LIV Golf’s 2nd season has team concept, new faces, TV deal
February 24, 2023 GMTPLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) — Dustin Johnson was among the most prominent players to sign with Saudi-funded LIV Golf and he made it pay off by making $35.6 million in just eight tournaments, including an $18 million bonus for leading the points list and the team title.
PGA Tour money makes it tough on LIV players’ Ryder hopes
February 22, 2023 GMTPlayers who joined Saudi-funded LIV Golf can still play in all the majors — and qualify for the Ryder Cup — now that the PGA Championship and British Open have announced only minor tweaks to existing criteria.
Column: The only rivalry in golf is about tours, not players
January 31, 2023 GMTPEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Jon Rahm began his year by winning two in a row on the PGA Tour.
McIlroy overcomes Reed, wins Dubai Desert Classic by 1 shot
January 30, 2023 GMTDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy watched his 15-foot birdie putt roll into the cup, clenched his fist and let out a roar to celebrate a victory that felt bigger and sweeter than most.
McIlroy leads by 3 in Dubai; Reed’s drive gets stuck in tree
January 29, 2023 GMTDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy delivered an exhibition of short iron play to shoot 7-under 65 in his third round and build a three-stroke lead at the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday.
McIlroy, Reed tied behind leaders at Dubai Desert Classic
January 28, 2023 GMTDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Top-ranked Rory McIlroy and rival Patrick Reed were two shots off the lead at the halfway point of the Dubai Desert Classic on Saturday.
Richard Bland, Thomas Pieters and amateur Michael Thorbjornsen all reached 10-under overall at Emirates Golf Club for a share of the lead after two rounds of the weather-impacted tournament, which will conclude Monday.
McIlroy and Reed both 6-under after 1st round in Dubai
January 27, 2023 GMTDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed produced big first-round finishes at the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday in what could lead to an intriguing showdown as the competition heads to a Monday conclusion.
Reed fares better than McIlroy after delayed start in Dubai
January 26, 2023 GMTDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Patrick Reed fared better than Rory McIlroy after some pre-tournament friction as the Dubai Desert Classic got off to a wet start Thursday with only 11 players managing to finish their weather-affected first rounds.
McIlroy snubs Reed, in no mood for reconciliation in Dubai
January 25, 2023 GMTAnother battle between Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed began to take shape Wednesday.
As one of the most vocal critics of the LIV Golf breakaway league, McIlroy felt mentally drained at the end of last year and decided to put his clubs away for a few weeks.
Johnson caps $35M year, leads team to season-ending LIV win
October 30, 2022 GMTDORAL, Fla. (AP) — Dustin Johnson watched the final putt of his season roll in, pumped his right fist and waited for the party to begin.
Johnson leads LIV team to victory, Power wins in Bermuda
October 30, 2022 GMTDORAL, Fla. (AP) — Dustin Johnson watched the final putt of his season roll in, pumped his right fist and waited for the party to begin. Another big celebration. Another big check, too.
Koepka takes early lead at LIV Golf Invitational-Jeddah
October 14, 2022 GMTKING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Brooks Koepka took a two-shot lead at the LIV Golf Invitational-Jeddah on Friday after an 8-under 62 in the first round, matching the lowest score on the breakaway tour that has torn the world of golf in two.
Lopez-Chacarra wins LIV Golf-Bangkok by three strokes
October 9, 2022 GMTBANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Former top amateur Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra shot a final-round 69 and won the LIV Golf Invitational-Bangkok by three strokes over Patrick Reed on Sunday.
Lopez-Chacarra had a three-round, 19-under total of 197 after the storm-delayed finish on the newly opened Stonehill Golf Club course north of Bangkok.
Chacarra leads by 5 strokes after 2 rounds of LIV event
October 8, 2022 GMTBANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — One of the best former amateur golfers in the world is leading after two rounds of the LIV Golf tournament in Thailand.
Ex-Oklahoma State player Eugenio Chacarra turned professional to play on the LIV series.
Stenson shares LIV lead with Reed as Mickelson has rough day
July 29, 2022 GMTBEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Henrik Stenson had a happy return to golf after being removed as European Ryder Cup captain, making eight birdies in his LIV Golf Invitational debut at Bedminster for a 7-under 64 to share the 18-hole lead with Patrick Reed.
Column: Blunt talk means saying LIV Golf is all about money
June 28, 2022 GMTBrooks Koepka likes to boast about his honesty. He takes as much pride in being bold and blunt as he does in his remarkable record in the major championships.
He does not shy from criticism if he feels it is warranted.
