Category: Golf

Rahm Holds on to Win at Riviera and Return to No. 1 in World

LOS ANGELES—Jon Rahm returned to No. 1 in the world on Sunday by winning the Genesis Invitational with a performance that left no doubt who’s playing the best golf. Caught in a battle with hometown favorite Max Homa at Riviera, Rahm delivered two big moments with a 45-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the…


LIV Golf Adds 3 More to Growing Roster

The LIV Golf League is set to add three more players, including one of the standouts of the DP World Tour, multiple outlets reported Saturday. Heading to the upstart circuit are past PGA Tour winners Danny Lee and Brendan Steele, as well as Thomas Pieters of the DP World Tour. Pieters, from Belgium, is ranked…


Homa feeling at home and leads at Riviera as Tiger makes cut

LOS ANGELES—Max Homa in the lead at his hometown PGA Tour event used to give him chills. Now he’s playing so well it almost feels normal. Homa, a winner last month down the coast at Torrey Pines, ran off three birdies around the turn at Riviera and tossed in a few big par saves Friday…


Judge Rules PGA Tour Can Depose Saudi Backers of LIV Golf

A federal judge has ruled the head of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the financial backer of LIV Golf, must sit for depositions and produce documents in LIV Golf’s antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Lawyers for the Public Investment Fund and its governor, Yasir al-Rumayyan, had sought to quash subpoenas claiming sovereign immunity. U.S….


Tiger Opens With 69 at Riviera, Trails Homa, Mitchell by 5

LOS ANGELES—The scene was similar to the last time Tiger Woods played against the world’s best. Fans packed onto every balcony on every level of the Riviera clubhouse Thursday, all of them straining for a rare sight of golf’s biggest star. Woods had them cheering even louder at the end. He put on a show…


VIDEO: Photographer Captures Bald Eagle Playing With a Golf Ball on a Frozen Lake

A Virginia-based photographer who was amazed to see a bald eagle playing with a golf ball on the ice captured the moment on film and shared it on social media, now his video has gone viral. On Dec. 27, 2022, Jeff Self, 56, from Chesapeake, drove 10 miles from his home to Stumpy Lake Natural Area….


Tiger Woods Returns to Golf With the Same Belief He Can Win

LOS ANGELES—Tiger Woods feels good enough to play at Riviera, his first tournament with a cut and without a cart since the British Open last July. He already is looking ahead to the Masters. And yes, he thinks he can win. “I would not have put myself out here if I didn’t think I could…


Scheffler Repeats at Phoenix Open to Regain No. 1 Ranking

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Scottie Scheffler successfully defended his WM Phoenix Open title Sunday at TPC Scottsdale to regain the No. 1 spot in the world. Scheffler closed with a 6-under 65 to beat Nick Taylor by two strokes in breezy conditions on the firm and fast Stadium Course. The 26-year-old Texan will jump from second to first…


Scheffler Holds WM Phoenix Open Lead in Bid to Repeat

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Scottie Scheffler held onto the lead Saturday at the WM Phoenix Open in a bid to successfully defend his title and regain the No. 1 spot in the world. The second-ranked Scheffler shot a 3–under 68 in front of some 200,000 fans at TPC Scottsdale to get to 13 under, two strokes ahead of…


Woods Commits to Next Week’s Genesis Invitational, Says ‘I’m Ready’

Tournament host Tiger Woods has committed to playing at next week’s Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, which will mark his first non-major PGA Tour start since October 2020. Woods, who returned to competition last year on a limited basis following a 2021 car crash which required emergency surgery that still…