PGA champion Collin Morikawa shook off an early mistake and played a steady hand, closing with a 3-under 69 for a three-shot victory in the Workday Championship.
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Members of Fire Station 106 in Rolling Hills Estates, California, responded to the scene of a vehicle crash involving golfer Tiger Woods on Tuesday.
Tiger Woods was moved Thursday to another Los Angeles hospital after undergoing surgery to his right leg after being badly injured in a car crash.
The Los Angeles County sheriff on Wednesday characterized the crash that seriously injured Tiger Woods as “purely an accident” and appeared to rule out any potential criminal charges even as authorities were still investigating.
The key word for the seven-tournament swing was experience. There were no first-time winners, with veterans taking home every title, including Las Vegan Kevin Na.
Dustin Johnson is the +725 favorite at Circa, Jon Rahm is the +925 second choice and the rest of the field, which features 48 of the top 50 players, is in double digits.
Tiger Woods crashed his SUV on sweeping, downhill road in the Los Angels suburbs Tuesday morning, and doctors tried to stabilize “significant” injuries to his right leg with rods and a combination of screws and pins.
The partnership will allow MGM Resort International’s BetMGM and Topgolf Entertainment Group to collaborate on marketing and promotional offers, and is designed to help both companies reach new audiences.
The inaugural Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play will be held May 26-30 at Shadow Creek Golf Club. It will feature 64 of the world’s top golfers playing for a $1.5 million purse.
Twelve of the top 15 players in the Official World Golf Ranking will tee off Thursday in a loaded field at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.
Maverick McNealy’s second-place finish at Pebble Beach is his best result on the PGA Tour, surpassing his tie for fifth last year at — where else — Pebble Beach.
World No. 1 Dustin Johnson scrambled the odds for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am when he withdrew late Monday. Patrick Cantlay is now the favorite at 8-1.
Gigi Stoll, who moved to Las Vegas last spring, had a decorated career as a junior golfer in the Pacific Northwest. She’s hoping to rediscover that success this year.
The Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort’s Sun Course will be one of 109 golf courses hosting the first stage of U.S. Open qualifying, the U.S. Golf Association announced this week.
According to the final numbers released this week by the National Golf Foundation, 2020 was the most successful year in history for golf in terms of growth.
