At the pinnacle of his career, Tiger Woods dominated the World Golf Championships, winning an incredible 18 of them from 1999-2013. No other player is even remotely close to that tally, with Dustin Johnson and Geoff Ogilvy a distant T-2 with three each. Rory McIlroy, who has two WGCs to his name, said Wednesday ahead […]
Rory McIlroy to skip Turkish Airlines Open after recent attacks
October 31, 2016 by
Rory McIlroy had a good week in China but won’t be playing in Turkey. (Getty Images) Rory McIlroy will not play in this week’s Turkish Airlines Open, the first of the three-event European Tour Final Series. McIlroy did not specify a reason for pulling out of the 78-player, no-cut event. However, in light of recent […]
Hideki Matsuyama becomes first Asian-born WGC winner
October 30, 2016 by
Hideki Matsuyama won the WGC-HSBC Champions. (Getty Images) Hideki Matsuyama set a major milestone for Japenese and, more broadly, Asian golf on Sunday in winning the World Golf Championships HSBC Champions in China. Matsuyama, who won the event by seven shots at 23-under 265 at Sheshan International in Shanghai, became the first Japanese-born and Asian-born […]
Paul Casey still wants to be on the European Ryder Cup team
October 29, 2016 by
Paul Casey is having a great 2016. (Getty Images) Paul Casey made the difficult decision not to take up European Tour membership for 2016, locking himself out of a potential spot on the European Ryder Cup team. After all, to be on the squad, a player must be a member of the European Tour in […]
PODCAST: What's the point of golf after the FedEx Cup playoffs?
October 29, 2016 by
Rory McIlroy headlines the WGC-HSBC Champions. (Getty Images) As the PGA Tour wraparound season starts, it seems like the golf year is dragging. So why do pro golf tours insist on playing tournaments when the audience is so small? Also, we talk about the possibility of a total shakeup in the world of golf equipment. […]
Report: President Obama's trip to play golf with Tiger Woods cost almost $4 million
October 28, 2016 by
Tiger Woods and Barack Obama have played golf together. (Getty Images) Tiger Woods and President Barack Obama played golf together in a February 2013 mini-jaunt, and that trip turned out to cost the U.S. taxpayer a lot of money. Filings from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) showed that the four-day trip to Florida, where Woods […]
Rory McIlroy: No-cut rule helped Tiger Woods win so many WGCs
October 27, 2016 by
At the pinnacle of his career, Tiger Woods dominated the World Golf Championships, winning an incredible 18 of them from 1999-2013. No other player is even remotely close to that tally, with Dustin Johnson and Geoff Ogilvy a distant T-2 with three each. Rory McIlroy, who has two WGCs to his name, said Wednesday ahead […]
Power rankings: WGC-HSBC Champions
October 26, 2016 by
Rory McIlroy brought the roars to the Ryder Cup. (Getty Images) The WGC-HSBC Champions is the final World Golf Championships event of the year, played in China as the only of the WGCs contested outside of North America. Russell Knox is defending champion at Sheshan International in a field that features nine of the top […]
Wake Forest basketball to honor Arnold Palmer with uniform patch
October 25, 2016 by
Wake Forest basketball jerseys will honor Arnold Palmer. (@UniWatch on Twitter) Wake Forest University will continue to honor one of its most famous alumni, Arnold Palmer, during the basketball season. The Atlantic Coast Conference school will add an circular patch with Palmer’s initials, AP, in black stitching in front of a gold background. FIRST LOOK: […]
Padraig Harrington wins Portugal Masters for 1st Euro Tour win in 8 years
October 24, 2016 by
Harrington made a 5-footer for the win. (Getty Images) Padraig Harrington is a winner again on the European Tour for the first time in eight years. He pulled off the victory at the Portugal Masters on Sunday, closing with a 6-under 65 at Victoria Clube de Golfe to beat Andy Sullivan by a shot at […]
