10:48 AM ET Tiger Woods announced Tuesday that he is writing his first-ever memoir, to be called “BACK,” which was described in a news release as the “first and only account directly from Woods, with the full cooperation of his friends, family and inner circle.” Woods, who at 43 won the Masters earlier this year
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8:00 PM ET The situation that unfolded in Houston last week was inevitable. Not so much the feel-good story of Lanto Griffin winning his first PGA Tour event — and finishing in the top 10 for the first time, too. Those kind of tales are common in golf, perhaps more so when many of the
7:10 AM ET Henrik Stenson and Annika Sorenstam will host a new tournament in Sweden next year with men and women facing off on the same course for a single trophy and prize fund, organisers announced on Monday. The 2020 Scandinavian Mixed, co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Ladies European Tour, will take place between
7:29 PM ET Associated Press HUMBLE, Texas — Lanto Griffin took the lead with a 35-foot birdie putt and won the Houston Open on Sunday with a 6-foot par that gave him a 3-under 69 and a one-shot victory that sends him to the Masters next year. Griffin was locked into a battle on the
5:53 PM ET Associated Press CARY, N.C. — Jerry Kelly knew he needed to make as many birdies as he could Sunday in a sprint to the finish in the SAS Championship. He was so locked into the process that he didn’t realize how many he made until he marked them down on his card.
1:39 PM ET Associated Press Bernd Wiesberger moved atop the Race to Dubai rankings by winning the Italian Open on Sunday for his second Rolex Series victory of the year. Wiesberger carded a bogey-free six-under 65 at Olgiata Golf Club for a one-stroke victory over Matthew Fitzpatrick after beginning the day three strokes behind the
8:35 PM ET Associated Press HUMBLE, Texas — Lanto Griffin recovered from a rain-delayed double-bogey finish to his second round earlier Saturday to post a 7-under-65 — the day’s best score — in his third and secure a single-stroke lead through 54 holes of the Houston Open. Mark Hubbard is alone in second place at
5:31 PM ET Associated Press CARY, N.C. — Woody Austin birdied his last two holes Saturday for another 5-under 67 that moved him into a share of the lead with Doug Barron going into the final round of the SAS Championship on the PGA Tour Champions. Barron, who seemingly took control with an eagle on
11:58 AM ET England’s Matthew Fitzpatrick carded a 68 to hold his one-shot lead going into the final round at the Italian Open in Rome on Saturday. Fitzpatrick, 25, moved to 13 under for the tournament but got off to a roller coaster start with a birdie at the first and a bogey at the
9:33 PM ET Associated Press HUMBLE, Texas — Expectant father Peter Malnati started strong and shot 7-under 65 on Friday to lead at the Houston Open after morning rain and lightning prevented the second round from being completed. First-round co-leader Austin Cook, who opened with an 8-under 64, briefly got to 11-under before dropping all