7:25 PM ET Dustin Johnson, on the heels of his first FedEx Cup victory last week, was named the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year on Monday. Johnson was voted the recipient of the tour’s Jack Nicklaus Award, while Scottie Scheffler received the Arnold Palmer Award as the PGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year. The
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5:57 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — A Georgia man was sentenced Monday to more than two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a scheme that used stolen identities to obtain tickets to the Masters golf tournament. Federal prosecutors say Stephen Michael Freeman, 42, of Athens, and three family members in Texas
7:15 AM ET KENNETH FERRIE WAS already cooked when he stood near Phil Mickelson on the 72nd tee of the United States Open. The Englishman could have slipped under the ropes inside Winged Foot, the Yankee Stadium of golf, and joined the thousands of New Yorkers cheering for their left-hander to close it out. Ferrie,
8:00 PM ET Scottie Scheffler withdrew from the U.S. Open on Sunday because he had a positive COVID-19 test. Scheffler becomes the first player on the PGA Tour to test positive after six consecutive weeks of no positive cases. The United States Golf Association said Scheffler was asymptomatic and is at home in Dallas. South
7:03 PM ET Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Miguel Angel Jimenez completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the Sanford International, the PGA Tour Champions’ first event with fans since returning from a break for the coronavirus pandemic. Jimenez closed with a 5-under 65 at Minehaha Country Club to beat Steve Flesch by a stroke.
9:17 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Brian Stuard closed with a scrambling birdie for a 6-under 66 and a share of the Safeway Open lead Saturday with James Hahn and Cameron Percy. On a day when eight players held or shared the lead, the trio of Stuard, Hahn and Percy emerged in front
6:54 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Brooke Henderson tied a Mission Hills record with a 30 on the front nine and did just enough the rest of the round Saturday for a 7-under 65 and a share of the lead with Nelly Korda in the ANA Inspiration. Henderson started the weekend six
4:30 PM ET Associated Press VILAMOURA, Portugal — South African golfer George Coetzee will take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Portugal Masters after shooting 5-under 66 in the third round on Saturday. Coetzee entered the weekend eight shots behind Julien Guerrier. But the overnight leader bogeyed four holes on the day,
9:32 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Sam Burns overcame an early double bogey and used steady iron play and strong putting to take the Safeway Open lead Friday. Harry Higgs was right behind, cutting his deficit in half with his last swing. Burns made nine birdies in a 7-under 65 to get to
7:57 PM ET Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Miguel Angel Jimenez bogeyed the par-4 18th to fall into a tie with David Toms and Dicky Pride for the first-round lead Friday in the rainy Sanford International, the first PGA Tour Champions’ event with fans since returning from a break amid the coronavirus pandemic. The
5:38 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — The numbers suggested a stress-free time in the desert for Nelly Korda, who had five birdies and a clean card for a 5-under 67 to build an early two-shot lead Friday in the ANA Inspiration. All she could think about were two pars. The only fairway
10:49 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Russell Knox shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Safeway Open, the first event of the new PGA Tour season. After missing the FedExCup playoffs by two spots to close last season, Knox had seven birdies and eagled the 550-yard, par-5
10:45 PM ET Two-time major champion John Daly revealed during a Golf Channel instructional show that he has bladder cancer. Daly said he underwent a procedure to have the cancer removed but was told there is a good chance of recurrence. “[My urologist] said there’s an 85% chance it comes back,” said Daly, 54, in
Sep 5, 2020 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — On the morning of Feb. 7, 2017, as master sommelier Randall Bertao scanned the list of 79 students who were set to spend the next two days taking the Court of Master Sommeliers introductory exam, one name jumped off the page. He wasn’t expecting to see Cristie Kerr, seeking
8:11 AM ET Tim Herron turned 50 in February, his new lease on golf life set to commence. The PGA Tour Champions beckoned, and he was slowly getting acclimated to senior golf and its 54-hole events and golf carts when it all came crashing to a halt. Like the rest of the sports world, golf
2:58 PM ET Brooks Koepka, who has been hampered by a knee problem for the better part of a year, withdrew from next week’s U.S. Open at Winged Foot, tweeting, “I’m looking forward to getting healthy and competing at 100% again very soon.” Koepka has won two of the past three U.S. Opens and finished
1:05 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — The United States Golf Association announced Wednesday that it will move its equipment testing center and other offices to North Carolina as part of a $36 million investment within the iconic golfing village of Pinehurst. The USGA Research & Testing Center, along with the association’s foundation and
5:22 PM ET Associated Press Golfer Charley Hull of England has withdrawn from the ANA Inspiration after testing positive for the coronavirus. Hull has one LPGA Tour title among her four professional wins. She said she wasn’t feeling her best when she arrived in the California desert but chalked that up to jet lag, extreme