9:18 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Captain Tiger Woods made the surprising decision to keep himself on the bench Saturday at the Presidents Cup, despite his strong play over the first two days and his American team facing a sizable deficit. Woods, who won his Thursday and Friday matches with partner Justin Thomas, sat out
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7:16 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Harold Varner III and Ryan Palmer shot a 17-under 55 on Friday in the QBE Shootout to match the scramble record since the event moved to Tiburon Golf Club in 2001. Varner and Palmer eagled the par-5 17th and had 15 birdies and two pars in the
9:08 AM ET Welcome to the marathon session of the Presidents Cup. While the first two days were simple — one session, five matches each — the real grind and strategy arrives now at Royal Melbourne. There are two sessions, with four matches in each session — the first one is better ball, the second
1:49 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Tiger Woods figured he had a team more than capable of cruising to another Presidents Cup victory without him. Little did he know that all the off-course effort he put into his Presidents Cup captaincy over the past several weeks and months would be a backstory to his play
1:32 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Despite being his team’s best player so far, Tiger Woods will take the morning off at the Presidents Cup on Saturday. Woods, who is 2-0 with partner Justin Thomas and has helped account for 2 of the team’s 3½ points, will rest while Thomas partners with Rickie Fowler in
12:29 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The International team is going so well at this Presidents Cup that it had to settle for a three-point lead after two sessions at Royal Melbourne. Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay were among those who made sure it was only that. Louis Oosthuizen and Adam Scott rallied
1:59 PM ET Associated Press BARTOW, Fla. — A professional golfer was one of 124 people arrested in Florida in a prostitution and human-trafficking sting. Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey, 44, was arrested Sunday and charged with first-degree misdemeanor solicitation, news outlets reported. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that Gainey was arrested in an
11:05 AM ET Day 1 at the Presidents Cup did not go well for the U.S. side. OK, that’s an understatement. It was a disaster for Tiger Woods and his team. No team trailing by at least three points after the opening session has ever won the Cup. The International side heads into the second
11:09 AM ET Saudi Arabia will host its first ever golf tournament for women in March 2020 at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in Jeddah. The Ladies European Tour (LET) event will be staged between March 19-22 in collaboration with Golf Saudi and the Saudi Golf Federation and will carry a winning purse
1:39 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Perhaps out of necessity, Tiger Woods will play again Friday during the second day of the Presidents Cup. He’ll again partner with Justin Thomas, with whom he won his opening match Thursday — the only American victory in what was a surprising 4-1 deficit after the first session at