Golf

Kuchar wins Players Championship

Sun, 13 May 2012 13:26:24 -0500

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Matt Kuchar has won the Players Championship, holding on for a two-shot win over four others on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. It's Kuchar's fourth win on the PGA Tour, butu the biggest in...

Trio leads Players Championship

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:22:11 -0500

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Matt Kuchar and Kevin Na caught Zach Johnson at 8 under par, setting up a three-way tie for the lead after two rounds at the Players Championship. Kuchar shot a second-round 68, while Na had...

Poulter, Laird tied for lead

Thu, 10 May 2012 12:20:11 -0500

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Martin Laird birdied his final hole and had the only bogey-free round of the day, catching Ian Poulter with a 7-under-par 65 at the Players Championship. Laird, a Scot who has two PGA Tour wins,...

Video: Players Championship preview

Thu, 10 May 2012 08:09:07 -0500

CineSport's Noah Coslov and PGATour.com's John Swantek preview this week's PGA Tour event at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Deutsche Bank Championship tickets go on sale Wednesday

Tue, 08 May 2012 15:53:06 -0500

Tickets for this year's PGA Tour stop in Massachusetts go on sale Wednesday.

Watson wins Masters

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:00:27 -0500

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Two of the greatest shots in Masters history from the same pairing happened roughly five hours apart. The first gave Louis Oosthuizen the lead in the Masters. The second let Bubba Watson win it. From some 40...

Masters Sunday: 5 questions

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:59:35 -0500

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Another ideal day to play, similar to yesterday, but the breeze, at least so far, hasn't been as strong as yesterday. Plenty of possibilities in the final round today. Let's blitz through five quick questions. 1) Will...

Friday Masters updates

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:59:29 -0500

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A day after international players hogged the top of the leaderboard, Americans Fred Couples and Jason Dufner share the second-round lead in the 76th Masters, each completing 36 holes at 5-under-par. Couples started the day even and...

Masters: Westwood (67) leads by 1

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:44:43 -0500

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The first round of the 76th Masters is in the books, with Lee Westwood shooting a 67 and taking a one-shot lead on Louis Oosthuizen and Peter Hanson. Six more players were two shots back after shooting...

Return of the Big 3

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:48:48 -0500

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Three of the greatest Masters champions officially opened this year's tournament, with Gary Player joining Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus as honorary starters. Watched by a large, respectful gallery -- and Phil Mickelson, wearing his green jacket...

Payne dodges gender issue

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:27:00 -0500

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Despite multiple attempts by the media during his annual Masters eve press conference, Augusta National Golf Club chairman Billy Payne didn't offer much regarding the recent focus on the club's all-male membership. It's been nine years since...

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Masters pairings out

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:02:24 -0500

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson will be in the final group of the day on Thursday, out with Hunter Mahan and Peter Hanson, as the pairings for the first two rounds have just been released. Mickelson, Mahan,...

McIlroy back at the Masters

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:03:19 -0500

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Hello everyone, and apologies for neglecting the golf blog. We're at the Masters this week, and if it's possible to over-hype an event, this might be the one. The year's first major is bursting with possibilities, since...

Aikens shoots 61 in Plymouth

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:37:14 -0500

ByJim Hoban, Globe Staff Herbie Aikens of Pembroke shot an unofficial course-record 61 at Pinehill�s Nicklaus Course in Plymouth yesterday. Aikens had nine birdies, two eagles and two bogeys....

Guest blog: Teeing off for a worthy cause

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:19:26 -0500

PGA Tour pro Hunter Mahan blogs about hosting a special event on Boston Common.