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Lexi Thompson wins LPGA's Kingsmill Champ. by 5 for first win of year
May 23, 2017 by
Lexi Thompson got her week going by jumping out of an airplane. She ended it by winning her first LPGA title since a rules controversy cost her the first major of the year. Thompson won the LPGA Tour’s Kingsmill Championship on Sunday by five shots, setting the tournament record with a 20-under 264 total in […]
Rory McIlroy: Completing Grand Slam gets tougher each year
March 31, 2017 by
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland tees off at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play. (Getty) In two Sundays, Rory McIlroy can make golf history in winning the Masters. He would become the sixth man in golf history — joining Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen — to complete the career […]
Despite career year in 2016, Dustin Johnson not thinking much about past success
January 6, 2017 by
Dustin Johnson had his best year in 2016. (Getty Images) Dustin Johnson had a career year in 2016, winning his first major at the U.S. Open and adding a pair of other PGA Tour titles en route to securing the peer-voted PGA Tour Player of the Year award. At a TaylorMade Golf launch event in […]
Jason Day doesn't expect Tiger Woods to play this year
October 20, 2016 by
Tiger Woods and Jason Day practice together and text regularly. (Getty Images) Tiger Woods’ comeback has stalled, with the 14-time major winner bowing out of the PGA Tour’s season-opening Safeway Open on the Monday of tournament week. He’s backed out of a planned start at the European Tour’s Turkish Airlines Open in November. The next […]
Dustin Johnson wins BMW Championship for 3rd title of the year
September 14, 2016 by
Dustin Johnson may well have wrapped up PGA Tour Player of the Year honors on Sunday, winning the BMW Championship by three shots over Paul Casey for his third win of the season. Johnson shot a final round of 5-under 67 at Crooked Stick in Carmel, Ind., to finish at 23-under 265. Locked in a […]
Fowler in position to win on Mother’s Day for 2nd year in a row
May 8, 2016 by
Rickie Fowler is in position to successfully defend his title as Ultimate Son. With a third round of 4-under 68, Fowler leads the Wells Fargo Championship heading into Sunday’s final round, sitting at 9-under 207 and one clear of Roberto Castro. Fowler is two clear of former Riviera winner James Hahn and 2013 U.S. Open […]
Minjee Lee makes par-4 ace at Kia Classic; 2nd in LPGA history, 2nd this year
March 27, 2016 by
It’s becoming an epidemic on the LPGA: par-4 holes-in-one. In 66 previous LPGA seasons, there had never been one. On Saturday at the 2016 Kia Classic, Minjee Lee made the second par-4 ace in the last two months. Playing the 234-yard par-4 16th at Aviara Golf Club during the third round of the tournament, Lee […]
Masters field just under 90 heading into the New Year
December 29, 2015 by
Heading into the New Year, the 2016 Masters field will sit at 89 players. The field grew by 15 players with the release of the final Official World Golf Ranking of 2015. The top 50 players in the last ranking of the year automatically qualify for the year’s first major if they’re not already exempt. […]
