3:59 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Brooks Koepka‘s only birdie on Friday happened without the help of his putter, which made all the sense in the world. The highest-ranked player in The Honda Classic field this week simply couldn’t score, and his tournament is over. Koepka missed six putts inside of
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3:35 PM ET This is not the ideal way to prepare for immediate success in tournament golf. It might not be the ideal way to prepare for the Masters. But it is the Tiger Woods way. And perhaps we should have seen it coming. Woods, in what was looking to be less and less of
2:30 PM ET For the second straight year, Tiger Woods is skipping the Arnold Palmer Invitational, a tournament he has won eight times. “He is not going to play,” Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, said in a text to ESPN. “Back still stiff and just not quite ready.” Woods opted to skip the WGC-Mexico Championship last
11:50 AM ET Rookie Rasmus Hojgaard carded a second-round 68 to take a share of the lead alongside Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher after 36 holes at the Oman Open on Friday. Hojgaard, 18, was in the lead as he stepped onto the tee at the 17th hole, having already carded to five birdies and an eagle,
2:24 AM ET Associated Press QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand — LPGA major winner Pernilla Lindberg of Sweden has missed the cut at the New Zealand Open after becoming the first woman to play in the 101-year-old men’s professional tournament. Lindberg shot 1-over 73 Friday to follow her first round 9-over-par 80, finishing in a tie for
6:53 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Sponsor exemptions are basically free-play gifts handed out by the people in charge of golf tournaments, a handful of invitations available most weeks to those who wouldn’t have otherwise qualified for an event. Tom Lewis and Harris English were among the recipients for The Honda
9:21 AM ET Italy’s Guido Migliozzi carded an opening-round 66 to take a one-shot lead at the Oman Open on Thursday. Migliozzi, 23, got off to a quick start, making three birdies on three of the first four holes on the way to grabbing a one-shot lead following a bogey-free round. The Italian won two
4:59 PM ET Associated Press MUSCAT, Oman — Italian golfers Lorenzo Gagli and Edoardo Molinari have withdrawn from the Oman Open on the European Tour amid reports they are being isolated to determine if they have the virus spreading in Europe. Gagli tells Italian newspaper La Nazione that a European Tour doctor told him at
4:59 PM ET Italian golfers Lorenzo Gagli and Edoardo Molinari have been reinstated in the Oman Open after the pair had withdrawn from the tournament on Wednesday amid concerns that they had coronavirus. Gagli and Molinari, who have been sharing a hotel room in Oman, were subject to concerns that they had coronavirus after Gagli
10:59 AM ET With the PGA Tour now in Florida, Tiger Woods said Tuesday that “it feels like the Masters is right around the corner.” It is just six weeks away, and Woods said he’s been thinking about his pursuit of a sixth green jacket since returning from the Presidents Cup in Australia. But the