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1:14 PM ET Belgium’s Thomas Detry, eyeing a maiden European Tour title, surged to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday. Detry, who started three shots behind overnight leader Richard Sterne, carded five birdies to match his first-round score of five-under-par 67 in a second successive

Torrey Pines’ South Course produced a lot more low scores on Thursday than what’s expected when the world’s best golfers return there in June for the U.S. Open, but the carnage the San Diego track did cause during the opening round of the 2021 Farmers Insurance Open was still pretty noteworthy. First, Matthew Wolff, the

8:48 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Patrick Reed birdied his first three holes and finished with a bogey-free 8-under 64 on Thursday for a share of the lead with Alex Noren after the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Reed, Noren and Scottie Scheffler — who was one stroke back — all

SAN DIEGO — There was more than a little club slamming on Thursday from Matthew Wolff in the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Playing the difficult South Course at Torrey Pines alongside Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka, Wolff had an awful day, suffering a pair of triple-bogey 7s on his way to shooting

SAN DIEGO — This is all but guaranteed: Tim Mickelson’s Farmers Insurance Open week is going to be more memorable than his brother’s. While Phil Mickelson was playing in the first round on Thursday at Torrey Pines, shooting a one-under-par 71 on the North Course, Tim was taking time off from caddieing to celebrate the

2:50 PM ET Associated Press Two days after COVID-19 kept Kamaiu Johnson from his dream of playing on the PGA Tour, the Honda Classic stepped forward Thursday to make sure the inspiring Black golfer gets his shot. Johnson was the top player on the Advocates Pro Golf Association last year, and the Farmers Insurance Open

Henrik Stenson is one of the greatest iron players of his generation, which is why what you’re about to see is such a shock. During Thursday’s first round of the European Tour’s Dubai Desert Classic, the Swede hit one of the worst shots of his illustrious career. What’s not as shocking is he was still

4:36 PM ET Qualifying for the U.S. Open will return this year after a one-year break due to the coronavirus pandemic. The United States Golf Association on Wednesday announced 109 local sites across 43 states and Canada that will conduct 18-hole qualifiers from April 26 to May 18. The U.S. Open is June 17-20 at

SAN DIEGO — This was supposed to be a very different week for Willie Mack III. On Thursday, he was set to defend his title in a mini-tour event on the Advocates Professional Golf Association at The Crossings at Carlsbad in North San Diego County. Then on Saturday, he was to compete in another APGA

SAN DIEGO — Tyler Strafaci said it felt like the first day of school. He arrived at the Torrey Pines golf courses for this week’s Farmers Insurance Open, looked around and realized that he’s not at Georgia Tech anymore. There were plenty of recognizable faces, but there are probably some who had no idea who

9:00 AM ET The PGA Tour shifts over to La Jolla, California this week for the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Defending champion Marc Leishman shot 7-under in the final round last year to beat Jon Rahm by one stroke. So which players are the favorites, who offers good odds and what props are

One of the biggest topics of conversation in golf over the past month has been HBO’s Tiger Woods documentary. Now tour pros are being asked about the newly released doc in their press conferences. Collin Morikawa is over in Dubai playing in the European Tour’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic, and he was asked about the

11:27 PM ET Kamaiu Johnson‘s dream opportunity to play in his first PGA Tour event this week ended Tuesday with a positive COVID-19 test result, meaning he had to withdraw from the Farmers Insurance Open. Making matters worse, Johnson, 27, later tweeted that his mother has the virus and needed to be hospitalized in Florida.

