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 […]
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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 – 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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Jessica Korda would love to see American girls coming up in golf get the boost other nations get with a national team. Korda, a five-time LPGA winner, is the highest ranked American teeing it up at the Ricoh Women’s British Open this week at No. 9 in the world with […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Jessica Korda has a high threshold for pain. She proved that this year coming back to win in her first start after undergoing a difficult offseason surgery to alleviate migraine headaches caused by a misaligned jaw. She won the Honda Thailand still feeling the debilitating ache of the healing process. […]
AKRON, Ohio – With the PGA Championship looming next week and a Ryder Cup on the horizon later this fall, it’s inevitable that the conversation starts to turn toward the biennial matches. Vice captain Tiger Woods, who is 20th on the U.S. points list, was asked on Wednesday how he would sum up his chances […]
AKRON, Ohio – It was in February at the Valspar Championship when the idea began to take shape. At the time, Tiger Woods was 389th in the World Ranking and, if we’re being honest, something of a long shot to move anywhere near the top 50 anytime soon. A reporter mentioned to Woods that he […]