The PGA Tour is keeping the FedEx Cup for at least five more years with a significant sponsorship renewal.
Updated: 10:01 am
George Coetzee of South Africa, the last one into the 64-man field at the Match Play Championship, is making his American debut at Dove Mountain _ at least as a professional.
Feb 21, 2012 | 5:43 pm
No one is quick to embrace change until money is involved.
Feb 21, 2012 | 12:30 pm
Bill Haas played alongside Phil Mickelson in what seemed like a one-sided affair outside the ropes, where chants of "Phil" chased after them in the cool air of the Pacific Ocean.
Feb 20, 2012 | 12:13 pm
The 18th hole at Riviera had given up only six birdies to 73 players in the final round of the Northern Trust Open. Bill Haas convinced himself there would be at least one more to force a playoff.
Updated: 9:02 am
Skip Kendall holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday for an even-par 71 and a one-stroke victory in the Nationwide Tour's season-opening Colombia Championship.
Feb 19, 2012 | 6:42 pm
Jbe Kruger of South Africa won his first European Tour title Sunday, protecting his overnight lead by shooting a 3-under 69 for a two-shot victory at the Avantha Masters.
Feb 19, 2012 | 8:36 am
Top-ranked Yani Tseng successfully defended her LPGA Thailand title for her 13th LPGA Tour victory, birdieing the final two holes Sunday to hold off playing partner Ai Miyazato by a stroke.
Feb 19, 2012 | 6:32 am
Australia's Lindsey Wright made a 13-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th for a 4-under 68 and a one-stroke victory Sunday in the New Zealand Women's Open.
Updated: 10:01 am
Erik Compton keeps coming up clutch with a paycheck on the line.
Feb 18, 2012 | 10:35 am
The defending champion and runner-up are recovering from thumb injuries, the player of the year is in the field, and so is the guy who hit an upside-down, left-handed shot to win last week.
Updated: 7:03 am
Injured Paul Casey will not return for the Match Play championship.
Updated: 6:01 am
Former top-ranked golfer Annika Sorenstam says she's turned down the chance to be captain for Europe in the 2013 Solheim Cup against the United States.
Feb 16, 2012 | 2:36 pm
John Daly says he may have torn ligaments in his right elbow during the first round at the Avantha Masters.
Feb 16, 2012 | 12:17 pm
Rory McIlroy is confident the changes he's made to his swing will work in time for the Masters in April.
Feb 16, 2012 | 11:45 am
Michelle Wie did not go to Stanford to play golf, at least not the game that brought her worldwide fame as a teenager.
Feb 14, 2012 | 2:27 pm
Tiger Woods is returning to the Honda Classic for the first time since he was an amateur.
Feb 14, 2012 | 12:17 pm
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. | Phil Mickelson has beaten Tiger Woods the last five times they have played together in the final round.
Feb 13, 2012 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
In a Feb. 12 story about a new golf event, the $8.5 million Tournament of Hope, The Associated Press erroneously reported that this was a World Golf Championship event. The tournament is sanctioned by the International Federation of PGA Tours, which separately also sanctions the four WGC …
Feb 13, 2012 | 4:19 pm
Phil Mickelson has beaten Tiger Woods the last five times they have played together in the final round.
Feb 13, 2012 | 2:31 pm
Tiger Woods keeps saying his game is close.
Feb 13, 2012 | 12:19 pm
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods together in the final round has produced the highest rating for CBS Sports at Pebble Beach in 15 years.
Feb 13, 2012 | 12:12 pm
The pretenders were as obedient as ever and folded early, just like they always seemed to when Tiger Woods was in his prime.
Feb 12, 2012 | 8:09 pm
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. | He knew his game was getting close, and he broke through with flair Sunday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Feb 12, 2012 | 6:05 pm | Loading…
MELBOURNE, Australia | Jessica Korda broke out her father's trademark scissor-kick celebration Sunday when she won the Women's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne for her first LPGA Tour title.
Feb 12, 2012 | 11:25 am | Loading…
Rafael Cabrera-Bello held off a strong field Sunday to capture the Dubai Desert Classic, shooting a 4-under 68 to beat Lee Westwood and Stephen Gallacher by a stroke for his second European Tour victory.
Feb 12, 2012 | 11:22 am
American teenager Jessica Korda won the Women's Australian Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, holing a 25-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a six-player playoff.
Feb 12, 2012 | 4:06 am
There is plenty of evidence that this is a Ryder Cup year.
Feb 08, 2012 | 6:58 pm
Bill Murray stumbled into the back of a crowded conference room Tuesday just as Tiger Woods was wrapping up his press conference at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The "Caddyshack" star looked more confused than usual.
Feb 07, 2012 | 6:34 pm
Tiger Woods has a solution to long putters _ make them no longer than the shortest club in the bag.
Feb 07, 2012 | 3:47 pm
A dry board in the office of LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan is filled with black-and-blue, an appropriate color scheme for a tour that had been taking its lumps over the last couple of years.
Feb 06, 2012 | 2:44 pm
For the second straight week, a PGA Tour event ended with Kyle Stanley in tears. This time, they were tears of joy.
Feb 06, 2012 | 2:36 am
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. | Kyle Stanley rebounded from a devastating loss to win the Phoenix Open, overcoming an eight-stroke deficit Sunday in a comeback as unlikely as his collapse last week at Torrey Pines.
Feb 05, 2012 | 6:30 pm | Loading…
Former British Open champion Paul Lawrie chipped in for an eagle and a birdie on his way to winning the wind-shortened Qatar Open on Sunday, shooting a 7-under 65 to hold off Jason Day and Peter Hanson.
Feb 05, 2012 | 11:40 am
Christel Boeljon birdied the final hole to win the Australian Ladies Masters by one stroke Sunday.
Feb 05, 2012 | 2:05 am
Yani Tseng has a tradition on Chinese New Year to give her house a thorough cleaning. She decided to start with the trophy cabinet, which was no small project. A photo she posted on Facebook shows a cabinet crowded with crystal.
Feb 03, 2012 | 3:22 pm
Phil Mickelson filed a lawsuit against an Internet service provider in Canada to learn the identity of a person who has been posting "vexatious statements" that the four-time major champion says is a deliberate attack on his reputation.
Feb 02, 2012 | 4:12 pm
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. | Gary Woodland was irritated that he couldn't do better than a 70 on the North Course at Torrey Pines. It wasn't much better on the South Course, where a 72 allowed him to make the cut on the number, and a 74 in the third round wasn't enough for the 54-hole cut.
Jan 31, 2012 | 5:05 pm | Loading…
HONOLULU | Graham DeLaet showed how happy he was to be back on the PGA Tour. The Canadian opened with a 7-under 63 in the Sony Open on Thursday to take the lead among the early starters at Waialae.
Jan 12, 2012 | 6:15 pm | Loading…
SYDNEY | The Presidents Cup has been looked upon as the country cousin of the Ryder Cup, an event packed with some of the best players in the world but missing the intensity of competing tours, competing continents and more than 60 years of history.
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SAN MARTIN, Calif. | A strange year for Tiger Woods took another bizarre twist Sunday at the Frys.com Open, when a fan was arrested for running toward the seventh green at CordeValle and tossing a hot dog in Woods' direction.
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MEDINAH, Ill. | Ryder Cup captains Davis Love III and Jose Maria Olazabal liked what they saw at Medinah Country Club, including the shortened No. 15.
Sep 26, 2011 | 10:00 pm | Loading…
VALPARAISO | A different emotional approach and a swing change helped reverse the fortunes for Chesterton native Chris Fischer.
Sep 25, 2011 | 5:00 pm | Loading…
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