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Scottie Scheffler is reaching a dominance not seen since Tiger Woods
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler is next in line for comparisons with Tiger Woods because golf, like other sports, is always looking for the heir to the throne. Scheffler is playing great golf, measured as much by his elite ball-striking and alarming consistency as...
PGA Tour player directors prepare for meeting with Saudi leader of LIV Golf
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Players on the PGA Tour board negotiating with Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund have a meeting planned Monday with the Saudi leader backing rival LIV Golf, something Rory McIlroy said Sunday should have happened long ago. He also said Yasir...
Scheffler goes back-to-back in Players Championship in Sunday thriller at Sawgrass
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The roar could be heard from a half-mile away just 16 minutes after the final group set out Sunday in the final round of The Players Championship. It was loud enough to indicate something special had happened. The question was more “what” than “who.” ...
Xander Schauffele overcomes a 4-shot deficit to take the lead at The Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Xander Schauffele kept his head down and tried to post his best score Saturday in his bid to make up a four-shot deficit in The Players Championship, and he did better than that. A bold shot from the pine straw led to one birdie. A 60-foot birdie putt...
John Catlin shoots 59, lowest score in Asian Tour history
MACAU, China (AP) — John Catlin holed a 20-foot eagle putt on Saturday for an 11-under 59 in the International Series Macau, becoming the first player in Asian Tour history with a sub-60 round. Catlin, a 33-year-old Californian with seven worldwide victories, became the fourth...
Wyndham Clark sets a big target at The Players Championship. Scheffler coping with pain in his neck
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler had his 25th consecutive round under par Friday in The Players Championship, and this was hard work. He felt pain in his neck that required treatment on the course, and he struggled to swing and to stay within range of Wyndham Clark. ...
Rory McIlroy shoots a 65 with 2 tee shots in the water and 1 uncomfortable dispute
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy began The Players Championship with a 65 on his scorecard, two tee shots that went into the water and one lengthy dispute about where to take a penalty drop on Thursday. McIlroy ended the day with 10 birdies for his lowest start ever at...
Rory McIlroy has a lot of birdies, a little drama and a share of The Players lead
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy had a lot of birdies and a little drama Thursday in The Players Championship. All that mattered to him was having a share of the lead at the TPC Sawgrass. McIlroy tied The Players Championship record with 10 birdies, offset by two tee...
Scheffler is chasing history in The Players Championship. No one has ever repeated as champion
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods never did it. Neither did Jack Nicklaus, even before The Players Championship found its home in a former swamp now known as the TPC Sawgrass. This is the 50th edition of the PGA Tour's premier championship, and no one has ever defended his...
Bernhard Langer says his Achilles tendon injury was from pickleball. He hopes to return in May
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Bernhard Langer is missing the Masters for only the second time in the last 40 years because of an Achilles tendon tear from playing pickleball. This was supposed to be the final Masters for the two-time champion from Germany. But he disclosed the...