Author: EMPEZARUNBLIG

Moments after winning the Mayakoba Golf Classic, Matt Kuchar knew he had some travel plans to book. “My 2018 wasn’t what I wanted out of 2018, but this is certainly a high note,” Kuchar said. “To get a win in Mexico, and go from ‘hola’ to ‘aloha,’ going to Hawaii, I can’t wait to go.” […]

Each week, GolfChannel.com takes a look back at the week in golf. Here’s what’s weighing on our writers’ minds. On Lee Westwood and Matt Kuchar breaking lengthy droughts on the same day … Much has transpired in the world of golf since April 20, 2014. Bryson DeChambeau burst onto the scene, Jordan Spieth snagged a trio […]

PHOENIX – Vijay Singh rallied from six shots behind Sunday with his career-best round on the PGA Tour Champions, a 10-under 61 that gave him a four-shot victory in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship and gave Bernhard Langer the season title and $1 million annuity. Langer won the Schwab Cup for the fifth time, and fourth time in the […]

Matt Kuchar earned his first PGA Tour win in over four years at the Mayakoba Golf Classic. With his $1.296 million payday, he became the 10th player in Tour history to exceed $45 million in career earnings (click here for career money list). Here’s a look at how the purse was paid out in Mexico. […]

The vacillations of the Official World Golf Ranking were in play again this week, and they allowed Brooks Koepka to return to world No. 1 without hitting a shot. Koepka and Justin Rose were both out of action last week, but Koepka dropped an old event when the two-year revolving window lurched forward a week. It […]

Lexi Thompson will reportedly head into this week’s LPGA season finale with a fresh face on the bag. According to a Golfweek report, Thompson has parted ways with caddie Kevin McAlpine in advance of the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla. McAlpine has been caddying for Thompson since March 2017, having shepherded her through […]

Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf.  RISING Westy (+9%): There’s still some life in the old dog, winning his 24th European Tour title, at age 45, after a spectacular Sunday 64 in South Africa. It seemed as though Westwood was on […]

When Lee Westwood captured the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa, he did so with his girlfriend, Helen Storey, on the bag. According to a report from the U.K. Telegraph, the on-course pairing is here to stay. Westwood, 45, will reportedly keep his girlfriend on the bag moving forward, including this week at the DP […]

Rory McIlroy will focus on the PGA Tour in 2019 – which may mean that he forfeits his European Tour membership. Speaking to reporters Tuesday at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, McIlroy said that he wants to play the best competition week-in and week-out, and “for the most part of the season, that is […]

Ryder Cup partners Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood are the only players who can walk away with the season-long Race to Dubai title on Sunday. Five players were in the hunt heading into last week’s Nedbank Golf Challenge, but Haotong Li, Lucas Bjerregaard and Rory McIlroy could not earn enough points to tighten the race. So […]