9:15 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Harold Varner III took his place in history in the PGA Tour’s technology era, all because of a triple bogey. Jordan Spieth had his lowest 36-hole score in four years. Rory McIlroy shot 63 with a bogey on his final hole. The strongest field of the
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8:08 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — He wanted to get bigger and stronger, and Bryson DeChambeau delivered on his pledge. DeChambeau had plenty of time to work on his physique during the COVID-19 pandemic, a project that began late last year during his first break. Now he’s so big that DeChambeau figures
5:39 PM ET Tiger Woods‘ yacht, Privacy, was spotted headed up the East Coast earlier this week from Florida, but if it ends up docking in Hilton Head, South Carolina, the golfer will not be joining the vessel with the intention of playing the local PGA Tour event. The deadline for entry to the RBC
5:32 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — Before this week, Rory McIlroy had never played the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club because it never fit with his schedule. Over the years, it conflicted with a prestigious event on the European Tour and last year it would have meant playing four straight weeks. McIlroy’s
3:39 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — As a way to honor those on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus, the PGA Tour has added the last names of workers from around the Dallas-Fort Worth area to caddies’ bibs. From nurses and doctors to hospital administrators, the names are on all 148
8:52 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Even without any fans to cheer, there was quite a reaction to a birdie during the PGA Tour’s return — an audible “F-bomb” at the start of Golf Channel’s telecast Thursday. The network had been on the air for only a few minutes, and the first
9:02 PM ET ESPN News Services Although eerily quiet at times because of the absence of fans, golf was back to business at the Charles Schwab Challenge on Thursday as Justin Rose and Harold Varner III shared the lead at 7-under 63 at Colonial. Justin Thomas was among those a stroke back and Tom Lehman,
7:33 PM ET Professional golf returned to a most fitting stage at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Ben Hogan’s ballpark in Ben Hogan’s town. Until 6:50 a.m. local time on Thursday, June 11, when another Texan named Ryan Palmer launched the opening tee shot into a rising sun, the greatest comeback in golf history
6:50 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — Eleven people gathered behind the second hole at Colonial Country Club on Thursday for the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, fans were not allowed, but this group did not want to take no for an answer, especially as the top three
12:06 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Colonial already was quiet with no spectators around for the return of the PGA Tour on Thursday. And then at 8:46 a.m., it came to a standstill. Commissioner Jay Monahan stood on the first tee for the 8:46 a.m. starting time that was listed on the