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At 47, a happy Lee Westwood has a chance for his biggest win at the Players He is one of the more accomplished players in golf. But he doesn’t have a major. Nor does he have a win the size of the Players. With his fiancée at his side, Westwood heads into Sunday with his

10:30 AM ET France’s Antoine Rozner sealed victory at the Qatar Masters with a 60 foot putt on the last to win his second European Tour title. High winds disrupted play on day three and Rozner went into the final day three shots off the lead having carded a 68 the day before. 1 Related

7:28 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Lee Westwood gets another shot at winning the Players Championship — and another crack at Bryson DeChambeau. Westwood made a 25-foot birdie putt on the island-green 17th hole, and he closed out a 4-under 68 with a 5-footer for par to extend his bogey-free streak

7:52 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — With apologies to a couple of pretty nice events in the United Arab Emirates, Lee Westwood is on the verge of the biggest victory of a long career that has seen him win all over the world. There’s still 18 holes to go. Plus, he’s got to

3:59 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – No. 1-ranked Dustin Johnson said Saturday that he will not participate in the men’s Olympic golf tournament in Tokyo this summer. Citing the hectic schedule that surrounds this year’s Summer Games, postponed from 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, Johnson — the reigning FedEx Cup champion —

2:15 PM ET It might just be one of the most famous putts in golf history. And this year, it turned 20 years old. In 2001, on Saturday at TPC Sawgrass, eventual champion Tiger Woods stood on the very back edge of the famous island green, staring at a 60-footer to the front-left hole at

7:51 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Players Championship almost never discriminates. It doesn’t matter if you are young or old, hit it long or short, make everything on the greens or struggle with putting. Anybody can contend. TPC Sawgrass has long had this reputation. It simply favors no one. And it is

7:20 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Lee Westwood isn’t interested in comparing himself with the player who rose to No. 1 in the world a decade ago. All he knows is he’s playing some of his best golf, and he gets another chance to see if it can hold up against

7:51 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Sergio Garcia rushed to the first tee and raced to the finish line Thursday in the Players Championship. Most importantly, he avoided the kind of wreck that allowed TPC Sawgrass to live up to its reputation as the course where anything can happen to anyone

7:27 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Steve Stricker began the week as the fifth alternate in the Players Championship field. He woke up early Thursday morning in Naples, Florida, realizing he was one player withdrawal away from getting into the tournament. A few hours later, he was on his way to PGA Tour

5:08 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — His opening tee shot suggested it was not going to be a fun day for Rory McIlroy. Set up to cut his drive into the 10th fairway — his first hole of the Players Championship — McIlroy hit what pros call a “double-cross” and instead hooked his

4:35 PM ET Brooks Koepka‘s status for the Masters is in doubt as he will undergo medical evaluations on his right knee to determine how to proceed. Koepka’s agent, Blake Smith, confirmed a Golfweek.com report in which Koepka said he sprained his right knee last week. The four-time major champion on Sunday withdrew from this

1:54 PM ET Rory McIlroy suggested in an interview with Jimmy Fallon that Tiger Woods could be headed home soon after spending the past two-plus weeks in the hospital following a serious car accident on Feb. 23. Woods suffered multiple fractures in his right leg in the accident, requiring several hours of surgery at a

7:29 AM ET A year ago, the Players got one round in before the world stopped. But now, the best field in golf is back at TPC Sawgrass, with players searching for both a prestigious win and a huge paycheck of $2.75 million. Here’s who our experts think takes home the trophy and the cash:

8:00 AM ET After bombing his way to victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Bryson DeChambeau and the rest of the PGA Tour’s best head to TPC Sawgrass for The Players Championship. Rory McIlroy, who faded over the weekend but still finished tied for 10th last week, is the defending champion. Which players are the

3:39 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Call it the Bryson Rule. The PGA Tour announced Tuesday that “in the interest of safety, volunteers and other personnel,” it would be instituting internal out of bounds on the 18th hole of the TPC Sawgrass for this week’s Players Championship. Bryson DeChambeau was not cited, but

3:57 PM ET Former Masters champion Danny Willett had to withdraw from the Players Championship on Tuesday due to a positive COVID-19 test taken as part of the PGA Tour weekly protocols. Willett, who tied for 31st last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, is the first player since Padraig Harrington at the AT&T Pebble

1:46 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy is the defending champion of a tournament that wasn’t played last year. That’s strange enough, but McIlroy actually shot a 72 on the first day of the Players Championship that was later canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic a year ago this week. “I think