For the first time since 2012, a competitor in a major tournament will use a cart, after John Daly was granted a medical exemption for the PGA Championship. Daly, 53, suffers from osteoarthritis in his right knee. The PGA Championship will be contested at New York's Bethpage Black course, known for its length and uneven … Continue reading "John Daly allowed to use cart at PGA Championship"

A Texas-based Australian swing coach, who once won $US1 million from Donald Trump, will use the US PGA Tour's Byron Nelson event to sharpen up for next week's US PGA Championship. Stuart Deane, a Brisbane native who is the teaching pro at Texas Star Golf Club, is about to kick off a huge two weeks … Continue reading "Australian who once won $1m from Trump to play Byron Nelson event"

A Texas-based Australian swing coach, who once won $US1 million from Donald Trump, will use the US PGA Tour's Byron Nelson event to sharpen up for next week's US PGA Championship. Stuart Deane, a Brisbane native who is the teaching pro at Texas Star Golf Club, is about to kick off a huge two weeks … Continue reading "Australian who once won $1m from Trump to play Byron Nelson event"

President Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to golfer Tiger Woods on Monday evening (Tuesday AEST), saying it was his "privilege" to bestow the honour on "one of the greatest athletes in the history of sports". Noting that Woods' family was on hand for the White House event – including his mother, children … Continue reading "Trump awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tiger Woods"

Two years after Max Homa played only one final round in an entire PGA Tour season, he showed his mettle at Quail Hollow by closing with a four-under 67 to pull away from the field and win the Wells Fargo Championship. Homa, who started the day in a shared of the lead, began the back … Continue reading "Little-known PGA Tour winner doubles career earnings in a week"

Jason Day will try to win another Wells Fargo Championship this week and he hopes blowing into a balloon will help him do it. Day, the defending champion, has come to Charlotte's Quail Hollow Club feeling pretty good, which is saying something considering the constant struggles he's had with back pain over his 11-year PGA … Continue reading "Ballooning: Jason Day's unusual way of dealing with chronic pain"

Jason Day's promising Wells Fargo Championship title defence has crumbled with a three-over-par 74 third round on a storm-interrupted Saturday (Sunday AEST). Day went into the round tied for sixth but finished it equal-28th, nine shots behind joint leaders Jason Dufner (71), Max Homa (70) and cancer survivor Joel Dahmen (70). Australia's former world No.1 … Continue reading "Day's PGA Tour title defence left in tatters"

Defending champion Jason Day and fellow Australian John Senden took advantage of the benign early conditions to post solid first-round scores and finish two strokes behind the leaders at the PGA's Wells Fargo Championship. Both players carded rounds of three-under par 68 to sit tied for eighth, with world No.4 Rory MclIroy and Joel Dahmen … Continue reading "Day makes solid start to PGA defence in Charlotte"

Australian Minjee Lee has won for the fifth time on the LPGA Tour after she sealed a four-shot victory at the LA Open. The 22-year-old Australian made a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 18th to close with a three-under 68 and finish at 14-under 270. Lee was projected to jump from fourth to a … Continue reading "Minjee Lee wins the LPGA's LA Open"

Minjee Lee is an outside chance for successive LPGA victories after the world No.2 worked her way back into contention at the Mediheal Championship in California. Australian Lee carded a third-round five-under 67 at a cold and windy Lake Merced Golf Club to be in a share of fourth at four under – six shots … Continue reading "Minjee Lee in the mix for another LPGA win"