Golf

6:31 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Chad Ramey became the only player to reach double digits under par at the Players Championship. The TPC Sawgrass, as usual, had the final say. Ramey put two tee shots in the water on the island-green 17th hole Friday for a quintuple bogey that cost

3:32 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Standing on the ninth tee box, his last hole of the second round at the Players on Friday, Jordan Spieth was 2 over par and probably needed a birdie to make the cut and stick around for the weekend. Spieth’s tee shot sailed far right and was

1:21 PM ET Attorneys for Tiger Woods said he never had an oral or written tenancy agreement with former girlfriend Erica Herman, who has sued a trust — that she claims Woods controls — for at least $30 million after he asked her to move out of his home following their breakup in October. In

6:30 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — It almost seemed like the PGA Tour’s middle (and working) class had a reminder for its stars in the opening round of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass on Thursday. The message: Hey, we’re not that bad either. After the tour announced Tuesday that it will stage

8:05 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Chad Ramey managed to avoid stress and bogeys Thursday in the Players Championship for an 8-under 64, making him an unlikely leader on a TPC Sawgrass course that rarely fails to deliver a surprise. Ramey had a 1-shot lead over two-time major champion Collin Morikawa

5:33 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Three-time major champion Padraig Harrington of Ireland, the late Tom Weiskopf and the remaining founders of the LPGA Tour were among those elected Wednesday for the World Golf Hall of Fame. The induction will be June 10, 2024, the Monday ahead of the U.S. Open

2:42 PM ET Tiger Woods‘ former longtime girlfriend is asking a judge to remove her from a nondisclosure agreement that she claims the 15-time major champion forced her to sign when their relationship started in August 2017, according to court records obtained by ESPN. The civil complaint filed Monday in the Circuit Court of the

9:30 AM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Players has never had a back-to-back champion, and it won’t again this year with defending winner Cameron Smith playing in the LIV Golf League. Top stories of the week from Get exclusive access to more than 3,000 premium articles a year from top writers.• Kiper picks

Mar 7, 2023 PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — While acknowledging that the emergence of the LIV Golf League led to radical changes on the PGA Tour, including future events with limited fields of 70 to 80 players and no 36-hole cuts, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan insisted Tuesday that the rival circuits won’t be the

10:00 PM ET Rory McIlroy called it “a slap in the face” for James Hahn to miss Tuesday’s player meeting after Hahn had strongly criticized the PGA Tour’s new format of play announced for 2024. “Like, you say all this s— and you’re not even in the meeting?” McIlroy said of Hahn. “If you want

3:19 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods isn’t the only familiar name missing at the Players Championship this week. Defending champion Cameron Smith, who had eight one-putts in the final nine holes to win by a stroke over India’s Anirban Lahiri last year, also isn’t at TPC Sawgrass to defend what was

7:03 AM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — A year ago, Cameron Smith captured what was then the richest winner’s purse in men’s golf history when he one-putted eight of the last nine holes to win the Players in a Monday finish. Smith collected $3.6 million after surviving rainy and windy conditions, along with a

8:15 AM ET Golf fans won’t get to see Tiger Woods at The Players, the PGA Tour’s signature event, but they won’t have to wait long to see him back on the course. Woods is expected to return at the Masters, the first major championship of the season. The start of the tournament at Augusta

8:00 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Arizona — David Toms got up-and-down for his third bogey of the week on the par-4 18th hole at Tucson National on Sunday to beat Robert Karlsson by one stroke in the Cologuard Classic on the PGA Tour Champions. The 56-year-old Toms was surprised to learn that his tee

6:26 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Kurt Kitayama only had to look around at the players next to him in the practice area and right below him on the leaderboard at Bay Hill to know what he was up against Sunday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. “You can’t ignore it. You got to

Mar 5, 2023 Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Colombian rookie Nico Echavarria seized control with two straight birdies on the back nine and closed with a 4-under 68 for a 2-shot victory in the Puerto Rico Open for his first PGA Tour title. Echavarria was soaked on a sunny day at Grand Reserve,

3:42 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Defending champion Jin Young Ko of South Korea closed with a 3-under 69 Sunday to win the LPGA’s Women’s World Championship by two shots. Ko had a 72-hole total of 17-under 271 to finish two clear of American Nelly Korda, who started the final day two strokes behind

7:29 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Kurt Kitayama steadied himself down the stretch Saturday at Bay Hill, closing with two birdies over the last three holes to escape with an even-par 72 and a one-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Now comes the hard part for Kitayama, a 30-year-old Californian going after