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    Justin Thomas Wins Tournament of Champions in Playoff

    KAPALUA, Hawaii — Justin Thomas began the new year mildly disappointed by not having won more than he already has on the PGA Tour. That’s not to suggest he ever thought it was easy. Sunday at Kapalua was proof of that. Thomas won the Sentry Tournament of Champions in a three-man playoff over Patrick Reed […] More

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    Tiger Woods Leads by Example in Presidents Cup Comeback Win

    MELBOURNE, Australia — Tiger Woods’s final putt on Sunday was still rolling toward the hole when he started to remove his cap for a postmatch handshake with Mexico’s Abraham Ancer. It had already been a long week for Woods, but he wasn’t done, and there was no time to waste. Woods’s 19-foot birdie at the […] More

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    Chasing for Years, Ernie Els Has Tiger Woods Right Where He Wants Him

    MELBOURNE, Australia — The way Ernie Els sees the Presidents Cup, Royal Melbourne Golf Club is like a savanna in his native South Africa and the United States team is the bared-teeth beast charging at his players. Sometimes the beast bites, Els told his International squad. And when that happens? “Put a spear in it […] More

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    Patrick Reed’s Club Hit the Sand. Now There’s a Dust-Up.

    MELBOURNE, Australia — Patrick Reed’s drive Thursday morning on the par-4 first hole at Royal Melbourne Golf Club hit the runway-hard fairway and started skittering toward a greenside bunker. The bundled-up fans seated behind the tee box, tracking the ball’s progress on a giant video screen, urged it to find the sand. When it complied, […] More

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    Player, Captain, Ambassador. In Australia, Tiger Woods Is Game.

    MELBOURNE, Australia — Before he took aim at a makeshift target floating on the Yarra River, Shane Luke, an accomplished disabled golfer, glanced up at Tiger Woods, whom he knew only from television. Luke was one of the local stars participating in the made-for-TV kickoff event at the Crown Riverwalk ahead of the 13th edition […] More

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    Henrik Stenson Wins the Hero World Challenge

    NASSAU, the Bahamas — Winless in more than two years, Henrik Stenson found himself in the middle of a wild chase to the finish on Saturday, with Tiger Woods and the elite in golf all around him. Five players had a chance to win in the final hour. Four had at least a share of […] More

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    Brooks Koepka Withdraws From Presidents Cup Team

    Brooks Koepka’s knee injury is bad enough that on Wednesday he withdrew from the Presidents Cup three weeks before it begins. Koepka, the No. 1 player in the world who led all qualifiers for the American team, said the injury he suffered Oct. 18 at the CJ Cup in South Korea has not healed well […] More

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    Playing for All the Marbles at the DP World Tour

    The top 50 golfers on this year’s European Tour will fight it out this week to claim the final event of the season at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, which is worth $2 million to the winner. For some players, the even bigger prize is winning the 2019 Race to Dubai, the European Tour’s […] More