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 […]
Tiger Woods withdraws from Safeway Open for performance reasons
October 11, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. Tiger Woods’ return to the PGA Tour has been delayed yet again. Woods withdrew from the Safeway Open in Napa, Calif., on Monday. Woods released a statement on his website on the decision, saying he feels his game is “vulnerable and not where it needs to be.” In full, […]
Tiger Woods officially enters Safeway Open, confirming PGA Tour return
October 8, 2016 by
Tiger Woods made it official on Friday, entering next week’s PGA Tour season opener, the Safeway Open at Silverado Resort in Napa, Calif. Woods committed to the event well ahead of the 5 p.m. deadline to join the field. He last played in this event in 2011, when it was called the Frys.com Open. This […]
Molinari wins Italian Open for 2nd time, starts nationals streak
September 18, 2016 by
Francesco Molinari won the Italian Open for the second time, backing up a 2006 win. (Getty Images) For the second week in a row, there was a home-nation hero on the European Tour. Last week, it was Joost Luiten winning his national championship in the Netherlands, taking the KLM Open for the second time with […]
Phil Mickelson pining to play with Tiger in Safeway Open comeback
September 10, 2016 by
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 […]
Michelle Wie holes eagle to make cut at Canadian Pacific Women's Open
August 28, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. Michelle Wie has faced a rough season on the LPGA Tour in 2016, missing the cut in 11 of 19 starts heading into this week, including the last four in a row. The skid appeared set to continue on Friday at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, when Wie came […]
Five years after brutal diagnosis, Sauers wins U.S. Senior Open by one
August 16, 2016 by
Gene Sauers celebrates winning the U.S. Senior Open (Getty Images) You might have been hard-pressed to convince Gene Sauers five years ago that he was still going to be playing professional golf in 2016. On Monday, he became a first-time major champion. Sauers won the U.S. Senior Open by a shot over Billy Mayfair and […]
Phil Mickelson puts Open disappointment aside in search for another PGA
July 27, 2016 by
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Phil Mickelson can be sad about the British Open another day. Right now, he’s focused on winning a sixth major title. Denied two weeks ago by Henrik Stenson at Royal Troon, the 46-year-old Mickelson gets another crack at a major in this compressed Olympic summer at a place where he’s won previously. […]
Jhonny Vegas goes low on Sunday to win the Canadian Open
July 25, 2016 by
Jhonattan Vegas crapped out last weekend at the Barbasol Championship. He hit the jackpot on Sunday at the RBC Canadian Open. Vegas went out ahead of the lead pack on Sunday at Glen Abbey in Oakville, Ontario, finishing with three consecutive birdies to shoot 8-under 64 and capture the clubhouse lead. One by one, the […]
Inbee Park out of Women's British Open with thumb injury
July 23, 2016 by
Inbee Park will not defend her title at next week’s Women’s British Open as she continues to recovery from a left thumb injury that has nagged her for almost the entire season. In a statement, the seven-time major winner said “this has been an incredibly hard decision for me to make and the reason I’ve […]
