9:46 AM ET A Tiger Woods backup putter from 2001 sold at Golden Age Golf Auctions early Sunday morning for $154,928, which is believed to be the most a putter of this caliber has ever sold for. The putter is a Scotty Cameron Newport II produced for Woods as a backup to the putter he
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9:07 PM ET Associated Press PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Adam Long went from trying to hit a fairway to a course so open it’s hard to miss. He went from grinding over pars to pouring in birdies. One week after he toiled to a tie for 13th at Winged Foot in the U.S. Open,
6:44 PM ET Associated Press PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — A hornet sting early and a bunch of birdies late carried Hudson Swafford to a 5-under 67 on Friday for a two-shot lead going into the weekend of the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. Joining him in the final group will be Sean O’Hair,
7:29 PM ET Associated Press PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Tyler McCumber was the only player to reach 8 under par Thursday in the Caribbean breeze until he dropped a shot on his 17th hole and fell into a four-way lead in the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. Sepp Straka was the only one
5:49 PM ET Mark Calcavecchia played golf Thursday, which seems simple enough, as he is a professional golfer. But this was different. Much different. It was the first time he teed it up since testing positive three weeks ago for COVID-19. The PGA Tour Champions player decided he felt well enough to venture out to
8:19 AM ET The European Tour has scrapped plans to allow a limited number of fans to attend the Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club in East Lothian next month due to the tightening of COVID-19 restrictions in the U.K.. The Tour planned to allow 650 spectators per day for the Rolex Series tournament, which
7:42 PM ET Tiger Woods announced his commitment to next month’s Zozo Championship at Sherwood Country Club, where he will be the defending champion of an event that has moved from Japan to Thousand Oaks, California, this year amid to the coronavirus pandemic. Woods, 44, won the event over Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama last year at
7:35 AM ET Their relationship might seem a bit peculiar, but clearly Tiger Woods sees something in Bryson DeChambeau that might amuse, entertain, intrigue — or all of the above. They are frequent practice-round partners, and it is not often that someone whom Woods does not care to have in such settings steps into that
2:34 PM ET Associated Press MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Mike Davis spent the last decade running the USGA, where he set up golf courses to provide an extreme test for elite players and searched for solutions to increasing distance. Now he wants to build golf courses, a lifelong passion. Davis announced Tuesday he will retire as
6:16 PM ET Associated Press Bryson DeChambeau has won the U.S. Open — the first major championship for golf’s long-hitting mad scientist. He is the third person in history to win an NCAA title, a U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Open. The others: Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. DeChambeau was the only player under par
8:41 PM ET The U.S. Open did what it often does, bruising and battering the best golfers in the world, sometimes making them look silly, but also highlighting how good they really are when considering the immense obstacles in the path at America’s national championship. That might have been of little consolation to Matthew Wolff
8:19 PM ET MAMORONECK, N.Y. — As Bryson DeChambeau walked the final fairway at Winged Foot early Sunday evening, heading toward the iconic clubhouse that was about to be the backdrop for a photo opportunity with the U.S. Open trophy, there was quiet. It seemed fitting, really, because his performance, a four-day exhibition of strength
8:39 PM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Georgia Hall won the Cambia Portland Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour victory in the United States, beating Ashleigh Buhai with a par on the second hole of a playoff. Hall won after falling into a tie with a bogey on the par-4 18th in
7:02 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jim Furyk joined Arnold Palmer and Bruce Fleisher as the only players to win their first two PGA Tour Champions starts, beating Jerry Kelly with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff in the Pure Insurance Championship. Furyk and Kelly both laid up on
Despite lack of fans, Patrick Reed still heckled at U.S. Open While there are no spectators on the property at Winged Foot Golf Club, that didn’t stop those nearby with a view of the course from heckling Patrick Reed on Saturday. Reed had bigger problems, though, as he shot a 77 to fall 8 shots
9:29 PM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Mel Reid shot a 7-under 65 on her 33rd birthday to take a two-stroke lead on Saturday over defending champion Hannah Green into the final round of the Cambia Portland Classic. Reid closed her bogey-free afternoon round with a birdie on the par-4 18th at Columbia Edgewater.
10:10 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jim Furyk wasted a fast morning start with a dismal finish Saturday at Pebble Beach in the second round of the PGA Tour Champions’ Pure Insurance Championship. Ernie Els then missed a chance to build a big lead in the afternoon, giving Furyk a reprieve and
9:08 PM ET MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Matthew Wolff would rather it not be this way. He’d prefer to walk to the first tee Sunday afternoon surrounded by thousands at Winged Foot, rows of fans following each move, the noise echoing for a rare birdie, the collective groan when a wayward tee shot finds the bottom