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BRISBANE, Australia — Cameron Smith is comfortable being uncomfortable. The Australian has made that crystal clear throughout 2022, most notably at the Open Championship at St. Andrews in July when he stared down Rory McIlroy and others to win the 150th edition of golf’s oldest major at the Home of Golf. It was his sixth

That Tiger Woods sits 1,266th in the latest Official World Golf Ranking is both hard to fathom and hardly a surprise. The man who had held the No. 1 ranking more weeks than any golfer since the OWGR’s inception in 1986 (683) has played just nine rounds of competitive golf since his single-car accident in

BRISBANE, Australia — High on the leaderboard after 36 holes at the Australian PGA Championship are some names you may not have heard of and a few you definitely have. Leading the way at 10 under par is Jason Scrivener, an unheralded Australian who is a regular on the DP World Tour. He’s banked almost

1:28 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods and 13-year-old son Charlie are returning to the PNC Championship with hopes of doing one better than last year. The 20-team field is for winners of majors or the Players Championship and a child or parent. This will be the third time Woods plays. A

As Charlie Woods, the son of Tiger Woods, has grown older and stronger, the duo has come closer to lifting the trophy in the PNC Championship, the tournament that features pros playing alongside family members. Now that Charlie is 13, is this the year for Team Woods? They will get their chance, with tournament officials

Rain interrupted the final round of the regular-season finale on the 2018 European Tour at Valderrama in southern Spain. As they often do during such delays, players retreated to the clubhouse to watch TV. Chase Koepka was among them, bottled water in hand. The CJ Cup, a PGA Tour event in South Korea, was on

BRISBANE, Australia — Adam Scott knows he will have to make a number of adjustments over the coming days, weeks and months as the Australian gears up for a new-look, condensed PGA Tour schedule in 2023. This week’s Australian PGA Championship, where the former World No. 1 is playing, has already offered plenty of practice

BRISBANE, Australia — Lucas Herbert thought he had a strong case to be a captain’s pick for Trevor Immelman’s International team in the lead up to last September’s Presidents Cup. Herbert had won the PGA Tour’s Bermuda Championship late in 2021, which came after two wins on the DP World Tour in the two years

The EMT said I was OK, although it was unclear if he was trying to reassure me or himself. He told me we were going to the emergency room, then asked my name and if I knew the day’s date and where I was. It was about this time the pain in my upper body

That’s what Texas Tech senior Ludvig Aberg has to look forward to having finishing atop the Velocity Global Ranking heading into the winter break. The 23-year-old from Sweden ended the fall with 1220.39 points, 73.98 clear of North Carolina’s Austin Greaser in second place and 118.89 ahead of Florida’s Fred Biondi in third place. (See

Nov 22, 2022 Cameron Smith is hopeful his enhanced pulling power can secure a LIV Golf event for his native Queensland. The world No.3 and Open winner will aim for a third Australian PGA Championship this weekend at the event’s new Brisbane home at Royal Queensland. Smith returns for the first time in three years

BRISBANE, Australia — Ryan Fox’s journey to Australia from the DP World Tour’s finale in Dubai will give you travel anxiety. After signing off on an incredible, breakthrough season on the Old World circuit with a runner-up finish to Rory McIlroy in the season-long points standings, the big-hitting New Zealander and his family hopped on

Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth headline the winners from the PGA Tour’s revised Player Impact Program, according to documents reviewed by Golf Digest. The PIP bonus pool was instituted in 2021 to reward players who boosted engagement and publicity for the tour. Ostensibly a response to some of the lucrative deals rumored to

2:30 PM ET Despite playing only nine rounds in three major championships this past season, Tiger Woods has once again claimed the top bonus in the PGA Tour’s Player Impact Program, according to documents obtained by ESPN on Tuesday. World No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy let the cat out of the bag on Nov. 8

For years, it has been rumored that major changes would be coming to Augusta National’s iconic 13th hole. This past August, aerial photos taken by Eureka Earth confirmed that work had begun on the famous par 5, and that it would play significantly longer once the project was completed. That work is now done, confirmed

