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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
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
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
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
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
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
In the course of a year on the European Tour, the players have visited 31 countries in all different weather. They have played in cold, windy conditions in Scotland and Ireland, under searing sun in the deserts of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and let the ball fly into the thin mountain air […] More
Danny Willett of England hit the big time in 2016 when he won the Masters Tournament, his final round of 67 — 5 under par — taking him past a faltering Jordan Spieth. He was ranked in the top 10 after that tournament, but after injuries and a loss of form he fell outside the […] More
