Category: Golf

Eun-Hee Ji Defeats Ayaka Furue to Win LPGA Match-Play

Eun-Hee Ji of South Korea defeated Ayaka Furue of Japan 3 and 2 to win the LPGA Match-Play title Sunday in Las Vegas. Ji’s victory at Shadow Creek Golf Course allowed her to clinch the final berth into next week’s U.S. Women’s Open. “It’s still surreal and hasn’t sunk in,” Ji said. “I think it’ll…


Justin Thomas Credits ‘Bones’ in Comeback for Playoff Win at the PGA Championship

Justin Thomas wins his second major championship at the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club, in Tulsa, defeating Will Zalatoris in a three-hole playoff after starting the day seven shots behind Mito Pereira. Thomas added to his first major win at the 2017 PGA Championship in Charlotte, shooting a final round of 67,…


Thomas Stages Major Fightback to Win PGA Championship in Playoff

TULSA, Okla.—Justin Thomas capped a breathtaking comeback by beating Will Zalatoris in a three-hole playoff to win the PGA Championship on Sunday after Chile’s Mito Pereira blew a one-shot lead on the final hole. The playoff ended a day of pulsating drama at Southern Hills Country Club that saw Thomas stage one of the greatest…


Mito Pereira Grabs PGA Championship Lead as Tiger Woods Withdraws

TULSA, Oklahoma—Unheralded Mito Pereira became the first Chilean to lead a major, surging three shots clear at the top of the PGA Championship third round leaderboard on Saturday, while Tiger Woods withdrew after sinking to the bottom of table. Playing in just his second major, Pereira has refused to surrender to pressure carding a one-under…


Zalatoris Has Major Lead at PGA Championship

TULSA, Okla.—Will Zalatoris shot a 36-hole score of 9-under 131, which is the lowest by any player in history at Southern Hills to lead halfway through the 2022 104th PGA Championships, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Southern Hills has hosted the most PGA Championships, as well as a few U.S. Open Championships, and has served to be…


Tiger Woods Unsure of Finishing PGA Championship After Nightmare Round

TULSA, Oklahoma—After narrowly making the PGA Championship cut a defiant Tiger Woods had predicted he still had a chance to hoist the Wanamaker trophy but any remaining belief disappeared in a nightmare nine-over 79 third round on Saturday. Playing his second event in a comeback from a career-threatening car crash, just making the cut at…


Tiger Woods Hits PGA With Leg ‘Better Than 12 Months Ago’

Tiger Woods is ready to give major competition another go at this week’s PGA Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after making his return to golf at the Masters last month. Fourteen months after a gruesome single-car accident left his right leg and foot badly injured, to the point that he considered amputation, Woods made the cut…


LPGA Veteran Marina Alex Edges Top Players to Win Palos Verdes Championship

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif.—Marina Alex won her second LPGA tournament at the Palos Verdes Championship on Sunday with a score of 274 (70–68–70–66), 10-under-par, edging out the World No. 1 Jin Young Ko by one stroke, both shooting five-under in the final round. “I didn’t think there was even a remote possibility that I was…


First LPGA Event at the Hidden Jewel of Palos Verdes

At a hidden gem of a golf course along the southern coast of Los Angeles County, the first edition of the Palos Verdes Championship is played. In a field full of top players in the world, Australia’s Minjee Lee takes the first round lead with a bogey-free round of 63, shooting 8-under, tying her career-low…


Woods Plays Practice Round at PGA Championship Venue: Reports

Tiger Woods reportedly arrived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Thursday for a round of golf at Southern Hills, the sight of this year’s PGA Championship, as part of his process to determine whether he will compete in the year’s second major next month. The 46-year-old Woods, who nearly lost his right leg in a car accident…