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9:00 AM ET The PGA Tour remains on its West Coast swing, this week heading to Pacific Palisades, California for The Genesis Invitational. Defending champion Adam Scott won last last year’s event by two shots, finishing 11-under. Tournament host Tiger Woods will not play this week at Riviera Country Club, but the the event boasts

We’re entering a fantastic stretch of great events leading up to the Masters, which is great if you’re a PGA Tour fan—and even better if you’re a bettor. The fields will be stacked like it is this week—providing serious value on players a little bit down the odds board. No, we’re not talking about Dustin

6:36 PM ET On the 25th anniversary of “Happy Gilmore,” Adam Sandler proved he’s still got it. Happy loves you all! Thanks for everything! pic.twitter.com/p1aY9JcFWh — Adam Sandler (@AdamSandler) February 16, 2021 The film featured Sandler as Happy Gilmore, a wannabe hockey player who never made it and instead stumbles into golf. He develops a

Phil Mickelson has never shied away from the role of raconteur, with the five-time major winner leaning into showmanship as of late with a pop-in at the CBS booth during the 2020 PGA Championship and playing the de facto ringleader in his made-for-TV exhibitions. However, it appears Mickelson may be looking for a more permanent

Statistically speaking, this week’s Genesis Invitational has the strongest field of any men’s pro tournament to date in 2021. Seven of the top 10 players in the world will be competing at Riviera Country Club outside Los Angeles, along with 30 of the top 50. And so will Angus Flanagan. The native of England who

7:15 AM ET The mere mortals among us who slap it around a golf course while looking for some idea as to how far we need to hit a shot to the green have embraced the use of distance-measuring device for years. Golf’s governing bodies made them legal back in 2014, which meant those who

After they fist-bumped on Spyglass Hill’s ninth green Friday afternoon, good friends Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth went their separate ways, both literally and figuratively. Spieth went on to contend for a second straight week, the latest positive sign in his comeback process. Fowler, meanwhile, had missed his second straight cut, a continuation of the

Francesco Molinari had glory within his grasp as he made the uphill walk from the 11th green to the 12th tee at Augusta National. It was April 14, 2019, the final round of the Masters, and he held a two-shot lead over a who’s who of the game’s elite. Having won the Open Championship just

PEBBLE BEACH — The eyes of the golf world fixated upon Jordan Spieth on Sunday. Hard to blame them, really, considering the storyline in play: a win, at this iconic golf course, to end The Slump. If someone was going to steal the win from him, it’d be Patrick Cantlay. Cantlay shot 62 on Thursday,

Nate Lashley was a surprise contender on Sunday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Sure he started the day only two strokes back of Jordan Spieth in a tie for second place with four other players. But the 38-year-old journeyman with the lone PGA Tour win (2019 Rocket Mortgage) wasn’t the guy most figured would

6:56 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Daniel Berger got into the mix quickly with an eagle and finished it off with one even better, holing a 30-foot putt on the par-5 18th for a 7-under 65 and a two-shot victory Sunday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Berger won for the second

PEBBLE BEACH — For the second straight day, a player in contention at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was dealt a one-shot penalty after accidentally causing his ball to move. A day after Maverick McNealy was penalized for a similar situation, Russell Knox was given the extra shot on Sunday. The infraction happened on the

If you feel like there’s some déjà vu going on this Sunday regarding Jordan Spieth, well you’re not alone. Just seven days after Spieth held a share of the lead entering the final round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, he once again is out front in a PGA Tour event. Only this time the

6:51 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jordan Spieth holed out from 160 yards for eagle on the 16th hole at Pebble Beach, the start of a stunning turnaround that took him from two shots behind to a two-shot lead Saturday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. These moments used to happen when

They’re just two dudes playing at Pebble Beach on a Sunday. Nothing to see here really. If there were fans at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the pairing of Joel Dahmen and Sung Kang (along with C.T. Pan)—starting way out on the 10th tee for the fourth round, no less—wouldn’t attract even the seagulls, unless

1:16 PM ET The first tee can be a nervous place. The first tee at Pebble Beach? Yeah, that adds another layer of nerves. But the professionals, especially someone like Francesco Molinari, who has a major championship, aren’t like the rest of us. Well, maybe they are … Stay dry out there today. 🌧 There

Narratives can change very quickly on the PGA Tour, even in a span of less than 24 hours. On Friday evening, Jordan Spieth was most definitely back, having taken sole possession of the 36-hole lead at Pebble Beach. Then, after a brutal start to his back nine on Saturday, he was two shots off the

There was no transcript of a Phil Mickelson interview after his second round at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Then again, tour pros who just signed for an 80 don’t often hold a press conference afterward. But the 50-year-old Hall of Famer, a five-time winner on the Monterey Peninsula, spoke volumes with one line picked

11:01 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — The Kenya Open will be followed by a new tournament in the East African country next month, the European Tour said Friday. The Kenya Savannah Classic was added to the 2021 schedule for March 23-26 at Karen Country Club in Nairobi and will form a doubleheader

The lack of star power was one of the main storylines going into the week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, with no celebrity ams this year and worse yet with almost no big names teeing it up in one of the PGA Tour’s most distinguished and storied events. Then, Jordan Spieth came to the

7:12 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jordan Spieth took on a bold tee shot and pulled it off perfectly to set up birdie. He hit a poor 3-wood that went off a tree and back into the fairway that led to another. Whether it’s good golf or good breaks, it’s making him

On the same day that the European Tour announced a new addition to its tournament schedule (the €1 million Kenya Savannah Classic March 23-26 will be the first half of an African doubleheader, one week after the Magical Kenya Open), the Ladies European Tour went 27 times better with the unveiling of a record-breaking 2021

The 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (or lackthereof) doesn’t have have a very strong field, nor does it have the overall energy that both the fans and celebrities bring to the event each year. But Pebble is still Pebble. For those of us staring out the window and seeing nothing but snow, that’s good enough.

11:58 AM ET Augusta National announced Tuesday that 85 players so far have accepted invitations to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, the tournament the club founded in 2019 but that was canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Anyone invited to the 2020 event received an invitation this year, provided they remained an amateur.

PEBBLE BEACH — Deep in the throes of his slump, which may or may not be over, Jordan Spieth offered a harrowing description of his relationship with golf. “I almost feel the game is testing me a little bit right now,” he said at the 2020 PGA Championship, “because I feel really good about the

7:50 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Patrick Cantlay looked just as good Thursday at Pebble Beach as the last round he played 18 days ago. Jordan Spieth looked as good as his last tournament, too. Coming off a 61 in the California desert followed by at two-week break, Cantlay opened with seven

Jordan Spieth sent Golf Twitter into a tizzy last Saturday—and for good reason. The three-time major champ shot a career-low 61 that included 10 birdies. More importantly, it was the first time this season he provided any of his fans reason to be optimistic that he’s rounding back into the form that once made him

It has been a strong on-going feature of Martin Slumber’s tenure at the R&A. Ever since the 60-year-old Englishman succeeded Peter Dawson as chief executive of the St. Andrews-based organization in 2015, he has been the driving force behind a number of initiatives covered by the umbrella term “grow the game.” To that noble end,

9:00 AM ET The PGA Tour heads to California this week for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Defending champion Nick Taylor won last year’s event by four shots (19-under). The field will be without world No. 1 Dustin Johnson, who withdrew Monday following his victory at the Saudi International. So which players are the favorites,

It’s only been five years since Gabriela Ruffels gave up a competitive tennis career to give golf a try. In that time, the Australian has risen to the top of the college and amateur rankings, becoming an All-American at USC and winning the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur title. That rapid climb continued on Wednesday, when