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Kitayama holds off the horde; wins API
ORLANDO, Fla. — Kurt Kitayama let an All-Star cast of contenders back into the tournament with a triple bogey, only to beat them all with a clutch birdie and the best lag putt of his life [...]
Kirk ends eight-year winless drought
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Chris Kirk waited nearly eight years to win a PGA Tour event again. Waiting one more hole on Sunday was no problem. Kirk stuck his approach to the par-5 18th to [...]
Golf and baseball a big hit in Arizona
By Jim Street LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. — The close relationship between baseball and golf is perhaps best personified by what has been happening for years in the Valley of the Sun.On any given day between the [...]
Rahm adds Genesis to ’23 tourney wins
LOS ANGELES — Jon Rahm returned to No. 1 in the world on Sunday by winning the Genesis Invitational with a performance that left no doubt who’s playing the best golf. Caught in a battle with [...]
Tiger’s prank on Thomas goes awry
LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods had some explaining to do Friday, about a putter so cold he nearly missed the cut at Riviera, and about a chauvinist prank he played on Justin Thomas in the Genesis Invitational. In [...]
Scheffler goes back-to-back at WM
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The great ones find a way. In tricky winds, Scottie Scheffler hit just five of 14 fairways for the second straight day at TPC Scottsdale, but he led the field in approaches and [...]
Rose, 42, wins first title in four years
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Spectacular is a word that comes to mind when you stand on the green at the par-3 ninth on Monterey Peninsula Country Club’s Shore Course and scan the landscape. Courtesy of an [...]
Super Week in the Valley of the Sun
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – It’s Super season in the Valley of the Sun! On the heels of the iconic Barrett-Jackson luxury auto auctions, tourists are now flocking in for Super Sun, Super Golf, and Super Bowl. The [...]
Homa’s epic comeback to win Farmers
SAN DIEGO — Southern California native Max Homa came from five shots off the lead to win the Farmers Insurance Open by two strokes over Keegan Bradley on Saturday at Torrey Pines, where Jon Rahm imploded [...]
Rahm holds off rookie for AmEx title
LA QUINTA, Calif. — While Jon Rahm had plenty of chances to pump his right first after nice shots on Sunday, the look of relief on his face after holding off rookie Davis Thompson put into [...]
