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LOS ANGELES – Play was suspended almost as soon as it started on Thursday at the Genesis Open. When play resumes at 4:40 p.m. ET, all scores will be reset. The PGA Tour decided to wipe the slate clean after only 10 groups began their opening rounds at Riviera Country Club. It was the first […]

Phil Mickelson played one hole before his opening round was suspended at the Genesis Open. And what a hole it was. Starting at the short, par-4 10th, Mickelson hit his tee shot into a bunker, 45 yards from the hole. He then hit his second shot into a greenside bunker, and into a plugged lie. He […]

The USGA announced Thursday that Lucy Li violated the Rules of Amateur Status, but that the 16-year-old will retain her amateur status after receiving a “one-time warning.” Li appeared in an Apple Watch advertisement campaign in early January, immediately catching the attention of the USGA. After a review period, a USGA committee determined that Li had breached […]

Ben DeArmond had never been nervous on the golf course in his life. But after Thursday, he said he now knows that nerves are real. As he rinsed ball after ball into the penalty area on Lakewood National’s par-4 second hole in Thursday’s first round of the Web.com Tour’s Lecom Suncoast Classic, DeArmond lost feeling […]

Maverick McNealy called it “the dumbest 6 of the year.” He chunk-pulled a 3-wood into the water and then flew the green with a wedge to bogey the par-5 16th hole Thursday at Lakewood National in Bradenton, Fla. The mistake dropped McNealy back to even par through seven holes. But he remained positive. A hole […]

BRADENTON, Fla. – Boo Weekley has been known to put down the golf clubs. But usually it’s to pick up a fishing pole. For much of the past two years, that hasn’t been the case for Weekley. The 45-year-old golfer hasn’t played on the PGA Tour since missing the cut at the 2017 RBC Canadian […]

LOS ANGELES – Given a slight reprieve by the PGA Tour and Mother Nature, Jordan Spieth took full advantage during the opening round of the Genesis Open. Spieth was among the select few players who took to the course early Thursday morning amid dreary conditions, and he struggled on the par-4 10th to begin his round. […]

LOS ANGELES – After sitting out the first day of the Genesis Open, Tiger Woods is looking at a long day of golf on Friday. Woods was drawn in the half of the field that was originally expected to play late Thursday and early Friday, meaning that he never saw the course during an opening […]

After expressing concern that golf is becoming a “laughingstock” thanks to recent rule changes, Adam Scott continued to be outspoken earlier this week at the Genesis Open. In speaking with Golf Digest, Scott addressed the slow-play problem on the PGA Tour. Pace of play is a recurring problem in all levels of golf, especially at the top, but […]

LOS ANGELES – Jordan Spieth completed his opening round of the Genesis Open early Friday and planned to spend the rest of the day relaxing and preparing for what promises to be a marathon weekend. Although his bogey-free, 7-under 64 left him two strokes clear of the field at the weather-delayed event, he didn’t expect that lead […]