Golf category, Page 2

Pittsburgh’s Neal Shipley was introduced to the golf world at large last year when he earned low amateur honors at the Masters and U.S. Open. Now he has his first professional win. Shipley, a 24-year-old Central Catholic graduate, outlasted Seungtaek Lee of South Korea in a five-hole playoff to win...

Plum Council adopted a temporary ordinance April 14 that will apply parking restrictions in the area around Oakmont Country Club during the upcoming U.S. Open tournament. The ordinance, which restricts nonresident street parking in the area, will affect around a dozen streets and more than 200 households for a week...

It’s no secret that playing Oakmont Country Club is on the bucket list for many golfers. The best in the world will descend upon the historic course June 12-15 when the venue hosts the 125th U.S. Open, and a record number of golfers are seeking a spot in the field....

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bryson DeChambeau finds himself trying to chase down Rory McIlroy in another major championship. This time, he has 18 holes to do it. The two-time and reigning U.S. Open champion made a nearly 50-foot putt from just off the green at the 18th hole Saturday, giving him...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy raced out to the best start the Masters has seen in its 91-year history, with six straight 3s on his scorecard that shot him into the lead Saturday and left him 18 holes away from that coveted green jacket and the career Grand Slam. McIlroy...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Justin Rose kept his name atop the leaderboard Friday in the Masters, and he doesn’t have to look far to see an All-Star collection of contenders lining up behind him. U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau is off to his best start in the Masters. Rory McIlroy made...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — More than 30 years ago, Fred Couples helped Bernhard Langer slip back into the green jacket at the Masters. On Friday, both of them nearly made the cut. Langer, playing in his 41st and final Masters, made a couple of birdies on the second nine at Augusta...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Phil Mickelson’s attempt to turn back the clock one more time at the Masters got off to a rocky start. The 54-year-old three-time Masters champion opened with a 3-over-par 75 on Thursday, leaving him well back of the leaders. He is in jeopardy of missing the cut...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — U.S. Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester had to take a kind of relief Thursday at the Masters, just not the kind found in the Rules of Golf. Ballester, a 21-year-old from Spain, had to use the restroom in the worst way on the par-5 13th hole, where...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — At Augusta National Golf Club All Times EDT a-amateur Thursday-Friday 7:40 a.m.-10:48 a.m. — Davis Riley, United States; Patton Kizzire, United States. 7:51 a.m.-10:59 a.m. — Kevin Yu, Taiwan; Jhonattan Vegas, Venezuela; Nicolai Hojgaard, Denmark. 8:02 a.m.-11:10 a.m. — Mike Weir, Canada; Michael Kim, United States; Cameron...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — In a sport renowned for moving slowly, the Masters can’t get started fast enough. Wednesday at Augusta National was filled with anticipation, not to mention a bit of pollen from a glorious spring day in the South, as players filed out of the clubhouse for a final...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The patrons walking up the first fairway at Augusta National during a sun-splashed practice round for the Masters managed to find a nice viewpoint between a couple of pines, where they watched as Justin Rose hit an approach shot to the green. There are quite a few...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rasmus Hojgaard and his identical twin brother, Nicolai, grew up playing golf in Denmark, occasionally pretending they were on the other side of the world at Augusta National. “We would tell each other ‘this is the putt to win the Masters,’ ” Rasmus said, “and then try...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — It has been six long years since Angel Cabrera walked the verdant green fairways of the Masters. Two were spent in a gray Argentine prison cell. Once feted with a parade through the streets of Cordoba for his U.S. Open triumph in 2007, and celebrated again for...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods was playing golf with Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley ahead of the Masters two years ago when Ridley mentioned the club’s soon-to-be-announced project to renovate a municipal course that for nearly a century had been an affordable haven for Augusta’s working-class and Black golfers. Woods...

SAN ANTONIO — Brian Harman handled the wind and the chill with a pair of key birdies on the back nine Sunday in the Valero Texas Open, closing with a 3-over-par 75 for a three-shot victory, his first title since the 2023 British Open. Harman began the final round with...