7:35 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Early in the second round of the WGC-Mexico Championship, when Tiger Woods struggled to make pars on his opening two holes, he found himself 10 shots out of the lead — but unwilling to panic. As has often been one of his best attributes, Woods stayed patient Friday, unwilling
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9:25 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Dustin Johnson leads at the halfway point of the WGC-Mexico Championship, but he’s got a big group of golf stars chasing him that includes Rory McIlroy, Matt Kuchar, Sergio Garcia, Tommy Fleetwood … and Tiger Woods. That is the point of the World Golf Championships, which bring together the
7:37 PM ET Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Dustin Johnson putted for birdie on every hole Friday and shot a 4-under 67, leaving him bogey-free for 36 holes and two shots ahead of Rory McIlroy and Matt Kuchar going into the weekend at the Mexico Championship. Tiger Woods got back in the game with a
6:06 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — D.J. Trahan birdied the final hole Friday at windy Coco Beach Golf and Country Club for a 5-under 67 and a share of the second-round lead with Nate Lashley in the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open. Trahan had seven birdies and two bogeys in his
2:12 PM ET Associated Press CHONBURI, Thailand — South Korean golfer Jenny Shin snatched the lead at the LPGA Thailand with a birdie on the last hole of the second round at Siam Country Club Pattaya Friday. Shin bogeyed the sixth hole but sunk five birdies in the rest of the round, including the par-5
2:39 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Rickie Fowler was a victim of golf’s new rules on Friday when he failed to take a proper drop from knee height during the second round of the WGC-Mexico Championship. On his first hole of the day, the par-4 10th at Club de Golf Chapultepec, Fowler shanked his second
7:57 AM ET Spanish golfer Nuria Iturrios has established a four-shot halfway lead after taming brutal winds in the second round of the Australian Ladies Classic at Bonville. Iturrios carded a superb five-under-par 67 in Friday’s challenging conditions to take command of the tournament at eight-under overall. The 23-year-old backed up a steady front nine
8:21 PM ET MEXICO CITY — The first-tee announcer at Club de Golf Chapultepec had Tiger Woods laughing as he teed up his ball, introducing the 80-time PGA Tour winner in most unusual fashion. But Woods’ introduction to a Mexico golf competition was not so funny. Woods promptly knocked his tee shot out of bounds,
11:39 PM ET ESPN News Services MEXICO CITY — Rory McIlroy flirted with a hole-in-one on the same par 4 where Tiger Woods hit out of bounds with his first shot in Mexico. That’s about how their days went Thursday in the Mexico Championship. McIlroy, already off to a solid start on the back nine,
8:36 PM ET Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Jordan Spieth‘s father decided at the last minute to come down to the Mexico Championship without realizing how much he would be needed. Spieth’s caddie had to leave Wednesday morning when his father died. Shawn Spieth stepped in as his son’s caddie, his first time on the