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Ludvig Aberg cards an opening-round 63 for a 2-shot lead at the Farmers Insurance Open
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ludvig Aberg shot a 9-under 63 Wednesday in what he calls his favorite place in the world, taking a two-shot lead over Danny Walker and Hayden Springer in the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Aberg took a first-round lead on the PGA Tour...
Justin Thomas is asking fellow PGA Tour players to give more access to broadcast partners
The PGA Tour starts its network television schedule this week with CBS at Torrey Pines for the first of its 19 tournaments. And it already has received a boost from Justin Thomas. Just over a year ago, Thomas was hesitant to get involved with tour policy, preferring others to carry...
Greg Norman says he would win a debate with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy on LIV making them richer
Greg Norman says he would win a debate with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy on how Saudi-funded LIV Golf has helped them financially. And by the sound of his interview with Australian Golf Digest, it wasn’t just LIV Golf where the Shark left his teeth marks. “When I...
Scheffler and Schauffele out of action adds to a sluggish start to the year in golf
A new season in any sport is ripe with optimism and enthusiasm, and that's how PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan sounded when he delivered a year-end video message that promised innovation and excitement. “Everything is on the table,” Monahan said just over a month ago. ...
PGA Tour stays in California and misses a pair of stars at Torrey Pines
PGA Tour FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN Site: San Diego. Course: Torrey Pines GC South (Yardage: 7,765. Par: 72) and North (Yardage: 7,258. Par: 72). Prize money: $9.3 million. Winner's share: $1.674 million. Television:...
Austria's Sepp Straka cruises to a 2-shot victory over Justin Thomas at The American Express
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Sepp Straka had never entered a final round with a lead on the PGA Tour until Sunday. In his two previous victories, he had to charge from far behind on the final day with no time to feel the nerves that roiled his stomach from the first tee onward at The American...
Tyrrell Hatton outduels Daniel Hillier to win Dubai Desert Classic by a stroke
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Englishman Tyrrell Hatton held off Daniel Hillier of New Zealand to win the Dubai Desert Classic by a stroke on Sunday, equaling Jon Rahm's record of five Rolex Series victories. Overnight leader Hillier birdied the last to put pressure on his...
Ernie Els wins season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship for 7th PGA Tour Champions title
KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Ernie Els won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Saturday for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 6-under 66 to beat Bernard Langer, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Alex Cejka by two strokes. The 67-year-old Langer...
Sepp Straka surges to 4-shot lead over Hoffman, Day, Lower through 3 rounds at The American Express
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Sepp Straka's game has been almost as clean as his head through three rounds at The American Express. Straka shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday in his third straight bogey-free round, staking the newly bald Austrian to a four-shot lead over Charley Hoffman,...
Justin Hastings wins Latin American Amateur in 36-hole marathon and earns Masters berth
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Justin Hastings of the Cayman Islands built a four-shot lead with an 8-under 64, and then held on to win the Latin American Amateur Championship in a 36-hole marathon Saturday that sends him to the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open. Hastings, a...
