NORTON, Mass. – Tiger Woods’ opening round at the Dell Technologies Championship got off to an awkward start before he even hit a shot. Set to begin his round on the 10th tee Friday morning, Woods was introduced by the tournament starter and took his usual practice swing. But as he stepped forward to address […]
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NORTON, Mass. – Keegan Bradley began the final round of last week’s Northern Trust alone in second place, albeit four strokes behind eventual winner Bryson DeChambeau, and relished his best chance to win a PGA Tour event in four years. Bradley played his first nine holes in 6 over par on his way to a […]
Former MLB pitcher Mark Mulder will become the latest athlete from another sport to try his hand at professional golf when he tees it up at the season-opening Safeway Open in October. Mulder, 41, pitched in the majors from 2000 to 2008, playing for both the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals while making two […]
Alena Sharp grinded out an even-par round Thursday at the Cambia Portland Classic, but she couldn’t have left Columbia Edgewater Country Club feeling better if she were atop the leaderboard. Sharp was teary-eyed reading a text on her cell phone after the round, when she learned her act of kindness at the CP Women’s Open […]
NORTON, Mass. – On Thursday Tiger Woods suggested that Rory McIlroy, who last week skipped the first playoff event, may have had the right idea with all of the big events packed into the next few weeks. For Woods, there would be a value in an extra week of rest, but McIlroy’s decision to skip […]
NORTON, Mass. – Following one of his worst putting weeks of the year, Tiger Woods arrived at the Dell Technologies Championship with a new putter. Woods used the TaylorMade TP Juno, a blade, during his pro-am round on Thursday at TPC Boston, but he did not say if he planned to put it in play […]
NORTON, Mass. – Justin Thomas grew up a Boston Red Sox fan, still puts “34” on all of his social media accounts in honor of David Ortiz, and attended his first game at Fenway Park when he was 12 years old, so the chance on Wednesday to throw out the first pitch at the Red […]
In his week on Twitter, Phil Mickelson has proven himself to be the hero we deserve and the one we need right now. The 48-year-old has navigated the platform with aplomb, using gifs of his own exploits as part of some sort of postmodern social media performance art. On Thursday, he gave us three seconds […]
NORTON, Mass. – The playoff stops may be routine at this point for many of the biggest names in American golf, but it’s all new to Tommy Fleetwood. The Englishman is playing as a full-time PGA Tour member for the first time this season. While he hasn’t won, he has had a strong campaign highlighted […]
NORTON, Mass. – Whether Phil Mickelson will be able to influence U.S. Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk’s decision is debatable, but at least he gave himself a chance. Mickelson rolled in a 5-footer for par at his last hole on Saturday, the par-4 ninth, and appears poised to make the cut at the Dell Technologies […]