Author: EMPEZARUNBLIG

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – LPGA commissioner Mike Whan predicted the new Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions would be the biggest party on tour. Apparently, he wasn’t just talking about the nightlife. In Thursday’s first round of the LPGA’s season opener, tour winners mixed with celebrities and sports stars in a day of more rollicking […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Stacy Lewis was warming up on the driving range when the Imagine Dragons’ song “Thunder” began pouring out of the speakers before she made her start Thursday at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. She couldn’t get to the first tee without thinking about her daughter, Chesnee Lynn, whom she […]

Perhaps we should all have such low expectations of our games. Phil Mickelson expected to be “rusty” in Round 1 of the Desert Classic. Instead, he shot 12-under-par 60. Here’s a look at all of his highlights from Thursday at La Quinta Country Club. His day began with a birdie at the par-4 first. This […]

With less than 24 hours until the deadline, Phil Mickelson still hasn’t decided whether to play in his hometown event at Torrey Pines. Mickelson has made 28 consecutive appearances at the Farmers Insurance Open – the tournament held about 12 miles from his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. – but even after his opening […]

Jon Rahm was battling more than the wind and the cold Thursday at the Desert Classic. He was still trying to shake off the ill effects of the flu. Rahm said he still felt “pretty weak” as he opened his title defense with a 6-under 66 at La Quinta Country Club, the easiest of the three […]

Paul Casey shared the lead at the Singapore Open, with Davis Love III two shots back as darkness halted play on Day 2. Casey (67) and Thailand’s Poom Saksansin (70) are at 7 under par, both having completed 36 holes. Love closed out a second-round, 3-under 68 to sit at 5 under. In all, 12 […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Nelly Korda didn’t take long to get comfortable with the celebrity/athlete pairings at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. She was grouped with Mardy Fish in the first round. “We had a lot to talk about,” Korda said. A lot of tennis to talk about. Fish was just named the U.S. […]

Krista Glover, the wife of PGA Tour player Lucas Glover, will avoid trial and possible jail time stemming from her domestic-violence arrest last May. As part of the deferred prosecution agreement, Glover agreed to complete 25 hours of community service and undergo a mental health and substance abuse evaluation, according to the Daily Mail, which […]

Phil Mickelson has opened the Desert Classic with the second-lowest 36-hole score of his career, and yet he still feels uncomfortable.   Such is the nature of this annual shootout at PGA West. After torching La Quinta with a 12-under 60 – his lowest score in relation to par in his three-decade-long career on Tour […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The party’s getting serious. Well, as serious as any tournament can get with Larry the Cable Guy in it. With some of the biggest names in women’s golf climbing the leaderboard Friday, the inaugural Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions has a chance to end in a star-studded shootout. While the festive […]