Author: EMPEZARUNBLIG

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Lydia Ko took a share of the lead to the back nine Sunday at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, but a couple of untimely hooks into heavy wind derailed her. Ko faded with two double bogeys and two bogeys over her final six holes. She closed with a 6-over 77 to finish […]

Adam Long notched his first PGA Tour victory in just his sixth career start Sunday at the Desert Classic, collecting more than $1.06 million in the process. Here’s a breakdown of how the FedExCup points and prize money were divided up: Finish Player FedEx Earnings ($) 1 Adam Long 500 1,062,000 2 Adam Hadwin 245 […]

Wade Binfield’s 4-under 68 holds the clubhouse lead, but first-round play was suspended after a windy Sunday at the Web.com Tour’s Bahamas Great Abaco Classic. Binfield, a 31-year-old former substitute teacher who is playing this week on a sponsor exemption, made five birdies and just one bogey despite heavy winds that at one point caused […]

Rickie Fowler will make his 2019 debut this week with a significant equipment change. TaylorMade announced Monday that Fowler has signed a multi-year contract to play the company’s new golf ball, the TP5x. Fowler reached out to TaylorMade in the fall of 2018 and expressed an interest in playing the ball, which has already been […]

A wire-to-wire victory for Shane Lowry on the European Tour means the Irishman is in great position to return to the Masters this spring. Lowry started the week ranked No. 75 in the world, but after capturing the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship he moved up to No. 41 in the latest Official World Golf Ranking. […]

As Tiger Woods gets set to make his 2019 debut this week at the Farmers Insurance Open, he’ll do so alongside two of the game’s brightest young stars. The PGA Tour released featured groups for this week’s stop at Torrey Pines, and included in that collection is the trio of Woods, Xander Schauffele and Tony […]

Let’s look back in history at this week in golf from Jan. 21-27. Information courtesy of Golf Channel Research Unit. Jan. 22, 1950: Polly Riley, an amateur, wins the Tampa Open, the inaugural event of the newly founded LPGA. Jan. 22, 1995: Phil Mickelson wins the Tucson Open, becoming the first player to win the […]

Erik Compton leads after two days of the Web.com Tour’s Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, with second-round play suspended because of darkness. Compton wrapped up his final eight holes of Round 1 on Monday to close out a 3-under 69 and then shot 7-under 65 in Round 2. At 10 under par, he’s one shot clear […]

The field is nearly set for the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship. The tournament announced Tuesday the first 66 players who have accepted invitations into the 72-player field for the April 3-6 event in Augusta, Ga. The initial commitments include three players who earned their exemptions by winning recognized events, 55 qualifiers from the final Women’s […]

Ian Poulter tweeted Tuesday morning that swing coach Pete Cowen’s home in England was burglarized. Among the items stolen, Poulter said, were “lots” of foreign currency, two rings and two Audemars Piguet watches.   “Watch out for them,” Poulter tweeted. “Any info would be appreciated.” Cowen’s stable includes some of the European Tour’s most successful players, […]