• Brazen fan walks onto course, steals club out of Rory McIlroy’s bag

    Brazen fan walks onto course, steals club out of Rory McIlroy’s bag

    Another Open, another fan intrusion. Less than three weeks after a streaking fan invaded the 13th fairway during the U.S. Open, an unruly spectator was ejected from the Scottish Open on Friday...
  • Three tied for US Open lead after third round as big names lurk

    Three tied for US Open lead after third round as big names lurk

    Louis Oosthuizen sank a monster eagle putt at the final hole to vault into a three-way tie for the lead with Russell Henley and Mackenzie Hughes at the U.S. Open.
  • Rory McIlroy hits dad with shot during disastrous Masters start

    Rory McIlroy hits dad with shot during disastrous Masters start

    AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy’s seventh attempt at completing the career Grand Slam by winning a Masters, the only missing leg to golfing immortality, got off to a bad, if calamitous start
  • Arnold Palmer would have loved this incredible day of golf

    Arnold Palmer would have loved this incredible day of golf

    ORLANDO, Fla. — Sometimes, you get days like this in golf. Days when there are so many fireworks going off in the same tournament it becomes dizzying, your head constantly on a swivel. If you
  • ‘Really weird’ Masters will be beautiful challenge for Tiger Woods and company

    ‘Really weird’ Masters will be beautiful challenge for Tiger Woods and company

    It’s going to be different. Even a bit bizarre. But it’s going to be beautiful. The 2020 Masters starts this week, and because of COVID-19, it is being played in November instead of its usual
  • Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy struggling with new PGA reality

    Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy struggling with new PGA reality

    The PGA Tour is two-plus months into fanless tournaments and two of the game’s best players are still trying to adjust to it. Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have been to the pinnacle of the sport, winning major championships in front of massive crowds that set the tone for what’s at stake. Those memories serve …
  • 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 …