Jason Day is planning to play in the Masters. (Getty Images) Jason Day intends on competing in the Masters, less than two weeks after his mother’s Dening underwent a procedure to remove a cancerous mass from her lung. The former world No. 1 withdrew from last week’s WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play after six holes into […]
Phil Mickelson to invoke 5th Amendment rights if called in inside-trading trial
March 27, 2017 by
Phil Mickelson had a good week at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. (Getty Images) Phil Mickelson will invoke his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination if he’s called as a witness in the insider-trading trial of famous Las Vegas sports gambler Billy Walters. Bloomberg reported on the choice, as told to a federal judge by one […]
Rahm, Johnson roll on as WGC-Match Play final four set
March 26, 2017 by
Dustin Johnson is cruising in Austin. (Getty Images) The final four of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was set on Saturday afternoon, with a pair of dominating performances by two of golf’s hottest players, an unlikely steady performer advancing over a legend and a potential breakout start putting his way to the semifinals. Dustin Johnson […]
Jason Day thankful for support after mother's successful cancer surgery
March 25, 2017 by
Jason Day gets emotional as he speaks to the media about his mom’s cancer after withdrawing from the World Golf Championships. (PGA TOUR) Two days after Jason Day withdrew from the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, revealing his mother Dening’s lung cancer diagnosis, the 2015 PGA champion shared that a Friday procedure to remove a 3-4 […]
Despite walkover win, McIlroy out of WGC-Match Play as Kjeldsen wins
March 24, 2017 by
Rory McIlroy won in a walkover on Thursday at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, getting the win when Gary Woodland withdrew from the tournament for personal reasons. McIlroy earned a full point with one match to go out of the three in the round-robin group play portion of the event. Unfortunately for the world No. […]
Jason Day withdraws from WGC-Match Play to be with mother as she battles lung cancer
March 23, 2017 by
Your browser does not support iframes. Jason Day conceded his match at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play to Pat Perez on Wednesday after six holes, withdrawing from the tournament to spend time with his mother, Dening, who he revealed is battling lung cancer. “My mom has been here for a while, and she has lung […]
Watch PGA featured holes from the WGC-Dell Match Play live on Yahoo Sports
March 22, 2017 by
The WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play event revamped its format in 2015. It’s no longer a single-elimination, NCAA tournament-style event from the start. Now, the 64 players who have descended upon Austin Country Club this week have been divided among 16 “pods” of four players each. The winner of each “pod” advances to the Sweet 16, […]
2020 Tokyo Olympics golf course votes to admit female members
March 20, 2017 by
Vista geral do Kasumigaseki Country Club, em Tóquio. Foto: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) Facing an ultimatum, 2020 Olympic golf tournament host Kasumigaseki Country Club has voted to admit female members, satisfying a condition of ending its all-male membership to continue as host of both golf tournaments for the Tokyo games. Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic […]
