Golf

Harrington on how he went low: 'I don't know'

November 5, 2017

ANTALYA, Turkey – Padraig Harrington’s week at the Turkish Airlines Open has been a study of extremes. After opening the tournament with a 6-under 65, he struggled on Friday to a 1-over round, only to rebound on Day 3 with a 64 that moved him into a share of third place, just two strokes off […]

Watch: Flagstick denies 3 hole-in-one bids

November 5, 2017

Any National Hockey League team in the market for a goalie could do worse than to employ the flagstick at the14th hole at the Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort, site of this week’s Turkish Airlines Open. On Thursday, the flagstick dashed Justin Rose’s hopes of a hole-in-one. On Friday, just to prove it was no […]

Hoge (67) happy to be done before strongest winds

November 5, 2017

LAS VEGAS – Tom Hoge is likely going to have the best afternoon of anyone at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, because he won’t be on the golf course. Hoge got out early at TPC Summerlin, birdied four of his first six holes and closed with 12 consecutive pars for a bogey-free 4-under 67 […]

Top 10 or not, McInerney going back to Q-School

November 5, 2017

LAS VEGAS – A.J. McInerney said on Tuesday that even if he earned a top-10 finish this week in his first PGA Tour start, he would not accept the automatic invitation to next week’s event in Mexico. After three rounds at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, McInerney may actually have to turn down Mayakoba. […]

Walker misses cut in first start of season

November 4, 2017

LAS VEGAS – Jimmy Walker’s struggles from last season followed him into his first start of the 2017-18 campaign. The 2016 PGA champion is heading home after missing the 1-over cut at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Rounds of 73-74 left him 5 over at TPC Summerlin. Walker struggled through 2017 as he battled […]

Kraft aces 5th hole again (this time it counts)

November 4, 2017

LAS VEGAS – Kelly Kraft on Friday at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open made the first hole-in-one of his competitive career. The ace was the sixth of his life and, highly improbably, his second on the fifth hole at TPC Summerlin. “I like that hole,” he said with a grin. “I actually made a […]

Spaun leads in Vegas; ready to take next step

November 4, 2017

LAS VEGAS – Now in his second year as a full-time PGA Tour member, J.J. Spaun is ready to make the jump from also-ran to contender. “I’ve had a year’s experience now on the Tour,” he said Friday, “and this year it’s kind of just taking my game to the next level instead of being […]

LaCava refused Woods' offer to take another bag

November 4, 2017

Tiger Woods isn’t the only one who has been away from competition. So has his caddie, Joe LaCava. Woods said that he offered to set up LaCava with one of the “young, upcoming guys” when it became clear that he wasn’t going to be able to play for the rest of the season, but his […]

Garrigus (65) credits Couples for wind advice

November 4, 2017

LAS VEGAS – TPC Summerlin has yielded rounds of 60 and 61 to PGA Tour winners the last two years, but low scores will prove scarce as winds strengthen this weekend at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. “I don’t think that’s out there today,” Graeme McDowell said after his second consecutive 70. “Sixty-five from […]

Horschel WDs from Shriners with shoulder injury

November 4, 2017

LAS VEGAS – Billy Horschel withdrew from the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, citing a shoulder issue Friday. Horschel told a PGA Tour media official that he felt a pinch and thus decided to remove himself from the field before his second-round tee time. The former FedExCup champion opened with a 67 Thursday and was […]