TOP 25 THIS WEEK: No. 16 Baylor tries to maintain momentum

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A year ago, Baylor carried momentum from winning a November tournament all the way to its first No. 1 national ranking. The 16th-ranked Bears have a chance to see how far another title carries them. Baylor won last week’s Hall of Fame Classic by beating Wisconsin and Creighton , allowing the […]

Saunders misses cut in emotional week celebrating grandfather Palmer

Sam Saunders doesn’t want to trade on his grandfather’s name, but it was hard for Arnold Palmer’s grandson to not live directly in the spotlight this week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Saunders delivered a touching eulogy of Palmer at his funeral service last October, and he represented the Palmer family inside the ropes at […]

A week after wedding, rookie Kizzire is in Vegas contention

During his first full week as a PGA Tour member, Patton Kizzire had something better to do than play in the Frys.com Open: He got married. Kizzire, who won two times on the Web.com Tour and was its leading money winner last season, exchanged vows with his now-wife, Kari, in Georgia on Oct. 17. “Even […]

Jordan Spieth is your new world No. 1, but only for a week

A week ago, Jordan Spieth lost his world No. 1 ranking while Rory McIlroy was on the sidelines. This week, Spieth will earn it back. Despite missing a second consecutive PGA Tour cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Saturday, Spieth will resume the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking on Tuesday because […]

Tom Brady to join Rory McIlroy next week at Augusta National

Things really couldn’t be going better for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. He’s celebrating a fourth Super Bowl win, has Gisele Bundchen for a wife and can pretty much ride off into the sunset whenever he feels like it. [DraftKings: Win $ 1 Million Playing Fantasy Golf During The Masters. Sign Up Free to […]

Aussie golfer’s great week: Par-4 ace, then wins at same time as fiancee

It has been a very good two-week stretch for Aussie pro Richard Green.  Playing in the Oates Victorian Open this week in his native country, Green made a par-4 hole-in-one during the tournament pro-am. That’s cool enough. Then he managed to win the tournament on Sunday, prevailing in a two-hole, sudden-death playoff at Thirteenth Beach […]

Winners and losers from Greenbrier Classic week

This past weekend saw a lot of great storylines and we are here to give you the good and the bad of it. Here are our winners and losers from the past week in golf. Winners George McNeill — If you haven’t read the piece about McNeill’s heartbreaking Sunday from Jason Sobel, make sure to […]

Winners and losers from Quicken Loans National week

This past weekend saw a lot of great storylines and we are here to give you the good and the bad of it. Here are our winners and losers from the past week in golf. Winners Stacy Lewis — On Sunday evening, after Lewis had made a slippery left-to-right putt on the final green for […]

Tiger Woods will return to golf next week at Quicken Loans National

Tiger’s back. Again. Less than three months after microdiscectomy surgery to relieve nerve pressure in his back and legs, Tiger Woods has announced that he’ll return to competitive golf next week at the Quicken Loans National at Congressional Country Club. “After a lot of therapy I have recovered well and will be supporting my foundation […]

Winners and losers from Memorial week

This past weekend saw a lot of great story lines and we are here to give you the good and the bad of it. Here are our winners and losers from the past week in golf. Winners Hideki Matsuyama — You hear plenty of young names tossed around as “the next big thing” these days. […]