DJ, DeChambeau lead 4 LIV Golfers to make cut at US Open
June 18, 2022 GMTBROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Fans at The Country Club have been welcoming to the golfers who decided to take the money and run to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour.
U.S. Open at a glance
June 18, 2022 GMTBROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — A brief look at the second round Friday of the U.S. Open at The Country Club:
Leading: Collin Morikawa shot 4-under 66 and Joel Dahmen 68 to head into the weekend tied for the lead at 5-under 135.
McIlroy questions competitive desire of players in LIV Golf
June 14, 2022 GMTBROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Rory McIlroy had two strong comments about the future of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series in February. So far, one has been proven incorrect.
“Dead in the water,” McIlroy said, referring to all the top players saying they were staying not interested.
Report: DeChambeau, Reed to join Saudi-funded league in US
June 8, 2022 GMTMajor champions Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed plan to sign up with the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational series in time for the rival circuit to start playing in U.S. cities, a British newspaper reported Wednesday.
Scheffler part of crowded Colonial leaderboard after PGA cut
May 27, 2022 GMTFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Scottie Scheffler did something last weekend that he rarely does, watching a golf tournament at home after missing the cut. The world's No. 1 player is back on the course, and tied atop a crowded leaderboard at Colonial.
PGA Tour returns to Mexico, LPGA Tour stays in Los Angeles
April 26, 2022 GMTPGA TOUR
Scheffler a Masters champion and never saw it coming
April 11, 2022 GMTAUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler wanted to be a professional golfer for so long he wore trousers to lessons at Royal Oaks in Dallas and even at junior tournaments, no matter how stifling the Texas heat.
Rahm, Morikawa lead the group of 16 into Match Play weekend
March 26, 2022 GMTAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jon Rahm lost his match and still made it to the weekend. Scottie Scheffler needed only 14 holes to win his match against Matt Fitzpatrick, and then six more to beat him in a playoff.
Column: PGA Tour at Pebble Beach with an eye on Saudi Arabia
February 1, 2022 GMTPEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Assuming everyone plays by the rules, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am figures to be loaded with some of the biggest names in golf.
Just not this year.
Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson, who have combined for seven titles at Pebble Beach, are playing the Saudi International.
Lucas Herbert holds steady in wind for 1-shot win in Bermuda
October 31, 2021 GMTSOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda (AP) — Lucas Herbert had two birdies during the toughest, wind-blown stretch of Port Royal and held steady to the end Sunday for a 2-under 69 to win the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
Americans champs at pingpong table, not so much Ryder Cup
September 22, 2021 GMTSHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau was so excited about making the last Ryder Cup team that he went out and bought a new pingpong paddle to bring with him to France. Patrick Reed celebrated the 2016 U.S.
Swede Broberg shoots nervy final-round 72 to win Dutch Open
September 19, 2021 GMTCROMVOIRT, Netherlands (AP) — Kristoffer Broberg of Sweden shot a tense level-par 72 Sunday to finish at 23 under and win the Dutch Open for his second European Tour victory and first since beating Patrick Reed in a playoff to clinch the 2015 BMW Masters.
Broberg sets course record again with 61 at Dutch Open
September 18, 2021 GMTCROMVOIRT, Netherlands (AP) — Kristoffer Broberg of Sweden smashed the course record he set a day earlier with an 11-under 61 on Saturday to open an eight-shot lead after three rounds of the Dutch Open.
6 rookies on Ryder Cup team; Berger, Scheffler in, Reed out
September 8, 2021 GMTThe only experience that matters to Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker is how the youngest U.S. team in history prepares for Whistling Straits in a bid to win back that shiny gold chalice.
Equipped with the most captain's picks in Ryder Cup history, Stricker added four more rookies to his team on Tuesday to join the six players who earned automatic spots.
Reed says he was ‘battling for my life’ with pneumonia
September 2, 2021 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Patrick Reed says doctors told him the pneumonia in the lower lobes of both lungs could have been fatal and that he was “battling for my life” during the early days of his hospitalization.
Garcia, van Rooyen make top 30 for Tour Championship berths
August 30, 2021 GMTOWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Sergio Garcia's chances of winning the BMW Championship took a major dip when he needed three shots to get out of a bunker on the fifth hole.
Down the stretch, the main question was whether he'd finish in the top 30 of the FedEx Cup standings — and qualify for the Tour Championship.
Column: Ryder Cup team filled with uncertainty a month out
August 24, 2021 GMTJERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The message Steve Stricker wanted to impart when he took the job as Ryder Cup captain was for the American team to move forward.
There has been no shortage of speed bumps along the way.
