Big-driving Bubba Watson captured his second Masters title in three years on Sunday (US time), pulling away from Jordan Spieth on the back nine for a three-stroke victory at Augusta National.
The Championship golf tournament has been relocated to a new venue in Singapore following “staging issues” with original host South Korea, the Asian Tour said Thursday.
Team Europe took a huge step toward winning the inaugural EurAsia Cup on Thursday when they crushed Asia 5-0 in the opening-day fourball matches of the Ryder Cup-styled event.
One of the last bastions of all-male sporting privilege is set to fall after the Royal & Ancient Golf Club announced Wednesday it has recommended its members should vote in favor of women being allowed to join the club in a ballot to be held on September 18.
Justin Rose leapfrogged ahead of Ryder Cup teammate Rory McIlroy to take sixth place in the world golf rankings on Monday.
Europe’s Ryder Cup skipper Paul McGinley picked Sam Torrance and Des Smyth as his vice-captains on Thursday for the biennial clash with the US in Scotland later this year.
Russell Henley won the US PGA Tour Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on Sunday (US time) with a birdie at the first hole of a four-way playoff, denying Rory McIlroy in a tournament he’d led for three rounds.
American Paula Creamer thanked the “man of my dreams” for her return to winning ways as she ended the longest drought of her career in thrilling fashion in Singapore on Sunday.
Following are the leading first-round scores on Thursday in the US PGA Tour 6 million dollar Honda Classic (United States unless stated, par-70):
India’s Rashid Khan overcame a double-bogey to shoot a three-under-par 69 as he kept ahead of the pack at the SAIL-SBI Open in Delhi on Thursday.
Khan, 23, opened Wednesday with a dramatic 11-under-par 61.