Golf

Harold Varner III has played just eight major championships in his career, and he’s never teed it up in the Masters. That all could change this year. Varner rocketed up the Official World Golf Ranking on Monday, a day after his victory at the Saudi International, going from No. 99 to a career-best No. 45. … Read more

Tom Hoge does Jordan Spieth things (to Jordan Spieth!), Harold Varner III walks off in Saudi Arabia, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson make more headlines off the course, and more in this week’s edition of the Monday Scramble: Hoge felt comfortable at Pebble Beach, secured victory First, all credit to Tom Hoge, the gritty Texan … Read more

Cheyenne Woods announced on Instagram that she and Aaron Hicks are expecting a baby boy. Woods, a longtime tour professional and niece of Tiger Woods, got engaged to Hicks, a center fielder for the New York Yankees, last October. “Surprise!” Woods wrote on Instagram. “2022 is about to be a great year.” The couple told … Read more

For a moment it appeared as if Bubba Watson’s birdie-eagle finish would earn him at least a spot in a playoff Sunday at the Saudi International. But Harold Varner III had other plans. Varner stole the show at the end by playing his final two holes in 3 under, capped by a dramatic eagle make … Read more

The annual Amer Ari Invitational is typically a birdie fest, but Eugenio Chacarra took the low-scoring affair to a new level on Saturday in Waimea, Hawaii. The Oklahoma State senior fired a blistering 10-under 62, a new course record at Hapuna Golf Course, to not only win his first college individual title in come-from-behind fashion, … Read more

Tom Hoge won his first PGA Tour event, defeating Jordan Spieth at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday. Hoge shot 4-under 32 on the back nine, including birdies on Nos. 14, 16 and 17. Despite a double bogey and a bogey on the front nine, he shot 4-under 68 to finish two clear of … Read more

Tom Hoge broke through for his first PGA Tour victory on Sunday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Fittingly, it came against Jordan Spieth, who four years ago told an epic story involving Hoge and craps. Here’s The Associated Press story written by Doug Ferguson: The conversation with Jordan Spieth outside the fitness centre at … Read more

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Another cliff-hanger at Pebble Beach, this one memorable for Tom Hoge delivering all the right shots on the back nine to surge past Jordan Spieth and win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for his first PGA Tour title. Hoge, one of seven players who had at least a share of the … Read more

Jordan Spieth called it his “best swing of the week.” The same swing ended up costing him the golf tournament. Leading the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am by a shot over Tom Hoge late on Sunday afternoon, Jordan Spieth stood on the tee box at Pebble’s par-3 17th hole and sized up the shot: 185 yards … Read more

Here are the clubs that Tom Hoge used to beat Jordan Spieth and the rest of the field at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday at Pebble Beach Golf Links: DRIVER: Titleist TSi3 (9 degrees) with Fujikura Ventus Black 6X shaft FAIRWAY WOOD: Titleist TS2 (13.5 degrees) with Fujikura ATMOS Blue 8X shaft HYBRID: … Read more