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10:21 AM ET Englishman David Horsey fired a nine-under-par 61 for a one-shot lead over Scot Stephen Gallacher in the opening round of the European Tour’s Saudi International on Thursday. Horsey started slow at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, before hitting form on the back nine with seven

Cameron Champ is ordinarily cool, reserved and polite. But in the summer of 2020, he was outraged. In March of that year, Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black medical worker, was shot and killed by white, plainclothes Louisville police officers in a bungled raid on her apartment. Five months later, a white Kenosha, Wis., police officer

7:30 AM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Before he set foot on the property at TPC Scottsdale, Justin Thomas could see that this year’s Waste Management Phoenix Open was going to be different. As he pulled in, Thomas had a view of the 18th hole from his car and didn’t see the large structures full of

On Sunday, the PGA Tour released a statement saying that the embedded balls of Patrick Reed and Rory McIlroy during the third round of last week’s Farmers Insurance Open were “virtually the same situation.” And, at that moment, that appeared to be the case. But two days later, the tour contacted McIlroy to tell him

In November, Jon Rahm revealed that he and his wife, Kelley, are expecting their first child. The birth is, naturally, an occasion he wouldn’t miss. Even if that means missing the Masters. “Before anybody asks, yes, if I’m at Augusta and I’m playing well and she starts getting—you know, starts, I’m flying back,” Rahm said

9:00 AM ET The PGA Tour heads to Arizona this week for the Waste Management Open at TPC Scottsdale. Chris “The Bear” Fallica nailed Patrick Reed‘s victory last week, picking him at 25-1 odds to win at the Farmers Insurance Open. Reed, who was embroiled in some controversy, is not playing this week’s event, but

After finishing his press conference with the media Wednesday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, McIlroy asked a reporter why the Ulsterman wasn’t inquired about the joint release from the governing bodies. When goaded for his opinion, the four-time major winner let loose. “So I think the authorities, the R&A and USGA, are looking at

6:36 PM ET The Saudi International was a controversial addition to the European Tour schedule two years ago, given the country’s human rights issues and the fact the event is supported by the government and meant to bring positive reviews to the region. Paul Casey was among those who declined lucrative appearances to play, citing

If you’re reading this column, you can likely relate. You’ve been the golfer at the Super Bowl party begging for the TV to remain on the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Oh, no—a playoff?! But the national anthem is about to start, and we have money on it, damnit! This is on the Mount Rushmore of

The Waste Management Phoenix Open won’t be its usual raucous affair, but it will have something other PGA Tour events have been without: a gallery. WMPO officials will welcome 5,000 fans each day at TPC Scottsdale, the most of any tournament since the tour resumed play after its COVID-19 hiatus in June. Those fans will

1:48 PM ET For the first time, golf’s governing bodies appear poised to allow for significant rules differences between elite players and other golfers as a way to combat the distance gains the sport has seen with the advancement of technology. Known as “bifurcation,” it would mean the professional tours and elite amateur competitions could

If you weren’t paying attention a year ago, the USGA and R&A made it clear on Tuesday that they are serious about rolling back distance. What they actually might do is a little less clear, but more focused than it was. In other words, the rollback clock officially has started. “This problem obviously didn’t happen

3:39 PM ET The rules issue that Patrick Reed faced during the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open is one that Rory McIlroy also confronted — without a rules official and with virtually no fanfare. Reed was allowed to take a drop from what he believed was an embedded lie on the 10th hole

Patrick Reed has played in the last three Ryder Cups and been a stalwart for the United States in the biennial competition. After a five-stroke victory on Sunday at the Farmers Insurance Open, he has a chance to again be on the team for the Americans this fall. Points earned from his win at Torrey

Patrick Reed’s behavior has occasionally been cloaked in smoke. That behavior appears to extend to the realm of social media. Reed’s official Twitter handle has long been noted for blocking media and golf fans from viewing Reed’s accounts. In itself this is not newsworthy; plenty of athletes and personalities block users who criticize them, although

