Dustin Johnson wins PGA Tour player of the year
Dustin Johnson’s first major was only part of a dream season that culminated with the PGA Tour player of the year award on Tuesday.
Dustin Johnson’s first major was only part of a dream season that culminated with the PGA Tour player of the year award on Tuesday.
SharesA farewell to the King turned somber when Jack Nicklaus, his voice cracking as a large tear formed in his left eye, urged the elite and the everyman to remember how Arnold Palmer touched their lives and “please don’t forget why.”
SharesWhen it comes to partying, as with golf, there ain’t no shame in Rickie Fowler’s game.
SharesRyan Moore finished eagle-birdie-par for a 1-up victory over Lee Westwood, and the celebration was on. The United States beat Europe for the first time since 2008, and only the third time over the last two decades.
SharesProfessional golf heckler David Johnson was barking at Team Europe during a practice round as they lined up for a putt.
SharesThe Americans have accrued little more than scar tissue against Europe. That’s why U.S. captain Davis Love III has preached all week at Hazeltine that this team, which only has two rookies, has never played together. That it’s time for a new start.
SharesWhen it comes to golf, especially USA golf, Tiger Woods is used to being the center of attention.
SharesArnold Palmer died Sunday of complications from heart problems, decades after winning seven majors and helping popularize golf as a TV spectacle. He was 87.
SharesIt has been an entire year since Tiger Woods last played a round of professional golf, but the former No. 1 player in the world is shooting to make a return in October.
SharesLove has four weeks to find four players to fill out his U.S. team, and there won’t be a lack of information. And to hear him Monday morning, there won’t be a lack of players.
SharesReed picked up two victories in one day. He won The Barclays to assure himself a clear shot at the $10 million bonus in the FedEx Cup, and he easily secured a spot on his second straight U.S. Ryder Cup team.
SharesThe 21-year-old South Korean player closed with a 3-under 67 to finish at 21-under 259 at Sedgefield Country Club, tying the tournament 72-hole record set eight years ago by Carl Pettersson.
SharesMinjee Lee patiently navigated Jian Lake's undulating greens again Friday to stretch her lead to six strokes in the Blue Bay LPGA.
SharesJustin Thomas had a 6-under 66 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead halfway through the CIMB Classic, staying within striking distance of the tournament record he set in winning the title here last year.
SharesJustin Thomas opened his CIMB Classic title defense with an 8-under 64 on Thursday for a share of the lead with fellow Americans Keegan Bradley and Derek Fathauer.
SharesScottish golfer Marc Warren birdied the first six holes in shooting an 8-under 63 and taking the Portugal Masters lead on Thursday.
SharesHarbour Town Golf Links, site of the PGA Tour's RBC Heritage, will reopen next month after its brush with Hurricane Matthew two weeks ago.
SharesMinjee Lee birdied the final three holes for a 7-under 65 and a two-stroke lead Thursday in the Blue Bay LPGA , playing in perfect conditions two days after Typhoon Sarika hit the resort.
SharesJustin Thomas began his title defense with an 8-under 64 at the CIMB Classic on Thursday, making nine birdies and a bogey to move into a three-way tie with Keegan Bradley and Derek Fathauer for the first-round lead.
SharesThe easy road back for Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano would have been to return to the comfort of Spain.
SharesIan Woosnam, Davis Love III, Meg Mallon and Lorena Ochoa have been selected for the World Golf Hall of Fame.
SharesOf the 70 players who made the cut in the PGA Tour season opener, Nicholas Lindheim easily could have been mistaken for a college kid who Monday qualified. He had a carry bag. He was not wearing a cap with a logo. He didn't have an equipment deal. He didn't have an agent.
SharesThe hottest stretch of Alex Noren's career has come a few weeks too late.
SharesBy the end of the opening week of a new PGA Tour season, no one felt more vulnerable than Brendan Steele.
SharesCarlota Ciganda beat Alison Lee with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff Sunday in the rainy LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship after each player lost big leads.
SharesDenmark's Nicole Broch Larsen won the season-ending Symetra Tour Championship in a playoff Sunday and 10 players earned LPGA Tour cards.
SharesDoug Garwood ran away with the SAS Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title, closing with an 8-under 64 for a four-stroke victory.
SharesAlex Noren of Sweden held his nerve at the British Masters on Sunday to claim a third European Tour title in his last eight tournaments.
SharesRight when Brendan Steele thought he might have a chance to win at Silverado, all he could think about was how he lost.
SharesThialand's Pavit Tangkamolprasert won the Macau Open in a playoff Sunday after India's Anirban Lahiri birdied the final seven holes to force extra holes.
SharesCarlota Ciganda overcame an early five-stroke deficit, blew a late five-stroke lead and needed a big break to get in a playoff in the rainy LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship.
SharesJohnson Wagner chipped in for birdie, and wound up taking a one-shot lead in the Safeway Open by keeping bogeys off his card as the rain began to pound Silverado on Saturday.
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