Reed withdraws from Northern Trust with ankle injury
August 19, 2021 GMTJERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Patrick Reed withdrew from The Northern Trust on Thursday with an ankle injury, missing the first of two events remaining before the end of Ryder Cup qualifying.
The PGA Tour did not receive details on the nature of the injury.
DeChambeau, Rahm out of Olympics after positive COVID tests
July 25, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Known for their towering drives, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm won't make it to the tee box at the Olympics.
The past two U.S. Open champions became the best-known athletes to drop out of the Tokyo Games on Sunday after testing positive for COVID-19.
British Open at Royal St. George’s at a glance
July 16, 2021 GMTSANDWICH, England (AP) — LEADING: Louis Oosthuizen (65) set the British Open record for 36 holes at 129 and leads by two shots.
TRAILING: Collin Morikawa (64) is at 131
LURKING: Jordan Spieth (67) was three shots behind, followed by a group that includes Dustin Johnson (65).
PGA Tour goes to Detroit, LPGA gets summer heat in Texas
June 29, 2021 GMTPGA TOUR
DeChambeau-Koepka spat overshadowing tough US Open course
June 16, 2021 GMTSAN DIEGO (AP) — Torrey Pines has had its share of conflict over the years involving some of the top players in golf. Just not during such a taxing major as the U.S. Open.
Think back to 2003 at the Buick Invitational when Phil Mickelson was quoted in a magazine interview as saying Tiger Woods played with inferior equipment and was the only player good enough to overcome “the equipment he's stuck with.”
Reed returns with confidence to a different Torrey Pines
June 15, 2021 GMTThe last time Patrick Reed teed it up at Torrey Pines, he had to dodge yet another rules controversy before hoisting the trophy at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Now he’s got an Open of a different magnitude in front of him.
PGA Tour courses that held majors in the same year
June 14, 2021 GMTSAN DIEGO (AP) — Here are the courses that held a PGA Tour event and a major championship in the same year. Only two rounds were played at Pebble Beach and three rounds on the South Course at Torrey Pines for PGA Tour events:
US OPEN ’21: Capsules of 10 top contenders at Torrey Pines
June 11, 2021 GMTA capsule look at 10 top contenders for the U.S. Open from June 17-20 on the South course at Torrey Pines (listed in predicted order of finish):
Thursday’s Sports In Brief
April 9, 2021 GMTGOLF
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Seven holes into the Masters, Justin Rose was 2-over par and in no position to panic...
Reed dodges controversy to share 54-hole lead at Farmers
January 31, 2021 GMTSAN DIEGO (AP) — Patrick Reed was involved in another rules controversy Saturday in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines...
Even without hostile NY crowds, this US Open is tough enough
September 19, 2020 GMTIt’s rare when fans wind up rooting for the golf course, even one as majestic as Winged Foot, but suddenly that’s a viable option...
No cheers on empty course, but Reed’s ace lifts him at Open
September 17, 2020 GMTMaking a hole-in-one on an empty golf course deprived Patrick Reed of the cheers that typically accompany any great shot...
Patrick Reed plays better as the accusations get louder
February 24, 2020 GMTMEXICO CITY (AP) — The bookies had Patrick Reed at 40-1 odds going into the Mexico Championship, which should have come down before he even hit a shot.
More accusations of cheating, this time from Brooks Koepka during a town hall show on Sirius XM.
Justin Thomas hangs on to win Kapalua in a playoff
January 6, 2020 GMTKAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Justin Thomas won the Sentry Tournament of Champions, and he still doesn't know how.
He lost a two-shot lead with three holes to play. He had to play the par-5 18th hole four times Sunday and always seemed to be scrambling just to stay in the game in a three-man playoff.
Schauffele takes 1-shot lead at Kapalua in title defense
January 4, 2020 GMTKAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — The only thing that resembled paradise to Xander Schauffele at Kapalua was his name atop the leaderboard Friday at the Sentry Tournament of Champions...
Patrick Reed still the talk of the Presidents Cup
December 10, 2019 GMTMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — As if being the first playing captain in 25 years at the Presidents Cup weren't enough, Tiger Woods filled yet another role Tuesday at Royal Melbourne...
Reed delivers clutch putts to win FedEx Cup opener
August 12, 2019 GMTJERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The harder he worked, the farther Patrick Reed felt he was falling behind. That's when the people around him sought drastic measures by making him leave his golf clubs alone for 10 whole days.
British Open, Field
July 17, 2019 GMTPORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Players who are exempt and expected to compete in the 148th British Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland on July 18-21...
The Latest: American golf is rolling heading into US Open
June 13, 2018 GMTSOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open, golf's second major championship of the year (all times local):
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This year's U.S. Open will be a chance to celebrate the state of golf in the country.