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Category Archives: Golf News
Baltusrol to host Women’s PGA and PGA Championship
KILDEER, Ill. (AP) The PGA Championship is returning to Baltusrol, and the Women's PGA is going to the fabled New Jersey course for the first time.
Rising junior Akshay Bhatia continues to turn heads with record-setting low scoressh
Akshay Bhatia, a 16-year-old from Wake Forest, N.C., won the AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic by 10 strokes, adding to his resume of record-setting low scores
Euro Tour’s tournament committee chair David Howell embarrassingly misses tee time at French Open
Matthew Lewis/Getty ImagesEngland’s David Howell is the chairman of the European Tour’s tournament committee, having replaced Thomas Bjorn earlier this year as he focused on his European Ryder Cup captain’s duties. But that doesn’t mean he’s “above the law,” if you will. Playing in the second round of the HNA Open de France, Howell mistakenly showed up late to his tee time at Le Golf National outside Paris.
“I thought I was off at 7:40, not 7:30,” Howell said. “It’s the first time I’ve ever missed a tee time.”
The other two members of his group, Marc Warren and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, teed off without him. Howell caught up, but was accessed a two-stroke penalty. He would wind up with a double-bogey 6 on the 10th hole (his first), the beginning of a long day that included making eight bogeys and a triple bogey en route to him signing for a 10-over 81 and miss the cut by seven strokes
To make matters worse, Howell is staying at the Novotel Hotel adjacent to the Albatros course.
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Ko surges into contention with strong second round at KPMG
KILDEER, Ill. (AP) Lydia Ko birdied the first hole and just kept rolling from there – all the way into contention for another major victory.
John Smoltz sits down with Holly Sonders after his 2nd round at the US Senior Open
John Smoltz talks with Holly Sonders after shooting 7-over par on Friday, bringing him to 22-over on the weekend