Golf

4:47 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — To panic seems extreme, but that and any all emotions surrounding Tiger Woods‘ and his decision Friday to skip the Players Championship are certainly valid at this point. Pull your hair out. Fret and fuss. Spew doom and gloom. Go dark. It’s all fair when the subject is Tiger’s

11:02 AM ET England’s Andy Sullivan and Spain’s Jorge Campillo both carded a second-round 66 to share the lead at the Qatar Masters in Doha on Friday. Sullivan got off to a flying start with birdies at the opening two holes. The 32-year-old made just a single bogey on the 15th hole as he moved

7:12 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — The leading two players at Bay Hill are no surprise, even if they have next to nothing in common. Rory McIlroy, the No. 1 player in the world who hasn’t finished out of the top 10 in any tournament since September, shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday

4:54 PM ET Teenager Nicolai Hojgaard was in great form on day one of the Qatar Masters as he holds a one-shot lead over Joost Luiten heading into Friday’s session. The Danish rising star made six consecutive birdies to finish 7-under par, while Dutchman Luiten fell just short as he hit a 6-under 65. “It

7:37 AM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Defending champion Francesco Molinari withdrew from the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Thursday because of a back injury. Molinari shot 64 in the final round last year at Bay Hill for a 2-shot victory, his eighth title worldwide. He reached the semifinals of the Match Play a few

6:21 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods and former PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem are among 10 finalists who will be voted on next week for the World Golf Hall of Fame class of 2021. Woods was among four finalists from the male category that include three-time major champion Padraig Harrington, British

2:39 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Brandon Matthews‘ viral moment had little to do with golf, and everything to do with human decency. And it led to an opportunity this week to play in his first PGA Tour event. Matthews, 25, was faced with an 8-foot putt to extend a playoff last November at the

6:15 AM ET European golfers have hit back at comments from former PGA Tour professional Paul Azinger after he belittled the significance of the European Tour during NBC’s Honda Classic final round coverage on Sunday. Azinger implied during the broadcast that wins on the PGA Tour are more significant and harder to achieve in comparison

1:39 PM ET Dustin Johnson will skip the men’s Olympic golf tournament outside of Tokyo this summer, becoming the first highly ranked player to take a pass on the event. Johnson’s agent, David Winkle, confirmed the decision first reported by Golfweek. Ranked fifth in the world, Johnson was in line to be one of four

7:00 AM ET A year later, even Tiger Woods says the reaction to his win at the 2019 Masters “blew his mind.” We asked some of the most recognizable names on the planet — celebrities, athletes, coaches, a former secretary of state — to relive the moment, to tell us where they were, what they

7:47 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Bernhard Langer took another step closer to the PGA Tour Champions victory record by closing with an 8-under 65 to turn a four-shot deficit into at two-shot win in the Cologuard Classic. Langer was flawless until the the final hole at Tucson National. He made nine birdies

7:22 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Moments after getting his first career PGA Tour win, Sungjae Im took a moment to reflect on what it means. Not for himself — for his homeland. The 21-year-old South Korean started fast and finished stronger Sunday, winning the Honda Classic by one shot over

8:44 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — The most feared short hole in golf exacts a toll every year at the Masters. And it may have stalled a career, too. Some may view that as a leap much longer than the width of Rae’s Creek, and a heavy burden to place on a space of 155

9:54 AM ET Associated Press Finland’s Sami Valimaki overcame difficult conditions to win the Oman Open on Sunday after beating South African Brandon Stone in a playoff in the third edition of the European Tour event. Valimaki and Stone finished joint top on 13-under 275 after both shot 2-under 70s in the final round played

1:57 AM ET Associated Press QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand — Australian Brad Kennedy shot a flawless final round 63 on Sunday to overtake compatriot Lucas Herbert and win the New Zealand Open for the second time. The 45-year-old Queenslander hit the front for the first time at the 14th hole, then showed icy nerves to hold

8:00 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Brett Quigley shot a 5-under 68 on Saturday in the Cologuard Classic to open a three-stroke lead in his bid to win for the second time in his first four PGA Tour Champions starts. Fred Couples was second after a 66. The 60-year-old Hall of Famer won

7:52 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Brett Quigley birdied six of the last seven holes Friday for a 9-under 64 and the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Cologuard Classic. The winner a month ago in Morocco in his second Champions start, the 50-year-old Quigley birdied Nos. 12-15 and 17-18 on Tucson

7:12 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Brendan Steele made a couple of big mistakes down the stretch, and he still was more than good enough to grab the outright lead at the midpoint of The Honda Classic. Steele shot a 3-under 67 on Friday, getting to 5 under for the week