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LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — For the first time in the history of the Latin America Amateur Championship, the defending champion isn’t here to defend. Chile’s Joaquin Niemann, the 2018 LAAC winner, is a professional these days, having made the jump after playing the Masters as an amateur last April. He needed just five starts to […]

With one last birdie putt and an emphatic fist pump, Zecheng “Marty” Dou put an exclamation mark on the season-opener on the Web.com Tour. Dou started the final round of the Bahamas Great Exuma Classic with a three-shot lead, seemingly in position for an easy victory to start the year. But he made three back-nine […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Being invited to the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions is a special way to start the season, all the more for those who won their first career LPGA event in 2018. Pernilla Lindberg’s first tour title came at the ANA Inspiration, after a two-day, eight-hole playoff against Inbee Park. An […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – If legalized gambling is going to boost interest in golf, the LPGA doesn’t want to be left behind. Commissioner Mike Whan is positioning the tour to be ready to manage and benefit from real-time betting when it takes off. He’s preparing to invest the tour in a shot-tracking system that […]

Defending champion Sergio Garcia, battling a sinus infection and an upset stomach, shot 2-under 69 to trail by three in Round 1 of the Singapore Open. Taiwan’s Hung Chien-Yao was able to complete a 5-under 66 to take the outright lead before inclement weather suspended play. Despite his illness, Garcia felt he played – if […]

Lee Westwood ended his 10-year partnership with caddie Billy Foster last November, but he may have found the perfect on-course partner: His girlfriend, Helen Storey. Two weeks after splitting with Foster, Westwood snapped a four- year winless drought when he captured the Nedbank Challenge, with Storey on the bag. Two months later, with Storey still […]

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Will players really be allowed to putt with the pins in during at the Masters? Asked that question Thursday at the Latin America Amateur Championship, Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley didn’t say no. Under the new Rules of Golf, which went into effect on Jan. 1, players are now allowed […]

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Two weeks ago, the USGA said that it was “at the beginning of the fact-finding stage” in determining whether or not Lucy Li violated amateur status with her appearance in an Apple ad campaign, and that it was “premature at this point to discuss more.” Two weeks later, the USGA remains […]

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — The Latin America Amateur Championship will head to Mexico for the first time in 2020. The sixth edition of the LAAC will be held at Mayakoba’s El Camaleon Golf Club on Riviera Maya from January 16-19. Seated alongside Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley and USGA CEO Mike Davis, R&A chief […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Mothers returning to the LPGA amid the tour’s new baby boom need more help. Karine Icher lobbied hard last year for a revamping of the tour’s maternity policy, and so did Sydnee Michaels. The more demanding global nature of the tour, with international travel greater than any other era, complicated […]