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Tiger Woods abruptly withdrew from the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, saying he was still processing the death of his mother. Kultida Woods died unexpectedly last Tuesday at the age of 80. I planned to tee it up this week, but I'm just not ready, Woods posted on social media. I did my best to prepare, knowing it's what my mom would have wanted, but I'm still processing her loss. Woods, the tournament host of the Genesis Invitational, said he hoped to be at Torrey Pines later in the week, adding that he appreciates the continued kindness since my Mom's passing. It was a mild surprise when Woods, who has not played on the PGA Tour since the British Open last summer at Royal Troon, entered the $20 million signature event. The tour created a special exemption category for him in the signature events. He was replaced in the field by Jake Knapp. Woods had flown to Washington a week ago for a meeting with President Donald Trump, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Adam Scott, o
Australian legend Greg Norman believes India is a sleeping giant in golf and it would require more competitions in the country to help its players realise their true potential as he pitched for making the recently-concluded International Series here an annual affair. The 69-year-old former world number one, who has 88 professional titles under his belt, was hopeful of India's growth in the sport. "One of my initial focus points was to invest into the sleeping giant, which was the Asian tour. India is a sleeping giant when it comes to Golf. I mean you just look what's happening in India with the game of golf, it has only just started, right?" Norman told select media on the sidelines of the Asian Tour event here on Sunday. "For the next 25 years, which is a generation, India is right in the middle of them," he said. Norman was the CEO of LIV, a breakaway league founded in 2022 and financed by Saudi Arabia. It has introduced some fresh rules like three-day 54-hole tournaments, inste
As many as 15 LIV Golf League stars and nine winners from the Asian Tour's 2024 season will be teeing it up at the USD 2 million International Series India beginning here on January 30. Reigning Major winner Bryson DeChambeau , who had top-six finishes in three of the four Majors in 2024, including a win at the US Open, heads a stellar lineup in the tournament. Six of the top 20 from last year's LIV Golf League will be in the field as India becomes the latest country to host the International Series. DeChambeau (8) is joined by Crushers GC team-mates Paul Casey (11) and Anirban Lahiri (16) while Mexico's Carlos Ortiz of Torque GC (13) will line up alongside his skipper Joaquin Niemann (2), and compatriot Abraham Ancer (12) of Fireballs GC. Other confirmations include Mito Pereira and Sebastian Munoz , which make it a clean sweep of Torque GC players, while Harold Varner III of 4Aces GC brings his mercurial talent to the iconic Gary Player-designed course at the award-winning DLF Go
Tiger Woods and 15-year-old son Charlie ran off five straight birdies on the back nine for a 13-under 59 in the scramble format, giving them a share of the lead in the PNC Championship in Woods' first competition since back surgery in September. Woods said he scheduled that surgery the sixth on his lower back in the last 10 years to be sure he recovered in time to play with his son for the fifth straight year. This is the first time they have shared the lead after the opening round, joined by the last two champions Bernhard Langer and son Jason, and Vijay Singh and son Qass. Woods hit an array of good shots, including a wedge to inches on the short par-4 seventh, but otherwise downplayed his game by suggesting he still had a lot of rust. This was more about spending 36 holes on a brisk day at the Ritz-Carlton Club Orlando with his son, a sophomore at Benjamin School in North Palm Beach. His daughter, Sam, caddied for her father for the second straight year. Their mother, Elin, w
Indian golfer Rayhan Thomas followed up his second-round 63 with a 6-under 64 on the third day to put himself in a position to challenge for the title at the International Series Bangkok here on Saturday. The UAE-based player is now 14-under for three rounds and lying tied second with five others. Thomas was one of three Indians to make the cut in the tournament. While Thomas was 14-under after three days, Gaganjeet Bhullar (65-66-68) was 11-under and tied 17th and Karandeep Kochhar (66-669-65) was 10-under and tied 24th. American Peter Uihlein (64-62-67) opened up a three-shot lead at the Thai Country Club. He fired a three-under-par 67 for a three-round aggregate of 17-under. The tournament is the sixth stop on the International Series this year and provides the pathway to the the LIV Golf League. Sitting in second place with Rayhan are Pakistan's Ahmad Baig (63), a star on this year's Asian Development Tour (ADT), Swede Charlie Lindh (65), Max Lee Chieh-po (67) from Chinese-Tai
English golfer Dan Bradbury carded a 5-under 66 in the final round to win the Open de France by one stroke. The 25-year-old Bradbury stepped it up with four birdies on the back nine to finish at 16 under overall for his second European tour career win. He held off Denmark's Jeff Winther after he shot up the leaderboard with seven birdies in his faultless round of 64. Victory earned Bradbury spots at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and the World Tour Championship in Dubai. It hasn't sunk in at all. The goal this week was to make the cut so I didn't have to go to Korea (needing to) keep my card, Bradbury said. He added: I guess I'll be looking at flights to Dubai then. Winther could only par the last two holes and finished tied for second with countryman Thorbjrn Olesen (68), England's Sam Bairstow (68) and Germany's Yannik Paul (66) at Le Golf National on the outskirts of Paris. Bradbury said he felt it could be his day when he just avoided landing in the water on the 15th hole and
A late birdie saved Diksha Dagar on the second day as the Indian golfer made the cut despite a round of 1-over at the KPMG Women's Irish Open here. The two-time Ladies European Tour winner was one shot short of the cut line when she holed a birdie on the Par-5 17th hole to get to 1-over for the day. Olympian Diksha who shot 1-under 72 on the first day had two bogeys on the Par-5 fourth and the eighth hole on the front nine on the second day as she turned in 2-over. At that stage she was 1-over for the tournament. The birdie brought her back to even par for the two rounds and she squeezed into weekend action in tied-55th place. Among the other three Indians, Pranavi Urs (73-74) missed by one while Tvesa Malik Sandhu (76-78) and Ridhima Dilawari (79-76) missed the cut by a fair margin. Ursula Wikstrom fired back-to-back rounds of 68 (-5) to lead at the halfway stage. After some early morning fog, there was a 30-minute delay to the tee times and afternoon tee times by 20 ...
