Phil Mickelson will be at the Safeway Open. (Getty Images) Until Wednesday, the biggest name committed to the Safeway Open in October was five-time major winner Phil Mickelson. Then Tiger Woods decided to announce his intention to play in the PGA Tour season opener two weeks after the Ryder Cup. Now, Mickelson is hoping to […]
Jason Day: Winning won't be easy for a returning Tiger Woods
September 9, 2016 by
Jason Day offered a bit of a reality check for the fervor surrounding Tiger Woods’ announced plans to come back to competitive golf in October at the Safeway Open. Namely, that, as Woods did in 2015, he’s going to have a hard time navigating his way to the winner’s circle — and that it doesn’t […]
Tiger Woods announces plans for three-event comeback in fall
September 8, 2016 by
Tiger Woods is ready to play golf again. The 14-time major champion announced Wednesday that he plans to play in three events this fall: the Safeway Open in Napa, Calif. from Oct 13-16; the European Tour’s Turkish Airlines Open in Turkey from Nov. 3-6; and the Hero World Challenge, which he hosts and his foundation […]
Rory McIlroy storms from behind to win Deutsche Bank Championship
September 7, 2016 by
Rory McIlroy wins the Deutsche Bank Championship. (Getty Images) Rory McIlroy knew he was struggling with his putting, so he made some changes after the PGA Championship. He hired Phil Kenyon, who works with Henrik Stenson among others, as his putting coach. When Nike announced it would stop making golf clubs and balls, McIlroy picked […]
Jim Furyk's FedEx Cup playoff run is over, left to wait for Ryder Cup pick
September 6, 2016 by
Jim Furyk is out of the FedEx Cup playoffs. (Getty Images) Jim Furyk’s truncated PGA Tour season ended on Monday, with the 2003 U.S. Open champion failing to finish high enough in the Deutsche Bank Championship to advance to the next stage of the FedEx Cup playoffs. With Furyk outside the top 70 in points, […]
Paul Casey seeks end to long win drought at Deutsche Bank
September 5, 2016 by
Paul Casey shot 66 on Sunday at the Deutsche Bank. (Getty Images) It’s somewhat shocking that a player as talented as Paul Casey has just one PGA Tour win. He’s in good position to change that on Monday. Casey carries a three-shot lead into the Labor Day finale of the Deutsche Bank Championship, the second […]
Phil Mickelson wins closest-to-the-pin contest hitting righty
September 4, 2016 by
Phil Mickelson plays a shot during the second round of the Deutsche Bank Championship. (Getty Images) Lefty can play righty. Phil Mickelson and the other seven Americans who qualified for the U.S. Ryder Cup team off the points list traveled to Gillette Stadium on Wednesday night to take in the Patriots home park, spend some […]
Henrik Stenson to skip the BMW Championship to rest injured knee
September 3, 2016 by
Henrik Stenson is nursing a tear in his right meniscus. (Getty Images) Henrik Stenson is going to skip next week’s BMW Championship, the third leg of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, so he can rest his injured right knee. “There’s a slight tear,” Stenson said of the meniscus. “It’s fine to hit golf shots, […]
Inbee Park withdraws from LPGA's final major, The Evian Championship
September 3, 2016 by
Inbee Park took home the gold medal in Rio. (Getty Images) After winning an Olympic gold medal in Rio, Inbee Park will continue taking a sabbatical from the LPGA Tour, including the tour’s final major of the season. Park withdrew from The Evian Championship on Wednesday, citing the left thumb injury that kept her out […]
PODCAST: Assessing the 2016 Ryder Cup teams
September 2, 2016 by
Darren Clarke now has his nine automatic qualifiers for the Ryder Cup. (Getty Images) We now know 20 of the 24 players who will compete in the 2016 Ryder Cup. On this week’s podcast, I look at the 12 European players and the potential snub of Russell Knox, as well the eight automatic U.S. qualifiers […]
