Tag: Golf

The LPGA is hashing out details to partner with the KLPGA in staging the BMW Ladies Championship, the new event scheduled for Oct. 24-27 at LPGA International Busan in South Korea. Busan is scheduled to open this summer as the LPGA’s first accredited facility outside the United States. Yonhap News first reported the expanding involvement […]

Nelly Korda cracked the top 10 for the first time in this week’s release of the Rolex Women’s World Rankings. With her victory Sunday at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, Korda climbed to No. 9, moving up from No. 16 the week before. She surpassed her older sister, Jessica, who remains at No. 12. […]

Tiger Woods, defending champion Phil Mickelson and nine of the top 10 players in the world are in Mexico City this week for the WGC-Mexico Championship. Here is everything you need to know. Click here for full-field tee times. How to watch: Thursday, Rd. 1: Golf Channel, 2-7 p.m. ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream Friday, Rd. 2: Golf Channel, […]

Phil Mickelson will be grouped with a familiar foe in the opening two rounds of the WGC-Mexico Championship. Mickelson, Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson will represent one of the featured trios in the first World Golf Championships event of the year. Mickelson defeated Thomas in a playoff last year at this event to end a […]

Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo will be returning to the PGA Tour this spring. The former Dallas Cowboys star and current CBS NFL analyst has accepted a sponsor exemption into this year’s AT&T Byron Nelson, played at Trinity Forest in Dallas where Romo is a member. The 38-year-old is an avid golfer, advancing out of […]

Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING Nelly Korda (+9%): Now up to No. 9 in the world, she has all the makings of the next American star: 20 years old, telegenic, long off the tee and a lights-out putter, and […]

Nelly Korda’s coach liked the way his pupil closed Sunday in winning the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, but he was just as impressed with how Korda handled an awful start to the tournament. David Whelan believes Korda showed the kind of attitude that will serve her well as she takes her new place among […]

MEXICO CITY – As Justin Thomas warmed up early Tuesday at the WGC-Mexico Championship he carefully studied each shot. More than perhaps any other week on the PGA Tour, the Mexico stop requires a higher attention to detail because of how much farther the golf ball flies. At nearly 8,000 feet above sea level, players […]

MEXICO CITY – Billy Horschel bounded down the hill toward the practice range at Club de Golf Chapultepec with a wide smile. Sure, it’s great to play the no-cut, limited-field WGC-Mexico Championship, but his joy had more to do with his attire. “I knew it was coming because the players wanted it,” Horschel said of […]

Brittany Lincicome is going to be a mom. Lincicome announced Tuesday on Instagram that she and husband Dewald Gouws are expecting their first child, which is due Sept. 1. “I can’t even tell you how excited we are,” Lincicome wrote. “Lots of tears of joy.” Lincicome has played just once this season on the LPGA, tying […]