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Robert MacIntyre WDs from Valspar after strong week at The Players
After what he called a "stressful" final round at The Players Championship on Sunday, Robert MacIntyre withdrew from this week's Valspar Championship at Palm Harbor, Fla.,The Scotland native, and ninth-ranked player in the world, shot a 3-under-par 69 in the final round at TPC Sawgrass to finish alo...
Cameron Young wins Players Championship by 1 shot in wild finish
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Cameron Young clinched his second PGA Tour title and the biggest win of his career with a sensational one-shot victory at The Players Championship on Sunday after a drama-laden afternoon at TPC Sawgrass.,One stroke behind England's Matt Fitzpatrick with two holes to play, ...
Cameron Young wins Players by 1 shot after wild afternoon at TPC Sawgrass
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- American Cameron Young clinched his second PGA Tour title and the biggest win of his career with a sensational one-shot victory at The Players Championship on Sunday after a drama-laden afternoon at TPC Sawgrass.,One stroke behind England's Matt Fitzpatrick with two holes ...
Scottie Scheffler Trying to Regain Form Before The Masters
Scottie Scheffler continues searching for consistency as The Masters approaches, while Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa deal with their own concerns....
Chad Ramey records hole-in-one at Players Championship
Chad Ramey recorded his first hole-in-one on the PGA Tour during the final round of the Players Championship on Sunday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.,Ramey, 33, aced his shot from 169 yards out on the par-3 13th hole at TPC Sawgrass. His approach sailed over the bunker and landed on the center of the gr...
Charlie Woods finishes last at Junior Invitational
Charlie Woods, the son of golf legend Tiger Woods, carded an 8-over 80 in the final round at the prestigious Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in Graniteville, S.C., to finish in last place in the field of 36 golfers.,Woods, 17, a high school junior in Palm Beach, Fla., had a rough final round. His...
Ludvig Aberg increases Players lead to 3 entering final round
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Sweden's Ludvig Aberg, in pursuit of a third PGA Tour title and the biggest win of his career, maintained ice-cool composure as he increased his overnight lead to three shots in the third round of The Players Championship on Saturday.,The 26-year-old, whose most recent vic...
Scottie Scheffler cards 67 at The Players: I wasn't 'lost'
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - All who wander up and down the leaderboard are not lost. ,Scottie Scheffler has delivered an erratic season, at least by the high standards set by the world's No. 1-ranked player, and it continues to be on display at The Players Championship.,Scheffler barely made the cut F...
Players Championship delays opening gates after fatal shooting nearby
Fans were kept from entering The Players Championship early Saturday morning after a shooting at a local drug store left two people dead.,The gates were originally scheduled to open at 7:30 a.m. but as a precautionary measure instead opened at 9 a.m., with the opening of hospitality areas delayed un...
Charlie Woods in last place, 31 shots back at Junior Invitational
Charlie Woods, the son of 15-time major champion and golf legend Tiger Woods, shot 83 (11 over) in the third round at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in Graniteville, S.C., on Friday.,Woods, 17, a junior at the Benjamin School, a private school in Palm Beach Fla., will enter Saturday's final ...
'Heartbroken' Keegan Bradley would be open to 2nd Ryder Cup captaincy
Keegan Bradley has gotten back into his usual rhythm on the PGA Tour, but he admitted this week that the Ryder Cup loss at Bethpage still lingers and hasn't been easy to move on from.,"It has been a little difficult," Bradley, who served as U.S. captain, said of the 15-13 loss to Europe last year. "...
Ludvig Aberg holes 2 eagles to surge to top of Players leaderboard
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Fueled by a blistering front nine that included two eagles, Sweden's Ludvig Aberg charged two strokes clear of the field in the second round of The Players Championship on Friday.,The 26-year-old, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour whose most recent victory came at last year...
Aggressive Xander Schauffele grabs second-round lead at The Players
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Two-time major champion Xander Schauffele finished with a flourish, making birdies on his last two holes to charge into an early one-shot lead in the second round of The Players Championship on Friday.,The world's 10th-ranked player, who started his second round on the back...
Smotherman two putt creates five-way tie after 18 at The Players
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Surprise package Austin Smotherman had to settle for a two-putt par and a five-way tie for the lead after the weather-delayed opening round of The Players Championship was finally completed Friday morning.,One of four players yet to complete the first round when play was su...
Maverick McNealy, Sepp Straka among 5 tied for The Players lead
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Maverick McNealy, Lee Hodges, Sahith Theegala and Sepp Straka formed a tie for the lead in Thursday's weather-hit opening round of The Players Championship when play was suspended in fading light.,Surprise package Austin Smotherman, one of four players yet to complete the ...
Maverick McNealy sets pace with 67 for early lead at The Players
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Former world No. 1 amateur Maverick McNealy reeled off five birdies in his first 12 holes before seizing an early one-shot lead in a weather-hit opening round of The Players Championship on Thursday.,The 30-year-old McNealy, who won his lone PGA Tour title at the 2024 RSM ...
Players Championship paused for inclement weather
Inclement weather forced a suspension in Thursday's first-round action at The Players Championship.,Officials sounded the horn at around noon ET with players being held in position during windy and rainy conditions at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.,At the time, Maverick McNealy and England'...
Collin Morikawa (back) WDs from Players Championship
Two-time major champion Collin Morikawa withdrew from The Players Championship on Thursday after playing one hole.,The PGA Tour cited a back injury as the reason for the withdrawal of the world's fourth-ranked golfer.,Morikawa began the opening round at TPC Sawgrass on Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., on th...
2026 The Players Championship: Preview, Props & Best Bets
The PGA Tour has toned down the rhetoric around promoting this week's event as the "fifth major," but nearly every player would agree that a win at TPC Sawgrass is right behind the majors as the most coveted trophy of the year.,Rory McIlroy will be a game-day decision as to whether he'll defend his ...
Rory McIlroy (back) calls himself ‘game-time decision’ for Players
Defending champion Rory McIlroy will be a game-time decision on Thursday at The Players Championship.,The World No. 2 from Northern Ireland only arrived in Ponte Vedra Beach late Wednesday afternoon after withdrawing from the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Saturday when he overextended his back while...