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4:55 PM ET A bone chip in his left hand suffered in 2018 may have been part of the reason why Jordan Spieth struggled for a good bit of time since his last victory on the PGA Tour at the 2017 Open. Spieth, reluctant to give much detail or use it as an excuse, said

The past couple of days of NCAA March Madness have wetted our appetite for golf’s version. The WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play commences on Wednesday (fill out your brackets or get your bets in accordingly!), and the field is star-studded, as you’d expect for a WGC. All 10 of the top-10 ranked players in the world

Type the name Matt Jones into the Google search engine and out spits a list of suggestions from the tech behemoth that indicates the guy might be a great golfer, but it’s his good fortune enjoying betrothment to a certain former Miss Idaho that stirs perhaps the most interest in the Australian native. That short

6:36 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — When Matt Jones won his first PGA Tour title seven years ago, he needed a 45-foot birdie putt just to get into a playoff and then a 40-yard chip-in to take the victory. This win was far less dramatic, yet just as meaningful. It got

Brooks Koepka cast further doubt on his status for the upcoming Masters after he posted images to his Twitter and Instagram accounts on Sunday that show the four-tine major champion on crutches and with a bandage on his right knee. “Only 1 way to go from here,” the cryptic caption read, with an arrow pointing

10:35 AM ET South Africa’s Justin Harding produced a flawless final round of five-under-par 66 at the Kenya Open on Sunday to seal a two-shot victory over Kurt Kitayama and his second European Tour title. Overnight leader Harding, whose maiden tour win came two years ago at the Qatar Masters, maintained his composure amid a

The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to begin in late July following a one-year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the global event will be closed off to the rest of the world. After weeks of rumors and reports, organizers officially announced the Summer Games will not allow international spectators. “Currently, the COVID-19 situation in

The beauty of a course like PGA National is that no lead is safe. Both Matt Jones and Aaron Wise have found this out in excruciating fashion over the first three rounds at the Honda Classic. First, it was Jones, who matched the course record on Thursday with a nine-under 61, which gave him a

6:56 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Aaron Wise had a six-shot lead during the third round of The Honda Classic, looking poised to turn the tournament into a rout. Everything went wrong from there, and Matt Jones took full advantage. Jones, a 40-year-old Australian, handled the wind at PGA National to

It’s a psychological ploy with which any disconsolate golfer can relate. Call it self-preservation. When things get tough on the course, just stop caring. It lessens the pain, takes the edge off, and maybe—just maybe—it frees up the mind for more satisfying results. Korn Ferry Tour Roberto Diaz is taking that I-don-give-a-crap philosophy to a

1:46 PM ET Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — Justin Harding will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the European Tour’s Kenya Open after a 7-under 64 on Saturday. The South African moved to 16 under overall at Karen Country Club. American Johannes Veerman is one of three players sharing second place after

Five of the top 64 players—Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott, Gary Woodland and Justin Rose—will not be in Austin next week for the WGC-Match Play. The five names, while of the household variety, are not unexpected dropouts. Woods is sidelined for the foreseeable future as he recovers from a single-car crash in Los Angeles

Things aren’t getting any easier for the European Tour. Following what proved to be an unsuccessful offer from the PGA Tour to host three tournaments in Florida next month, the Old World circuit on Friday announced the postponement of the Portugal Masters. The Tenerife Open, originally scheduled for April 15-18, will now take the place

7:06 PM ET Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Scott Hend and Kalle Samooja shared a one-shot lead on Friday after two rounds of the European Tour’s Kenya Open. Hend shot the joint best round of the day with a 7-under 64 to move 11 under overall. The Australian had eight birdies and only one

As of Tuesday night he was 2,000 miles away from the tournament site. Wasn’t in the event until Wednesday. Never got a chance to play a practice round. So how the heck is Brandon Hagy in contention at the Honda Classic? “It’s been a funny week,” Hagy conceded. “You know, maybe I’m feeling like I’m

3:14 PM ET Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — Benjamin Herbert shrugged off a bogey on his first hole to card a 7-under 64 for the first-round lead at the European Tour’s Kenya Open on Thursday. The Frenchman followed his slip at No. 1 with four birdies in his next six holes at Karen Country Club

Rickie Fowler’s slump has been one of the sport’s chief wonders this season. Despite the struggle, Fowler has continued to grind and maintain a positive disposition, even to the barbs thrown in his direction. Earlier this month six-time major winner and CBS Sports analyst Nick Faldo took a shot at Fowler regarding Fowler’s prospects of

Last weekend, amidst all the PGA Tour-generated hype surrounding the Players Championship, Dustin Johnson, currently the top-ranked golfer in the world, announced he wasn’t going to play in this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. Quite simply, Johnson said, making the trip to the other side of the world to Japan two weeks after the Open Championship

6:30 PM ET Sebastian Cappelen was only two holes into his first round at the Honda Classic before things fell apart. His second shot into the par-4 11th — he started his day on the back nine — came up short and in the water. Instead of taking a drop and a penalty, he went

It’s easy to be down on this year’s edition of the Honda Classic, with the once-strong tournament able to boast just a handful of the world’s top 50 players in the field. That’s the result of being sandwiched between a run of big events, including last week’s Players Championship and next week’s WGC-Dell Technologies Match