Jan 11, 2022 ESPN News Services Tom Watson, a two-time winner at Augusta National who ranks sixth all time with victories in eight majors, will join Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as honorary starters at the Masters this year. “I am honored that Tom has accepted our invitation,” Masters chairman Fred Ridley said in a

6:14 PM ET ESPN News Services Bryson DeChambeau withdrew from this week’s Sony Open on Monday. In a Golf Channel report, DeChambeau’s agent, Brett Falkoff, said the golfer is battling wrist soreness and will skip the early-season tournament at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. DeChambeau was supposed to have a video call with reporters

8:33 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — No one ever finished more under par in PGA Tour history than Cameron Smith, and he never could appreciate it until his final birdie putt Sunday in the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Not with Jon Rahm, the No. 1 player in the world, on his heels every

11:11 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — Jon Rahm matched the low score of his career, tied the course record at Kapalua and played his last 12 holes in 11-under par for a 61. He needed it just to catch Cameron Smith in the Sentry Tournament of Champions on Saturday. In an outrageously low-scoring

10:46 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — The scenery off Kapalua suggests a chill vibe. The scoreboard at the Sentry Tournament of Champions delivered a clear message to get a move on it. Cameron Smith took that to heart Friday. Smith opened with two straight bogeys to not only lose his one-shot lead, but

12:17 PM ET ESPN News Services Long considered the biggest event in women’s golf, the U.S. Women’s Open now has prize money and future sites to match. The U.S. Golf Association announced Friday that the purse will nearly double this year to $10 million, by far the richest in women’s golf and challenging top prizes

10:35 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — All it took was one round for the new year to feel like the end of last season on the PGA Tour. Cameron Smith of Australia opened the Sentry Tournament of Champions with a pair of long eagle putts and to offset an early bogey for an

7:46 PM ET Steve Stricker spent weeks in the hospital after leading the United States to a Ryder Cup triumph in September, with the American captain telling Wisconsin Golf that he’s lucky to be alive after battling a mysterious illness. In late September, Stricker was a hero of the Ryder Cup, guiding the youngest U.S.

Jan 5, 2022 The first event on the PGA Tour schedule in 2022 is a small one. Only 38 players will tee it up at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. The reason? You have to win to get in. Only tournament champions from the previous 12 months are invited to the Plantation Course at Kapalua

Jan 5, 2022 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Max Homa was sitting on a plane, flying back to Arizona from the RSM Classic in Sea Island, Georgia, on Nov. 19, when he started to think about how to get better. It was his 31st birthday, and earlier in the day, he missed the cut by 3 strokes.