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Golf is hard. Even if you’re the best player in the world. World No. 1 Ariya Jutanugarn was teeing off on the par-4 14th in Round 1 of the Honda LPGA Thailand … and topped it. She flat-out topped it. Topped it like a 20-handicap. She bogeyed the hole, but unlike a 20-handicap, she also […]

MEXICO CITY — Tiger Woods couldn’t help but laugh. For whatever reason, the first-tee starter at the WGC-Mexico Championship — after rattling off the usual list of career achievements — introduced the 14-time major winner to the Chapultepec crowd as “Tiger … Tiger … TIGER WOODS!” Things quickly went downhill from there. With a 5-wood […]

Tiger Woods got off to an ominous start at the WGC-Mexico Championship, hitting his opening tee shot out of bounds and making double bogey. But after steadying himself with a couple of pars, Woods birdied the par-4 fourth and fifth holes. And then made it three in a row with a birdie at the par-5 […]

The USGA has announced several future U.S. Amateur venues, including a pair of recent U.S. Open hosts and a pair of upcoming Ryder Cup courses. The host sites for the next two years were already determined, with Pinehurst hosting this summer and Bandon Dunes in 2020. The scene will shift to Oakmont Country Club in […]

Bryson Nimmer had played more competitive golf so far this week than anyone in the field at the Puerto Rico Open. The Clemson senior shared medalist honors at the 54-hole Puerto Rico Classic on Tuesday at Rio Mar Country Club in Rio Grande. After a practice round Wednesday at Coco Beach Golf Club, site of this week’s […]

RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Andres Romero shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Puerto Rico Open. Romero birdied three of his last five holes in a bogey-free round at Coco Beach Golf and Country Club. The 37-year-old Argentine player won his lone PGA Tour title in New Orleans in 2008 and has […]

The shots were flying high in the thin air of Mexico City, but no one controlled their ball in the opening round better than Rory McIlroy. Here’s how things look after one day at the WGC-Mexico Championship, where McIlroy got off to a hot start en route to a one-shot lead: Leaderboard: Rory McIlroy (-8), […]

MEXICO CITY – A new face on Jordan Spieth’s bag, but a similar result on Thursday at the WGC-Mexico Championship. Playing with his father, Shawn, on his bag because his normal caddie Michael Greller had to return home following the death of his father, John “Bear” Greller, Spieth struggled to a 4-over 75. It was Spieth’s second […]

MEXICO CITY – It’s been a whirlwind handful of weeks for Ryan Fox. Fox had played five consecutive weeks in three different countries, from the United Arab Emirates to Australia, before the real scramble began Monday when he learned he’d earned a spot into this week’s WGC-Mexico Championship. Fox flew from New Zealand to Mexico […]

MEXICO CITY — To hear him tell it, Tiger Woods was undecided about his upcoming schedule until an hour before his first-round tee time Thursday in Mexico. At about the time he started his pre-round warmup, he announced on Twitter that he will skip next week’s Honda Classic in his own backyard and will be […]