11:24 PM ET Associated Press KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii — Retief Goosen birdied 10 of the first 14 holes in a 10-under 62 to take the first-round lead Thursday in the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai. Darren Clarke was second after a 63, and Scott Parel and Jerry Kelly shot 64. The tournament is the first of
One of the PGA Tour’s longest-running events kicked off on Thursday, although it was almost unrecognizable: The American Express has no amateurs in the field this year due to COVID-19 concerns. That plus the lack of fans (for the same reason) and playing just two courses rather than three has the event that will always
Phil Mickelson has denied involvement in the commutation of Las Vegas businessman and gambler Billy Walters’ sentence by former President Donald Trump, according to an ESPN report. On Wednesday, Walters, whose insider-trading case was linked to Phil Mickelson, was one of 143 people who Trump granted clemency. A White House release listed Mickelson, along with
12:53 PM ET The commutation of gambler Billy Walters’ sentence by outgoing President Donald Trump on his final day in office was not granted with the help of Phil Mickelson, the Hall of Fame golfer’s lawyer told ESPN on Thursday. Attorney Glenn Cohen told ESPN that “Phil had nothing to do with this” and said
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During the final round of the 2020 RBC Heritage, Bubba Watson and Wesley Bryan were a friendly and talkative pairing at Harbour Town Golf Links. SUBSCRIBE to PGA TOUR now: http://pgat.us/vBxcZSh Welcome to the official YouTube channel of the PGA TOUR. Here you can find everything you need to stay up to date with the
Watch highlights of Tournament Leader Rory McIlroy as he shoots his lowest ever WGC round during Day 3 at the 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. ► SUBSCRIBE: http://et.golf/Subscribe The FedEx St. Jude Invitational is contested at TPC Southwind in Memphis. With a field including Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon
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This isn’t how John Augenstein imagined his professional golf career starting—in a pro-am without ams, at a PGA Tour event without fans. The 23-year-old makes his pro debut this week at The American Express on a sponsor’s exemption. The Vanderbilt grad decided to make the jump from the amateur ranks, forgoing one more semester of
5:57 PM ET Professional gambler Billy Walters was granted a commutation by President Donald Trump during his final day in office, and it came with the help of letters written by, among others, Phil Mickelson. Walters was sentenced to five years in prison in 2017 for an insider trading case linked to Mickelson, who ended
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Ben Hogan’s career numbers speak for themselves: 64 PGA Tour wins, including nine majors have permanently carved him a spot among’s golf all-time greats. Numbers that undoubtedly would have been even better if not for a nearly life-ending car accident in 1950. But as is the case with any of the older generation of golfers,
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Golfers might’ve recognized the logo on the face mask that former President George W. Bush wore to Wednesday’s inauguration ceremonies. The Rhodesian Ridgeback is the breed of dog that inspired the logo and the name for golf apparel brand Rhoback. Known for performance-ready golf shirts and quarter-zips, the brand started making masks at the beginning
The Stadium Course at PGA West was conceived as a California version of the Players Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass—but harder. The course opened in 1984, an era when difficulty was often conflated with greatness, and with PGA West, Pete Dye was evidently trying to build the greatest course on earth. He emptied the toolbox
Celebrity is the currency on which the PGA Tour Champions trades to create interest and has since it was conceived in part as a means of keeping Arnold Palmer on stage after 50. A good idea, of course. But the value of its currency depends in part on the quality of each new class of
8:29 AM ET Nothing outside of the major championships was ever guaranteed for Tiger Woods’ when it comes to his schedule. And now even that is certain in the wake of the news that the Woods recently had a microdiscectomy procedure to alleviate nerve pain in his lower back. 2 Related Apparently Woods is already
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We all know how tough the 14 Club Challenge is. Sometimes, even the Pros get it wrong. Here we showcase the WORST shots ever hit during the 14 Club Challenge.! A 155-yard par three, a point for every green. However, if one player uses a club, then both players lose it… A 155-yard par three,
Just a couple weeks after losing Jon Rahm to Callaway, TaylorMade has re-stocked its tour staff with another European star, signing five-time European Tour winner Tommy Fleetwood to a multiyear deal to play its clubs and golf ball. The signing is not a surprise as the company has been hinting at it on social media
Like a number of players, Tommy Fleetwood had some serious momentum prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought last golf season (and all the other sports seasons) to a screeching halt. Before the cancellation of the Players Championship, the Englishman had a T-2 at the Abu Dhabi Championship last January, then finished third at the
4:55 PM ET Tiger Woods has undergone a microdiscectomy to alleviate nerve pain in his lower back and will not compete in next week’s Farmers Insurance Open or the Genesis Invitational next month. An announcement came via Woods’ Twitter account that he had “recently undergone a microdiscectomy procedure to remove a pressurized disc fragment that
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That said, if you backed up either Leishman or Webb did with a top-10 wager like our expert Pat Mayo did with Leish, you still came out OK. For those just getting into betting on golf, it’s usually a good idea to supplement your outright bets with a top 5 or top 10, so you
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The three new SIM2 fairway woods and two new SIM2 hybrids continue the themes of low center of gravity and reduced turf-interaction sole-shaping established in last year’s models. What’s added is a new emphasis on forgiveness, even for better players who prefer more compact models. The keys are increased perimeter
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