Stephen Curry’s golden touch wasn’t enough to secure sponsorship for a new event the PGA Tour planned to add to its schedule this fall in Northern California. The San Francisco Chronicle first reported on Tuesday that negotiations with potential sponsor Workday Inc., the Pleasanton, Calif., based financial management company, unexpectedly fell apart. “While it has been reported […]

HONOLULU – Attention to detail. Expertise. Focus. Intensity. Padraig Harrington was, as expected, named 2020 European Ryder Cup captain. And those who have played with the Irishman had, as expected, no shortage of adjectives to describe Europe’s new skipper. “You would assume his attention to detail would be flawless because that’s just the way Padraig […]

Japan’s Shugo Imahira has accepted a special invitation to participate in the 2019 Masters. Imahira, 26, won the 2018 Order of Merit on the Japan Golf Tour and ended last year ranked No. 53 in the world rankings when a spot inside the top 50 would have earned a Masters exemption. “Bobby Jones and Clifford […]

HONOLULU – Patton Kizzire’s playoff victory last year at the Sony Open was in many ways a life-changing event. Along with his victory earlier in the season in Mexico, it entrenched Kizzire atop the FedExCup point list, a position he held through the West Coast swing, and it put him within range of earning his […]