AP Exclusive: Golf club shows pitfalls of Trump presidency (The Associated Press)
The decorative clock bearing the name of America’s incoming 45th president has yet to start at the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai, but the developers behind the project already are counting the money they’ve made. While the Oval Office has always been home to the wealthy, Donald Trump represents the first franchise president. Could […]
Woods has wild week: white Santa goatee, golf with Trump (The Associated Press)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods is having quite the week. Yahoo Sports – Golf News
Correction: Golf Notes story (The Associated Press)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — In a story Dec. 13 about Jack Nicklaus planning to attend the presidential inauguration, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Nicklaus received the Congressional Medal of Honor. He received the Congressional Gold Medal. Yahoo Sports – Golf News
Golf: Seven is the charm for leader Matsuyama in the Bahamas (Reuters)
(Reuters) – Seven has been a magic number for Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama in recent weeks and it was no different at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas in Saturday’s third round. World number six Matsuyama has been a winner three times in his last four starts worldwide, and on two of those occasions he […]
Golf: Glover cards 65 for one-shot lead after three rounds in Vegas (Reuters)
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover, boosted by a 50-foot birdie, carded six-under-par 65 to surge into the third-round lead at the Shriners Hospitals For Children Open in Las Vegas on Saturday. Glover took a while to adjust to the slow pace of the greens at TPC Summerlin, but there was no stopping […]
How two Australian men conned their way into a North Korea golf tournament
NORTH KOREA is the last place most travellers would pick for a prank. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
3 US senators want women’s golf open moved from Trump course (The Associated Press)
Three Democratic U.S. senators are increasing the pressure on the U.S. Golf Association to move next year’s women’s open away from a New Jersey course owned by Donald Trump. Richard Blumenthal, of Connecticut, Edward Markey, of Massachusetts, and Bob Casey, of Pennsylvania, made the request to move next July’s event away from Trump National in […]
New golf event in Australia to combine stroke, match play (The Associated Press)
The PGA Tour of Australasia and European Tour will co-sanction a new tournament in Western Australia in February that will combine stroke play for three rounds and a 24-man match-play component over six holes on the final day. The Australasian Tour said Wednesday the World Super 6 Perth tournament, to be played at Perth’s Lake […]
Golf: Noren pips Hend in playoff to win European Masters (Reuters)
(Reuters) – A nerveless Alex Noren continued his fine year by winning the European Masters on Sunday after pipping overnight leader Scott Hend to the title with a lengthy birdie putt in the first playoff hole. Swede Noren, who had previously won the European Masters in 2009, started the final day one shot behind Hend, […]
Rules experts trying to simplify the complex game of golf (The Associated Press)
For the last five years, the top rules experts in golf have come together from around the world to study a jigsaw puzzle. ”Everyone wants the game to be simple, but it’s a complex game,” Pagel, the USGA’s senior director of rules, said in an interview at the Olympics. Pagel declined to give a timetable, […]