11:17 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald appointed Nicolas Colsaerts as his third vice captain on Tuesday for next year’s event in Rome. The Belgian golfer, who turned 40 last week, joins Thomas Bjorn of Denmark and Edoardo Molinari of Italy as vice captains for the European team. Colsaerts

With so much juicy golf news going on, what hope is there for a staid charitable organization getting some attention on its birthday? While a Masters champ sues golf writers, the brother of the current U.S. Open champ defends allegations about a sketchy free pass into Q-School, the top pros openly squabble about world ranking

For many golf fans, the void created by the end of the PGA Tour’s fall season brings about an involuntary response: So, how many days until the Masters, again? In thinking about the Masters, the natural instinct is also to think about who is playing in the Masters. That question is a bit more tenuous

Nov 19, 2022 Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Patrick Rodgers ran off four straight birdies late in his round Saturday and finished with a par save for a 6-under 64, giving him a share of the lead with Ben Martin in the RSM Classic and another chance at his first PGA Tour title.

In recent years there has been a spike in interest in Tiger Woods auctioned memorabilia. Most of the items have been golf clubs used by the 15-time major champion. A new lot up for bid by Golden Age Auctions presents a different opportunity, allowing bidders to vie for a vintage Sunday red Nike shirt worn

4:41 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Lydia Ko never won more in one day than on Sunday in the CME Group Tour Championship, where she claimed the richest prize in women’s golf at $2 million with a victory that allowed her to win LPGA player of the year. Ko outlasted Leona Maguire of

NAPLES, Fla. — She might not be the most overpowering voice in the room, but when Allisen Corpuz speaks, people listen. And despite her discomfort with public speaking, Corpuz had everyone’s full attention when she took the dais at the Women’s Leadership Summit at the Pelican Women’s Championship earlier this month. She also has been

Steve Williams is coming out of retirement to caddie for Adam Scott in Australia, with the intention of helping the 42-year-old chase an elusive second major championship next year. Williams, 58, is most famous for carrying Tiger Woods’ bag from 1999 to 2011, but the New Zealander also looped for Greg Norman, Raymond Floyd and

5:41 PM ET ESPN News Services Adam Svensson handled the cold air and the heat of contention as if he had been there before, closing with a 6-under 64 to win the RSM Classic on Sunday at Sea Island for his first PGA Tour victory. Svensson, a 28-year-old Canadian, was locked in a four-way tie

NAPLES, Fla. — On a cold, windy, overcast Sunday at the CME Group Tour Championship, Lydia Ko resembled the palm trees dotting Tiburon Golf Club—bending in the 20 mph gusts, precarious to the naked eye, but in fact rooted firmly to the earth and well prepared to outlast the conditions. Tied with Leona Maguire headed

9:43 AM ET Associated Press Rory McIlroy finished the year as Europe’s No. 1-ranked golfer for the fourth time — and first since 2015 — despite Jon Rahm winning the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday. The Spaniard’s two-shot victory over England’s Tyrrell Hatton and Sweden’s Alex Noren was his third in six

As Jon Rahm, outwardly at least, strolled to what was a disarmingly comfortable two-shot victory in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Rory McIlroy did something strikingly similar to claim the $1 million first prize in the season-long DP World Tour rankings. Ho-hum. The details. Adding a five-under-par 67 to his overnight total of 198,

Logic would tell you that Sunday at the RSM Classic—the final official PGA Tour event in 2022—is going to be a wide-open affair. Though former Stanford star Patrick Rodgers and 35-year-old Ben Martin share the 54-hole lead at 14 under at Sea Island Golf Club, there are 16(!) players within three shots of the lead.

6:04 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Leona Maguire of Ireland had four straight birdies around the turn and added a pair of birdies late for a 9-under 63, allowing her to catch Lydia Ko in the CME Group Tour Championship and set up a duel for the richest prize in women’s golf. At

Will it be bad blood when Sahith Theegala and Andrew Putnam step onto the the first tee on Sunday, each having a chance to win the RSM Classic? Probably not, considering they are two of the more well-liked players on the PGA Tour and they are both alums of Pepperdine University. You know, Wave pride