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Tiger Woods wobbles to 8 over in first round at Open
Tiger Woods is near the bottom of the Open Championship leaderboard after opening with an 8-over 79 on Thursday at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland., ,One quick birdie at No. 3 gave Woods' fans hope before he played the next nine holes in 8 over par. Woods wrapped up just bef...
Rory McIlroy missed text from Tiger Woods after U.S. Open meltdown
Rory McIlroy was in no mood to respond to the world after his meltdown at last month's U.S. Open, going as far as changing his phone number in avoidance.,As a result, McIlroy missed outreach from all directions -- even Tiger Woods' words of encouragement -- after the Northern Irishman's final-round ...
Tiger Woods: Too much on plate to be U.S. Ryder Cup captain
Tiger Woods said his decision against serving as captain of the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup team was a result of having too many other commitments.,Keegan Bradley, in turn, will be the captain when the Americans face the European team at the Bethpage Black Course in September 2025 in Farmingdale, N.Y.,"Well...
Charlie Woods -- Tiger's son -- qualifies for U.S. Junior Amateur
The U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills Country Club in Michigan won't be lacking for name recognition, as a Woods has qualified to play there next month.,The Woods in question is Charlie, Tiger's son.,The 15-year-old Woods earned his spot with a 1-under 71 he shot Wednesday at Eagle Trace Golf Clu...
PGA Tour gives Tiger Woods 'lifetime achievement' exemption
Tiger Woods will be able to gain entry to all PGA Tour signature events moving forward after the circuit's policy board voted Tuesday to grant him a special exemption due to "exceptional lifetime achievement.",The move will give Woods access to the tour's eight signature tournaments, all of which aw...
Tiger Woods’ last U.S. Open? ‘It may or may not be’
Tiger Woods missed the cut at the U.S. Open by two shots -- then said he didn't know if this was his swan song at the major championship.,Woods posted a 3-over 73 Friday at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina, dropping to 7 over for his two days on the course. The cut line at the notoriously difficult...
Tiger Woods struggles with irons in U.S. Open return
Tiger Woods birdied both par-5 holes on Thursday but finished at 4-over 74 in his opening round at the U.S. Open in Pinehurst, N.C.,Woods, 48, offset his birdies at Nos. 5 and 10 with six bogeys, including four on the front nine at Pinehurst No. 2.,"I didn't hit my irons particularly well. Didn't pu...
Report: PGA Tour, PIF reps meeting in New York on Friday
Representatives of the PGA Tour are meeting in person Friday with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, as the two sides try to move closer to finalizing their affiliation, Golfweek reported.,The meeting is in New York and marks the first time the sides have met face-to-fa...
Tiger 10 back after bogey-bogey finish at Valhalla
Tiger Woods saw another solid effort unravel before the finish line as he carded a 1-over-par 72 in the first round of the PGA Championship on Thursday.,A bogey-bogey finish left Woods 10 shots off the lead of Xander Schauffele, who finished with a 9-under 62.,Woods began his round on the back nine ...
Tiger Woods is now fine with Saudi blood money funding PGA
After years of holding out from the big money of LIV Golf, Tiger Woods said he isn’t opposed to the Saudi government’s Public Investment Fund being an investor in the PGA Tour. ...
There aren’t enough wealthy team owners on Earth to save the PGA Tour
The PGA Tour and LIV Golf are engaging in an arms race for the future of golf, with the former getting a $3 billion injection of cash from the Strategic Sports Group this week, while the latter is content luring defectors with massive contracts. The endgame for the PGA Tour? Try to keep golf as clos...
Here's to Golden State learning to age gracefully
Golden State is probably permanently entrenched as a middle-of-the-pack team. There are no renovating crumbling support beams around their Big 3 pillars because they are the source of deterioration. All they can do now is continue their reign as the most well-adjusted teammates ever cobbled together...
I have some feelings about the Tiger Woods-Nike breakup
Just when I was ready to declare that there is nothing to believe in on this planet, I feel even more comfortable making that declaration now that Tiger Woods will no longer be wearing that red Nike shirt on Sundays. ...
The case <i>against</i> Deion Sanders as Sportsperson of the Year
We are on the brink of our last full college football Saturday slate before bowl season. So, it’s apropos that Deion Sanders’ overhype earned him Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year. After announcing Sanders as the recipient of the honor, Sports Illustrated is dodging tomatoes from the Int...
Travis Kelce is running away with Sportsman of the Year
Sportsman of the year is one of those nebulous awards that checks off boxes by usually honoring a do-gooder, an activist athlete, some stereotypical quarterback, a Finals MVP, Tiger Woods, the fastest man in the world, an American gymnast or some gold medalist in the pool during an Olympic year. ...
Dustin Johnson needs to stop whining and reap what he's sown
You reap what you sow. And Dustin Johnson has no one to blame but himself for not making the United States Ryder Cup team. Once he sold out to Saudi-backed LIV Golf last year for a reported $125 million, his margin for error to make golf’s premier team event became razor-thin. And it shouldn’t be a ...
Screw a PGA Tour card, let me get that tax-exempt status
The recent turmoil on the PGA Tour is enough to give a guy acid reflux, but who can blame them? They tried to concede defeat to the LIV Tour only to spark the government intervention they’d hoped would happen when Greg Norman was poaching their best players, and now that sloppiness and spotlight mig...
Rose Zhang announces her LGPA presence with authority
As Tiger Woods, LeBron James, Tom Brady, Serena Williams depart for their respective GOAT farms upstate, their respective sports are in desperate search of phenoms to replace them. Tiger’s departure from golf’s summit has cleared the way for a new generation to take the reins. On Sunday, in her firs...
Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend loses bid to get NDA thrown out
A past girlfriend of Tiger Woods must continue to abide by a non-disclosure agreement she allegedly signed and must continue any attempts at attaining millions from one of the best golfers of all time from private arbitration. No, this isn’t the one Woods took Ambien for to spice up their sex life o...