Tag: Golf

MEXICO CITY – Matt Kuchar went birdie-birdie to begin his second round at the WGC-Mexico Championship and was already trailing his playing partner Tommy Fleetwood by two strokes for the day. Fleetwood became the first player to begin his round with back-to-back eagles on the PGA Tour since 1983 and moved into a tie for […]

It’s no secret that Dustin Johnson is one of the longest hitters on Tour, and the thin Mexico City air is only helping that this week. On the 369-yard, par-4 second hole, Johnson could have taken the traditional route down the middle of the fairway, but that would have been too easy. Instead, he did this.  […]

Amy Olson and Ariya Jutanugarn created a buzz over whether they violated a rule against “backstopping” during the second round of the Honda Thailand tournament, but the LPGA ruled before either player began Saturday’s third round that no infraction occurred. “After speaking with Amy Olson and Ariya Jutanugarn, the LPGA rules committee determined that there […]

Click: Near aces on par-4s are becoming rather commonplace on Moving Day at the WGC-Mexico Championship, and Patrick Cantlay treated Kevin Kisner to a front row seat for the latest one. Cantlay took a direct line with the driver on the par-4 12th on Saturday, and nearly holed out while Kevin Kisner was cleaning up […]

It was just yesterday that Tiger Woods displayed one of the best shots of his storied career on Tour. Today, the script was completely flipped on the 15th and 16th holes on Moving Day at the WGC-Mexico Championship. After finding the fairway on his drive on the par-5 15th, his second shot found the greenside […]

MEXICO CITY — Dustin Johnson had gone 45 holes without a bogey at the WGC-Mexico Championship. He was cruising along at 14 under par for the week – five clear of the field – when he finally dropped a shot at the par-4 10th – two of them. Johnson hit his tee ball 348 yards into […]

MEXICO CITY – Seven holes before the four-putt that sank his third round, Tiger Woods bent his 9-iron around a tree while playing his second shot on the eighth hole at Club de Golf Chapultepec. Woods missed the fairway to the left off the tee and played his second shot standing next to and slightly […]

Plenty of big names made a push up the leaderboard on Moving Day at the WGC-Mexico Championship, but no one came even close to catching Dustin Johnson. Here’s how things look with 54 holes in the books at Club de Golf Chapultepec: Leaderboard: Dustin Johnson (-16), Rory McIlroy (-12), Patrick Reed (-9), Sergio Garcia (-9), Patrick […]

MEXICO CITY – I just watched Tiger Woods take seven putts in two holes. Let’s talk about that monumentally disappointing Saturday 70 that Woods himself chose not to talk about after the round. · Standing in the fairway at the par-5 15th with an iron in hand from 247 yards, Tiger seemed in prime position to at […]

RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico – Aaron Baddeley shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday at windy Coco Beach Golf and Country Club to take the third-round lead in the Puerto Rico Open. Baddeley had a 12-under 204 total for a one-stroke lead over Nate Lashley in the event that was canceled last year because of Hurricane Maria. ”I hit a lot […]