Golf

7:20 AM ET Sam Puryear wants HBCU golf to be on equal footing. And the coach at Howard University knows what it will take to get there. After winning a national championship at Stanford, then a Big Ten title with Michigan State, the golf coach, with an assist from NBA champion Steph Curry, literally started

11:26 AM ET Mike Whan, who announced last month that he will be stepping down as commissioner of the LPGA Tour, has been named to replace Mike Davis as CEO of the United States Golf Association. Whan, 56, who guided the LPGA for 11 years, will take over after Davis leaves the organization later this

9:00 AM ET The PGA Tour remains on its West Coast swing, this week heading to Pacific Palisades, California for The Genesis Invitational. Defending champion Adam Scott won last last year’s event by two shots, finishing 11-under. Tournament host Tiger Woods will not play this week at Riviera Country Club, but the the event boasts

5:47 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Rory McIlroy was on a shuttle ride back to the Liberty National clubhouse in August 2019 when he was surprised to hear during a chat about PGA Tour policies that no foreign-born player ever has served on the tour’s policy board. “That’s going to change,” McIlroy said

6:36 PM ET On the 25th anniversary of “Happy Gilmore,” Adam Sandler proved he’s still got it. Happy loves you all! Thanks for everything! pic.twitter.com/p1aY9JcFWh — Adam Sandler (@AdamSandler) February 16, 2021 The film featured Sandler as Happy Gilmore, a wannabe hockey player who never made it and instead stumbles into golf. He develops a

7:15 AM ET The mere mortals among us who slap it around a golf course while looking for some idea as to how far we need to hit a shot to the green have embraced the use of distance-measuring device for years. Golf’s governing bodies made them legal back in 2014, which meant those who

6:56 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Daniel Berger got into the mix quickly with an eagle and finished it off with one even better, holing a 30-foot putt on the par-5 18th for a 7-under 65 and a two-shot victory Sunday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Berger won for the second

6:51 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jordan Spieth holed out from 160 yards for eagle on the 16th hole at Pebble Beach, the start of a stunning turnaround that took him from two shots behind to a two-shot lead Saturday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. These moments used to happen when

1:16 PM ET The first tee can be a nervous place. The first tee at Pebble Beach? Yeah, that adds another layer of nerves. But the professionals, especially someone like Francesco Molinari, who has a major championship, aren’t like the rest of us. Well, maybe they are … Stay dry out there today. 🌧 There

7:12 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jordan Spieth took on a bold tee shot and pulled it off perfectly to set up birdie. He hit a poor 3-wood that went off a tree and back into the fairway that led to another. Whether it’s good golf or good breaks, it’s making him

11:01 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — The Kenya Open will be followed by a new tournament in the East African country next month, the European Tour said Friday. The Kenya Savannah Classic was added to the 2021 schedule for March 23-26 at Karen Country Club in Nairobi and will form a doubleheader

7:50 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Patrick Cantlay looked just as good Thursday at Pebble Beach as the last round he played 18 days ago. Jordan Spieth looked as good as his last tournament, too. Coming off a 61 in the California desert followed by at two-week break, Cantlay opened with seven

9:00 AM ET The PGA Tour heads to California this week for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Defending champion Nick Taylor won last year’s event by four shots (19-under). The field will be without world No. 1 Dustin Johnson, who withdrew Monday following his victory at the Saudi International. So which players are the favorites,

7:02 AM ET Associated Press Open Championship organisers said on Wednesday they have “cautious optimism” that golf’s oldest major will go ahead at Royal St. George’s in July. The event was cancelled last year — for the first time since 1945 — because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the R&A effectively pushing its schedule back

1:33 PM ET Associated Press Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington has tested positive for the coronavirus and has withdrawn from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Harrington missed the cut last week at the Phoenix Open, ending his streak of seven consecutive cuts made worldwide. The Irishman is the fifth player this year in six PGA

12:29 PM ET Associated Press More than a decade after Annika Sorenstam won her last LPGA Tour event, she’s ready to tee it up again. The LPGA Tour announced on Twitter the 50-year-old Sorenstam has committed to play the Gainbridge LPGA in Orlando, Florida, scheduled for Feb. 25-28 on her home course of Lake Nona.

11:40 AM ET For the first time in major professional competition, distance-measuring devices will be allowed this year at the three major championships run by the PGA of America: The PGA Championship, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and the Kitchen Aid Senior PGA Championship. The devices, which are used extensively in amateur and recreational play,

11:58 AM ET Augusta National announced Tuesday that 85 players so far have accepted invitations to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, the tournament the club founded in 2019 but that was canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Anyone invited to the 2020 event received an invitation this year, provided they remained an amateur.