International Golf articles
Tiger Woods sustains injuries in car crash
Golf legend Tiger Woods suffered serious leg injuries and was trapped but conscious when emergency responders reached the scene of his one-vehicle rollover crash on a stretch of California road known for speeding and accidents, authorities said in a report by CNN. Woods, 45, was driving shortly aft...
Golf tour kicks off new season at Eagle Ridge
Riding on the crest of its successful re-start in a pandemic-hit year, the Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc. penciled a two-stage tournament for the Philippine Golf Tour and the Ladies PGT next month to usher its 2021 season with accent still on the safety and health of the players and all the person...
Five things about The Concession Golf Club
Due to logistical challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship is now the WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession, a Jack Nicklaus/Tony Jacklin co-design in the Bradenton-Sarasota area in Southwest Florida. The tournament will kick off a four-week F...
Adam Scott ‘experimenting’ with shorter putter
When Adam Scott's name comes up, it’s usually his ball striking that comes to mind, but after an opening-round 69 at Riviera it was his new putter that garnered the most attention. And rightfully so as he led the field in Strokes Gained: Putting for his first round (5.074) and made more th...
Home sweet home for Max Homa at The Genesis Invitational
L.A. native Max Homa fell in love with The Genesis Invitational and Riviera Country Club at a very young age. Well he fell for their warm soft pretzels at least. That inviting smell and salty taste kept young Max coming back year after year. And it wasn’t long before a serious love of the gam...
Tiger Woods recovering from back surgery, hopes for Masters return
Tiger Woods says he's doesn't know when he will return from a fifth back surgery, and he could not give a definitive answer Sunday when asked if he would be at the Masters. “God, I hope so,” Woods on the CBS broadcast of The Genesis Invitational. Woods, at Riviera to hand out t...
The First Look: Puerto Rico Open
While defending champion Viktor Hovland heads to play the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession, the field of the Puerto Rico Open features a solid handful of past PGA TOUR winners, up-and-comers looking for their first TOUR victory, and the top golfers from the 2020 portio...
Bryson DeChambeau wants to drive Bay Hill's par-5 6th; Tyrrell Hatton wants to see it
Like his experiment with a 48-inch shaft in his driver, Bryson DeChambeau made headlines last month when he said he would try to drive the green at the par-5 sixth hole at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. “If I play this year I will definitely do it,” DeChambeau told Golf.com last month....
USC standout Gabriela Ruffels opts to turn professional
One of the top Division I women's golf teams in the country is losing one of the top players in the country. USC senior Gabriela Ruffels, the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur champion and runner-up in the same championship last year, announced Wednesday that she plans to forgo the remainder of her...
The driver that’s fueling Xander Schauffele’s latest hot streak
He hasn’t broken through with a win quite yet, which makes it easy to forget that Xander Schauffele is on something of a heater. Since the U.S. Open in September (the first event of the 2021 Tour season), Schauffele has been red-hot. His finishes during that span feature no wins, but a bevy o...