5:07 PM ET Tiger Woods will bypass an opportunity to play near his South Florida home next week as he is skipping the Honda Classic. Woods did not enter the tournament by Friday’s deadline, deciding to skip the event in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, for the second straight year. The decision was not a surprise
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8:09 AM ET Whether you’ve recently watched a PGA Tour event or follow professional golfers on social media, you’ve likely seen a drastic change in footwear choices from the best players in the world. Customized shoes, running shoes with spikes, and statements and messages expressed through words and pictures and bright colors have replaced the
7:54 PM ET Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Rory McIlroy switched back to his old putter for the Mexico Championship and it made a world of difference. It helps that he’s still hitting the ball like the No. 1 player in the world. McIlroy ripped a 4-iron from 275 yards into the thin air at
6:41 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Kyle Stanley shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead in the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open. With most of the top players in the world playing in the World Golf Championship event in Mexico, Stanley had nine birdies and a bogey
4:02 PM ET Former CBS television commentator Peter Kostis is the latest to call out Patrick Reed in the wake of a rules violation in the Bahamas, saying the golfer four times improved his lie or his line of play while he witnessed it in his duties for the network. Reed was assessed a two-shot
12:28 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Rory McIlroy dealt a serious blow to the prospects of the proposed Premier Golf League, saying Wednesday that he is not in favor of a plan that would see the top players splitting from the PGA Tour for a guaranteed financial windfall on a rival circuit. McIlroy, who at
12:00 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer Maria Fassi of Mexico capped an impressive amateur golf career with an NCAA individual title at Arkansas. Photo by Shane Bevel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Last April, María Fassi introduced herself to the world on multiple occasions. First, the 21-year-old golfer from Pachuca, Mexico, mounted an epic challenge in the
12:33 PM ET Patrick Reed‘s sandy rules violation in the Bahamas more than two months ago continues to garner attention. And Brooks Koepka is the latest to strongly weigh in when asked if he felt Reed cheated. “Uh, yeah. I think, yeah, yeah,” Koepka said Monday in a Sirius/XMI radio interview that covered a range
2:54 PM ET Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Hall of Fame golfer Mickey Wright, who won 82 LPGA tournaments including 13 majors, died Monday of a heart attack, her attorney said. Wright was 85. Attorney Sonia Pawluc said Wright had been hospitalized in Florida for the last few weeks after being injured in a
9:21 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Only moments into his pre-round practice session, hitting balls between Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson in his traditional Sunday red, it became clear that Tiger Woods was at Riviera Country Club in body but not spirit. The possibility of a tournament title had been doused a day earlier, and