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Four-way tie as first-round play suspended at Houston Open
Four golfers were bunched atop the leaderboard at 5-under-par 65 when play was suspended due to darkness Thursday in the first round of the Texas Children's Houston Open.,Ryan Gerard, Keith Mitchell, Canada's Taylor Pendrith and Argentina's Alejandro Tosti share a one-stroke lead at Memorial Park Go...

Taylor Moore (rib) withdraws from Houston Open
Taylor Moore withdrew from the Texas Children's Houston Open prior to the start of the tournament due to a rib injury.,Moore, 31, is ranked 82nd in the Official World Golf Ranking and has one PGA win on his resume, the 2023 Valspar Championship.,Last year in the Houston Open, Moore shot 11-under and...

2025 Texas Children's Houston Open: Preview, Props & Best Bets
The top two players in the world are in the field for this week's Texas Children's Houston Open, which tees off Thursday at Memorial Park Golf Course.,It also represents the final opportunity for players to earn automatic spots into next month's Masters through the Official World Golf Ranking, so th...

Stephan Jaeger faces strong field in defense of Houston Open title
The Houston Open has dealt with a revolving door of title sponsors and multiple shifts in the PGA Tour schedule in recent years. It even fell off the schedule altogether in 2023.,Event organizers must be glad to have not only World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, but also World No. 2 Rory McIlroy in the fi...

Golf Glance: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy collide in Houston
Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.,PGA TOUR,LAST TOURNAMENT: Valspar Championship (Viktor Hovland),THIS WEEK: Texas Children's Houston Open, March 27-30,Course: Memorial Park Golf Course (Par 70, 7,475 Yards),Purse: $...

Phil Mickelson: TGL 'could really be good for the game'
Despite a history of acrimony between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, one of the original defectors to the rival league made supportive comments at the conclusion of the inaugural TGL season on Tuesday night.,Phil Mickelson, who left the PGA Tour in June 2022 for upstart LIV Golf, responded to a post on ...

Rory McIlroy locked in on present in Houston, not future in Augusta
Rory McIlroy insists he's not looking past this week's Texas Children's Houston Open, even with the Masters Tournament coming around the corner.,McIlroy will look to record his third win of the season this weekend when he tees off on Thursday at Memorial Park Golf Course. The World's No. 2 golfer is...

Atlanta Drive top New York Golf Club for inaugural TGL title
Atlanta Drive GC staged an unlikely comeback from a steep deficit to win the inaugural TGL championship in style, 4-3 over New York Golf Club on Tuesday night in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,After failing to win any of the first 11 holes and falling behind 3-0, a combination of precise execution and goo...

Webb Simpson: LIV’s team concept ‘hard to get your mind around’
If a deal between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund is to be finalized after close to two years of deliberation, one of the major questions that must be solved is the fate of LIV Golf.,The PIF and its governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, established its footing in the professional golf world...

With Masters in mind, Tony Finau set to tackle Houston Open
Tony Finau said Tuesday that he's focused on the task at hand -- that being continuing his success at Texas Children's Houston Open.,Finau, after all, won the event in 2022 and finished tied as a runner up last year.,This week, Finau will look to record for another strong showing at Memorial Park Go...

Atlanta Drive edge NYGC to grab edge in TGL finals
Patrick Cantlay sank a 6-foot birdie putt to beat Xander Schauffele on the final hole, lifting Atlanta Drive GC to a 6-5 win over New York Golf Club on Monday in the opener of the TGL championship series on Monday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,The best-of-three title series will cap the inaugural seas...

Three-way tie atop Valspar Championship leaderboard after three rounds
Colombia's Nico Echavarria shot a bogey-free 5-under-par 66 in the third round of the Valspar Championship on Saturday and joins second-round leader Jacob Bridgeman and Norway's Viktor Hovland atop the leaderboard at Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Fla.,The trio is at 7 under g...

Jacob Bridgeman ekes ahead at Valspar Championship
Jacob Bridgeman shot a 2-under-par 69 to carve out a one-shot lead over Viktor Hovland and two others at the Valspar Championship on Friday in Palm Harbor, Fla.,Bridgeman, a 25-year-old in just his 40th career start on the PGA Tour, is at 6-under 136 with a narrow edge over Norwegian star Hovland (6...

Keith Mitchell, Stephan Jaeger among 5 tied for Valspar lead
Former PGA Tour winners Keith Mitchell (United States) and Stephan Jaeger (Germany) were among the five co-leaders when first-round play was suspended at the Valspar Championship on Thursday in Palm Harbor, Fla.,Mitchell, Jaeger, Jacob Bridgeman, Ricky Castillo and Finland's Sami Valimaki shot round...

Scottie Scheffler calls out LIV for creating golf's divide
Scottie Scheffler has not been shy about pointing the finger at LIV Golf when assessing the fractured state of professional golf.,Speaking on a pre-Masters conference call on Wednesday, Scheffler ventured from missing the competition of the golfers who departed for LIV to an all-out blame session.,"...

Patton Kizzire, Paul Waring WD from Valspar Championship
Patton Kizzire withdrew from play during the first round of the Valspar Championship on Thursday due to a back injury.,Starting on the back nine at Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course), Kizzire recorded three bogeys over his first eight holes before opting to call it a day at the tournament in Palm...

2025 Valspar Championship: Preview, Prop Picks & Best Bets
The PGA Tour's Florida Swing rolls on with the Valspar Championship, which tees off Thursday at Innesbrook Resort in Palm Harbor.,While it lacks the event status of Bay Hill or TPC Sawgrass the past two weeks, Innesbrook's Copperhead course is among the favorite tour stops for several players. With ...

Peter Malnati faces strong field in defense of Valspar title
Xander Schauffele headlines a surprisingly strong field at the Valspar Championship, the last leg of the PGA Tour's Florida swing that tees off Thursday in Palm Harbor, Fla.,Schauffele is the No. 3 player in the Official World Golf Ranking, one of seven top-20 players at Innisbrook Resort's Copperhe...

'Determined' Xander Schauffele continues rehab at the Valspar
For Xander Schauffele, there's no place like the road.,Schauffele is playing this week at the Valspar Championship at the Copperhead Course of the Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla. He's there, working to find his game after being sidelined six weeks because of an intercostal strain in the rib c...

Scottie Scheffler dishes familiar menu for Champions Dinner at Masters
Scottie Scheffler didn't stray too far from his initial version when pondering what would be on the menu for the traditional Champions Dinner during Masters week. ,The 2025 Masters menu consists of cheeseburger sliders served "Scottie style," meatball and ravioli bites, and firecracker shrimp as app...