Spieth shot his fourth consecutive round over par on Saturday at the Deutsche Bank Championship, turning in 2-over 72 at TPC Boston to miss the cut, just as he did in the first round of the FedEx Cup playoffs […]
Woods improves in second round back, cards 2-under 70
December 6, 2014 by
Tiger Woods was hot on Friday at the Hero World Challenge, but not quite in the way you’d expect. Running a 100-degree temperature, Woods was better on Day 2 at Isleworth Golf & Country Club, shooting a rain-interrupted, 2-under 70 that marked his first competitive under-par round since July 31. That’s the good news. The […]
For the second straight day, Phil Mickelson hits tee shot in the grandstands on No. 5, plays it
August 23, 2014 by
If this wasn’t real life, and real sport, nobody would believe what happened to Phil Mickelson on Saturday at The Barclays. A day after wowing the fans with a shot out of the grandstands on the par-4 fifth hole, Mickelson’s tee shot sailed left again on the same hole, hit the cart path just like […]
Even without his best stuff, Rory McIlroy is in a position to snag a second straight major championship
August 10, 2014 by
Rory McIlroy doesn’t usually have to deal with this stuff. Normally when he wins a major he grabs the lead, runs away from his competitors and cruises to victory. Even last month at the British Open it never seemed like McIlroy would actually lose the lead he built the first three days, and despite “only” […]
John Daly makes 12 on par-4 on his way to a second round 90 at the Valspar Championship
March 15, 2014 by
Death, taxes and John Daly erupting at least once a year at a PGA Tour event. Those are the three things you can bank on and run with, and the latter happened on Friday at the Valspar Championship. Daly, who had made the cut in two of his four starts heading into this event, shot […]
Tiger Woods makes 91-foot putt, posts 73 in second round at Doral
March 8, 2014 by
It hasn’t exactly been the start to the season that Tiger Woods wanted, but even when things are going bad it’s nice to pull off a shot or two that brings you back the next day. Woods had that happen on Friday at the Cadillac Championship, making the longest recorded putt in the last five […]
