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Rory: Home soil a 'big, big thing' for Europe

AKRON, Ohio – With the PGA Championship looming next week and a Ryder Cup on the horizon later this fall, it’s inevitable that the conversation starts to turn toward the biennial matches. Vice captain Tiger Woods, who is 20th on the U.S. points list, was asked on Wednesday how he would sum up his chances […]

Woods accomplishes big goal reaching Firestone finale

AKRON, Ohio – It was in February at the Valspar Championship when the idea began to take shape. At the time, Tiger Woods was 389th in the World Ranking and, if we’re being honest, something of a long shot to move anywhere near the top 50 anytime soon. A reporter mentioned to Woods that he […]

Woods returning to Bellerive for first time since 9/11

AKRON, Ohio – For many players in next week’s PGA Championship Bellerive Country Club will be a mystery. The last time the St. Louis layout hosted a PGA Tour event was in 2008 when it was the site of the BMW Championship, and prior to that the 1992 PGA Championship was the last time the […]

Woods took Swiss vacation after stinging Open defeat

AKRON, Ohio – When Tiger Woods left Carnoustie two weeks ago following his tie for sixth place, he said it would take some time to get over his major near-miss. “It was going to sting for a while, and it certainly does because I had a great chance at it,” Woods said on Wednesday at […]

NBC Sports' Final Round Coverage of The Senior Open Becomes the Most-Watched Senior Major Since the 2010 U.S. Senior Open

Sunday’s Final Round: Most-Watched Telecast of The Senior Open Since 2009; Saturday’s Third Round on NBC Most-Watched Since 2006  NBC Sports’ Weekend Coverage of The Senior Open Becomes the Most-Watched Weekend at This Event in Nine Years NBC Sports Turning the Page to the Ricoh Women’s British Open, Today-Sunday From Royal Lytham & St Annes; […]

Report: Tiger-Phil match set for Thanksgiving weekend

AKRON, Ohio – Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will go head-to-head in a made-for-TV match during the Thanksgiving weekend, according to ESPN. Sources told ESPN’s Mike Greenberg that the match will be played at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas on either Nov. 23 or 24. Mickelson told Golf.com last month that the two […]

Watch: Pictures, video from Lytham's bunkers

The lead-up to the Ricoh Women’s British Open featured a healthy amount of talk about the bunkers at Royal Lytham and St. Annes and why exactly they are to be avoided. But we’re visual types around here. And, really, if you’ve seen one pot bunker you’ve seen them– OH WHAT DEVIL WORK IS THIS?! <a […]

Watch: Tiger's Day 1 birdies include 50-footer (!)

Tiger Woods started his opening round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on the back nine Thursday at Firestone. He began his Day 1 scoring with a birdie at the par-4 11th, spinning back a wedge from 135 yards to 3 feet: Tiger is dialed in early. #QuickHits pic.twitter.com/VW4aLyi7MF — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 2, 2018 Following […]

Davies' desire: LPGA HOF, yes; Solheim captain, no

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Yes, Laura Davies hasn’t given up hope she can play her way into the LPGA Hall of Fame. No, she repeated Wednesday, she still isn’t interested in being the European Solheim Cup captain. Davies needs 27 points to earn entry into the LPGA Hall of Fame. She has been stuck […]

Molinari's key? 'Not reading too much into results'

AKRON, Ohio – When Francesco Molinari arrived at the Quicken Loans National earlier this month he ranked 112th on the FedExCup point list and was in danger of missing the post-season for the first time since 2015. The Italian no longer has any of those worries, following his victory at the Quicken Loans with a […]