5:57 AM ET The Hong Kong Open, which was postponed last month amid violence from escalating anti-government protests, will go ahead in January but without sanctioning by the European Tour, organisers said on Friday. The tournament, which had been scheduled to be played from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1, will now be held at Hong
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2:41 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Australian Matt Jones birdied his final hole Friday for a 6-under 65 and a one-stroke lead after two rounds on a day of low scoring at the Australian Open. Jones had a 36-hole total of 10-under 132 at The Australian Golf Club. Paul Casey shot 65 and Dimitrios
5:41 PM ET NASSAU, Bahamas — Patrick Reed not only wants to impress the boss, he wants to win his tournament — and is on track to do so. Captain America, who stirred things up pretty good last year in France at the Ryder Cup and needed an at-large pick from captain Tiger Woods to
5:28 PM ET Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — A tropical breeze replaced the raging wind and made golf a lot easier for Patrick Reed, Tiger Woods and just about everyone else Thursday in the Hero World Challenge. Reed took advantage of the back nine at Albany Golf Club for the second straight day. He was
4:31 PM ET NASSAU, Bahamas — Bubba Watson played with Tiger Woods on Thursday at the Hero World Challenge, an experience he took in stride, in part due to the low-key Bahamian vibe. It can’t be fun to get waxed by seven shots, as Watson did in playing alongside Woods at Albany Golf Club. But
10:13 AM ET Denmark teenager Rasmus Hojgaard carded a superb 6-under 66 for a share of the lead after the first-round of the Mauritius Open on Thursday. Hojgaard shares the lead with four other players, including Benjamin Hebert, Romain Langasque, Brandon Stone and Grant Forrest. 1 Related Hojgaard, 18, made an eagle on the par-5
3:28 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — World No. 1-ranked amateur Takumi Kanaya birdied his final two holes Thursday at the Australian Open for a 6-under 65 and a tie for the first-round lead with fellow Asian amateur Chun An Yu of Taiwan. Playing the back nine at The Australian Golf Course to open his
4:48 PM ET NASSAU, Bahamas — There was a light moment on Wednesday afternoon at Albany Golf Club when Tiger Woods made a point to let Justin Thomas know he had outdriven him, stopping dramatically to examine the younger golfer’s ball and then walking ahead to his own. Woods, 44 on Dec. 30, got a
4:11 PM ET Tiger Woods is 43 years old. Justin Thomas is 26. So when the old man blasts one by him, as he did in Wednesday’s first round of the Hero World Challenge, Tiger wasn’t going miss the chance to let him hear about it. Watch for yourself. Age is just a number. Just
8:54 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia, Ernie Els and other players at this week’s Australian Open could have another course hazard to contend with: smoke from nearby bushfires. A temperature inversion that formed over Sydney on Monday night trapped smoke in the region on Tuesday and caused considerable haze during