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Koepka: 'Surreal' Woods waited to say congrats at PGA

Your browser does not support iframes. Brooks Koepka was moved by the respect shown when Tiger Woods waited for a half hour at scoring last Sunday to congratulate Koepka for his PGA Championship victory at Bellerive. While Koepka stands as an example of the new athletes Woods has attracted to the game, he laughs hearing […]

Thompson bounces back from rule violation

If Lexi Thompson’s trouble in the sixth fairway brought back any painful memories Saturday at the Indy Women in Tech Championship, she shook them off in a hurry. If the approach of another rules official amid a spirited run of brilliant play rattled her, she didn’t show it. Thompson posted an 8-under-par 64 in the […]

Lexi charges with 64 despite another penalty

Lexi Thompson ran into another awkward rules issue while making a bold charge at the leaders Saturday at the Indy Women in Tech Championship. She hit a speed bump at Brickyard Crossing Golf Course when she was assessed a penalty for violating a preferred-lies local rule. Five shots off the lead at day’s start, Thompson […]

U.S. Amateur final comes down to Devon vs. Goliath

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – On his family’s happiest day in years, Nick Bling stood off to the side of the 18th green, trying to collect himself. His oldest son, Devon, had just advanced to the U.S. Amateur final, and he surely knew that, at some point, the question was coming. Of the many members in […]

Report: Fan hit by broken club at Web.com event

A fan was hit by a broken club and required stiches Friday at the Web.com Tour’s WinCo Foods Portland Open. According to ESPN.com, Kevin Stadler slammed his club in frustration causing his clubhead to break and it struck a fan in the head. The fan required six stiches and was released from the hospital. Orlando […]

Furyk remains coy about Ryder Cup picks

U.S. Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk sounds like a man champing at the bit to officially fill out his American team and accelerate final plans for the matches in Paris next month. With eight automatic qualifiers secured last Sunday, all that’s left are his four captain’s picks. “At times it felt like it was dragging […]

Olesen edges past Poulter in Ryder Cup standings

With only two weeks left in the qualification window, Thorbjorn Olesen is now in position to make his Ryder Cup debut. Olesen finished alone in fourth place at the Nordea Masters, two shots out of a playoff between Thomas Aiken and eventual winner Paul Waring. Olesen carded four straight sub-70 rounds in Sweden, including a […]

Garcia among notables to miss FedExCup Playoffs

For the first time in the 12-year history of the FedExCup, the PGA Tour’s postseason will proceed without Sergio Garcia. The former Masters champ has struggled mightily this summer, missing the cut in all four majors, and he entered the Wyndham Championship at No. 131 in the season-long points race with only the top 125 […]

Playoff qualifiers: 2018 FedExCup Top 125

Top 125 in the 2017-18 FedExCup point standings, through the final regular-season event, the Wyndham Championship. These players qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs. 1. Dustin Johnson 2,717 2. Justin Thomas 2,634 3. Brooks Koepka 2,012 4. Justin Rose 1,991 5. Bubba Watson 1,879 6. Jason Day 1,771 7. Webb Simpson 1,710 8. Francesco Molinari 1,682 […]

Hovland finally puts 'it' all together for U.S. Am title

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Viktor Hovland had more than an hour to decompress and regroup for the afternoon session of the 36-hole final at the 118th U.S. Amateur. During that downtime, he scrolled on his phone for 20 minutes, uninterrupted, before he finally headed toward the buffet line in The Lodge. Every college kid is […]