Lydia Ko covered her face with her hands and cried tears of joy. An Olympic gold medal. Entry into the Hall of Fame. And now another major championship title at the home of golf, no less. Summers don't come much better than that. Ko completed what she described as a Cinderella-like story by breaking free from a logjam of world-class talent to win the Women's British Open by two strokes at St. Andrews on Sunday, securing a third major title and a first in eight years. Just two weeks ago, the 27-year-old New Zealander took gold at the Olympic Games in Paris. This is almost too good to be true, Ko said. She rolled in a left-to-right birdie putt at the storied 18th hole on the Old Course to shoot 3-under 69 for 7 under overall and then had to wait to finish ahead of top-ranked Nelly Korda, defending champion Lilia Vu and two-time champion Jiyai Shin. That quartet of past or present No. 1s shared the lead at one point down the stretch of an engrossing final round played mostly in
Shubhankar Sharma ended in tied 40th position for India's best-ever finish in men's golf at the Olympics while compatriot Gaganjeet Bhullar signed off in tied 45th place here on Sunday. India's previous best result in the men's golf at the Olympics was tied 42nd achieved by Anirban Lahiri at Tokyo three years ago. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler played as only he can and produced a sizzling final round of nine-under to grab the gold medal at Le Golf National. And he broke into tears of joy on the podium as he received his medal. It has been an amazing year as he continues to cement his place at the top in a season he has won seven times, including at the Masters. Beginning with the Hero World Challenge in December, when the 2023-24 season started, he has won seven titles and capped it with an Olympic gold. The wins have included the Masters and the PLAYERS. Scheffler's 9-under 62 saw him finish at 19-under and he won by one shot over Britain's Tommy Fleetwood (66) at 18-under, and .
India's leading golfer Aditi Ashok can go one step further and win a medal at the Paris Olympics provided her form does not betray her in pressure situations, feels legendary cricketer and newly appointed PGTI president Kapil Dev. Aditi won hearts by finishing fourth at the Tokyo Olympics after being in medal contention till the very end. She finished a stroke behind the bronze medallist Lydia Ko and two strokes behind gold winner Nelly Korda. Aditi's form deserted her on the final day after she was second overnight. "I want to see Aditi playing with the same pomp that she played with in the Tokyo Olympics. For cricketers and golfers, form is very important. If Aditi plays in the same form, she has a good chance to win a medal. And if she has a bad week, then she can only sit out and rue the loss," Kapil told PTI Videos in an exclusive interview. The World Cup winning captain, who has been playing on the PGTI circuit for many years, felt there was a severe dearth of quality ...
World Cup-winning former India cricket captain Kapil Dev has taken over as the new President of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), an elevation that marks a fresh beginning for the iconic player who also excelled as an amateur golfer. The 65-year-old, who was already a member of the PGTI Board as its Vice President, was chosen unanimously and would be taking over from incumbent H R Srinivasan, whose tenure has come to an end. Kapil is known to be a keen golfer, whose handicap was almost down to scratch at one time. "It is an honour to become the President of PGTI, an organization with which I have now been associated for quite a few years. It is a players body, and I am great friends with all of them and with whom I often play," Kapil said on his new position. Kapil, who once nurtured dreams of representing India at the Asian Games when it was still open only to amateurs, also said that golf has been his passion for more than three decades. "...and now it is the sport whe
Amy Yang picked a lucrative time for her first LPGA title on American soil. Yang birdied her last two holes for a 6-under 66 to win the CME Group Tour Championship and claim the USD 2 million prize, matching the largest in women's golf. The victory was her fifth on the LPGA Tour, the previous four coming in Asia. Yang holed out for eagle on the 13th fairway to overcome an early three-shot deficit, and then she let Nasa Hataoka make the mistakes in crucial moments down the stretch. All 60 players who qualified for the season finale only had to win to become the Race to CME Globe champion. Yang finished in style, making a 10-foot birdie putt. The 34-year-old from South Korea dropped her putter and cupped both hands over her face as a half-dozen players charged onto the green and soaked her with so much bubbly she wrapped a towel on her shoulders as she went to sign her card. Hataoka closed with a 69 and Alison Lee had a 66 to tie for second. Lee was never closer than two shots along