• Tiger Woods implodes at Memorial, unlikely to make cut

    Tiger Woods implodes at Memorial, unlikely to make cut

    DUBLIN, Ohio — Tiger Woods is hanging on the precipice of making the wrong kind of history. Woods, 44, has never missed a cut in the 17 times he’s played Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial tournament. He’s won the event five times and finished out of the Top 25 only three times in that span. After posting …
  • Bryson DeChambeau’s awkward compliment puts Tiger Woods in the past

    Bryson DeChambeau’s awkward compliment puts Tiger Woods in the past

    DUBLIN, Ohio — Everyone wants a glimpse. Even Tiger Woods. Wednesday was Tiger’s turn to take an up-close-and-personal look at the phenomenon that is Bryson DeChambeau, he of the 25 pounds of added muscle and otherworldly length. Until his arrival this week, Woods had been away from the PGA Tour since its COVID-19 re-start, so …
  • Tiger Woods’ agonizing decision to stay away from PGA Tour

    Tiger Woods’ agonizing decision to stay away from PGA Tour

    DUBLIN, Ohio — Tiger Woods on Tuesday made his first public appearance in nearly two months when he played a practice round for the Memorial Tournament alongside his pal Justin Thomas. The two played the back nine at Muirfield Village Golf Club, where Woods will be grouped with Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka for the …
  • Nick Faldo-Brooks Koepka feud takes a turn with odd ‘thong’ dig

    Nick Faldo-Brooks Koepka feud takes a turn with odd ‘thong’ dig

    Nick Faldo opted not to “shut up and listen,” just so viewers of the Travelers Championship could be reminded of Brooks Koepka in a thong. The golf analyst continued his feud Thursday with the world’s No. 4 golfer, a week after Koepka threw cold water on the idea of players being mic’d up for TV. …
  • Witnessing PGA’s return was worth the coronavirus anxiety

    Witnessing PGA’s return was worth the coronavirus anxiety

    AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 157 — Reentry. That’s what this week felt like for me, for the first time leaving the cocoon of my home where I’ve been sheltering in place for the past three months. I looked so forward to this. Yet I was so apprehensive about it. I wanted to go. Yet I wasn’t …
  • Suddenly jacked Bryson DeChambeau falls apart at 17th hole

    Suddenly jacked Bryson DeChambeau falls apart at 17th hole

    FORT WORTH, Texas — Bryson DeChambeau didn’t win the Charles Schwab Challenge on Sunday, but he was one of the stars of the show this week at Colonial with his new bulked-up look. He finished the week 14-under par after shooting a final-round 66, but ended up one shot out of the playoff between Daniel …
  • Jordan Spieth’s revival gets real as stars fill Charles Schwab leaderboard

    Jordan Spieth’s revival gets real as stars fill Charles Schwab leaderboard

    FORT WORTH, Texas — The afternoon wave of tee times were just getting started in the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge on Friday at Colonial and still, the leaderboard looked like major championship material entering the weekend. Jordan Spieth’s revival from a two-plus-year tumble is in gear, with the native Texan, commuting to …
  • Golf’s charity return was treat we needed — down to the shorts

    Golf’s charity return was treat we needed — down to the shorts

    It was a welcome sight. Live sports on television after the coronavirus crisis has robbed us of them for the better part of the past two months. Live golf seen on TV at Seminole Golf Club, an American treasure that most of the world has never seen because of its exclusivity, tucked into Juno Beach, …
  • Rory McIlroy takes swing at old golfing pal President Trump

    Rory McIlroy takes swing at old golfing pal President Trump

    Three years ago, Rory McIlroy played a round of golf with Donald Trump and, almost as soon as he walked off the 18th hole, he was slaughtered by many of his fans on social media. On Thursday, appearing on the McKellar Podcast, McIlroy was asked about that round with the president and vowed it would …
  • PGA Tour vet is as conflicted as I am about golf reopening in June

    PGA Tour vet is as conflicted as I am about golf reopening in June

    For the past month and a half, sports fans have been starved for the live action the coronavirus pandemic has stolen from us. Every day, it seems, a new report emerges outlining how and when the NBA and NHL might restart their respective seasons, or what the latest proposed plans are for MLB and MLS …