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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – The best in golf will return to Pebble Beach for yet another U.S. Open this summer, but that doesn’t make this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am a scouting trip. A little more than four months from now, the test will be totally different. The course is even wetter and softer than […]

With the world more tuned in this year to see how men and women fare together in the ISPS Handa Vic Open’s progressive mixed format, leave it to an Englishwoman to leap into the spotlight. With a global TV broadcast beaming images around the world for the first time since the men and women began […]

The Players Championship is going gold. The winner of this year’s event will get a new trophy. Gone is the Waterford Crystal prize, which champions have received since 1982. In its place is a new sterling silver and 24k gold trophy which features a player standing atop the par-3 17th green, swinging a club. But not […]

The island green on the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass can be tough to hit under normal conditions. But what if you’re asked to do it with a driver? Rory McIlroy took on the full-bag challenge recently, with The Players now only a few weeks away as it returns to its former date in mid-March. […]

Most of that celebrated first wave of former collegians passing through the inaugural LPGA Q-Series last fall are making their rookie debuts at the ISPS Handa Vic Open in Australia. Former Alabama star Lauren Stephenson opened with a 4-under-par 69 Thursday, leaving her tied for 10th, just four shots off the lead. Her teammate with […]

The fisherman’s swing has officially landed on the PGA Tour. Hosung Choi has stolen the show this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where the 45-year-old’s unique motion helped him earn a sponsor exemption. After speaking with media members early in the week and braving the elements for a few practice rounds, Choi finally […]

It’s not often on the PGA Tour that you find yourself standing on the edge of the Pacific Ocean attempting to navigate your golf ball back onto the correct side of a sea wall. But, if you’re there, you might as well make birdie. That’s what Brandt Snedeker did from this certainly ridiculous position Thursday […]

Thankfully for Phil Mickelson, Twitter isn’t binding. Mickelson is relatively new to social media, and last month he tweeted a look at his upcoming schedule. Missing was his traditional stop at the Farmers Insurance Open, his hometown event that he hadn’t missed in nearly three decades. But also absent was the Genesis Open, with Mickelson […]

After one round on the Monterey Peninsula, there’s a familiar name near the top of the standings. Here’s how things look after the opening round at the AT&T Pebble Beach, where an unusually accurate Phil Mickelson trails by a shot: Leaderboard: Scott Langley (-7), Brian Gay (-7), Phil Mickelson (-6), Jason Day (-6), Kevin Kisner […]

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Hosung Choi’s “fisherman” swing, with his eccentric follow-through that looks like something between a stumble and a dance step, won over the galleries Thursday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, his playing partner Jerry Kelly and Choi’s playing partner Chris O’Donnell seemed to enjoy the […]