Si Woo Kim birdied two of the final three holes to finish an 8-under 64 sneaking in ahead a hot Patrick Cantlay by one shot to earn his third PGA TOUR victory. “Every year, I’ve had a chance, but I couldn’t make it,” Kim said to the press by way of a translator. “I had…
By Ben Everill, PGATOUR.COM HONOLULU – It was the win that almost didn’t even get off the ground. Kevin Na was nearly forced to withdraw from the Sony Open in Hawaii for the third straight year when he felt pain in his ribs on Wednesday. He’d missed the previous two iterations with neck and finger injuries after…
By: Ben Everill, PGATOUR.COM Harris English claimed his third TOUR win in a playoff over Joaquin Niemann at the Plantation Course at Kapalua. “It feels amazing. All the hard work that has gone into this, all the highs and lows of golf that it brings over a career and I feel like I’ve gotten out of…
By: The Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The Bermuda grass of south Texas was unlike anything A Lim Kim had ever seen. The U.S. Women’s Open, with its reputation as the toughest test, was a major she had never played. What didn’t change in a frigid final round at Champions Golf Club was how to…
By: The Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Viktor Hovland of Norway holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole Sunday for a 6-under 65 and a one-shot victory in the Mayakoba Golf Classic, his second PGA Tour victory this year. It was the first time since the Mayakoba Classic began in 2007…
By: Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Robert Streb made an 8-foot par putt to stay alive in a playoff and ended it on the second extra hole Sunday with a pitching wedge that came an inch from going in, giving him a victory over Kevin Kisner in the RSM Classic. Streb won…
Wow. Just Wow. Where do we start? How about with a November Masters that brought us so many things that were special. With no ropes lining the fairways because there were no patrons. But somehow, everyone there knew where to go. Or a well-fitting tribute to Lee Elder, with establishing two scholarships in his name…
HOUSTON — Felicidades, Carlos Ortiz! With your victory in the Vivint Houston Open, you became the first player from Mexico to win on the PGA Tour in 42 years! Ortiz held off Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama by closing with a 5-under 65. He finished strongly. Only needing two putts for the win, the 29-year-old…
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda – It took a long time. Seven years, and 169 starts. But, for a 48-year-old, it might as well been two decades or longer. After carding a final round 64, including a birdie on the final hole of regulation, and then winning with a birdie on the first hole of the playoff, the…
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Patrick Cantlay found a great way to tune up for the November Masters. Make as many birdies as you can. Nine birdies all together in the final round, tying a personal-best for him and rallying from four shots behind. He ended up getting just far enough ahead that Jon Rahm and…
