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 […]
Justin Rose wins Hong Kong Open in duel with Bjerregaard
October 25, 2015 by
Justin Rose and Dane Lucas Bjerregaard separated themselves from the rest of the Hong Kong Open field on Saturday, establishing a shared four-shot lead heading into the final round. In what amounted to a match-play situation on Sunday, Rose was a shot better than the upstart Bjerregaard, locking up his eighth European Tour win with […]
Emiliano Grillo wins Frys.com Open in playoff over Kevin Na
October 19, 2015 by
Emiliano Grillo is batting 1.000 as a full member of the PGA Tour. The 23-year-old won his first start with a Tour card on Sunday, beating Kevin Na in a two-hole playoff for the Frys.com Open at Silverado Resort’s North Course in Napa, Calif. Both Grillo and Na finished at 15-under 273, a stroke clear […]
Jordan Spieth wins PGA Tour Player of the Year award; Berger top rookie
October 3, 2015 by
Although there was some doubt in the waning weeks of the season, Jordan Spieth was voted by his peers as PGA Tour Player of the Year, the Tour announced Friday. “It’s an honor because to win Player of the Year, because it was our MVP of our league,” Spieth said Friday. “And it’s voted on […]
Jordan Spieth wins Tour Championship by four, takes FedEx Cup
September 29, 2015 by
If there was any debate as to who should win the PGA Tour’s peer-voted Player of the Year award, Jordan Spieth made the closing statement on Sunday that ended the race. Spieth won the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta by four shots and, in the process, clinched the 2014-15 FedEx Cup, […]
Motivated by controversy, U.S. Solheim Cup team wins with biggest-ever comeback
September 20, 2015 by
Call it karma. Call it righting a wrong. Use whatever cosmic terms you want, but the U.S. Solheim Cup team completed the biggest comeback in the history of the biennial matches, rallying from a 10-6 deficit to defeat the European team for a 14.5-13.5 victory at Golf Club St. Leon-Rot in Germany. There’s no doubt the […]
Lydia Ko wins The Evian to become youngest female major winner
September 13, 2015 by
Lydia Ko had one last chance to become the youngest female major champion in history, and she seized it. On Sunday, Ko won The Evian Championship, the LPGA’s fifth major championship of the year, to become a major winner at 18 years, 4 months, 20 days. The final-round, 8-under 63 Ko shot at Evian Golf […]
Kris Tamulis wins Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic for breakthrough after 186 starts
September 1, 2015 by
Kris Tamulis had been waiting a long time for this – 185 starts to be exact. But on Sunday, she finally earned a breakthrough win on the LPGA Tour, taking the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic in Alabama. She had to play 29 holes on Sunday to do it, finishing out a weather-delayed third round at […]
Brooke Henderson Monday qualifies, wins 1st LPGA event by 8 shots
August 18, 2015 by
Brooke Henderson has been a teenage Canadian warrior this year on the LPGA Tour. The 17-year-old came into the year without LPGA membership, forcing her to Monday qualify for event after event. However, Henderson has answered the bell time and again, earning her way in events, scoring high finishes and going through the whole process […]
