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Hull wins LET season opener; Is major breakthrough on the horizon?

English women didn’t wait long to build on the momentum they created last year. Charley Hull won the Ladies European Tour’s season opener in Abu Dhabi Saturday, going wire to wire to claim the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open. Hull’s fast start begs a large question: Is she poised to follow Georgia Hall’s breakthrough and […]

Cut Line: More schedule talk, distance debate and Spieth struggles

HONOLULU – The Sony Open features the year’s first cut and there was no shortage of material: From a distance debate that just won’t go away to Jordan Spieth, who is only going home at the moment. Made Cut From strength to strength. Cut Line has applauded the PGA Tour’s strength-of-field requirement that was introduced […]

Spieth after missing Sony cut: 'I'm tired of learning experiences'

HONOLULU – Jordan Spieth chalked this week’s Sony Open up to being a learning experience, but quickly clarified, “I’m tired of learning experiences.” Spieth admittedly began the week with low expectations after taking time away from the game after a pedestrian 2018, and he looked rusty in shooting 3-over 73 in his year-opening round on Thursday. […]

Kuchar takes Sony Open lead; Spieth misses cut

Matt Kuchar leads the Sony Open after back-to-back rounds of 7-under 63, but other big names, such as Jordan Spieth, weren’t so lucky Friday at Waialae Country Club. Here’s where things stand at the halfway point in Honolulu: Leaderboard: Matt Kuchar (-14), Andrew Putnam (-13), Chez Reavie (-10), Stewart Cink (-10), Marc Leishman (-9), Ted […]

Kuchar’s son may take after mom more than dad

HONOLULU – Following back-to-back rounds of 63 at the Sony Open that moved him four strokes clear of the field, it’s starting to seem like Matt Kuchar’s only real competition this week might be against his wife, Sybi, on the tennis court. Full-field scores from the Sony Open in Hawaii Sony Open in Hawaii: Articles, […]

Yang, 46, dreams of winning again on PGA Tour

HONOLULU – Y.E. Yang made a cameo on the Sony Open leaderboard Friday before capping his round with back-to-back bogeys to drop into the middle of the pack. Remember Yang? He was the last guy standing at the 2009 PGA Championship, when Tiger Woods blinked for the first time on a Sunday of a major championship. We […]

Reavie records rare hat trick at Sony Open

HONOLULU – It was a dream start for Chez Reavie on Friday at the Sony Open. Reavie dunked a sand wedge from 101 yards for an opening eagle at Waialae Country Club’s par-4 10th hole. Things only got better from there. Six holes later, Reavie’s 9-iron from 149 yards out in the middle of the 16th fairway […]

Watch: DeChambeau gets fortuitous bounce off post at Sony Open

Bryson DeChambeau has given flagsticks so much positive publicity in recent weeks that the flagstick’s cousin, the wooden post, decided to repay DeChambeau with a fortuitous bounce. During Friday’s second round of the Sony Open, DeChambeau’s drive on Waialae Country Club’s 14th hole sailed right, surely headed toward the rough and potentially some tree trouble. […]

When it comes to holeouts, Round 2 of Sony Open delivers

HONOLULU – Waialae Country Club has always been one of the PGA Tour season’s most explosive scoring venues, but Friday was entertaining even by Sony Open standards. Chez Reavie became the first player to eagle three par 4s in a single round since the Tour started keeping hole-by-hole records in 1983. “They all took their […]