LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Sahith Theegala birdied six in a row on the back nine on Thursday, Jan. 4, as he streaked to a one-shot lead in the US PGA Tour's season-opening Sentry tournament at Kapalua in Hawaii. Sahith Theegala of the United States plays his shot from the third tee during the first round...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Phil Mickelson has welcomed Rory McIlroy's new softened stance towards LIV Golf and says it is time to "let go" of "hostilities" between the rival camps. USA's Phil Mickelson (AFP) Mickelson was one of the first players to switch from the PGA Tour to the Saudi-backed LIV in 2022 and...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- World number one Scottie Scheffler was named the 2022-23 US PGA Tour Player of the Year on Wednesday, Jan. 3, while fellow American Eric Cole captured the PGA Rookie of the Year award. Scottie Scheffler of the United States (AFP) Scheffler, the 2022 Masters champion, became the...
LONDON (AFP) -- Rory McIlroy says if LIV Golf was modelled like the Indian Premier League (IPL) and staged over two months then he would consider playing in it. Northern Irish Rory McIlroy (AFP) The 34-year-old Northern Irishman has been a vocal opponent of the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Uncertainty and controversy over a potential merger with LIV Golf's Saudi backers loom over the US PGA Tour as its 2024 season tees off on Thursday, Jan. 4, in Hawaii. North Ireland's Rory McIlroy (AFP) The PGA's tournament of champions, now dubbed The Sentry, again will...
AUCKLAND (AFP) -- American wildcard Amanda Anisimova claimed a sizeable scalp on Monday, Jan. 1, in her return after eight months away from tennis, upsetting Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets at the Auckland Classic. USA's Amanda Anisimova (AFP) Anisimova toppled her accomplished opponent...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The PGA Tour worked on Sunday, Dec. 31, to extend a deadline into 2024 for finalizing a merger agreement with Saudi Arabian investors, tour commissioner Jay Monahan calling talks "active and productive." PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan (AFP) The update to players in a memo...
Yuka Saso marked her performance in the past season on the LPGA Tour with seven Top 10 finishes in 22 tournaments with a notable runner-up effort in a major championship (Women’s PGA) last June. Yuka Saso (ninth from left) poses with some of the top Junior PGT campaigners during a recent clinic...
PARIS (AFP) -- Double Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard has signed a contract extension with his team Visma-Lease a Bike, previously known as Jumbo-Visma. Team Jumbo-Visma's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard (AFP) Dane Vingegaard, 27, will remain at the Dutch outfit until 2028. "I feel very much...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Two-time major winner Angel Cabrera has been reinstated by the PGA Tour and over-50 PGA Tour Champions after serving a two-year prison sentence for gender violence, Golf Digest reported on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Argentina's Angel Cabrera (AFP) The 54-year-old from Argentina, the...
ROME (AFP) -- Tadej Pogacar will race the Giro d'Italia for the first time in his career in 2024, the double Tour de France champion announced on Sunday, Dec. 17. Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar (AFP) In a video published on social media by the organisers of the Italian Grand Tour, Pogacar is shown...
BLACKPINK, BTS member Suga, TWICE, Tomorrow X Together and Seventeen earned the highest among K-pop concert tours in 2023. Billboard revealed the Top 10 K-pop Tours in 2023, reporting that “K-pop is the youngest, at least in terms of the global box office. In the last 10 years (excluding...
