Johnny Miller’s epic broadcasting career ended when NBC Sports’ third-round coverage of the raucous Waste Management Phoenix Open concluded Saturday.
Golf
An estimated 15,000 fans — by far the largest in the last 10-15 years and possibly ever — were on hand at TPC Summerlin on Sunday for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open final round.
After more than a month of silence, more details about the match play event between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods have trickled out.
Andrew Putnam won the Barracuda Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, holding off Chad Campbell by four points in the modified Stableford scoring event.
Named in honor of a famous Masters victory, Georgia Hall has her hands on one of the big trophies in women’s golf at the age of 22.
Justin Thomas took all the drama out of the final World Golf Championship at Firestone, never letting anyone closer than two shots and closing with a 1-under 69 to win the Bridgestone Invitational for his third PGA Tour title this season.
It’s getting more and more difficult to define exactly what golf is. To the purist, golf is defined as a game played by hitting a little white ball into a hole on a course while swinging irons, fairway metals and a putter.
Jordan Spieth is a 9-4 favorite at adjusted odds after opening at 2-1 at the Westgate to win his second green jacket, and Rory McIlroy is the 4-1 second choice after opening at 5-1.
Litke and Dahlberg also talk to AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson, who says even if Woods doesn’t win, who would have thought that 10 months after the infamous police mug shot following his DUI arrest that Woods would already have a new and much more positive image.
The bus carrying 18 passengers crashed on Interstate 20 around 8:45 a.m. Thursday, just as fans were driving in for the tournament’s first round, the Georgia State Patrol said
The real reason for all the talk that this Masters might be the best ever still comes down to one guy: Tiger Woods.
Sweden’s Ricard Lockner made birdie on the 18th hole to defeat Jeff Gibralter of Rockwall, Texas, 1 up in the One Putt for One Drop high roller tournament. Lockner earned $110,000 for the victory.
Chesson Hadley went from a chance to win to missing the three-way playoff.
Sometimes the Cinderella Kid doesn’t come out of nowhere to win the Masters, as in the manner of a bedraggled greens keeper in the movies. Sometimes he finishes in a tie for 10th in his PGA debut.
Patrick Cantlay made par on the second playoff hole to beat Alex Cejka and Whee Kim and win the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Sunday.
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