Viktor Hovland beat Richard Bland in a playoff to win the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday after Rory McIlroy missed a chance to win the title in regulation.
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Golf is the one game in which the player's ball is not subject to the interference of the opponent. It is a question of supremacy of accurate strokes without human interference, but there exists interference, nevertheless, and its name is 'hazard,' which is golfese for trouble. A.W. TILLINGHAST
Luke List fended off Will Zalatoris well after sunset with a birdie on the first playoff hole at Torrey Pines.
Lydia Ko shot even-par 72 in winds that were a steady 15-20 mph, with gusts up to 33 mph, as only four players broke par Saturday at the Gainbridge LPGA. She leads by two strokes.
Loads of good stuff can be found in this Bryce Miller column about the new and, apparently, permanent Saturday finish as long as the Farmers Insurance Open finishes on AFC/NFC Championship Sunday.
“Do you really want to know?” Farmers Insurance CEO Jeff Dailey told the Union-Tribune on Friday at Torrey Pines, when asked about his initial feelings. “It was presented as a choice at first. Do you go with Wednesday through Saturday? Or do you go to NBC and keep the Thursday-Sunday format?
“My initial, ‘upset’ reaction was, let’s go to NBC. Then cooler heads prevailed.”
Does this mean cooler heads prefer CBS to NBC?
Miller says the loss of the pro-am caused by a quick turnaround from the previous week cost the Century Club $1 million. But ultimately Farmers wants ratings and Saturday’s later finish is their best chance for the largest audience.
South Africa's Justin Harding retained a two-shot lead after Day 3 at the Dubai Desert Classic on Saturday, ahead of Rory McIlroy.
Will Zalatoris and Jason Day charged past Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas at Torrey Pines to share the third-round lead at the Farmers Insurance Open.
A winner in the season opener in Orlando last week, Kang birdied her final two holes Friday for a 4-under 68 to catch good friend Lydia Ko (70) in the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio.
Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry were given 50 shots apiece to make a hole-in-one on a 149-yard par 3. The frustration builds with each close call.
The best golfing grasses vary in color. They may be red, brown, blue, dark green, light green, yellow, and at times even white and gray. A golf course that is consisted entirely of one shade of green would be merely ugly. There is great charm and beauty in the varying shades of color on a golf course. ALISTER MACKENZIE
Prince Andrew has given up his honorary membership at St. Andrews as he fights allegations of sexual abuse that have led to him retreating from public life.
South Africa's Justin Harding took a two-shot lead after Day 2 at the Dubai Desert Classic after carding a 4-under-par 68 on Friday.
Former NBA player J.R. Smith, who is now a freshman golfer at North Carolina A&T, has signed with Excel Sports for NIL representation.
Top-ranked Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas made the birdies they needed to keep pace on the easier North Course at Torrey Pines on Thursday and shared the lead with hard-charging Adam Schenk after two rounds of the Farmers Insurance Open.
Lydia Ko shot a 9-under 63 to take a 2-shot lead over Danielle Kang in the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio.
Koepka, the four-time major winner, revealed a new Eminem-inspired look on social media -- and confusion ensued.
Full disclosure, I voted the Male Player of the Year was the the toughest category given the similarity in years between Morikawa and Rahm. But over the calendar year he had a slight edge if you ignored the Memorial mess. Previously, PGA Tour players voted Patrick Cantlay their Player of the Year and the PGA of America’s point system gave Jon Rahm the 2020-21 player of the year.
For Immediate Release:
MORIKAWA, KORDA, MICKELSON VOTED GWAA PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
HOUSTON (January 27, 2022) -- Collin Morikawa, Nelly Korda and Phil Mickelson have been named respective winners of the 2021 player of the year awards by the Golf Writers Association of America.
Morikawa, who turns 25 on Feb. 6, was voted Male Player of the Year for the first time. Korda, 23, earned Female Player of the Year honors for the first time. Mickelson, 51, who has never won the GWAA’s Male Player of the Year award, was voted Senior Player of the Year for the first time.
A golf architect must approach each bit of country with an absolute open mind, with no preconceived ideas of what he is going to lay out, the holes have to be found, and the land in its natural state used to its best advantage. Nature can always beat the handiwork of man and to achieve the best and most satisfactory results in laying out a golf course, you must humor nature. WILLIE PARK Jr.
Denmark's Joachim Hansen took a one-shot lead in the opening round of the Dubai Desert Classic after carding 65 to finish at 7 under on Thursday.
