The PGA Tour’s Shriners Open begins tournament play on Thursday at the TPC of Summelin. The event announced its pairings and tee times Tuesday morning for the first two rounds on Thursday and Friday. Here’s who you can follow.
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When the PGA Tour made its decision a couple of years ago to change its schedule and have its Fall Series become part of the Fed Ex Cup points chase, it was with The Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in mind.
Can Emiliano Grillo do it again? The rookie from Argentina shocked the golf world Sunday when he won the Frys.com Open at Napa, Calif., defeating veteran Kevin Na in a playoff in the first PGA Tour event of the 2016 season.
The talent was always there. But Charley Hoffman needed to find some consistency in his golf game to be a star on the PGA Tour.
If you’re planning on going to this year’s PGA Tour Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, here’s what you’ll need to know.
Almost all of golf’s biggest names are bypassing Las Vegas this week. Rickie Fowler is making the stop, however, and that makes him the favorite.
It had been a tough day for Ben Martin. The 28-year-old from South Carolina had limped in with a third-round 80 at the BMW Championship on Sept. 18, essentially knocking him out of a spot in the field.
Three days into his PGA Tour debut in 1986, Jerry Foltz injured his back in a car accident after being hit by a drunk driver and was never the same. But the Western High School graduate knew golf, and he was good at talking about it. And if you’ve watched the Golf Channel through the years, you’re familiar with his work.
Phil Mickelson committed a rules violation at the President’s Cup — where he used two different brands of golf balls in Friday’s round — that cost his team two holes in a match it halved with Jason Day and Adam Scott. But the gaffe didn’t stop Mickelson from talking smack in his postmatch news conference.
World number one Jordan Spieth capped a sensational season on Friday when, as had been widely expected, he was voted the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year after a 2014-15 campaign highlighted by two major victories among his five wins.
After contemplating playing last week, Rickie Fowler officially committed Tuesday for next month’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open golf tournament at TPC Summerlin.
PGA star Rickie Fowler indicated to reporters at a news conference in Atlanta on Tuesday he plans to play in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas next month.
Former world number one Tiger Woods announced on Friday that he underwent back surgery earlier this week and will be sidelined for the rest of this year.
As an avid golfer and noted bald man, comedian Larry David — “Seinfeld” co-creator and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” creator and star — has a special place in his heart for Jordan Spieth, the two-time major winner with a rapidly receding hairline.
An Ohio man playing golf with a friend at a northern Michigan resort died after being attacked by a swarm of bees when he went to search for his ball in the woods, police said on Thursday.