ATLANTA – Gary Woodland closed his day at the Tour Championship with back-to-back birdies for his fourth round of 66 in his last five rounds and there was no question why his game has taken such an upward turn. Woodland began working with putting guru Phil Kenyon at The Open in July at the urging […]
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ATLANTA – The upside of the PGA Tour’s sweeping changes to next year’s playoff finale, along with a host of other significant changes to the schedule, seems to be more engagement in circuit policy by top players. Jordan Spieth served on the player advisory council this season and will begin his three-year term as one […]
ATLANTA – When Justin Thomas arrived at East Lake he didn’t have very high expectations. After injuring his right wrist during the final round of the BMW Championship he spent last week in south Florida getting therapy after being diagnosed with a case of tendinitis and little else. He said he didn’t hit a full […]
ATLANTA – The most important member of Team USA at next week’s Ryder Cup may be the team trainer. Justin Thomas began the season finale nursing a case of tendonitis in his right wrist and Rickie Fowler skipped the first two playoff events after being slowed by a right oblique injury. Neither player seemed impacted […]
There’s never been a sub-60 score on the European Tour, and Oliver Fisher almost went two strokes better Friday at the Portugal Masters. Fisher’s 40-footer on the final green burned the edge, but he tapped in the short par putt to record the first 59 in tour history. “It feels great,” he said after […]
We’ve all been there. We make a big number early in a round, and mentally we pack it in for the day, believing our shot to break 100/90/80 is gone before we’ve even worked up a sweat. The next time this happens to you, remember the case of Max Rottluff, who made a 10 – […]
ATLANTA – Tommy Fleetwood hit a handful of tee shots past Tiger Woods on Thursday at the Tour Championship. But Woods found more fairways [10 to eight] and shot four strokes lower [65 to 69]. Ever since making adjustments to his driver – which included adding loft and changing the shaft – at The Northern […]
ATLANTA – The start wasn’t much to look at, but that finish was something else. Tiger Woods eagled the final hole on Thursday and shares the 18-hole lead at the Tour Championship. Here are the things you know you want to know: • First of all, let’s give a pat on the back to the man […]
Tiger Woods is back at the season-ending Tour Championship for the first time since 2013, and he provided the fans in Atlanta with some highlights on the first day of competition. Still looking for his first win of the year after coming close on numerous occasions, Woods started the day off by splitting the fairway […]
Sergio Garcia might be finding his form just in time to terrorize the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Garcia made seven birdies during an opening round of 5-under 66 to sit just two shots off the early lead at the European Tour’s Portugal Masters. It was Garcia’s fifth consecutive round of par or better, a stretch […]