KAPALUA, Hawaii – Justin Thomas kept bogeys off his card, thanks in part of Dustin Johnson’s caddie, and birdied three of his last five holes Thursday for an 8-under 65 to share the lead with Harris English in the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Thomas couldn’t have asked for a better start in his bid to […]
No one chases speed like Bryson DeChambeau. It’s a borderline obsession. Maybe not borderline. Though he’s never reached over 200 mph ball speed during a competitive round on the PGA Tour, he has crossed that threshold several times in practice. He said he hit 211 mph on the range earlier this week at the Sentry […]
It was a rough start to the new year. It was a wonderful start to the new year. Sergio Garcia bogeyed two of his first three holes on Thursday at the Sentry Tournament of Champions but rallied for a 6-under 67 to share the Round 1 lead. Garcia, who turns 41 on Saturday, bogeyed the […]
The American Express will be played without the traditional multi-day pro-am format as well as without spectators, because of the current COVID-19 outbreak in California and travel restrictions created by the pandemic. The American Express – one of two multi-day pro-am events on the PGA Tour, along with the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which is […]
President Donald Trump awarded on Thursday the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Annika Sorenstam and Gary Player. Babe Didrikson Zaharias was also awarded the medal, posthumously. The presentation took place in the East Room at the White House with 50-60 people in attendance and “went off without a hitch,” one of the guests told GolfChannel.com. The […]
For a guy who famously adheres to a strict diet of largely grilled chicken and broccoli, creating a Masters menu that can accommodate numerous generations and portray what the moment means will be a challenge for Dustin Johnson. Johnson said he has been thinking about what he might serve at the Champions Dinner in April […]
If the highlight of last month’s PNC Championship was 11-year-old Charlie Woods, son of 15-time major champion Tiger, the endearing sideshow was the feisty banter between the younger Woods and Justin Thomas. Thomas and Charlie Woods have an ongoing rivalry that includes regular putting competitions and at the PNC Championship, where Thomas was teamed with […]
Bryson DeChambeau still wants to get faster. That’s why he spent day after day since the Masters in his instructor Chris Como’s living room in Dallas, smashing ball after ball into a net, even sharing a launch monitor with a World Long Drive champion. All this while many of his peers, including world No. 1 […]
If success is best measured by imitation, consider the PGA Tour’s “9&9” pro-am format a qualified triumph. In 2018, when the circuit introduced the format, which allows players to play nine holes of the pro-am with one pro before finishing the round with a second pro, the idea was to inject some new life into the […]
In his first start since winning the Masters, Dustin Johnson is the betting favorite to win the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Johnson, who has twice won the year opener at Kapalua while adding four other top-7 finishes in the limited-field event, is listed at +650 odds to win, according to PointsBet Sportsbook. Just behind Johnson […]