Category: Golf

Scheffler on Another Big Run, This One Getting Attention

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—Scottie Scheffler finally won, and then he kept winning, and the question a year ago was when this incredible hot streak would finally cool. Now comes another question: Did it ever? Even with a green jacket that ended last year’s remarkable run—four victories in six starts, capped by a Masters so dominant…


Scheffler Turns in Masterpiece at Sawgrass to Win Players

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—Scottie Scheffler was fearless on a TPC Sawgrass course that can jangle the nerves on every hole. The wind was getting stronger, the targets looked smaller, and all he wanted was to make sure his lead got larger in The Players Championship. “You can’t limp in on this golf course,” he said….


Spieth Gets Amazing Break, McGreevy Gets Wrong Record Score

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—Jordan Spieth figured he would be the latest to pay the price at the TPC Sawgrass on a day of big numbers. Instead, he got a break he never imagined Friday at The Players Championship. Not everyone so lucky, least of all Max McGreevy, who needed a birdie on the final hole…


Rahm Seven Behind Surprise Clubhouse Leader Ramey at Players

World number one Jon Rahm was seven shots behind early first-round clubhouse leader Chad Ramey at The Players Championship on Thursday, March 9, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where Rory McIlroy struggled to find his groove. Ramey, who missed the cut in his last three PGA Tour starts and is making his Players Championship debut,…


New PGA Tour Schedule Still About Good Golf, Monahan Says

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—Fresh off a seven-hour board meeting that reshaped the PGA Tour’s future, Commissioner Jay Monahan was standing in a breeze way at Bay Hill last week when Adam Hadwin walked by and asked him what was coming. Monahan assured him there would be good news on the way. “For everyone?” Hadwin asked….


Kurt Kitayama Breaks Through to Win Arnold Palmer Invitational

Kurt Kitayama overcame a triple bogey and beat out a star-packed field to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational for his first PGA Tour victory on Sunday, March 5, in Orlando, Fla. Kitayama recovered to shoot an even-par 72, making a vital birdie at No. 17 and a memorable par at No. 18 at Arnold Palmer’s…


Jin Young Ko Wins LPGA Singapore by 2 Strokes

SINGAPORE—Jin Young Ko won for the first time in a year at the HSBC Women’s World Championship and hopes this signals a new start from a year of battling injuries that cost her the No. 1 ranking. Ko answered an early charge by Nelly Korda, held her nerve during a 58-minute storm delay late in…


Kurt Kitayama Handles a Windy Bay Hill as Jon Rahm Falters

ORLANDO, Fla.—Kurt Kitayama is chasing his first PGA Tour victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a world-class group of contenders right behind him. Kitayama should be used to that. Last year alone, he fell one shot sort of Jon Rahm in Mexico, Xander Schauffele in Scotland and Rory McIlroy in South Carolina. Kitayama handled…


PGA Tour Moves Toward Elite Field With No Cuts for 2024

ORLANDO, Fla.—The PGA Tour is moving toward an elite schedule in 2024 with 16 designated events—half of them with no more than 80-man fields and no cuts—along with a chance for players on the outside to play their way in. Still to be finalized are which events get the $20 million prize funds and details…


Charles Howell III Wins at Mayakoba for First LIV Golf Title

Charles Howell III put together a stunning round on Sunday, firing an 8–under-par 63 to win LIV Golf Mayakoba in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Howell birdied six holes on the front nine and finished with eight during his bogey-free third round to claim his first LIV Golf title. He shot 16–under 197 for the weekend,…