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AUSTIN, Texas – As a general rule PGA Tour players try to avoid getting embroiled in political debates but on this particular issue Jordan Spieth is in a difficult position. Spieth’s mother, Christine, posted multiple tweets this week following news that the federal government has proposed ending a $17.6 million grant to the Special Olympics […]

AUSTIN, Texas – The fickle nature of match play can give players nightmares. Consider Billy Horschel’s Day 1 bout against Jordan Spieth at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play as the ultimate example of this. After going 3 up through six holes, by the time Horschel arrived at the 16th tee he was still 2 up […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Tiger Woods appeared very much out of the 10th hole on Thursday during his match with Brandt Snedeker, when he sailed his approach at the par 4 into a bush behind the green.  As Snedeker was looking over a 30-footer for birdie, Woods got down on his knees in the dirt, turned his […]

Cristie Kerr made a hole-in-one in the first round of the Kia Classic and then celebrated like she just won a car. Which she did, a 2020 Kia Telluride, to be exact. Kerr holed a 9-iron from 143 yards on the par-3 14th and then reacted appropriately alongside playing competitor Eun-Hee Ji, who, coincidentally, aced […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Chella Choi birdied the final three holes for a 7-under 65 and the first-round lead Thursday in the Kia Classic. Choi had a bogey-free round at Aviara Golf Club in the final event before the major ANA Inspiration next week in Rancho Mirage. The South Korean player was in the first group […]

AUSTIN, Texas — No player – not even those who have started 2-0 – is guaranteed to be around for the weekend at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. For groups left without an outright winner at the completion of pool play Friday afternoon, sudden-death playoffs – not head-to-head tiebreakers – will determine who moves on […]

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Joel Dahmen birdied five of his last six holes Thursday for a 6-under 66 and a share of the first-round lead in the PGA Tour’s Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. Dahmen rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 third with four straight birdies and closed with another birdie on the par-3 […]

AUSTIN, Texas – This week’s so-called “group of death” at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play will come down to a pair of forty-somethings, but the odds were always in their favor. Stenson’s 4-and-3 victory on Thursday over Jason Day and Jim Furyk’s 1-up triumph over Phil Mickelson sets up a Day 3 showdown between the […]

Friday is the final day of pool play at Austin Country Club as 16 players advance to single elimination. Click here for scoring and click here for overall pool play records. Here’s how Day 3 played out: Group 1 (24) Hideki Matsuyama def. (1) Dustin Johnson, 4 and 2: Matsuyama eliminated the world No. 1 in […]