Aditi Ashok made history in India on Sunday. (Getty Images) Aditi Ashok made history on Sunday, becoming the first Indian-born player to win on the Ladies European Tour. The 18-year-old, who made a splash in golf’s return to the Olympics, won the Hero Women’s Indian Open by a shot over two-time LPGA major winner Brittany […]
Jordan Spieth cutting back non-PGA Tour schedule
November 12, 2016 by
Jordan Spieth was a busy man in 2016. (Getty Images) Jordan Spieth is trying to craft for himself an offseason that the PGA Tour, frankly, doesn’t offer. The two-time major winner and two-time PGA Tour winner in 2016 will play in next week’s Australian Open in Sydney, and then he’ll play in Tiger Woods’ Hero […]
Web.com Tour to introduce Sunday-Wednesday tournaments
November 10, 2016 by
The Web.com Tour will have some new events next year. (Getty Images) The Web.com Tour season will kick off next January with a pair of tournaments that buck tradition. The tour, which ultimately determines the fate of 50 PGA Tour cards each season, has partnered with the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism to present a pair […]
Pampling wins in Vegas for unlikely third PGA Tour victory
November 7, 2016 by
Rod Pampling had an unexpected triumph on Sunday in Vegas. (Getty Images) Rod Pampling wasn’t even supposed to be playing golf this week. He got in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open thanks to a PGA Tour clerical error. Seriously. This Vegas field was supposed to be 132 players, an effort made in deference to […]
European Tour head signals potential change to Ryder Cup process
November 6, 2016 by
Ryder Cup 2016. Day Three. Rory McIlroy of Europe congratulates Patrick Reed of the United States on his win during the Sunday singles competition at the Ryder Cup tournament at Hazeltine National Golf Club on October 02, 2016 in Chaska, Minnesota. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images) Changes could be coming to the process […]
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 […]
European Tour looking into rocket attack near Turkish tournament host
October 18, 2016 by
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
October 17, 2016 by
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 […]
Stephen Curry loses basketball contest to PGA Tour player Harold Varner III
October 14, 2016 by
Stephen Curry follows his shot from the Silverado Resort North Course during the Safeway Open PGA golf tournament . (AP Photo) Stephen Curry was supposed to play in the Wednesday pro-am at the Safeway Open with Tiger Woods, pitting the NBA star and MVP against the greatest golfer of this generation. Well, that didn’t happen. […]
