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Weather continues to be the enemy at the Andalucia Valderrama Masters, where Sergio Garcia remains in front as the tournament heads for a Monday finish. European Tour officials had already ceded the fact that 72 holes would not be completed this week in Spain, but players were not even able to finish 54 holes before […]

In 2008, Paul Azinger became the first U.S. Ryder Cup captain in nearly a decade to lead a team to victory, doing so at Valhalla with his innovative “pod” system and a player-driven approach to leadership. In the wake of that victory there were many, including the vast majority of his players, who said Azinger […]

Corey Pavin’s season on the PGA Tour Champions nearly came to an end because of a slow-play penalty. Penalties for pace are often discussed or threatened, but rarely doled out on either the PGA Tour or the over-50 circuit. But that changed Sunday during the final round of the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, where Pavin […]

There’s a new world No. 1, and a fresh crop of young guns eager to make their mark on the PGA Tour in 2019. But according to Paul Azinger, the player with the highest ceiling is still the same as it was when he was walking inside the ropes. Azinger was named Monday as lead […]

Jin Young Ko continues South Korea’s dominance of the Louise Suggs Rolex LPGA Rookie of the Year Award as this year’s winner. With her 13th-place finish Sunday at the Buick LPGA Shanghai, Ko clinched the points-based award. With just four events remaining this year, nobody can catch her. Ko, 23, makes it four years in […]

China’s Shanshan Feng and Yu Liu withdrew from this week’s Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship after being told by someone “high up” in China to skip the event, according to Reuters. The withdrawals come amid growing political tension with China ramping up pressure to assert its sovereignty over Taiwan. The LPGA confirmed that Feng and […]

The PGA Tour’s Asian Swing concludes this week in China with the WGC-HSBC Champions. Here’s a look at some of the marquee, early-round groupings as Brooks Koepka tees off for the first time as the top-ranked player in the world (all times ET): 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, 10:40 p.m. Thursday: Patrick Reed, Jon Rahm, Alex Noren […]

Still basking in the glow of his victory at the CJ Cup, Brooks Koepka is just getting used to his newfound status as the world’s top-ranked golfer. But if Dustin Johnson and Justin Rose have a say, Koepka could be supplanted just as quickly as he assumed the top spot. All three players factored last […]

Although details are still being finalized for next month’s pay-per-view match between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, the charitable component did come into sharper focus this week. Mickelson’s manager, Steve Loy of Lagardère Sports, told GolfChannel.com that the left-hander plans to donate portions of the charitable proceeds raised to his own foundation, the Children of the 58 […]

Canada’s Jaclyn Lee, a senior at Ohio State, is setting the pace in the marathon of golf scheduled at the LPGA’s inaugural Q-Series, the new final stage of the tour’s qualifying tournament. With a 4-under-par 68 Wednesday, Lee was the only player to break 70 on a cold, breezy day at Pinehurst No. 6. She […]