Tag: Golf

European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley said he had no second thoughts about bringing a tour event to Saudi Arabia. Pelley and tour officials have come under scrutiny after they decided to go ahead with the Saudi International in the wake of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last fall. Turkish media reported that Khashoggi, […]

Adam Scott already had his work cut out for him Sunday at the Farmers Insurance Open trying to chase down Justin Rose, but it could’ve been worse if not for a single folding chair. On the par-4 fourth hole, the 2013 Masters champ pulled his drive well left and his ball was headed off a […]

A star-studded field, plenty of firepower in the final groups and a worthy challenge in Torrey Pines’ South Course. The stage was set for world No. 1 Justin Rose, and he delivered. How Rose got the job done Sunday, along with other need-to-know happenings from the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open: Leaderboard: Justin […]

Bryson DeChambeau rolled to a seven-shot win at the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday, but the runaway victory was anything but easy. DeChambeau’s quirky habits and relentless grind are translating into victories at a remarkable rate – with this being his fourth win in his last nine worldwide starts – and there may be no better look […]

SAN DIEGO – All right, so it’s not quite as polarizing as the blue or gold dress debate from a few years back. But opinions were divided, both on-site and on social media, about what color shirt Tiger Woods wore during the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Woods’ Sunday wardrobe has been one […]

SAN DIEGO – It was either too little, too late, or a nice way to end an otherwise average week. Here are some thoughts and observations after one last trip around Torrey Pines with Tiger Woods, who rallied to shoot a final-round, 5-under 67 Sunday at the Farmers Insurance Open: • The main thought after […]

SAN DIEGO – Gareth Lord shouldn’t have been working this week at the Farmers Insurance Open. He recently had surgery on his left shoulder and figured he’d be on the disabled list until at least the end of March. But when Justin Rose’s longtime caddie, Mark Fulcher, underwent heart surgery on Jan. 17 in New […]

Prize money payouts and FedExCup points breakdowns for winner Justin Rose and the rest of the players who made the cut at the 2019 Farmers Insurance Open: Finish Player FedEx Earnings ($) 1 Justin Rose 500 1,278,000 2 Adam Scott 300 766,800 3 Talor Gooch 163 411,800 3 Hideki Matsuyama 163 411,800 5 Jason Day 100 […]

SAN DIEGO – It was a big weekend, the world over, for the growing movement of leaving the flag in while putting. With noted flagstick proponent Bryson DeChambeau cruising to victory in Dubai, Adam Scott left the pin in almost exclusively during the Farmers Insurance Open. The Aussie has struggled mightily on the greens since […]

SAN DIEGO – Justin Rose didn’t have much time to celebrate his victory on Sunday at the Farmers Insurance Open with a flight waiting to take him to Saudi Arabia via London for next week’s Saudi International on the European Tour. Rose, who said he would arrive in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday morning, said the […]