KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Scott Hend closed with a 5-under 67, had to wait nearly two hours to see if it would be good enough, and then made a 3-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to win the Maybank Championship on Sunday. Hend was one shot ahead of overnight leader Nacho Elvira when the Spaniard needed a birdie […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
The U.S. is currently enjoying what is arguably the best (and deepest) crop of players they’ve had in the last 20 years. Looking at a snapshot of the mid-March world rankings every year since 1999, it is easy to see how the number of Americans in the top 25 of the world rankings has changed. […]
PHOENIX – The Spaniards were on fire Saturday at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup. While it seemed as if everyone was going low in the third round, nobody went lower than Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Munoz. They both shot bogey-free, 9-under-par 63s at Wildfire Golf Club. It was a big deal in Phoenix as both […]
PHOENIX – Yu Liu got through a stressful final-group pairing Saturday to take the Founders Cup lead, outplaying top-ranked Sung Hyun Park. She’ll have do it again Sunday, this time alongside Carlota Ciganda, to win her first LPGA title. Liu shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Ciganda into the final round at […]
PHOENIX – Nelly Korda has given herself a chance to win her third LPGA title in her last eight starts. Just 20 years old, she could leave the Bank of Hope Founders Cup as the highest ranked American in the world. With a 6-under 66 Saturday, Korda moved into a tie for fourth, four shots behind […]
PALM HARBOR, Fla. – One year after Tiger Woods nearly blew the lid off the Copperhead Course, the sequel isn’t exactly lacking for star power. Two of the biggest names in the field will occupy the final spot on the tee sheet Sunday at the Valspar Championship, with defending champ Paul Casey one shot clear […]
PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Paul Casey has won on both sides of the Atlantic, is ranked inside the top 15 in the world and sits 18 holes away from becoming the first-ever repeat winner at the Valspar Championship. Just don’t call him the favorite. Casey holds a one-shot lead through 54 holes at Innisbrook, with […]
PHOENIX – Lizette Salas wasn’t going to squander a weekend reprieve and a chance to bolster her Solheim Cup position. With the American team looking especially difficult to make this year, Salas took advantage of what felt like a bonus chance Saturday at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup. When Gemma Dryburgh bogeyed the 18th in […]
Paul Casey will take a one-shot lead over Dustin Johnson into the final round of the Valspar Championship. Here’s where things stand through 54 holes at Innisbrook: Leaderboard: Casey (-9), Johnson (-8), Kokrak (-7), Luke Donald (-6), Scott Stallings (-6) What it means: This week’s defending champion, Casey is hunting his third PGA Tour win […]
PALM HARBOR, Fla. – It wasn’t the most colorful scorecard of the day at the event that bills itself as the most colorful on the PGA Tour, but it was more than enough to keep Luke Donald in the mix as he looks to win for the first time in seven years. The former world […]