1:34 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry of Belgium lifted the World Cup of Golf trophy on Sunday. They may have won it on Friday. The Belgians had a few anxious moments on the back nine Sunday but held on to shoot a 4-under 68 and claim a three-stroke
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11:09 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Ernie Els expects Tiger Woods will be a U.S. playing captain when the two lead their teams at the Presidents Cup next December at Royal Melbourne. “I think so, the way he’s playing,” Els said Sunday during a media conference during the final round of the World
7:42 PM ET Turner Sports executives spent plenty of time coming up with a suggested pay-per-view price for “The Match” between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Now it looks as though the company won’t see any broadcasting revenue from Friday’s event. Turner issued a statement Saturday night acknowledging that it would be issuing refunds for
5:32 AM ET Aaron Rai stands on the brink of a first European Tour victory after the Briton shot a 2-under-par 70 Saturday to extend his Hong Kong Open lead to six strokes with just one round to play. Rai, who started the day leading by four shots after hitting a course-record 61 on Friday,
Australia’s Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman fired a seven-under-par 65 during Saturday’s four-ball (best ball) round, but their 13-under total means they’ll start Sunday’s foursomes six shots behind Belgium’s Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry, who carded a 63. On a calm day at Melbourne’s Metropolitan Golf Club, Pieters and Detry secured a five-shot lead over
10:17 PM ET LAS VEGAS — An obscene amount of money, a pay-per-view offering and a showdown between a couple of aging golf stars drew plenty of interest in the lead-up to The Match on Friday at Shadow Creek. No matter where you stood on the long-discussed, winner-take-all, $9 million encounter between Tiger Woods and
8:09 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Nineteen holes was not enough to decide “The Match” between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on Friday at Shadow Creek. So they settled it in true gambling fashion by making a makeshift 20th hole, played from the practice putting green behind the clubhouse to a newly cut hole on
6:03 PM ET Those who weren’t planning on paying $19.99 for “The Match” between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on Friday got a break when Turner executives decided, at the last minute, to give away its stream for free. A source told ESPN that a technical issue with the purchasing mechanism on Bleacher Report Live
2:25 PM ET They’ve talked about it for months. Finally, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are going to actually get down to playing their $9 million winner-take-all match. From the first shot, to the side bets, to the conclusion, we have you covered for every hole of their trip around Shadow Creek Golf Course in
6:08 AM ET Aaron Rai fired a course-record 9-under-par 61 to surge into a four-shot lead after the second round of the Hong Kong Open on Friday. The 23-year-old Englishman took full advantage of perfect scoring conditions for the early starters in Fanling, sinking six birdies in his first nine holes. Three more birdies ensured