4:12 PM ET PointsBet, an online sportsbook that has a partnership with the PGA Tour, has offered refunds to all of those who did not bet on Patrick Reed at the Farmers Insurance Open. Reed, who won the tournament Sunday, had a high-profile rules issue that was deemed to be handled correctly by the PGA

After missing a third straight cut, something he’d never done before in his career, Brooks Koepka is seemingly untouchable right now for golf bettors. However, it will be tough to not at least consider kicking the Koepka tires when you see his odds to win the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Koepka, whose first career PGA

7:40 PM ET Patrick Reed did not cheat at the Farmers Insurance Open. To say otherwise is to be able to climb inside his head and figure out exactly what continues to trigger his brain in a manner that such actions continue to make many believe otherwise. The events that transpired over the weekend at

You didn’t have to scroll far on any social-media platform to figure out the sentiment toward Patrick Reed and his use of the embedded-ball rule Saturday at the Farmers Insurance Open. But Twitter hate and Instagram vitriol are so ubiquitous that the shouting becomes white noise. Plus, there is really only one group whose opinion

SAN DIEGO — In discerning, golf-watching living rooms across the world on Sunday, the snickers must have been plentiful when Patrick Reed overcooked his approach on the 10th at Torrey Pines South in the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Mid-round holes are rarely a dramatic centerpiece on the day they hand out the

7:26 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Showing no effects from a rules controversy a day earlier, Patrick Reed pulled away for a five-shot victory Sunday in the Farmers Insurance Open. Reed closed with a 4-under 68 at Torrey Pines, making an eagle on the par-5 sixth and finishing off his ninth PGA Tour

It was billed as youth versus experience. Scotland versus the “auld enemy,” England. Left-hander versus right-hander. With one round to play, just about everything was in place for tartan warrior Robert Macintyre and his older opponent, Sassenach Paul Casey, to provide a classic and hopefully thrilling head-to-head climax to the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. But

9:05 AM ET England’s Paul Casey carded an eight-under-par 64 in the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic on Saturday and tied the lowest round of the week to go 15-under overall and take a one-shot lead heading into the final round. Casey recorded six birdies and capped off his day with an eagle

Here are four takeaways from an eventful Day 3 at the Farmers Insurance Open. Patrick Reed rules controversy? You don’t say Our Tod Leonard, who is on site at Torrey this week, will have much, much more on this Patrick Reed rules saga, but it would be completely silly to not at least mention it

SAN DIEGO—In the aftermath of Patrick Reed’s rules controversy at the 2019 Hero World Challenge, where he was penalized two strokes for twice sweeping sand from behind his ball on practice swings and dealt with the “cheater” label, Paul Azinger opined, “It’s pretty important for Patrick Reed to get it right at this point in

6:13 PM ET Third-round co-leader Patrick Reed found himself dealing with another rules issue on Saturday at the Farmers Insurance Open when he sought relief for an embedded ball — that television replays show had first bounced — and then picked up the ball before a rules official could arrive. Reed, the 2018 Masters champion

In the more than three decades that have passed since former Ryder Cup captain Mark James won the European Tour’s inaugural event in the Middle East, the population of Dubai has multiplied more than five-fold. Lengthy traffic jams are now far from unusual on the 10-lane Sheik Zayed Road that runs past the entrance to

9:10 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Viktor Hovland birdied his final hole for a 7-under 65 on Torrey Pines’ tough South Course on a rainy, miserable Friday, giving him a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Farmers Insurance Open. Hovland finished his round after play resumed following a suspension of about an hour due

SAN DIEGO—Adam Scott says the experience ranks with the special moments of his career, and he’s a guy who’s won the Masters and 13 tournaments on the PGA Tour. In the 2008 U.S. Open, the USGA created the inspired Thursday-Friday pairing of the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 players in the world. That was Tiger

We were promised carnage on Friday at Torrey Pines, and boy, did we get some carnage. Nothing makes these players look more human than some inclement weather, and yes, that includes guys who got to play the easier North Course in Round 2. On the weekend it’ll be all South Course, all the time, and