10:31 AM ET American Dustin Johnson carded a four-under-par 66 in the third round to go 13-under overall and take a two-shot lead at the Saudi International on Saturday. Despite a double-bogey on the par-four 13th when he found the water, Johnson recorded six birdies to stave off the challenge of Frenchman Victor Perez who
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8:45 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Steve Stricker is having too much fun at the Waste Management Phoenix Open to stress over a messy finish Friday. Trying to become the oldest winner in PGA Tour history, the 53-year-old U.S. Ryder Cup captain shot a 5-under 66 to get within a stroke of leader
7:48 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Over the first two days of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, Jordan Spieth saw the kind of round he’s been looking for. He putted “out of his mind” and then hit 11 fairways. Unfortunately, for Spieth, the two didn’t happen on the same day. The former came Thursday, the
12:27 PM ET New Zealand’s Ryan Fox carded a second consecutive five-under-par 65 to take a share of the lead in a rain-affected second round at the Saudi International on Friday. Over two hours of play were lost to wet conditions at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club, with several late starters having a majority
7:30 AM ET Taneka Mackey (née Sandiford), 26, is the first Bahamian woman caddie on the LPGA Tour. Since 2017, Mackey has caddied for LPGA Tour player Amy Olson. After suffering a seizure in November 2018, Mackey was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Despite her diagnosis, Mackey returned to Olson’s bag in 2019 and remains the
8:55 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Co-leader Matthew NeSmith nearly made a hole-in-one on the par-3 16th and barely got a reaction from the few fans. Xander Schauffele flubbed a chip and couldn’t help but hear a surprised spectator’s reaction. With attendance capped at about 5,000 at sunny TPC Scottsdale, a fraction of
10:21 AM ET Englishman David Horsey fired a nine-under-par 61 for a one-shot lead over Scot Stephen Gallacher in the opening round of the European Tour’s Saudi International on Thursday. Horsey started slow at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, before hitting form on the back nine with seven
7:30 AM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Before he set foot on the property at TPC Scottsdale, Justin Thomas could see that this year’s Waste Management Phoenix Open was going to be different. As he pulled in, Thomas had a view of the 18th hole from his car and didn’t see the large structures full of
3:30 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Rory McIlroy revealed new information Wednesday that explained why he thought his second shot on the 18th hole during the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines was embedded. A volunteer stepped on the ball while searching for it but did not share that information with
12:50 PM ET After being canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, The Open is scheduled to be played in July “with or without spectators,” said Martin Slumbers, chief executive of the R&A. In an interview with Sky Sports News in the United Kingdom published Tuesday, Slumbers said he was optimistic some number of