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Lucas Glover sets early pace with opening 66 at The Players
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover finished with a flourish, making birdie on each of his last four holes to seize an early two-shot lead in the opening round of The Players Championship on Thursday.,Enjoying a new lease of life since he switched to a long putter in 20...
Jordan Spieth has chaotic start at The Players Championship
Jordan Spieth endured a topsy-turvy start to The Players Championship on Thursday, collecting two eagles, two birdies, two bogeys and one double bogey -- and that was just over his first nine holes.,Spieth added one more birdie and a bogey over his final nine holes to finish at 2-under-par 70 on the...
Jason Day (illness) WDs from The Players Championship
Jason Day withdrew from The Players Championship one hour before he was scheduled to tee off on Thursday morning due to an illness.,Danny Walker replaced Day, who is ranked No. 33 in the world and has a 2016 Players Championship title among his 13 PGA Tour victories. He finished 35th in the event in...
2025 The Players Championship: Preview, Props & Best Bets
The unofficial "fifth major" of the 2025 PGA Tour season kicks off on Thursday with the first round of The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.,Contested on the famed Stadium Course, one of the year's deepest fields will vie for one of the tour's most coveted trophies. Can Scottie Scheffl...
Rory McIlroy: Pit best golfers head-to-head monthly 'if not more'
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Whether negotiations between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund result in a reunification of professional golf or not, Rory McIlroy said he believes that competition at the highest level of the game needs to be more global.,The World No. 2 said he would...
Scottie Scheffler tees up three-peat chance at The Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Compelling storylines are in great supply ahead of The Players Championship this week, where World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is bidding for an unprecedented third successive victory and third-ranked Xander Schauffele looks to bounce back from a recent rib injury.,World No. ...
Adam Scott: PGA-LIV merger 'may not be ultimately possible'
Adam Scott remains hopeful that negotiations between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund result in a reunification of professional golf, but the former major champion is also realistic that the talks could fizzle out.,As a player director on the tour's Player Advisory Council, the 44-year-ol...
Players 3-peat? Scottie Scheffler says 'it's a new tournament'
After becoming the first golfer to win The Players Championship in back-to-back years in 2024, World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler returns this week for a shot at the unprecedented three-peat.,While Scheffler is already used to making history on the course, he is focused on this week's event in Ponte Vedr...
Golf Glance: Scottie Scheffler seeks record 3-peat at The Players
Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.,PGA TOUR,LAST TOURNAMENT: Arnold Palmer Invitational (Russell Henley),THIS WEEK: The Players Championship, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., March 13-16,Course: TPC Sawgrass, The Players Stad...
Tiger Woods undergoes surgery for ruptured Achilles
Tiger Woods underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon.,Woods said on social media that he sustained the injury while training at home in Jupiter, Fla.,"As I began to ramp up my own training and practice at home, I felt a sharp pain in my left Achilles, which was deemed to b...
Collin Morikawa on tough Arnold Palmer finish: 'Frustration'
Collin Morikawa didn't speak to reporters on Sunday after the Arnold Palmer Invitational when the tournament that he led by three strokes with five holes to play slipped away.,On Tuesday, amid his preparation for The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Morikawa explained his emotions af...
Justin Thomas: Tour players 'past the level of exhaustion' with LIV talks
If there is tangible progress in talks between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, Justin Thomas didn't know about it as he vented frustration over the lagging negotiations and limited information available to his peers. ,While PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan cited "substantial progress," Thomas said he's ...
Jay Monahan discusses 'ebbs and flows' of PGA-LIV talks, pace of play
Commissioner Jay Monahan insisted on Tuesday that progress is being made in the PGA Tour's communications with the upstart LIV circuit. It just comes with "ebbs and flows," he said.,Monahan also was quick to praise President Trump for his involvement as a facilitator in the negotiations. Trump has h...
Karl Vilips wins Puerto Rico Open in 4th start on tour
Rookie Karl Vilips of Australia shot an 8-under-par 64, his lowest round of the week, and won his maiden title in his fourth PGA Tour start at the Puerto Rico Open on Sunday in Rio Grande.,Vilips carded a 26-under 262 over four days at Grand Reserve Golf Club. After starting the day four back, Denma...
Russell Henley overtakes Collin Morikawa to nab Arnold Palmer title
Russell Henley eagled the 16th hole Sunday and went on to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Fla.,Henley's 2-under-par 70 put him at 11-under 277, giving up his first victory since the 2022 World Wide Technology Championship -- a span of 854 days. It marks his ...
Australia's Karl Vilips grabs lead at Puerto Rico Open
Australia's Karl Vilips is fighting stomach problems and the rest of the field in pursuit of his first PGA Tour title after grabbing a one-stroke lead Saturday through three rounds of the Puerto Rico Open.,Vilips, 23, collected seven birdies against one bogey in carding a 6-under-par 66 to reach 18-...
Collin Morikawa holds one-shot lead at Arnold Palmer Invitational
Collin Morikawa shot a 5-under-par 67 on Saturday to move into the lead through three rounds of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Fla.,He'll take a one-stroke edge on Russell Henley going into Sunday's final round.,Morikawa drained a birdie putt from almost 12 fee...
Knee surgery in future for Kevin Streelman
Kevin Streelman announced Saturday over social media that he will require surgery to repair his injured knee.,"It saddens me to report that I suffered a knee injury the other day. The MRI showed a tear in my (meniscus) that will require surgery in the upcoming weeks," Streelman wrote on X, formerly ...
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen leads Puerto Rico Open in PGA debut
In his PGA Tour debut, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen holds the lead halfway through the Puerto Rico Open.,The native of Denmark is at 15-under-par 129 through two rounds at Grand Reserve Golf Club in Rio Grande.,Neergaard-Petersen, 25, followed an opening-round 64 with a 65 Friday and has a one-shot adv...
Tiger Woods not among 144-player field at The Players Championship
Tiger Woods is not entered in the 144-player field for The Players Championship, which begins next week at the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass with 48 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking.,Woods had until Friday evening to decide if he would participate, but sent strong signals during an ...