The West Coast Swing rolls on this week with the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, which also hosts this June’s U.S. Open. No, the South Course (where three of the four rounds will be played this week) won’t be set up like it will be in the summer, but it should still serve as

The tour announced Tuesday that Johnson tested positive for the coronavirus and had to withdraw from the tournament. It is a crushing blow for the 27-year-old from Florida who was awarded a sponsor’s exemption into the event despite never having played in the top two levels of professional golf in the United States. “To say

8:11 AM ET As impressive as Tyrrell Hatton‘s victory was in Abu Dhabi, it was an equally disappointing result for Rory McIlroy at the European Tour’s first event of 2021. And it has become a recurring theme for McIlroy, who now has gone 15 months without a victory and seemingly struggles to put four good

Historically, Torrey Pines penalizes players for missing fairways, and birdies will be at a premium. Based on the course modeling available at RickRunGood.com, a bit surprisingly perhaps, strokes gained/putting is one of the more important stats to success for this week. That should be no surprise considering the greens at Torrey Pines generally run fast,

2:53 PM ET Associated Press Investment bank Citi decided Monday to keep its sponsorship of Justin Thomas, condemning the anti-gay slur he muttered and requiring him to donate a “meaningful portion” of his deal as part of an active role in LGBTQ causes. Carla Hassan, the chief marketing officer of New York-based Citi, announced the

There is one huge name—Tiger Woods—not in the field list below after his fifth back surgery was announced last week. The 15-time major champion was expected to make his 2021 debut at Torrey Pines, site of eight career victories, but the attention will go elsewhere as Woods recovers from that surgery. It’s still a stellar

The 2022 PGA Championship, originally scheduled to be held at Trump Bedminster in New Jersey before being pulled from the venue by the PGA of America four days after the Jan. 6 insurrection on the United States Capitol, will instead be held at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. The PGA of America made

5:44 PM ET The PGA of America has named Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the host site for the 2022 PGA Championship, replacing Trump Bedminster, which was dropped by the organization two weeks ago. The tournament, which will be held May 19-22, 2022, will be played at a longtime major championship venue that

Si Woo Kim may not have the ceiling or profile of some his fellow 25-and-under peers on the PGA Tour, but he’s certainly not short on the resume. Kim’s performance at the American Express delivered his third career victory, joining the 2016 Wyndham Championship and 2017 Players Championship on his trophy mantle, and continues a

5:57 PM ET Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Jessica Korda closed with a 5-under 66 and holed a 30-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Sunday to beat Danielle Kang in the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions and start the LPGA Tour season on a good note. Korda won for the sixth

Because of his penchant for coming in second repeatedly early in his PGA Tour career, the late Payne Stewart earned the nickname “Avis,” a reference to the successful ad campaign that the No. 2 rental-car company once embraced in its battle with industry leader Hertz. Watching Tony Finau, the gentlemanly and naturally gifted American golfer,

If you found space in your field of vision for The American Express on Sunday—and it’s OK if you didn’t, with NFL conference championship games and the LPGA’s Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions serving as worthy alternatives—you were treated to a rather entertaining finish at PGA West’s Stadium Course. In the end, an all-world round

9:57 AM ET Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Englishman Tyrrell Hatton shot a sparkling 6-under par in the final round on Sunday to win the season-opening Abu Dhabi Championship by four strokes after overnight leader Rory McIlroy faded with an uninspired even-par 72 to drop into third. Hatton carded a closing 66

All of which is frustrating enough. But even worse for the Northern Irishman will surely be the nagging thought that mediocre final rounds low-lighted by play far removed from his best stuff are becoming something of a bad habit. Indeed, McIlroy’s first start since the Masters in November was a typical example of that undesirable

11:09 PM ET Associated Press LA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii — Darren Clarke won the Mitsubishi Electric Championship by two strokes on Saturday for his second straight PGA Tour Champions victory, playing the back nine in 6 under in a closing 8-under 64. The 52-year-old former British Open winner from Northern Ireland started the back-nine run with birdies

It wasn’t momentum that Darren Clarke was riding, though on Sunday he won his second straight PGA Tour Champions start, the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai on Hawaii’s Big Island. Clarke, 52 and not, shall we way, in fighting trim, is one of the few senior players who uses a golf cart to ferry himself

Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson and Patrick Reed all missed the cut Friday at The American Express, seemingly leaving a lot to be desired on the weekend. One look at the top of the 54-hole leader board would show you that’s far from the case. Sunday should be a good one at PGA West. Here are