Archive for 'January,2017 '

Rahm could be PGA’s next big star

Rahm could be PGA’s next big star

CBS SPORTSLINE SAN DIEGO — Jon Rahm. Get to know the name. Roll it around on your tongue a little bit. See how it sounds out loud. You’ll be hearing it for the foreseeable future. You [...]

Late-round bogies bog down Tiger

Late-round bogies bog down Tiger

SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods had a rough return to the PGA Tour on Thursday. A slow one, too. Woods, playing in a PGA Tour event for the first in 17 months, fell apart on the [...]

Waste Management Preview

Waste Management Preview

by GW Staff & PGA Media Services  SCOTTSDALE – Excitement is building for the 2017 Waste Management Phoenix Open Presented by the Ak-Chin Indian Community (www.wmphoenixopen.com).  The Tournament, also known as “The Greatest Show on Grass,” [...]

Swafford builds Career with victory

Swafford builds Career with victory

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Hudson Swafford won the fittingly named CareerBuilder Challenge on Sunday for his first PGA TOUR title, following three straight birdies with a closing par for a one-stroke victory. Swafford shot a 5-under [...]

Weather, Langer beat Couples in Hawaii

Weather, Langer beat Couples in Hawaii

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — Bernhard Langer won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai to claim his 30th victory on PGA Tour Champions. He now sits in second place alone on the all-time list, trailing only Hale Irwin [...]

Finchem, Sauers among honorees

Finchem, Sauers among honorees

HOUSTON – Tim Finchem, who recently retired after 22 years as PGA Tour commissioner, and Gene Sauers, whose return to professional golf struck an emotional chord in 2016, have been added to the slate of 2017 [...]

Justin Thomas: Lowest score in history

Justin Thomas: Lowest score in history

HONOLULU — Challenged only by the record book, Justin Thomas won the Sony Open on Sunday with the lowest 72-hole score in PGA Tour history. Thomas capped off his wonderful week at Waialae that began with [...]

Gana wins, punches ticket to Masters

Gana wins, punches ticket to Masters

PANAMA CITY — Toto Gana of Chile atoned for a bogey on the final hole by making a short birdie putt to win a three-man playoff Sunday in the Latin America Amateur Championship and earn a [...]

Storm delivers playoff punch to Rory

Storm delivers playoff punch to Rory

Eighty-three days after losing his European Tour card, Graeme Storm took Rory McIlroy to a playoff on Sunday to win in the South African Open. “I’m in shock, this has been a surreal week,” Storm, the No. [...]

Kisner’s missed eagle putt costs his 59

Kisner’s missed eagle putt costs his 59

HONOLULU — Kevin Kisner came within a fraction on an inch of another 59 at the Sony Open. Needing an eagle on the par-5 ninth hole Saturday, Kisner hit an 8-iron to 9 feet below the hole [...]