Paul McGinley was the winning captain in 2014. (Getty Images) The Europeans are already deliberating about who will take the reins from Darren Clarke for the 2018 Ryder Cup matches in Paris. According to winning 2014 captain Paul McGinley, the Europeans will identify the new captain around Christmas. “We’ll be appointing a new skipper probably […]
Tiger Woods says he'll play World Challenge
Tiger Woods minced no words with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Thursday, sounding definitive when he said he would play again. When Colbert asked when to expect Woods to make his comeback after a false start at the Safeway Open and pulling out of the Turkish Airlines Open, Woods said […]
Tiger Woods still believes he can win more majors than Jack Nicklaus
Tiger Woods is still on the comeback trail. (Getty Images) Tiger Woods still believes he can beat Jack Nicklaus’ 18-major tally. In an interview on “The Charlie Rose Show,” the interviewer asked the 14-time major winner if he thinks he can pass Nicklaus. ROSE: Do you believe you’ll get 18 majors? WOODS: To be honest […]
Tiger Woods' only regret? Dropping out of Stanford
Tiger Woods is a guy who is always looking forward, it seems. After all, he still firmly believes, 14-plus months removed from any kind of significant competitive golf, that he will beat Jack Nicklaus’ tally of 18 majors. He’s revealed plans for the post-golf phase of his life, bringing all of his off-course enterprises under […]
Jason Day doesn't expect Tiger Woods to play this year
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 […]
Love, Woosnam, Ochoa, Mallon head 2017 World Golf Hall of Fame class
Davis Love III will enter the World Golf Hall of Fame. (Getty Images) The World Golf Hall of Fame has announced its 2017 class, which includes 1997 PGA champion Davis Love III, 1991 Masters winner Ian Woosnam, multi-time LPGA major winners Lorena Ochoa and Meg Mallon, as well Henry Longhurst. Love, the winning 2016 U.S. […]
European Tour looking into rocket attack near Turkish tournament host
Victor Dubuisson of France won the Turkish Airlines Open in November 2015. (Getty Images) European Tour officials have spent the weekend investigating reports of a rocket attack in the Turkish southern city of Antalya, host to the forthcoming Turkish Airlines Open. On Friday, Turkish media reported two rockets were fired into the town from a […]
Brendan Steele picks up second PGA Tour win at Safeway Open
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 […]
Power rankings: Safeway Open
Phil Mickelson is in the field this week. (PGA of America) It’s like we never stopped playing golf! The PGA Tour season starts anew this week in Wine Country with the Safeway Open in Napa, Calif. Silverado Resort hosts for the third consecutive year, as Emiliano Grillo defends his first PGA Tour title, won here […]
PODCAST: Tiger Woods' comeback on hold, and guest Pat Perez
Tiger Woods isn’t coming back quite yet. (Getty Images) Tiger Woods shocked the golf world again on Monday, announcing he was pulling out of his intended comeback at the Safeway Open because of a “vulnerable” game. Will he play again? What’s holding him back? Our guest is PGA Tour winner Pat Perez, who will make […]