Golf: Woods in final group at PNC Championship on highly anticipated return

MIAMI (REUTERS) – Tiger Woods will go out in the final group when he makes his highly anticipated return to competition at this week’s PNC Championship in Orlando, Florida, according to a list of tee times published on Thursday (Dec 16). Woods, who sustained serious leg injuries in a February car crash, and his 12-year-old... » read more

Golf: Tiger Woods rules out ‘full-time’ return to golf

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Tiger Woods has ruled out making a full-time return to professional golf as he works his way back from career-threatening leg injuries. The 15-time major winner told Golf Digest in an interview published on Monday that although he is confident of eventually making a return to the sport, he expected he... » read more

Golf: Lowry targets Ryder Cup glory in 2023

LONDON (REUTERS) – Ireland’s Shane Lowry said his only focus for the next two years is to help Europe regain the Ryder Cup when the biennial competition is held at the Marco Simone Golf Club in Italy in 2023. Padraig Harrington’s European team were overwhelmed as the United States reclaimed the Ryder Cup on Sunday,... » read more

Golf: DeChambeau enjoys ‘great conversations’ with Koepka ahead of Ryder Cup

KOHLER, WISCONSIN (REUTERS) – Bryson DeChambeau said on Tuesday (Sept 21) that he and US Ryder Cup team mate Brooks Koepka have made progress in improving their frosty relationship. DeChambeau, speaking to reporters at Whistling Straits where the biennial team competition against holders Europe begins on Friday, suggested the feud has been driven by a... » read more

Golf: Rahm grabs early one-stroke lead at PGA Northern Trust

NEW YORK (AFP) – Top-ranked Jon Rahm, the reigning US Open champion, fired a bogey-free four-under par 67 to grab a one-stroke lead during Friday’s (Aug 20) second round of the US PGA Northern Trust tournament. The 26-year-old Spaniard stood on 12-under par 130 without a bogey through 36 holes at Liberty National in suburban... » read more

Golf: Oosthuizen chases down Morikawa to lead Open at halfway point

SANDWICH, ENGLAND (REUTERS) – Former champion Louis Oosthuizen chased down American pace-setter Collin Morikawa then turned on the afterburners to take a two-stroke halfway lead at the British Open with a sizzling five-under 65 under cloudless skies on Friday (July 16). Early starter Morikawa tore up the Royal St George’s links with a superb six-under... » read more

Golf: Driving well the key for Johnson’s British Open bid

SANDWICH, ENGLAND (REUTERS) – Dustin Johnson has good memories of Royal St George’s after finishing tied second at the 2011 British Open and the world number one is confident of going one better this year. The 37-year-old American won the Masters in November, his second major title, and believes he is playing well enough to... » read more

Golf: Matsuyama tests positive for Covid-19, withdraws from PGA Tour event
Golf: Matsuyama tests positive for Covid-19, withdraws from PGA Tour event

DETROIT (REUTERS) – Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama has tested positive for Covid-19 and withdrawn from this week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, the PGA Tour said on Friday (July 2). The Japanese world No. 18 played the opening round on Thursday with six-times major champion Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler and shot an even-par 70... » read more

Golf: Rahm confident for US Open despite Covid-19 quarantine
Golf: Rahm confident for US Open despite Covid-19 quarantine

LA JOLLA, UNITED STATES (AFP) – Third-ranked Jon Rahm enters the US Open confident despite limited practice after being quarantined last week with Covid-19 and missing his parents meeting his infant son. The 26-year-old Spaniard remains an oddsmakers favourite this week at Torrey Pines as he chases his first major victory two weeks after being... » read more

Golf: McIlroy shoots 75 in another disappointing major start

KIAWAH ISLAND (REUTERS) – Rory McIlroy dug himself into a deep hole in another major before barely getting started, shooting three-over-par 75 in the opening round at the PGA Championship on Thursday (May 20). The Northern Irishman will have to defy history to lift the Wanamaker Trophy on Sunday. Not since John Mahaffey in 1978... » read more

Golf: McIlroy among stars rejecting golf Super League ‘money grab’

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Rory McIlroy dismissed revived talk of a golf Super League as a “money grab” on Wednesday (May 5) as the PGA Tour reportedly warned players they could face a life ban if they signed up to the lucrative breakaway tour. The 32-year-old Northern Ireland star compared the notion to the failed European... » read more

Golf: Pine Valley ends 108 years as a male-only golf club, says report

NEW YORK (AFP) – Pine Valley Golf Club, a men-only private enclave since its founding in 1913, has voted to allow women memberships and unrestricted play, Golf Digest reported on Saturday (May 1). The club, located in the New Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia, has a layout that Golf Digest has ranked as the top course... » read more