AUSTIN, Texas – Tiger Woods is at another new golf course for a World Golf Championships event and faces another player he doesn’t know. Woods, who arrived Monday and played nine holes at Austin Country Club, opens the Dell Technologies Match Play against Aaron Wise, an NCAA champion from Oregon and the PGA Tour Rookie of the […]
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AUSTIN, Texas – Players were informed last week that a proposal had been presented to the player advisory council to dramatically change the format of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. The new format, which was requested by Dell Technologies, would double the number of players who advance out of match play group play to 32 […]
Michelle Wie isn’t ready yet to give her surgically repaired right hand another test. Wie withdrew from the Kia Classic Monday evening, according to the LPGA. Wie, 29, underwent surgery in late October to repair an avulsion fracture, nerve entrapment and bone spurs in the wrist and hand. She made her return at the Honda […]
Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING Paul Casey (+9%): Getting better with age, Casey shrugged off his Sunday doldrums in Tampa with a gritty performance on a firm, fiery course that featured stellar driving, clutch par saves and a macho shot […]
Good enough for Jordan, but are the Spieth 3’s good enough for you?
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Soon, golf and gambling will become a marriage of sorts, wagering on professional golf having been sanctified by a Supreme Court ruling last year that struck down a federal law prohibiting legalized sports gambling. Within five years, legalized sports betting is expected to be a familiar piece of the national landscape and the PGA Tour […]
AUSTIN, Texas – Jim Furyk called his 26th year on the PGA Tour a “season of opportunity.” After beginning the 2018-19 season with limited status and ranked 222nd in the world following a series of injuries and his two-year stint as the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, his fortunes turned around quickly in 2019. The 48-year-old […]
Paul Casey successfully defended his title Sunday at the Valspar Championship as the Englishman held on for a one-shot victory over Jason Kokrak and Louis Oosthuizen. Here’s how it all unfolded: What it means: Entering this 19th edition of the Valspar, no player had won back-to-back titles at Innisbrook, and just two players (Retief Goosen […]
PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Louis Oosthuizen nearly became the latest South African major winner to tame the Copperhead Course. Retief Goosen, a two-time U.S. Open champion, won the Valspar Championship twice, in 2003 and ’09, and Charl Schwartzel captured the title back in 2016 for his lone PGA Tour win outside of the 2011 Masters. Oosthuizen found […]