AKRON, Ohio – On Friday at Firestone, Rickie Fowler had three bogeys, a double bogey and just a single birdie. In other words, a reason to look forward to next week’s PGA Championship. For Fowler, however, his second-round 74 set the stage for the week’s best rebound round. Fowler was 11 strokes better on Day […]
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AKRON, Ohio – Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy have become regular range rats at The Bear’s Club, the tony south Florida enclave where they practice. Earlier this week, the Northern Irishman was asked if Thomas tried to hit the ball as far as he does when they first played together. “He was trying to,” McIlroy […]
AKRON, Ohio – Justin Thomas pulled away from a crowd with five birdies in the middle of his round for a 3-under 67 and a three-shot lead going into the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational as he goes after his third victory this season on the PGA Tour. No one could keep pace with […]
AKRON, Ohio – Tiger Woods didn’t have a good warm-up session before his third round at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, couldn’t turn it around on the course and couldn’t get any putts to drop. It all added up to his worst Saturday on the PGA Tour this season: • Tiger began Saturday’s round with the lowest […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Pornanong Phatlum is looking to help Thailand shake up the world order in women’s golf by singing her way to victory. Georgia Hall is looking to give her English homeland a heartwarming Sunday to remember. So Yeon Ryu is looking to continue South Korea’s domination. The stage is set for […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Where are the American stars? Nowhere to be found on the Ricoh Women’s British Open leaderboard. Lexi Thompson skipped the championship to “recharge my mental batteries.” Michelle Wie withdrew in the first round with a right hand/wrist injury and will be out recuperating for awhile. Stacy Lewis and Gerina Piller […]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Cristie Kerr thinks she found something Saturday that may help her hoist a trophy before the year’s out. Maybe not this week, with the leaders running away in the third round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open, but she feels as if her best golf may be yet to come […]
AKRON, Ohio – Less than two weeks after winning his second PGA Tour event at the Barbasol Championship, Troy Merritt underwent emergency surgery on Friday to remove a large blood clot from his left arm. Merritt said he’s been experiencing pain in his arm for about a month and following last week’s RBC Canadian Open […]
Justin Thomas won this third PGA Tour event of the season at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Here’s a look inside his bag: Driver: Titleist TS3 (9.5 degrees), with Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana BF-Series 60 TX shaft Fairway woods: Titleist TS3 (15 degrees), with Mitsubishi Tensei CK Blue 80 X shaft; 915Fd (18 degrees), with Fujikura Motore VC 9.2 X shaft Irons: Titleist 718 […]
AKRON, Ohio – Justin Thomas marked his 14-foot putt for birdie on the 18th green Sunday afternoon at Firestone and glanced into the gallery surrounding the green. “I just happened to see my parents, saw my grandma and grandpa and I just got a huge knot in my throat and I just had to put […]