LYTHAM & ST. ANNES – In-Kyung Kim returns this week to defend her Ricoh Women’s British Open title still feeling the fulfillment her victory brought her at Kingsbarns. “I feel finally in peace,” Kim said. Kim won a lot of hearts with the resilience she showed coming back from that devastating loss at the ANA […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
The PGA Tour announced Tuesday that Tiger Woods has committed to play the first two legs of the FedExCup Playoffs: The Northern Trust (Aug. 23-26) and the Dell Technologies Championship (Aug. 31-Sept. 3). Woods, currently 47th in the FedExCup points race, has not qualified for the postseason since 2013, the year of his most recent […]
Jarrod Lyle and his family revealed on Tuesday that the former PGA Tour player’s body was no longer able to fight its battle against leukemia. Lyle, a peer favorite on every tour on which he competed, has been placed on palliative care. Upon hearing the news, the golf world reacted with sadness. Man this is […]
AKRON, Ohio – The final WGC-Bridgestone Invitational will feature a fitting few days of high-profile pairings as the world’s best players assemble at Firestone Country Club. This week’s World Golf Championship, which will be relocated to Memphis next year and called the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, will be anchored by a foursome of marquee pairings, […]
AKRON, Ohio – As surprises go, this one ranks just ahead of the sun rising in the east. But then any time the powers that be start digging into players’ bags there will be interest. As a steady rain cut short most practice schedules on Tuesday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational players mulled around the range […]
AKRON, Ohio – An elbow injury that forced Henrik Stenson to withdraw from the Scottish Open earlier this month continues to be an issue for the Swede. On Tuesday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, his first start since The Open, Stenson said his left elbow is still not 100 percent despite having last week off to […]
AKRON, Ohio – At this point last year Hideki Matsuyama seemed an unstoppable force in the game. He closed his Sunday round at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with three consecutive birdies on his way to a course-record-tying 61 and a five-stroke victory. A year removed from that commanding performance, Matsuyama has just a single top-10 finish […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Ariya Jutanugarn arrives for the Ricoh Women’s British feeling comfortable in her return to Rolex world No. 1. She couldn’t say that last summer, the first time she ascended to the top of the rankings, a run that lasted two weeks. “She did lose herself a little bit the first […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Yes, Laura Davies hasn’t given up hope she can play her way into the LPGA Hall of Fame. No, she repeated Wednesday, she still isn’t interested in being the European Solheim Cup captain. Davies needs 27 points to earn entry into the LPGA Hall of Fame. She has been stuck […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Inbee Park never looks as if she is worried about anything, and that’s what made her missed cut in her last start in a major championship notable. She didn’t hide her nervousness at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship last month. But her trepidation had nothing to do with the test […]