Rory McIlroy won’t be playing the weekend at The Honda Classic for the second year in a row. McIlroy shot 2-over 72 for the second consecutive day at PGA National’s Champion Course to miss the cut by a shot. The four-time major winner did not make himself available to media after the round. The Ulsterman […]
Golfers show support for ending ‘modern-day’ slavery at Honda Classic
February 27, 2016 by
Ahead of Thursday’s first round at The Honda Classic, several PGA Tour players marked Shine a Light on Slavery Day, organized by what’s dubbed the End It Movement, an organization committed to raising awareness about modern-day slavery around the world. The organization estimates some 27 million people worldwide are held in slavery or slavery-like conditions. […]
Danny Willett wins Dubai Desert Classic with closing birdie
February 7, 2016 by
With a 15-foot birdie on the final hole of the tournament, Danny Willett won the Omega Dubai Desert Classic by a shot over Andy Sullivan and Rafa Cabrera-Bello. Willett shot 3-under 69 at Emirates Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates, good enough to hang on to the one-shot edge he had over the Spaniard […]
Kevin Kisner gets breakthrough win by a six-shot margin at The RSM Classic
November 23, 2015 by
In the last PGA Tour event of the year, the final putt belonged to a guy who finally got his breakthrough win. Kevin Kisner is a champion on the PGA Tour, winning The RSM Classic by six shots in the final official event of the calendar year. A second consecutive 6-under 64 on the Seaside […]
DL3 makes the cut at The RSM Classic; DL4 doesn’t
November 21, 2015 by
It wasn’t like father, like son on Friday at The RSM Classic. Tournament host Davis Love III shot his second-consecutive 70 at Sea Island Resort, which, on the Plantation Course he played was a 2-under score that got him to the weekend on the cut number when combined with his opening even-par 70 on the […]
Kisner leads again on the PGA Tour, take 1-shot edge at RSM Classic
November 20, 2015 by
Kevin Kisner is again sitting atop a PGA Tour leaderboard, out in front of The RSM Classic by a shot at 7 under par at Sea Island Resort on St. Simons Island, Ga. Kisner, who finished second in his last start two weeks ago at the WGC-HSBC Champions and lost three sudden-death playoffs in the 2014-15 […]
Graeme McDowell wins OHL Classic in three-man playoff for 1st Tour win since ’13
November 16, 2015 by
Graeme McDowell is a winner again on the PGA Tour, taking the OHL Classic at Mayakoba on Monday on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff against Jason Bohn and last week’s WGC-HSBC Champions winner Russell Knox. All three players finished at 18-under 270 at El Camaleon Golf Club, with Knox bogeying the final hole […]
Power rankings: OHL Classic at Mayakoba
November 12, 2015 by
The PGA Tour is making its only stop in Mexico this week for the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. The Cancun-area tournament is on a sub-7,000-yard course, making it a breeding ground for a new vs. old showdown. However, a number of young players who have started well out of the gates, including three of the […]
Bali volcano eruption forces LPGA players out of Toto Japan Classic
November 7, 2015 by
Beatriz Recari and Azahara Munoz had to pull out of this week’s LPGA Toto Japan Classic for a unique reason: a volcanic eruption. The Spaniards, along with Jessica Korda and So Yeon Ryu, flew to the Indonesian island of Bali for the Lexus Cup, an exhibition event. They all planned to leave on Tuesday night, […]
Justin Thomas secures first PGA Tour win 1-shot victory at CIMB Classic
November 3, 2015 by
Once again, a player under the age of 25 has won on the PGA Tour. Justin Thomas, 23, won the CIMB Classic on Sunday for his breakthrough Tour win in just his 39th start. His tournament-record, 26-under-262 total was good enough for a one-shot win over Adam Scott. Thomas, who shot 6-under 66 to finish […]
