9:25 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Dustin Johnson leads at the halfway point of the WGC-Mexico Championship, but he’s got a big group of golf stars chasing him that includes Rory McIlroy, Matt Kuchar, Sergio Garcia, Tommy Fleetwood … and Tiger Woods. That is the point of the World Golf Championships, which bring together the
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6:06 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — D.J. Trahan birdied the final hole Friday at windy Coco Beach Golf and Country Club for a 5-under 67 and a share of the second-round lead with Nate Lashley in the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open. Trahan had seven birdies and two bogeys in his
2:39 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Rickie Fowler was a victim of golf’s new rules on Friday when he failed to take a proper drop from knee height during the second round of the WGC-Mexico Championship. On his first hole of the day, the par-4 10th at Club de Golf Chapultepec, Fowler shanked his second
7:57 AM ET Spanish golfer Nuria Iturrios has established a four-shot halfway lead after taming brutal winds in the second round of the Australian Ladies Classic at Bonville. Iturrios carded a superb five-under-par 67 in Friday’s challenging conditions to take command of the tournament at eight-under overall. The 23-year-old backed up a steady front nine
8:21 PM ET MEXICO CITY — The first-tee announcer at Club de Golf Chapultepec had Tiger Woods laughing as he teed up his ball, introducing the 80-time PGA Tour winner in most unusual fashion. But Woods’ introduction to a Mexico golf competition was not so funny. Woods promptly knocked his tee shot out of bounds,
2:00 PM ET Associated Press CHONBURI, Thailand — Eun-Hee Ji of South Korea led the LPGA Thailand by two shots after opening with a 9-under-par 63 Thursday. Ji won her fifth U.S. LPGA Tour title in her previous event last month, the season-opening Tournament of Champions in Florida. She picked up right where she left
9:55 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Jordan Spieth‘s caddie, Michael Greller, had to leave the WGC-Mexico Championship because of the death of his father, John Greller. Shawn Spieth, Jordan’s father, will take Greller’s place at Club de Golf Chapultepec, where the first round begins Thursday. The Golf Channel first reported the news, and tournament officials
12:34 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Deciding where to play this year in a busy lead-up to the Masters has been a challenge for Tiger Woods, who admitted Tuesday that choosing between a slew of events where he’s had success or that are near his Florida home remains difficult. The change this year, however, is
5:19 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Even for pro golfers used to hitting the ball a long way, there is something kind of cool about launching a tee shot high into the sky when playing in the thin air that comes with altitude. Tiger Woods said it really would be fun if it were just