3:56 PM ET NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods twice turned down offers to play in the controversial Saudi International tournament on the European Tour, but he defended Phil Mickelson‘s decision to play the event early next year. Woods, who begins play in the Hero World Challenge on Wednesday at Albany Golf Club, was offered in
Golf
2:21 PM ET PHOENIX — The tournament chairman of the Waste Management Phoenix Open is “disappointed” that Phil Mickelson became the most recent PGA Tour golfer to decide to play in the controversial Saudi Invitational instead of the Arizona event in which he’s participated for 30 years. Phoenix Open chairman Tim Woods said he’s not
8:41 AM ET Spain’s Jon Rahm has been named the 2019 European Tour Golfer of the Year. Rahm finished the year as the No. 1 ranked player on the Euro Tour with victories at the Irish Open, Spanish Open and the World Tour Championship in Dubai. He finished second at the BMW PGA Championship and
9:17 AM ET NASSAU, Bahamas — Captain America is back, but not without some consternation. There are plenty in and around the game who would have had no problem with Patrick Reed being put in “timeout” for a year as penance for his pointed remarks in the aftermath of the 2018 Ryder Cup. For the
11:24 AM ET NASSAU, Bahamas — Some six months after winning the Masters, Tiger Woods finally sat down with his caddie, Joe LaCava, to watch the final round and relive the tense moments leading to his 15th major title on April 14. LaCava visited Woods recently at his South Florida home for some promotional work
8:44 AM ET Phil Mickelson will bypass a staple of his annual schedule to play the Saudi International tournament on the European Tour. The event is Jan. 30-Feb. 3, the same week as the PGA Tour’s Waste Management Phoenix Open, which Mickelson has won three times. The European Tour last year came under heavy criticism
3:24 PM ET Adam Scott is happy Tiger Woods is headed to Australia next week for the Presidents Cup. He simply hopes his countrymen don’t cheer for the reigning Masters champion. Woods will be making his first playing appearance in Australia since competing in the 2011 Presidents Cup and Scott hopes his International team can
2:06 PM ET Associated Press Pablo Larrazabal won the European Tour’s season-opening Alfred Dunhill Championship Sunday after losing a three-shot overnight lead and then making three birdies on his last four holes for a dramatic one-stroke victory. Larrazabal birdied the par-5 No. 18 as the Spaniard finished 8 under overall and just ahead of Sweden’s
5:12 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from the Hero World Challenge next week in the Bahamas so he can be better prepared for the Presidents Cup. Johnson had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Sept. 5 to repair cartilage damage. He has not played since Aug. 25 at
2:24 PM ET Associated Press Pablo Larrazabal kept his three-shot lead at the Alfred Dunhill Championship Saturday ahead of the final round of the European Tour’s 2020 season-opener. Larrazabal’s 2-under 70 in the third round put him 11 under par and kept him ahead of Wil Besseling (70). South African home favorite Branden Grace (71),