KAPALUA, Hawaii – You can call it selfish. You can call it prudent. Rory McIlroy doesn’t care. As McIlroy gazed out at the idyllic seascape that serves as the calling card for the annual lid lifter in Maui, it was as if the 29-year-old was starting over. This is the first time the Northern Irishman has ventured […]
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KAPALUA, Hawaii – Like most players Brooks Koepka began last season with a list of goals and when he reviewed his year there were plenty of accomplishments. “To win multiple times. I think that was where I saw myself and what I should be doing, winning multiple times a year,” the world No. 1 said […]
KAPALUA, Hawaii – The new rule that begins this week that will allow players to play shots from the putting surface with the flagstick in the hole has created plenty of opinions among PGA Tour players. On one extreme is Dustin Johnson who said on Wednesday at the Sentry Tournament of Champions that he can’t […]
KAPALUA, Hawaii – In 2018 there were 11 players who ended victory droughts of 1,600 days or more, but none of those breakthroughs could compare to Charles Howell III’s victory last fall at the RSM Classic. Howell ended a title drought that had reached 4,292 days with his playoff victory at Sea Island [Ga.] Resort […]
Aloha! The 2018-19 PGA Tour season resumes this week for the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawaii, where 34 players, including defending champion Dustin Johnson and reigning PGA Tour Player of the Year Brooks Koepka, will converge on Kapalua Resort’s Plantation Course. The Plantation Course, a par-73 layout that tips out at 7,518 yards, will […]
The new year has ushered in several changes in terms of player equipment contracts, but the most significant player overhauling his bag is Justin Rose. Rose is coming off a banner year that included a FedExCup title and his first-ever ascent to No. 1 in the world rankings. The major champ and Olympic gold medalist […]
A new year begins with a crowded group atop the betting list for the first major of 2019. There are 99 days until the opening round of the Masters for those that are counting, and the speculation about who Patrick Reed will help into a green jacket is sure to ramp up in the coming […]
KAPALUA, Hawaii – Among a host of new rules that become the standard starting this week is a change that now allows players to leave the flagstick in the hole while playing from the putting surface, but that doesn’t seem like something Justin Thomas has much interest in. “I just, I truly, I can’t, I […]
KAPALUA, Hawaii – Sean Foley stepped in behind the scenic 18th tee box on Kapalua’s Plantation Course and asked Cameron Champ, “What’re thinking here, Cam?” Champ shrugged and offered a simple answer to his swing coach, “high one,” before launching a massive drive high into the island air that traveled well over 300 yards down […]
KAPALUA, Hawaii – Justin Thomas’ passion for college football, particularly Alabama football, is well known and he’s made the most of the Crimson Tide’s success in recent years. But there is one item on his bucket list that remains. Thomas explained on Tuesday at the Sentry Tournament of Champions that he’s been asked to be […]