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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Nick Taylor had more trouble with the wind than he did with Phil Mickelson. Taylor, a Canadian, managed both just fine on Sunday and won the Pebble Beach Pro-Am for his second career victory. With the gallery eager to see Mickelson add a record sixth victory at Pebble Beach, Taylor showed […] More
“I’m a property guy,” Mike Keiser says. And for 20 years, since he opened Bandon Dunes on a stretch of secluded Oregon coastline, golfers from around the world have been flocking to his courses. The property Mr. Keiser refers to has to be ideal ground for golf — sandy soil, preferably oceanside, and just enough […] More
(Reuters) – Australian Marc Leishman won the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego on Sunday when the death of basketball great Kobe Bryant cast a shadow over the final round. Several of the players competing at Torrey Pines knew Bryant well, notably Tiger Woods. News of Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash quickly spread around […] More
In November 2008, two officials from the International Golf Federation traveled to Switzerland to make a case for returning their sport’s athletes to the Olympics after a century-long hiatus. But as the men made their presentation to members of the International Olympic Committee, they quickly realized they were pitching to an audience fixated on a […] More
Top professional golfers can make considerably more from endorsements than they ever could on the course. Take Justin Rose, the British golfer who is ranked ninth in the world. He won more than $4 million last season. Yet Morgan Stanley paid him $5 million to wear its name on his hat, while his golf shirt […] More
The fastest way to get playing status on the European Tour is to make it through a gantlet of tournaments collectively known as Qualifying School, or Q School for short. Those who survived this season’s version are scheduled to tee it up this week at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. The final stage of Q […] More
Patrick Cantlay has not generated as much attention as some other golfers in their 20s, but that might change soon. Cantlay, 27, of the United States, who will make his European Tour debut at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, is ranked No. 6 in the world. He was the top-ranked amateur in the world and […] More
Pete Dye, who designed many of America’s most famous golf courses and became known as the mad scientist of golf architecture for his imaginative and supremely challenging layouts, died on Thursday. He was 94. His death was announced by the Dye family’s company, Dye Designs, on Twitter. He had been treated for dementia and lived […] More
