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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 – When Justin Thomas began the final round of last week’s rain-delayed Genesis Open he was four strokes clear of the field and cruising. Eighteen holes, two three-putts and a four-putt later he was headed south to Mexico following the third runner-up finish of his career. There are any number of reasons for […]

Here are the odds for the 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship, according to the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook: Player Odds Dustin Johnson 10/1 Justin Thomas 10/1 Rory McIlroy 12/1 Jon Rahm 16/1 Bryson DeChambeau 16/1 Rickie Fowler 18/1 Brooks Koepka 20/1 Tiger Woods 20/1 Xander Schauffele 25/1 Tony Finau 25/1 Hideki Matsuyama 25/1 Jordan Spieth 30/1 Phil […]

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 […]

Michelle Wie makes her comeback from injury highly motivated to fulfill some unrealized dreams. She’ll tee it up at the LPGA Honda Thailand beginning Thursday, her first start in four months after she underwent surgery to repair an avulsion fracture, bone spurs and nerve entrapment in her right hand. Wie, who will turn 30 near the end […]

MEXICO CITY – Seven-time WGC-Mexico Championship winner Tiger Woods got his first look at Club de Golf Chapultepec on Tuesday. Woods’ history in the event dates to when it was played at Doral, but he hasn’t played the World Golf Championship – which moved to Mexico in 2017 – since 2014 making his first look at the […]

Two days after J.B. Holmes helped reignite the pace-of-play debate at Riviera, Holmes’ native Kentucky is making a bizarre change to its high school state golf tournaments in an effort to end slow play. While realigning its golf divisions for boys and girls, the Kentucky High School Athletic Association passed a new rule, which will […]

Steve Stricker is bringing a whole new meaning to a home Ryder Cup. In what has seemed like a formality for months, the Wisconsin native was formally introduced Wednesday as the next U.S. captain. The 2020 matches will be held Sept. 25-27 at Whistling Straits, about two hours from Stricker’s Madison home. “Truly, a dream […]

There were tears of joy when Brittany Lincicome heard her baby’s heartbeat Tuesday and saw her child move during an ultra sound. “What a miracle,” she wrote in an Instagram post announcing her pregnancy. The emotions were especially powerful because of the heartache she went through almost a year ago. “We can talk about it,” […]

Steve Stricker is getting rid of the 11th-hour captain’s pick. During his introductory news conference Wednesday, Stricker said that all four captain’s picks will be announced at the same time – on Sept. 1, 2020, two days after the conclusion of the Tour Championship. “I think it’s a good move,” Stricker said. “We’ve experienced when […]