Tag: Golf

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. ‑ Even at 43 years old and in his 15th year on the PGA Tour, Zach Johnson sets the bar pretty high. Last season did not live up to those expectations. The 2007 Masters champion hasn’t won a PGA Tour event since the 2015 Open Championship, but he comes into this […]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Justin Thomas’ golf club bent but didn’t break in an escape from the trees Thursday at the Honda Classic. You could say the same thing about his chances of defending his title after his late rally on an otherwise shaky back nine. With back-to-back birdies to close, Thomas posted a […]

There were a few low scores out there, but the Champion Course at PGA National also took a toll when players strayed. Here’s how things look after the opening round of the Honda Classic, where Jhonattan Vegas holds an early lead: Leaderboard: Jhonattan Vegas (-6), Ernie Els (-4), Lucas Glover (-4), Zach Johnson (-4), Ben […]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Alex Cejka made some unfortunate history Thursday at the Honda Classic. He became the first PGA Tour player disqualified for violating the Rules of Golf’s new interpretation limiting greens reading materials. Cejka was informed that he was DQ’d at the 14th hole. “It was brought to the committee’s attention that […]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Rickie Fowler’s rough-hewn imagery taking a drop Thursday at the Honda Classic didn’t offend his Tour brothers. Not the ones he heard from, and Fowler said he heard from a lot of them after he applied some toilet humor to a drop in the first round. Full-field scores from the […]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Justin Thomas showed up to PGA National on Friday with tape on his right wrist and what he said felt like a “dead arm.” He’s been feeling it since he smacked his 9 iron against a tree during his follow through while escaping trouble on No. 10 in the first […]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Ryan Palmer shook his head watching Alex Cejka make history Thursday as the first PGA Tour player to be disqualified for breaking the Rules of Golf’s new interpretation limiting greens reading materials. Not for the reason you might think, though. Palmer dislikes the new rule for the half measure it […]

Justin Thomas had arm troubles, Rickie Fowler wasn’t much better with two healthy limbs and two recent Web.com Tour grads share the lead after 36 holes of the Honda Classic. Here’s everything you need to know from Friday’s second round: Leaderboard: Sungjae Im (-6), Keith Mitchell (-6), Lucas Glover (-5), Brooks Koepka and eight others […]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Brooks Koepka says the Honda Classic’s tough conditions remind him of a major championship. Uh-oh! That’s not good for the rest of the field, not if Koepka keeps that kind of mentality going. The guy has won two of the last three majors, and three of the last seven. With […]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla – Gary Woodland knew he needed to birdie both Nos. 17 and 18 on Friday at the Honda Classic, or he risked missing the cut and losing his longest active consecutive cuts made streak, which, at the time, was 20.  So, on the par-3 17th he hit an iron to just inside […]