10:38 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Worn out after two long nights with infant daughter Chesnee, Stacy Lewis shot a 6-under 65 on Thursday for a share of the lead with Hannah Green after the first round of the Hugel-Air Premia LA Open. “I’m looking forward to get a little rest,” Lewis said.
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10:03 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — Scott Stallings and Trey Mullinax shot a best-ball 11-under 61 to top the Zurich Classic leaderboard after a weather delay longer than seven hours prevented half of the 80 teams from even teeing off Thursday. Stallings and Mullinax, who started on the back nine, birdied their last
9:12 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods hopes winning the Masters to end 11 years without a major will lead to more majors in his pursuit of the record held by Jack Nicklaus. But in an interview with GOLFTV, Woods says catching Nicklaus won’t be easy. Woods says he needs
4:11 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Two-time champion Ernie Els has been given a special exemption to the U.S. Open for the second straight year. Els is the first player since Hale Irwin in 2002 and 2003 to receive special exemptions in consecutive years. Irwin is a three-time U.S. Open champion. Els
3:55 PM ET John Peterson, a former NCAA champion who retired from professional golf last year at age 30, has changed his mind, in part due to Tiger Woods‘ “inspiring” victory at the Masters. Peterson, who was a three-time All-American at LSU and won the 2011 NCAA individual title, had toyed with retirement from the
9:46 PM ET Tiger Woods will be playing in Japan this fall at the PGA Tour’s first official event in the country. Woods announced his intention to play the ZOZO Championship on Wednesday and is expected to play an exhibition match in Asia as part of a content agreement he signed last year with GolfTV.
7:36 PM ET Associated Press Captain Tiger Woods and part of his U.S. team can expect to be bleary-eyed at the Presidents Cup this year. Woods announced Tuesday that his Hero World Challenge will return to the Bahamas in December and end on Saturday (Dec. 7) instead of Sunday to give him and some of
5:07 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Four members of a Texas family are facing federal charges in what prosecutors say was a scheme that used stolen identities to get tickets to the Masters golf tournament, then resell those tickets at a healthy profit. Documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Augusta charged
2:47 PM ET Steve Williams said he has not watched any golf on television since leaving the full-time caddie ranks at the end of 2017. But he couldn’t help but tune in during the wee hours of a Monday morning in New Zealand to catch the end of the Masters. And he said he could
7:53 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — C.T. Pan watched the Masters last week with his wife, and sometimes caddie, Yingchun Lin, thrilled by Tiger Woods‘ stirring victory at Augusta National. His wife, Pan recalled, told him point blank, “Hey, I’m not patient, so you better get me (to Augusta) as soon