NORTON, Mass. (AP) — The second FedEx Cup playoff event is all about the Big Three.
And the battle for No. 1. Rory McIlroy returned to No. 1 in the world even though he skipped opening playoff event last week at The Barclays. That's mostly about math, and an indication that McIlroy and Jordan Spieth are running nose-to-nose at the moment. Spieth has the e...
No. 1 up for grabs at 2nd playoff event in Boston
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Hoffman takes the lead; Spieth misses another cut
NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Jordan Spieth spent most of the summer chasing history. Now he's chasing the cut line, and losing the battle.
When he walked off the 18th green Saturday at the Deutsche Bank Championship after his only birdie of the second round, Spieth had a 3-over 74 and missed the cut in back-to-back events for the first time in his career.
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Fowler rallies to win Deutsche Bank
NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Rickie Fowler delivered all the right shots Monday at the Deutsche Bank Championship, and then he delivered some champagne.
He stood near the wood railing overlooking a dozen rows of reporters, hoisting an empty bottle in one hand and a microphone in the other. "Let's finish off the year right," Fowler said. He certainly showed he is ...
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Top-ranked Jason Day tied for lead in RBC Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Jason Day is back at the top in a bid for his third PGA Tour title in a month. Coming off a disappointing Masters, the top-ranked Day shot a 2-under 69 on Friday at the RBC Heritage to share the second-round lead with Kevin Chappell and Charley Hoffman.
Chappell and Hoffman shot 68s for the second straigh...
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Branden Grace seeking bigger things after RBC Heritage title
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Branden Grace could not wait to win on the PGA Tour. And now he's looking for more — much more. The 27-year-old South African rallied past Luke Donald at the RBC Heritage on Sunday for his 11th victory worldwide, but first on tour. He says the win gives him security and confidence that he can compete for the top trophies in the game, starting ...
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McGirt goes low in Ohio, leads at Firestone
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Golf in Ohio must bring out the best in William McGirt. One month after his first PGA Tour victory at the Memorial, McGirt looked just as good two hours up the road at the Bridgestone Invitational. In his World Golf Championship debut, he opened with six birdies and finished with a 45-foot par for a 6-under 64 and a three-shot lead.
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Memories of Palmer abound as tournament begins at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Sam Saunders stepped onto the first tee at Bay Hill and flashed a quick thumbs-up to the crowd, the trademark gesture of his grandfather. For the next four hours, memories of Arnold Palmer were all around him Thursday.
Nothing hit him harder, though, than his walk to the 16th tee. Parked next to the tee was Palmer's cart — that's wher...
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Kisner, Hoffman share Bay Hill lead
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Charley Hoffman would have been happy to get off the 18th hole at Bay Hill with a par and go into the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational within one shot of the lead. With one big putt, Saturday turned out better than he could have imagined.
From trampled grass left of the 18th fairway, a tree slightly in his way, Hoffman ch...
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The Latest: Fleetwood, Harman trade birdies at 15 at US Open
ERIN, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 6 p.m. The scores keep getting lower and the names keep revolving atop the leaderboard at the U.S. Open. Tommy Fleetwood's brilliant pitch out of the rough on his second shot on the par-4 15th set up a 7-foot birdie putt to drop him to 12 under for sole possession of the lead.
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Jordan Spieth holes bunker shot to win Travelers playoff
CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Jordan Spieth needed an extra hole, a little bit of luck and an amazing final shot to finish off a wire-to-wire victory in the Travelers Championship. The two-time major champion holed out from 60 feet for birdie from a greenside bunker on the first hole of a playoff with Daniel Berger on Sunday at TPC River Highlands.
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Matsuyama wins at Firestone with big finish
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama was along for the ride four years ago when he watched Tiger Woods tear apart Firestone Country Club on his way to a 61 in the second round, which tied the South course record and sent Woods to a seven-shot victory in the Bridgestone Invitational.
"I just couldn't believe that anyone could shoot 61 on this golf course," ...
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Chappell grabs last spot to make Presidents Cup team
NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Kevin Chappell made his first Presidents Cup team by a fraction of a point, and he needed a lot more help that he realized. "I made it a lot more exciting than it needed to be," Chappell said.
Chappell, who won his first PGA Tour event earlier this year in San Antonio, earned enough FedEx Cup points from the Dell Te...
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Mickelson, Lahiri among 4 added to Presidents Cup
Phil Mickelson was selected as a captain pick for the second straight Presidents Cup, extending a remarkable streak of playing on 23 consecutive U.S. teams. Anirban Lahiri of India will play for the second time, and it might be just as meaningful.
U.S. captain Steve Stricker used his two picks Wednesday on Mickelson and Charley Hoffman,...
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International team motivated by Presidents Cup failure
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Nick Price got the celebration going. He won the second of 12 singles matches when David Duval conceded his short par putt on the 17th hole at Royal Melbourne, the decisive point for the International team to win the Presidents Cup.
That was 1998. Price was the No. 6 player in the world. Tiger Woods had only one major. Jordan Spie...
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Americans running away in the Presidents Cup
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Phil Mickelson and Kevin Kisner rehearsed the dance from "Three Amigos." The only question was whether to use it at the Presidents Cup, and as the veteran of 23 team events, Mickelson concluded it would need to be a big moment.
Their match was all square on the 18th hole Friday. Mickelson was 12 feet away for birdie. A victory wou...
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Americans win Presidents Cup for 7th straight time
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump showed up about an hour after the final match was underway Sunday at the Presidents Cup. Had he shown up much later, he might have missed the start of a long celebration for an American team that rarely had it this easy.
This really was over before it started. "Honestly, it was really weird being out there t...
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Whee Kim shoots 6-under 65 to take lead in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Whee Kim birdied two of his final three holes for a 6-under 65 and a one-stroke lead Friday in the PGA Tour's Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. The 25-year-old South Korean player birdied all three par-5 holes at TPC Summerlin, Nos. 13 and 16 on his first nine and No. 9 on his second nine.
"I had a really good putti...
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Johnson takes 4-shot lead into weekend at US Open
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Shinnecock Hills is no longer the only challenge at this U.S. Open. On a course that can cause problems in any weather, where triple bogeys or worse have been recorded on all but six holes, perhaps the most daunting prospect going into the weekend is Dustin Johnson with a four-shot lead.
Johnson played smart on ...
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Conners wins Valero days after qualifying, will play Masters
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — His first PGA Tour victory in the bag and his ticket punched for next week's Masters, Corey Conners' primary concern was a big change to his work weeks going forward. "No more Monday qualifying," Conners said. "That's the best deal from this. Amazing. It's a dream come true. I won't be as stressful on Mondays."
Conner...
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Na settles for 69, 2-shot Colonial lead over Spieth, Furyk
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — If Jordan Spieth thinks a winless streak approaching two years seems like forever, he might want to check with fellow major winner Jim Furyk. Both have a chance to end droughts at Colonial — if they can overtake third-round leader Kevin Na.
Na settled for a 1-under 69 a day after going low at Colonial again, tak...
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