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World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler rides record day at TPC Sawgrass to Players Championship win

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH — A Tiger Woods sighting didn’t happen as many had hoped during the 50th edition of The Players Championship.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler picked up the slack and delivered a pretty good impression of golf’s ultimate closer. He also did something Woods didn’t at the PGA Tour’s showcase event.

With a bogey-free 8-...Read more

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Xander Schauffele chases down Wyndham Clark at TPC Sawgrass to set up Sunday showdown

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Xander Schauffele welcomed the chance to look Wyndham Clark in the eye and make him uncomfortable Saturday at The Players Championship.

Schauffele believed it was the only way to slow Clark’s roll at TPC Sawgrass, where he led by four shots after 36 holes and was positioned to turn the PGA Tour’s showcase event ...Read more

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At TPC Sawgrass, Wyndham Clark rises to occasion again in one of golf's big events

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The three times Wyndham Clark has won, it meant a little more and moved the needle.

With Brooks Koepka gone to LIV Golf, Clark has become the PGA Tour’s big-game hunter.

A victory at The Players Championship — where he leads by 4 strokes after 36 holes — would fit the profile of the reigning U.S. Open champion...Read more

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Rory McIlroy seizes lead at TPC Sawgrass amid controversy and struggle

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Golfer Rory McIlroy turned a wake-up call Sunday at Bay Hill into his best-ever start at TPC Sawgrass to grab a share of the lead at The Players Championship.

But like pretty much everything in golf these days, McIlroy’s opening round at the PGA Tour’s showcase event in its 50th year featured controversy and ...Read more

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World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler cruises to 5-shot win at Bay Hill

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Scottie Scheffler’s Sunday stroll at the Arnold Palmer Invitational ended a nearly year-long drought, secured his spot atop the world rankings and validated a recent putter change.

Scheffler’s 5-shot victory also turned an event known for final-round fireworks into a dud.

A closing 6-under-par 66 was the day’s low score...Read more

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Will Zalatoris loses lead down stretch as stage is set for scintillating Sunday at Bay Hill

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Will Zalatoris was in command, bogey-free and turning the Arnold Palmer Invitational into a runaway.

But nobody gets too far these days at Bay Hill before the golf course trips them up.

Zalatoris exited the 18th hole battered, bruised and holding a tattered scorecard following a pair of double-bogeys on the final four holes. ...Read more

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Mike Bianchi: Let's hope Rory McIlroy never stops speaking his mind

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Keep roaring, Rory.

Keep speaking your mind.

Keep being fearlessly outspoken instead of timidly cautious.

I hope Rory McIlroy never changes because we need more athletes who are willing to give us their unfiltered opinions, no matter whom they might offend. Unlike other say-nothing professional golfers, Rory is not afraid to...Read more

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Mike Bianchi: Golf is in a state of turmoil, but The Arnie is still thriving

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Arnold Palmer still stands unwaveringly tall despite the unsteady landscape in the sport he popularized.

The 13-foot, 1,400-pound bronze statue at Bay Hill depicting the late, great Palmer finishing one of his mighty golf swings epitomizes the power and prestige his tournament — The Arnold Palmer Invitational — still has on the PGA Tour.

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PGA Tour stars seek returns to winner's circle at Arnold Palmer Invitational

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Kurt Kitayama’s stunning win at the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational was the journeyman’s first victory on the PGA Tour, or on any relevant tour.

These days, first-time winners are popping up everywhere.

Four of nine champions in 2024 had never reached the winner’s circle and reigning U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark was...Read more

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Jim Alexander: Patrick Cantlay leaves the door ajar, and Hideki Matsuyama knocks it down

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PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Did Patrick Cantlay call it Saturday afternoon?

He led by five shots after Friday’s second round of the Genesis Invitational, the largest 36-hole lead at Los Angeles’ PGA Tour stop since 1983. Saturday, the former Servite High and UCLA golfer played as if his main goal was to stay out of trouble, and while he ...Read more

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Jim Alexander: Tiger's withdrawal from Genesis Invitational a reminder of what he still means to PGA Tour

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PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — We received a cruel reminder Friday of just how much Tiger Woods still means to the PGA Tour, and to golf in general.

