Marc Leishman quietly has been among the steadiest players on the PGA Tour in recent years, and his victory Sunday at the Farmers Insurance Open reaffirmed the sustained quality of his play. The 36-year-old Aussie tamed one of the tour’s most difficult courses – the South Course at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif. – by shooting 7-under-par 65 in the final round to beat Jon Rahm by one stroke.
Rory McIlroy is 30 now and there’s a sense that he’s come through his 20s poised to make the next decade a big one both personally and professionally, writes Ron Green Jr.
A group with substantial financial backing, including money from Saudi Arabia, is courting the world’s top players with a global golf tour concept that aims to reshape the face of the professional game. Although big names such as McIlroy and Phil Mickelson have been approached, no players have committed, at least publicly, to the idea.
After his final round at Torrey Pines, Tiger Woods recalled the connection he shared with Kobe Bryant, the retired Los Angeles Lakers star who was killed in a helicopter crash outside Los Angeles on Sunday.
Australia’s Lucas Herbert won his first European Tour title Sunday, capturing the Omega Dubai Desert Classic in a playoff against South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout.
Teeing off first in the final round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic and playing solo, Sweden’s Sebastian Söderberg completed 18 holes in 97 minutes, a round the European Tour called the fastest in its history.
The new alliance between the LPGA and Ladies European Tour will be a boon to Europe’s female professionals in multiple ways, writes Lewine Mair.
With a crucial up-and-down par at the last, Sweden’s Madelene Sagström won the inaugural Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio tournament in Boca Raton, Fla., edging Japan’s Nasa Hataoka by a stroke to capture her first LPGA title.
This week’s installment of the Divot offers a glimpse inside one of golf’s biggest events, albeit one that few everyday players will ever attend.
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