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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Sungjae Im, a precocious 21-year-old from South Korea, has been playing professional golf in the United States since 2018. Im, however, does not own a home, rent an apartment or even spend a few weeks at an Airbnb in America, despite a 10-month playing schedule that includes prolonged breaks between […] More
Mickey Wright, who won 82 L.P.G.A. tournaments, 13 of them majors, and was perhaps the finest player in the history of women’s golf, died on Monday in Florida. She was 85. The cause was a heart attack, her lawyer, Sonia Pawluc, told The Associated Press. Wright had been hospitalized for the last few weeks after […] More
Tiger Woods was clad in his hallmark red for the final round at the Farmers Insurance Open last month when he took a compact swipe at his 141-yard approach shot on the second hole. The ball found the green and took two short hops before it bounced in and out of the cup, leaving him […] More
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
