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 […]
Patton Kizzire continues to lurk around the top of PGA Tour leaderboards
November 13, 2015 by
Patton Kizzire’s PGA Tour career is off to a great start. After skipping the season-opening Frys.com Open to get married, Kizzire kicked off the fully exempt campaign with a T-2 finish in Las Vegas. After having to sit out for the CIMB Classic, he finished T-4 in the Monday finish to the Sanderson Farms Championship, […]
Peter Malnati wins rain-delayed Sanderson Farms for first PGA Tour win
November 10, 2015 by
The PGA Tour’s fifth event of this young season was forced to a Monday finish, but produced the same result from the first four: a first-timer hoisting the trophy. Peter Malnati became the latest breakthrough champion, taking the weather-delayed Sanderson Farms Championship by a shot over 48-year-old David Toms and veteran William McGirt. Malnati shot […]
Champions Tour finalizes new playoff series with L.A.-based event
November 9, 2015 by
The Champions Tour is moving to a playoff system in 2016 that will settle the Charles Schwab Cup. The 50-plus circuit will have a three-event series in the fall, starting with a 72-player field in the new Powershares QQQ Championship near Los Angeles, announced Monday by PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem. After that event, the […]
First-time winners have swept the start of the PGA Tour season
November 8, 2015 by
The start to this new PGA Tour season is unprecedented. For the first time in Tour history, four first-time winners have won the first four events of the season: Emiliano Grillo at the Frys.com Open, Smyliie Kaufman in Las Vegas, Justin Thomas at the CIMB Classic and Russell Knox on Sunday at the WGC-HSBC Champions. […]
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 […]
Poulter wants Euro Tour membership rules to remain the same
October 28, 2015 by
Despite having to fly halfway around the world last week to save his European Tour membership, Ian Poulter doesn’t think the Tour or its chief executive Keith Pelley should change its rules for determining who is and isn’t a member. Two Sundays ago, Poulter fell out of the top 50 in the Official World Golf […]
Sunshine Tour golfer struck in the groin by ball ricocheting off a tree
October 27, 2015 by
We’ve all made a 7 before, but it probably didn’t hurt this much! @jakesgolf62 pic.twitter.com/IRp0rsIycA — Sunshine Tour (@Sunshine_Tour) October 22, 2015 On the Sunshine Tour in South Africa, Jacques Kruyswijk was hit where the sun don’t shine. Kruyswijk was playing on the eighth hole in the first round of this week’s Vodacom Origins of Golf […]
Rich Beem pulls out of Hong Kong Open so Ian Poulter can keep Euro Tour membership
October 21, 2015 by
Ian Poulter can thank 2002 PGA champion Rich Beem for allowing him to keep his dream alive of making the 2016 European Ryder Cup team. When the new Official World Golf Ranking was released on Sunday night, Poulter had dropped out of the top 50 for the first time since 2006. That meant Poulter was […]
