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Nelly Korda has all but wrapped up LPGA player of the year. Lydia Ko would make for a good debate

Oct. 22, 2024 15:16 PM EDT

The case for LPGA Tour player of the year could be compelling if it were decided by a vote of the players instead of a points system. As it stands, Nelly Korda has virtually locked up the award for the first time. Lydia Ko would have to win four more tournaments the rest of the...

PGA Tour goes to Japan as part of three main tours playing in Asia

Oct. 22, 2024 10:12 AM EDT

PGA Tour ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Chiba, Japan. Course: Accordia Golf Narashino CC. Yardage: 7,079. Par: 70. Prize money: $8.5 million. Winner's share: $1.53 million. Television: Wednesday-Saturday, 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. (Golf...

Tiger Woods to make TGL indoor league debut the 2nd week of the season after NFL wild-card weekend

Oct. 21, 2024 10:12 AM EDT

Tiger Woods makes his debut in the second week of the indoor TMRW Golf League, part of a schedule released Monday that has the six teams wrapping up the inaugural season on ESPN two weeks before the Masters. Rory McIlroy, among the owners with Woods of TMRW Sports, won’t play until...

Hall of Famer Susie Maxwell Berning, a 4-time major champion while raising 2 daughters, dies at 83

Oct. 03, 2024 02:31 AM EDT

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Susie Maxwell Berning, the three-time U.S. Women's Open winner who was a pioneer as a mother while competing on the LPGA Tour, died Wednesday after a two-year battle with lung cancer. She was 83. The LPGA said Berning, inducted into the World Golf Hall...

Mark O'Meara to retire after PGA Tour Champions event at Pebble Beach

Sep. 17, 2024 14:18 PM EDT

Mark O’Meara is ready to retire, and he has picked the ideal spot in Pebble Beach. O’Meara won the California State Amateur in 1979, the first of his six titles over three decades at Pebble Beach. Five of those were the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the last one in 1997 when at...

Solheim Cup victory illustrates promising future for American stars on LPGA: Analysis

Sep. 17, 2024 10:02 AM EDT

Nelly Korda managed what Tiger Woods rarely could. She lived up to her billing as the No. 1 player in golf at a high-stakes team competition against Europe. And she had plenty of help as the Americans finally got possession of the Solheim Cup after seven long years. Their best...

Tiger Woods has another surgery on lower back to relieve pinched nerves

Sep. 13, 2024 15:42 PM EDT

Tiger Woods had yet another surgery on his lower back on Friday morning. This one he hopes will relieve some of the spasms he experienced this year. It was the sixth surgery on his lower back in the last 10 years. In a brief statement on social media, Woods described...

Y.E. Yang denies Bernhard Langer in a playoff and wins first PGA Tour Champions title

Sep. 08, 2024 19:11 PM EDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Y.E. Yang forced a playoff with a 6-foot par putt for a 5-under 66 and made a 10-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole against Bernhard Langer to win the Ascension Charity Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title. The 67-year-old Langer was...

Scheffler and DeChambeau part of PGA Tour-LIV Golf match in Las Vegas, report says

Sep. 04, 2024 11:42 AM EDT

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy will take on LIV Golf stars Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV match in Las Vegas, Golfweek reported Wednesday, the first time outside the majors top players from each circuit will compete against each other. Blake Smith of Hambric...

Scheffler's actual scoring average on tour says plenty about his and Tiger's dominance

Sep. 03, 2024 16:19 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler closed out his season with a 264 at East Lake, lowering his scoring average to 68.01. NBC pointed out during the telecast it was the lowest in the history of the PGA Tour. What gets recognized is the adjusted scoring average, which accounts for how...