Golf

6:49 AM ET Associated Press CHIBA, Japan — Japanese golfer Hiroshi Iwata shot a 7-under 63 Thursday to take the first-round lead at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship. Iwata had a one-stroke lead over Joaquin Niemann and 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama on the par-70, 7,041-yard Narashino Country Club course. Defending champion Patrick Cantlay is

Getty Images The greatest gifts have the broadest underbellies. This is more or less the story of Tiger Woods’ career — and life. The temptation that comes when everyone tells you that nobody has ever done it better is nearly impossible to stave off. I’m not talking about the temptation that ultimately unraveled Woods’ personal

After finishing runner-up to winner Rory McIlroy by a shot Sunday at CJ Cup in Las Vegas, Collin Morikawa is the slight betting favorite for this week’s Zozo Championship in Japan. Morikawa is listed at +600 odds to win by PointsBet Sportsbook, just ahead of Xander Schauffele, who is +650 in his return to Japan

8:25 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Rory McIlroy capped a big weekend in Las Vegas on Sunday by surging past Rickie Fowler and holding off Collin Morikawa to win the CJ Cup at Summit for his 20th PGA Tour title. McIlroy seized control with a 35-foot eagle putt from just off the green

Former PGA Tour golfer and current Oregon golf coach Casey Martin had his right leg amputated on Friday, according to Golf Digest. Martin’s right leg was amputated above the knee due to a rare circulatory disorder he’s had since birth. Martin is now in recovery at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Though it’s certainly not

LAS VEGAS — Rickie Fowler returned to the spotlight Saturday in the foothills above Las Vegas with his best round in three years, a 9-under 63 that gave him a two-shot lead over Rory McIlroy going into the final round of the CJ Cup at Summit. Fowler hasn’t had an opportunity this good since his last

Getty Images The best event of the PGA Tour this fall got underway Thursday in Las Vegas when 20 of the top 25 players in the Official World Golf Rankings teed it up at the CJ Cup at Summit. Robert Streb got off to a hot start with a 11-under 61 in Round 1 and

9:08 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Robert Streb went from making putts to wondering if he would ever miss Thursday in the CJ Cup at Summit. It led to his best start to any tournament and his lowest score on the PGA Tour. And on this day at The Summit Club, his 11-under

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dustin Johnson hasn’t played much golf since becoming the first American in more than 40 years to win all five of his matches in the Ryder Cup. He still remembers the basics. “You try to keep it in the grass and not the desert,” he said Wednesday as he stood on

Getty Images In 2018, two golfers set tournament records at The CJ Cup, headlined by Brooks Koepka, who set the 72-hole record, with a score of 267 after four rounds. Ryan Palmer set the single-round record with a final day tally of 62, which propelled him to a third-place tie with Rafael Cabrera Bello. The

7:39 PM ET Associated Press BURLINGTON, N.C. — JR Smith couldn’t help but feel anxious. Sure, he had spent 16 years playing in the NBA, making millions and winning two world championships in packed arenas at the highest level of a global sport. But he had never been in the situation like he was Monday:

The world’s most famous collegiate golfer got off to a strong start, but ultimately struggled in the first 36 holes of his North Carolina A&T career. J.R. Smith, who joined the Aggies’ golf team as a walk-on earlier this year after a 16-year career in the NBA, shot a 12-over 83 and a 7-over 78

This is borderline unfair.  Phil Mickelson has played four Champions Tour events. He’s now won three of them. Even by the standards of the 50-and-over tour, where the newest members are always the most skilled, this is quite the achievement from golf’s reigning Troublemaking Uncle.  The Champions Tour doesn’t exactly carry the gravitas of the

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sungjae Im was so dialed into his game that he didn’t realize how many birdies he was making in turning a shootout into a one-man show in Las Vegas. Only when he saw a leaderboard after his big run was over — seven birdies in an eight-hole stretch around the turn

Tiger Woods‘ road to recovery has apparently reached the golf course. Eight months after the horrific car crash that left him with multiple fractures in his right leg, the golf great was spotted on a course, club in hand, overseeing his son competing in a junior event this weekend. Woods appears to still have a

Getty Images The Shriners Children’s Open, which began Thursday with a 10-under 61 by Sung Kang that gave him a two-shot lead after the first round, features the best field of the still-young 2021-22 PGA Tour season — and it’s not really that close. A majority of the world’s top 50 golfers are teeing it

10:14 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Sam Burns won the Sanderson Farms Championship last week and is trying to put it behind him. He’s playing as though it never ended. Burns made a pair of 6-foot par putts on the only two greens he missed in regulation and ran off eight birdies in

For the second consecutive week, the ladies are up in New Jersey for the Cognizant Founders Cup at Mountain Ridge Country Club. The Donald Ross design is an absolutely beauty, especially this time of year in the northeast. Jin Young Ko, the 2019 Founders Cup champion, was off early this morning, and didn’t wait long