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2019 Sony Open: TV schedule, tee times, stats

The PGA Tour’s fortnight in Hawaii continues with the Sony Open. Here are the key stats and information for this week’s event at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. How to watch on Golf Channel Thursday, Round 1: 7-10:30 p.m. ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream Friday, Round 2: 7-10:30 p.m. ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream Saturday, Round 3: 7-10:30 p.m. ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream Sunday, Round 4: […]

Harrington: 1999 Euro loss changed the Ryder Cup

Padraig Harrington played in six consecutive Ryder Cups, helping Europe to four victories in the biennial matches in that span. But the most distinct match memory for Europe’s 2020 captain came from one of his team’s most bitter defeats. Harrington was a rookie during the 1999 matches at Brookline, when the Europeans built a seemingly […]

Pressel and mammovan again raise over $1 million for cancer research

BOCA RATON, Fla. – It’s Morgan Pressel’s major. Nobody will show up with better equipment or more determination to win one. With the newest Kathryn Krickstein Pressel Mammovan parked behind the driving range at St. Andrews Country Club Monday, Pressel welcomed her remarkable community to join her life’s work again, to tee it up in […]

Thanks to social media, Davis Love III's son, Dru, finds stolen truck

HONOLULU – It was a lesson in the power of social media. “They found the truck,” Love smiled on Monday as he played a pro-am at the Sony Open. Love posted Saturday a picture of his son’s Ford Raptor truck that had been stolen in the Buckhead area of Atlanta while Dru Love was at […]

Harrington named 2020 Euro Ryder Cup captain, ready for 'daunting task'

The keys to the European Ryder Cup machine have officially been handed over to Padraig Harrington. The 47-year-old Irishman was named captain for the 2020 matches at Whistling Straits during a Tuesday announcement at European Tour headquarters, taking over for Thomas Bjorn as he looks to continue a run of continental dominance in the biennial […]

Remember when: This week in golf, January 7-13

Let’s look back in history at this week in golf from Jan. 7-13. Information courtesy Golf Channel Research unit. Jan. 8, 1962: Jack Nicklaus earned his first professional paycheck when he tied for last place in the Los Angeles Open. The check was worth a whopping $33.33. Nicklaus, 21 years old at the time, shot at tournament […]

Stock Watch: USGA doesn't ease into the new year

Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING X-Man (+9%): Clearly comfortable as a chaser, Xander Schauffele’s last three wins have come against the best fields –the top 30 in the FedExCup (2017 Tour Championship), the top talent in the world (2018 […]

USGA's Pagel explains impetus for new knee-height drop

KAPALUA, Hawaii – Thomas Pagel is not the nervous type, but on a warm and clear tropical morning, he was anxiously watching his phone and regularly checking in on his walkie-talkie. Although the U.S. Open is normally when you’d see the USGA’s senior managing director of governance on his toes, the introduction of a sweeping set of […]

Poulter goes above and beyond to make up for schedule violation

KAPALUA, Hawaii – Part of Ian Poulter’s punishment for violating a PGA Tour policy is spending two weeks in Hawaii to start the new year. That would be a most literal interpretation of the penalty. And it only tells part of the story of how Poulter chose to make up for missing a tournament he was […]

What's in the bag: Tournament of Champions winner Schauffele

Xander Schauffele won the first PGA Tour event of 2019, the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Here’s what’s in his bag: DRIVER: Callaway Epic Flash Sub Zero (9 degrees), with Graphite Design BB 7X shaft FAIRWAY WOODS: Callaway Rogue Sub Zero (15, 18 degrees), with Graphite Design Tour AD-DI 8X shafts IRONS: Callaway Apex Pro 19 […]