Author: EMPEZARUNBLIG

There are lucky breaks and then there is this one that Jerry Kelly got Saturday at the PGA Tour Champions’ season opener, the Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Hawaii. Sitting at 1 under through six holes of his final round (and 10 under overall), Kelly fanned his second shot well right at the par-5 seventh hole […]

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — On the strength of a back-nine 31 and a final-round of 6-under 66, Mexico’s Alvaro Ortiz won the Latin America Amateur Championship by two Sunday over Costa Rica’s Luis Gagne. Playing what would have been his final event as an amateur, Ortiz started the day with a one-shot lead but […]

On Friday in St. John (Fla.) County court, Krista Glover, wife of PGA Tour player Lucas Glover, entered a deferred prosecution agreement following her arrest in May on charges of battery and resisting an officer without violence. For the Glovers, it marks the end of a long and emotional period as well as a chance […]

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Luis Gagne couldn’t have summed it up any more succinctly Sunday: “You can’t lay up into a bunker.” Making his first and only Latin America Amateur Championship start for his native Costa Rica, Gagne finished runner-up to Mexico’s Alvaro Ortiz on Sunday at Casa de Campo. Two back to start […]

In just his sixth career PGA Tour start, Adam Long held off Phil Mickelson and Adam Hadwin to win the Desert Classic with a birdie on his 72nd hole. Here’s how the 31-year-old Duke product got the job done Sunday in La Quinta, Calif.: Leaderboard: Adam Long (-26), Phil Mickelson (-25), Adam Hadwin (-25), Talor Gooch (-24), […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Eun-Hee Ji of South Korea left the mistakes to everyone else down the stretch in the LPGA tour season opener. Ji managed a strong wind and temperatures in the 50s on Sunday by making three birdies on the back nine to pull away and close with a 1-under 70, giving her a two-shot […]

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Two years ago, Alvaro Ortiz received an invitation to travel to Augusta National to take in a Masters practice round. Most people dream of getting to see Augusta National even once in their lives. But Ortiz declined. “The first time I wanted to step into Augusta, I wanted (it) to be because […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Major League Baseball Hall of Famer John Smoltz proved to be a formidable closer after a long career as a starting pitcher with the Atlanta Braves. He said closing out the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions Sunday for his first celebrity title was nothing like closing in baseball. “I don’t want that adrenaline […]

Phil Mickelson, Adam Long and Adam Hadwin were tied at 25 under par through 71 holes of the Desert Classic. Playing in the final threesome, Mickelson and Long both had birdie putts to reach 26 under. Hadwin was unable to hole a bunker shot and needed to hope for a pair of misses to reach […]

Phil Mickelson’s putter went cold at the worst possible time. After posting the second-lowest 54-hole score of his PGA Tour career, Mickelson struggled on the greens during a 3-under 69 Sunday at the Desert Classic. It began early, with a three-putt and 4-foot miss on the opening hole, setting the tone for a day in […]