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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 […]

The U.S. Ryder Cup team isn’t burying the memories of its defeat last September. Newly appointed captain Steve Stricker announced Wednesday that Jim Furyk, the 2018 captain, will serve as one of Stricker’s vice captains for the 2020 matches at Whistling Straits. Stricker was an assistant under Furyk at Le Golf National, where the Americans […]

The LPGA’s new season ramps to another level at the Honda LPGA Thailand this week. The strongest field of the year thus far will tee it up with nine of the top 10 players in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings scheduled to play. Rolex world No. 1 Ariya Jutanugarn is looking to scrape the rust […]

MEXICO CITY – The chess game that will be Tiger Woods’ schedule this season has reached an interesting crossroads. When Woods announced last week that he planned to play this week’s WGC-Mexico Championship the speculation began as to how this might impact where he plays in the run up to the Masters. Next week’s Honda […]

MEXICO CITY – Although he’s won the WGC-Mexico Championship seven times, this is Tiger Woods’ first trip to Mexico City and he admitted on Wednesday that the course presents a unique test because of the layout’s elevation. “The golf course is going to be a challenge trying to figure out what we’re going to do […]

MEXICO CITY – Steve Stricker had officially been on the job for just a few hours and he was already fielding what promised to be tough questions about Patrick Reed. Stricker, who was named the 2020 U.S. Ryder Cup captain, said he’s already spoken with Patrick Reed about last year’s matches and that he doesn’t expect […]