He is no longer the Old Tiger, more like an old Tiger. He has a new personally-branded line of apparel — named after those red shirts he always wore on those Sundays when he was in the hunt — ...Read more

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Mirjam Swanson: Tiger Woods' influence felt far, wide and in the future

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LOS ANGELES — Has there ever been an influencer like Tiger Woods?

Yes, that’s a rhetorical question. Because, no, of course not.

How could you even begin to quantify how many golfers are golfers because of him? How would you truly measure his impact? Gigantic seems too little.

But there’s influence and then there’s infrastructure — ...Read more

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What will Tiger Woods play in at Genesis Invitational? Golfer ditches Nike for new brand.

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LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods will have a new look when he hosts and plays in the Genesis Invitational at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades this week.

In a lot of ways, it will be pretty similar to his old look.

Weeks after Woods parted ways with longtime sponsor Nike, the legendary golfer famous for wearing red on Sundays has ...Read more

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AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Final round pushed to Monday, fingers crossed

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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — A few hours after delaying the fourth round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, officials canceled play for the day Sunday and scheduled the pending final round for Monday.

Strong winds and rain Saturday continued overnight. By mid-morning Sunday, the rain had eased, but the winds had just picked up strength, often blowing...Read more

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AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Wyndham Clark makes record charge to lead

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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The new era of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am became historic Saturday but not because the tournament was cut in half, played without a cut or is offering a $20 million purse.

Instead, Wyndham Clark made the history, shooting a 12-under-par 60 at Pebble Beach Golf Links, the lowest score ever posted on the course, in the ...Read more

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Stephan Jaeger holds onto one-stroke leading entering final round of Farmers Insurance Open

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SAN DIEGO —The beast that is Torrey Pines South reared its head Friday in the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open, leaving some golfers feeling more like they’d gone 15 rounds than 18 holes.

Stephan Jaeger maintained his one-stroke lead heading into Saturday’s final round, despite an inconsistent outing that included five birdies ...Read more

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Bryce Miller: 'Old man' Charley Hoffman, Xander Schauffele share round, respect at Farmers

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SAN DIEGO — When Xander Schauffele first dipped his golfing toes into PGA Tour waters, the questions far outnumbered the birdies. Where-to-go stuff. What-to-do stuff.

Everything-under-the-sun stuff.

Schauffele leaned on another San Diego-area guy, veteran Charley Hoffman of Poway. The text messages flew as he the younger player tried to find...Read more

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Germany's Stephan Jaeger eagles final hole for second-round lead at Farmers Insurance Open

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SAN DIEGO — Stephan Jaeger eagled his final hole Thursday on the North Course at Torrey Pines, giving him a 64 for a one-shot lead midway through the Farmers Insurance Open.

Jaeger, who began the day 4-under after an opening-round 68 on the South, started on the North's back nine and birdied five holes to move onto the leaderboard.

The 34-...Read more

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Bryce Miller: Sleep-deprived Nicolai Hojgaard roars into contention at Farmers Insurance Open

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SAN DIEGO — If there’s a formula to win a PGA Tour event, Nicolai Hojgaard certainly is not following it. He came to soggy San Diego off a 20-hour travel day, sleep deprived, without seeing 27 of the 36 holes he played on the first two days of the Farmers Insurance Open.

Flying blind? Flying high, actually.

Hojgaard hurdled the physically ...Read more

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Bryce Miller: Lisa Cink, wife of PGA Tour's Stewart Cink, comes full circle in cancer fight at Farmers

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SAN DIEGO — In the quiet of a disquieting night at the sprawling MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Lisa Cink sat in a small, white room with her oncologist, doctor and PGA Tour-playing husband Stewart.

The group convened late, after much of the hospital had cleared, to walk through the results of a PET scan that would reveal the reach of ...Read more