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 – 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 […]
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 […]
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 – 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 – 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 […]
Cole Hammer completed a wire-to-wire week at the Western Amateur. Hammer, who was the co-medalist after shooting a tournament-record 23 under in stroke-play qualifying, led throughout his championship match against Davis Riley to capture one of the most prestigious titles in amateur golf. “Biggest day in my golf career, no question,” he said afterward. “It […]
AKRON, Ohio – As Tiger Woods stomped down the hill on Firestone’s third hole a fan yelled, “We love you more than LeBron [James], Tiger.” While Woods’ final turn around the South Course will likely be similar to James’ early exit from last year’s NBA Finals – sans the hasty move from Cleveland to the […]
AKRON, Ohio – No sugar coating this: Tiger had just five pars on Sunday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational; he had the same number of bogeys. Some thoughts on his Firestone swansong: • Tiger said following a third-round 73 that he’d try to use Sunday’s trip around Firestone as a way to build momentum toward next week’s […]
AKRON, Ohio – Most players wouldn’t switch putters a week after winning on the PGA Tour, but then Dustin Johnson isn’t most players. After opening his week at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with rounds of 69-71, Johnson said he changed to a TaylorMade Spider Mini putter. The result was a 10 under par weekend and a […]