Tiger Woods says he’ll step away, seek treatment after pleading not guilty to DUI
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods said he’ll step away and seek treatment Tuesday, days after his vehicle crashed in Florida and he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. “This is necessary in order for me to prioritize my well-being and work toward lasting recovery,” he said in...
Tiger Woods is a big topic again for the wrong reason as the Masters nears
Tiger Woods had been taking up all the attention in golf with the Masters approaching. That’s not always a good thing. Woods has been the center of golf’s universe his entire professional career, if not longer, as one of the few athletes who not only lived up to potential but...
Masters field all but set for Augusta National
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Players eligible to compete in the 90th Masters, to be played April 9-12. Players listed only in the first category for which they are eligible (a-amateur). Tiger Woods has not said whether he intends to play. One spot remains if the Texas Open winner is not already...
Mark Madden: Tiger Woods’ latest crash exposes America’s double standard
The current Tiger Woods situation has turned America into a sociological experiment. Woods got popped for his second DUI. Rolled his car. Could have killed somebody. It’s his fourth major car accident. Yet a vast fraction of the population passionately leaps to his defense. “He has a problem.” “Show some...
Gary Woodland wins Houston Open for 1st PGA Tour title since brain surgery
HOUSTON — Gary Woodland won the Houston Open on Sunday, an emotional moment that seemed so improbable 30 months ago when he had brain surgery and even two weeks ago when he opened up about his frightening struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder. Woodland looked better than ever at Memorial Park,...
Gary Woodland stays in front at Houston chasing 1st win since U.S. Open
HOUSTON — Gary Woodland had to play hard to stay in front Saturday in the Houston Open, and he added a pair of birdies late in his round for a 5-under-par 65 that gave him a one-shot lead over Nicolai Højgaard as he goes for his first win since the...
Masters offers a locker room unlike any other with first photos of new Player Services Building
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy went upstairs in the Augusta National clubhouse the night he won the Masters, eager to see the small locker room only for Masters champions. He returned last month to find another locker room not nearly as exclusive but no less impressive. “They’ve created this unbelievable...
Tiger Woods arrested at crash scene on suspicion of DUI, sheriff says
JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. — Tiger Woods was arrested Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence after his Land Rover traveling at “high speed” on a residential road clipped a truck and rolled onto its side. Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said Woods and the person in the other vehicle...
Paul Waring trying to get his game on track and leads in Houston by 1 shot over Woodland
HOUSTON — Paul Waring felt he had been giving away shots, and he was in position to do that again Thursday in the Houston Open. Instead, the Englishman made a great escape for par and opened with a 7-under-par 63 for a one-shot lead over Gary Woodland. Waring and Woodland...
Masters coverage to include stats-driven look at Amen Corner on Prime Video
AUGUSTA, Ga. — For those who can’t get enough of the Masters, Augusta National is providing even more coverage this year. Its new deal with Prime Video will include a stats-driven broadcast of Amen Corner. The Masters released its broadcast schedule Thursday for the April 9-12 tournament, which offers its...
Fitzpatrick goes from disappointment to winning at Valspar Championship
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Matt Fitzpatrick took longer than usual to get over his loss last week at The Players Championship, mainly because he played so well and did so little wrong until Cameron Young won on the difference of one tee shot at the final hole. “To lose it...
Sungjae Im takes lead into Innisbrook finale, with Brandt Snedeker also in final group
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Sungjae Im was in position for a wire-to-wire victory in the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook after a slow start in his return from a wrist injury. Brandt Snedeker was right beside him in the final pairing, with a hot new putter in the bag. Im holed...
Cameron Young delivered big moment at The Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Cameron Young had given up on his own expectations, and for good reason. Seeing him pose with The Players Championship trophy makes it easy to forget that he once tied a PGA Tour record with seven runner-up finishes — all of them in a 30-month...
Cameron Young is clutch on island green, rallies to win The Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Cameron Young delivered the biggest birdie of his career on the most notorious hole on the TPC Sawgrass, a sand wedge to 10 feet to tie for the lead in The Players Championship. And then he was even better on a shot equally daunting. Young...
Ludvig Aberg builds 3-shot lead heading into final round of The Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The biggest challenge for Ludvig Aberg was finding satisfaction in a three-shot lead Saturday at The Players Championship instead of wondering how much larger it could have been. Aberg had only two bogeys on his card all week and was four shots ahead of Michael...
Ludvig Aberg aces Sawgrass with 63 to lead The Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Ludvig Aberg had a dream start that carried him to a 9-under-par 63 and a two-shot lead Friday in The Players Championship. Scottie Scheffler had a clutch finish, but only to avoid missing the cut. Aberg was 5-under through his opening four holes and motored...
The Players Championship set for major excitement at TPC Sawgrass
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Major or not, The Players Championship rarely lacks for entertainment. Still fresh is Rory McIlroy going from a four-shot deficit to a three-shot lead only to wind up in a playoff that he won last year when J.J. Spaun failed to find land on the...
Akshay Bhatia has a charge that would make Arnie proud. He rallies from 5 down to win Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. — Akshay Bhatia missed a 30-inch par putt to fall five shots behind Sunday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, angry enough to want to do something about it. What followed was a charge on the back nine at Bay Hill that would have made the King proud. “You...
Daniel Berger keeps lead as enough rain takes the teeth out of Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. — Daniel Berger stopped making as many birdies even after a rain delay took some of the bite out of Bay Hill on Saturday. He still had a two-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational when darkness kept the third round from finishing. Berger was to return Sunday...
Daniel Berger handles the ‘US Open in spring’ by building 5-shot lead at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. — Daniel Berger loves playing in Florida in March. For most everyone else Friday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Bay Hill made it feel like a spring preview of the U.S. Open. Berger was on his game again in the most demanding conditions, leaning on a steady diet...
Blanchet leads Puerto Rico as John Daly’s son makes PGA Tour debut with a 70
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — John Daly II had an easier time — and a far easier golf course — than his father in his PGA Tour debut. The 22-year-old son of John Daly opened with a 2-under-par 70 in the Puerto Rico Open on Thursday, where the kids were...
Daniel Berger shoots a 63 and builds a 3-shot lead at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. — Daniel Berger has enough history at Bay Hill to know what kind of test to expect. He made nine birdies — all but one of them inside 10 feet — for a 9-under-par 63 and a round no one was expecting Thursday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational....
Without PGA card, Joel Dahmen makes $20M Arnold Palmer Invitational
ORLANDO, Fla. — Joel Dahmen was down to his last chance to keep his full PGA Tour card at the final tournament of the year. He missed the cut, headed home to Arizona to be with his newborn son and had a month to ponder a future that didn’t look...
Luke Donald to return as Ryder Cup captain for Europe for 2027 competition
VIRGINIA WATER, England — European players chanted, “Two more years!” when they won the Ryder Cup in New York, and Luke Donald listened. He was named captain on Wednesday for the 2027 matches in Ireland, making him the first captain in 30 years to lead in three straight Ryder Cups....
Shane Lowry has no choice but to pick himself up and move on after PGA National collapse
ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s OK to feel sad for Shane Lowry. He had one hand on the trophy and the other hand outstretched to hug his 4-year-old daughter when she ran onto the 18th green at PGA National to celebrate the first time seeing her father win. That was the...
