The conditions weren’t perfect, but Phil Mickelson’s golf nearly was, as the PGA Tour veteran flirted with golf’s magical number 59 in the first round of the Desert Classic on Thursday. “Lefty” as he is known, posted a 12-under par 60 at La Quinta Country Club, and has the first […]

If Bernhard Langer had to pick a place to start off the Champions Tour season, he couldn’t do any better than the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai. It is one of his favorite events, and the 61-year-old has played there 12 times, winning on three of those visits. “The course […]

Though the European Tour kicks off its year this week at the Abu Dhabi HBSC Championship, Brooks Koepka has already gotten a huge head start against some of the competition. The 28-year-old, who won the US Open and PGA Championship last year, began his season in October at The CJ […]

Last year was a rough year for Jordan Spieth, and as he enters the Sony Open, which begins Thursday, the 25-year-old wants a season more like 2017 than last year. In 2018, Spieth struggled, going winless and finishing in the top 10 five times. The prior year he had three […]

The PGA Tour season for Tiger Woods could be considered a success for everyone except those who bet on him. While Woods was in contention for several tournaments, he didn’t win until the end of the season. Those who bet on the former No. 1 player, ripped up betting slips, […]

Tiger Woods might have an important choice to make as the captain of next year’s Presidents Cup. He will be entrusted with four picks to round out the 12-member US Team, and one of those selections might be staring at him in the mirror. The top eight golfers in points […]

With the regular PGA Tour season on break until the Tournament of Champions the first week of January, the last competition of any kind in the states is the QBE Shootout, which begins Friday. The unofficial event is the last survivor of the Silly Season events that used to populate […]

Those who enjoy wagering and watching Tiger Woods on the golf course will be doing less of it next year. The soon to be 43-year played in 18 events in the 2017-2018 season, as well as competing in the Ryder Cup and an exhibition match with Phil Mickelson. It was […]

Sports Illustrated contributing writer Michael Farber wrote on Twitter his feelings about the Thanksgiving weekend Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson match. He tweeted: “I see the Woods-Mickelson ppv match costs $19.99, which, coincidentally, would have been the year I would have been interested in watching.” Seems he wasn’t alone. “The Match,” as […]

This time last year at the Hero World Challenge Tiger Woods wasn’t sure what his golf future held, he was just happy to be able to swing a golf club. Woods was a 41-year-old golfer coming back from his fourth back surgery that would have forced most of his contemporaries […]

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson already have $9 million on the line in their winner-take-all match this Friday in Las Vegas. But viewers were promised that there would be some side action during the event, and details of some of the additional bets that will play out started to emerge […]

With the Champions Tour’s season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship set to tee off Thursday morning, Bernhard Langer is in search of his fifth year-end title, and looks like he is back to being unbeatable. The 61-year old is at 7/2 to win this event, and if he does, he would […]

Rickie Fowler said he was shaking the rust off his game last week in Las Vegas, and it might just be in time to shine at the Mayakoba Golf Classic. Fowler is the 8/1 favorite to win the tournament in Playa del Carmen, Mexico for a couple of reasons. The […]

Bryson DeChambeau continued his breakthrough 2018 campaign by winning the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas, giving him his fourth win in his past 12 starts on the PGA Tour. The one-shot victory moved DeChambeau up to fifth place in the Official World Golf Ranking, an impressive rise […]

Last season was a rough one for Jordan Spieth, but the 25-year-old is hoping he can start his year successfully at this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. Spieth is a 12/1 pick to win, right behind favorites Tony Finau, who lost in a playoff in last […]

For the second consecutive week, Bernhard Langer is atop the Schwab Cup Playoff points list, and is the favorite at the Invesco QQQ Championship, which begins Friday at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California. The Invesco QQQ is the second tournament in a three-event playoff that features the top 54 […]