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SINGAPORE (AP) — Six-time LPGA Tour winner Celine Boutier had a bogey-free round of 8-under 64 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship. The 30-year-old French player had a 36-hole total of 7-under 137 on the Sentosa Golf Club course, a layout a short drive south of the Singapore city …
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Ramey, Kim each shoot bogey-free 64s at PGA National, grab early lead at Cognizant Classic
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Chad Ramey’s first two trips to PGA National as a professional were largely forgettable. He might have a chance to change that this week. Ramey shot a bogey-free round of 7-under 64 on Thursday in the opening round of the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches, tying S.H. Kim for the 18-hole lead. Kim …
Read More »Alvaro Ortiz goes for a big win at home. He shares the lead in Mexico Open
VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Alvaro Ortiz got off to a strong start and did just enough right at the end for a 7-under 64, giving him a share of the lead Friday in the Mexico Open as he goes for yet another victory in his home country. This would be the biggest of all for Ortiz, who won twice on …
Read More »LIV’s Joaquin Niemann is one of three players to receive a special invitation to the Masters
Joaquin Niemann competed outside LIV Golf in his offseason and got something money can’t buy. He was among three players given a special invitation Wednesday to play in the Masters. Augusta National also invited 21-year-old Ryo Hisatsune, the first Japanese player to be European tour rookie of the year, and Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark. Nieman had said when he won …
Read More »Hideki Matsuyama wins at Riviera with 62. He becomes Asia’s most prolific PGA Tour winner
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The conversation began seven years ago when Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama won his fourth PGA Tour title to pass Shigeki Maruyama, his mentor. Maruyama told him the ultimate mark was nine tour wins, a record for most by an Asian-born player. Matsuyama had little reason to believe that would come Sunday at Riviera. Six shots behind …
Read More »Tiger Woods hits a shank in his return to golf and opens with 72 at Riviera
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Any chance of Tiger Woods breaking par in his first official PGA Tour event in 10 months ended with one swing Thursday and a five-letter word he wasn’t afraid to say. Shank. Woods said his back began to spasm over the final few holes in the Genesis Invitational at Riviera. He said that’s what led to …
Read More »Nick Taylor wins Phoenix Open with birdie on 2nd hole of playoff with Charley Hoffman
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Nick Taylor had an emotional victory last year in the Canadian Open, capped by an unforgettable tackle. The 35-year-old Canadian made more memories at the Phoenix Open with a massive rally to take down Charley Hoffman. Taylor rallied from three down with four holes left in regulation and made an 11-foot birdie putt to beat Hoffman …
Read More »Column: Rory McIlroy and Jay Monahan have trust issues in golf’s big divide
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The obnoxious money ruining golf was sure to create trust issues with the leadership, and that lingers even as PGA Tour Enterprises is now flush with cash from its new minority investor. Now it might be a question of who has lost the locker room: Jay Monahan or Rory McIlroy? How much Monahan has fallen …
Read More »Column: Rory McIlroy and Jay Monahan have trust issues in golf’s big divide
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The obnoxious money ruining golf was sure to create trust issues with the leadership, and that lingers even as PGA Tour Enterprises is now flush with cash from its new minority investor. Now it might be a question of who has lost the locker room: Jay Monahan or Rory McIlroy? How much Monahan has fallen …
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