At the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first leg of the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs, Phil Mickelson will make his first title defense on the PGA Tour Champions. Despite winning the Constellation Furyk & Friends two weeks ago for Lefty’s third win in four starts on the Champions tour, the 51-year-old isn’t planning on going all-in yet on […]
While sitting courtside at the Utah Jazz’s season opener Wednesday night, future NBA hall of famer Dwyane Wade got some pointers on his golf game from Tony Finau. During the game, the camera caught the two talking and it appears Finau was giving Wade advice on his grip and follow-through technique. Finau, a Utah, native, also quoted the video on Twitter, […]
ANTA PONSA, Spain — Jeff Winther shot an 8-under 62 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Mallorca Open on Thursday. The Danish player had 10 birdies and two bogeys at the Santa Ponsa course. “I didn’t have any expectations going into this week, got my family here so we are […]
As the 161st-ranked player in the world, Hiroshi Iwata is apparently not a recognizable figure or a household name – even in his homeland. That was made painfully clear earlier this week. “Someone asked me if I was a caddie when I was having a meal,” Iwata told reporters Thursday at the Zozo Championship. “Events like […]
CHIBA, Japan – Japan’s Hiroshi Iwata shot a 7-under 63 Thursday to take the first-round lead at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship. Iwata had a one-stroke lead over Joaquin Niemann and 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama on the par-70, 7,041-yard Narashino Country Club course. Defending champion Patrick Cantlay is taking the rest of the year off […]
Gold medal winner Xander Schauffele was 3 under par through his first 5 holes in the opening round of the Zozo Championship, before finishing with an even-par 70. Schauffele made four bogeys and just one birdie the rest of the way on Thursday at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club. He’s seven back of leader Hiroshi Iwata. […]
For the third consecutive start, Hideki Matsuyama has opened a PGA Tour event by shooting 6 under par. He would like the next three rounds to not follow his recent trend. Matsuyama shot 6-under 64 in the first round of the Zozo Championship in Chiba, Japan. He trails compatriot Hiroshi Iwata by one shot. It was […]
BUSAN, South Korea – Jin Young Ko missed extending an LPGA Tour scoring record in the rain while her South Korean compatriots packed the first-round leaderboard of the BMW Ladies Championship on Thursday. Ko had 14 straight rounds in the 60s, tying her with Annika Sorenstam (2005) and So Yeon Ryu (2015-17) for the most […]
Less than two weeks removed from her record-setting win at the Founders Cup in New Jersey, Jin Young Ko is now 7,000 miles away in her native South Korea looking to make more history at the BMW Ladies Championship. In Ko’s final round at Mountain Ridge Country Club, the world No. 2 tied Annika Sorenstam’s LPGA record […]
Xander Schauffele is trying to double dip on his Japanese success. More than two months after taking home the gold medal at the Olympic Games, Schauffele is back in Japan as one of the favorites heading into the Zozo Championship. Moved last year to California because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Zozo returns to Japan […]