Kevin Kisner paid his dues to get to paradise (The Associated Press)
Kevin Kisner can get used to this kind of living, and this kind of playing. For three years after graduating from Georgia, the 31-year-old Kisner played whatever tour he could. There were times he would finish an event on the Hooters Tour and drive most of the night to try for Monday qualifying on the […]
Clark hopes to have solution for long putter (The Associated Press)
Tim Clark hopes he has found the solution to the anchoring ban for longer putter, even if it makes it feel as though he is starting over. ”I feel like this is my rookie season because I don’t know what to expect,” Clark said Tuesday at the Sony Open. Clark is using a putter from […]
De Carolis beats Feigenbutz by 11th-round TKO for WBA belt (The Associated Press)
Giovanni De Carolis of Italy stopped Vincent Feigenbutz in the 11th round of their rematch to claim the vacant WBA super middleweight title on Saturday. De Carolis, who was the busier fighter throughout, rocked the German with a huge right and pinned him against the ropes with a flurry of punches before referee Gustavo Padilla […]
De Carolis beats Feigenbutz by 11th-round TKO for WBA belt (The Associated Press)
Giovanni De Carolis of Italy stopped Vincent Feigenbutz in the 11th round of their rematch to claim the vacant WBA super middleweight title on Saturday. De Carolis, who was the busier fighter throughout, rocked the German with a huge right and pinned him against the ropes with a flurry of punches before referee Gustavo Padilla […]
Brandon Stone claims maiden Euro Tour win at SA Open (The Associated Press)
Brandon Stone won the South African Open on Sunday for his maiden European Tour title, becoming the youngest player to win the event since it joined the tour schedule in 1997. The 22-year-old South African finished with a roller-coaster round of 71 that had seven birdies and also six bogeys, but it was still enough […]
Van Zyl tops South African-dominated leaderboard at SA Open (The Associated Press)
Jaco van Zyl shot a 7-under 65 Thursday to top a South African-dominated leaderboard in the first round of the SA Open, the European Tour’s first event of 2016. Van Zyl maintained the form that put him in ties for eighth and 13th at the season-opening Alfred Dunhill Championship and Nedbank Golf Challenge before Christmas, […]
Manny Pacquiao to return April 9 against Bradley (The Associated Press)
Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring April 9 for the first time since losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr., and it will be against a familiar foe. Promoter Bob Arum said Wednesday that Pacquiao will fight Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for a third time in his first bout since losing […]
Manny Pacquiao to return April 9 against Bradley (The Associated Press)
Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring April 9 for the first time since losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr., and it will be against a familiar foe. Promoter Bob Arum said Wednesday that Pacquiao will fight Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for a third time in his first bout since losing […]
Woods turns 40 and heads into uncertain future (The Associated Press)
Ten days after Tiger Woods turned 24, he picked up his 16th career PGA Tour victory by beating Ernie Els in an epic battle at Kapalua. More than winning his fifth straight PGA Tour event – the longest streak since 1953 – it was how he won. ”I think he’s a legend in the making,” […]
PGA Tour widening gap in world ranking points (The Associated Press)
European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley laid out ambitious plans with hopes of becoming a ”viable alternative” to the PGA Tour. The gap continues to widen in the average ranking points for PGA Tour events compared with Europe – up an average of one point this year, two points from 2012. Including the four majors […]