Forum: Tour Talk

I was disturbed to see Levin light it up while watching with my younger boys, especially when my 5 year old called it first. Just did not seem right or classy to see it on tv live. It is too bad a person with that much talent has to smoke to settle his nerves. I heard from another forum someone...

As North American golfers we admire St. Andrews in Scotland for its history and we respect that the roots of the game can still be felt there, but we love Pebble Beach. More...

Spencer Levin ended up with a five-shot lead when the frost-delayed second round of the Phoenix Open was completed in Scottsdale, Arizona on Saturday. More...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Phil Mickelson filed a lawsuit against an Internet service provider in Canada to learn the identity of a person who has been posting "vexatious statements" that the four-time major champion says is a deliberate attack on his reputation. "I'm all for freedom of speech, but I...

True to form, Mike Weir is playing it close to the vest about his return this week at Pebble Beach, knowing that anything he says could be premature until he tests his surgically repaired elbow and unpredictable game in a few tournaments. More...

Paul Lawrie staved off challenges from Jason Day and Sergio Garcia on Sunday to win the Qatar Masters in comfortable fashion. More...

DOHA, Qatar -- European Tour officials reduced the Qatar Masters to 54 holes when they called off play Friday after strong winds moved golf balls and blowing sand reduced visibility on several holes. ...

Drunk fans, deafening boos, Green Bay Packers' cheeseheads, a player giving fans the finger More...

Ryan Palmer fired a seven-under 65 Thursday to grab a one-stroke lead with the first round of the Phoenix Open suspended due to darkness. More...

Robert Rock trumped some of the best players in the world Sunday, including fellow third-round co-leader Tiger Woods, to win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. More...

Using a 'huge' sample size of three combined events, what can we make of the starts by Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson? More...

Brandt Snedeker stunned Kyle Stanley with a par on the second playoff hole to win the Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday. More...

With every close call, Tiger Woods convinces more of the doubters that it's only a matter of time before he hoists another trophy. More...

Like any 19-year old, Toronto's Rebecca Lee-Bentham is understandably excited about her first adventure down under, but this journey isn't about spotting a koala bear or kangaroo. More...

Former world number one Tiger Woods gave clear evidence he was back to his best after carefully plotting his way to a second-round 69 to move within two shots of the lead at the Abu Dhabi Championship on Friday. More...

The eyes have it on the greens, according to Ernie Els who is desperately striving to break back into the world's top 50 to secure a cherished place in this year's Masters. More...

A freak accident during a pro-am prize presentation in his native South Africa scuppered Ernie Els' plans of starting the 2012 PGA Tour season with his long-time caddie Ricci Roberts on his bag. More...

Tiger Woods appreciates all that Hank Haney has meant for his career, but the golfer took issue Thursday with his former coach for writing a book scheduled to be released before the Masters. More...

Rory McIlroy and Robert Karlsson both fired rounds of five-under 67 on Thursday to share the opening-round lead of the Abu Dhabi Championship. Tiger Woods made his 2012 debut and played decently enough with a two-under 70. More...

The Canadian Tour announced eight dates for the 2012 season on Tuesday. More...

Tiger Woods has declared he is the fittest he has been in around a decade ahead of his first tournament of the year. More...

Can we make this week's tour winner Mark Wilson an honorary Canadian? More...

Perception is reality, so I'm obligated to declare this the Year of the Tiger, with his heralded 2012 debut on the world and PGA Tour stages, respectively, coming up. More...

Perception is reality, so I'm obligated to declare this the Year of the Tiger, with his heralded 2012 debut on the world and PGA Tour stages, respectively, coming up. More...

American Mark Wilson maintained his three-shot lead over his nearest rivals at the Humana Challenge in La Quinta, California, when the delayed third round was completed on Sunday. More...

Tiger Woods, who snapped a two-year win drought last month, said Friday on his Twitter account that he is fit and practicing well ahead of his 2012 debut next week at Abu Dhabi. The 14-time major winner, chasing the all-time record 18 won by Jack Nicklaus, spent about 20 minutes answering...

The Great Waterway Classic is the name of the newest stop on the Canadian Tour schedule. Beginning this year, and for the following three years, the event will be played at Smuggler's Glen, Loyalist G.C., Upper Canada G.C., and Black Bear Ridge. The event will have a September date. In addition,...

Anyone know what that brick of a putter Matt Evry is using this weekend? Looks like a Seemore type but 4 times the size. Is this thing legal and why would you use something like that. :)

Some would call it selective memory, but Calgary's Stephen Ames prefers to think of it as forward thinking as he shakes off a 2011 PGA Tour season that didn't live up to his standards. More...

The buzz in the golf world this past weekend was not on the golf course, actually it was a completely different kind of buzz people are talking about. More...

In a tournament in which the lead changed hands regularly, Johnson Wagner had a pleasant walk home in the fourth round of the Sony Open in Hawaii. More...

A year after back surgery almost entirely wiped out his 2011 campaign, pain-free Canadian Graham DeLaet made a near-perfect start to his 2012 season in Thursday's opening round of the Sony Open in Hawaii. More...

Just a day removed from the first anniversary of surgery to repair a bulging disc in his back, Graham DeLaet boarded a plane for paradise, looking to resume his mission of a year ago. More...

Tiger Woods' former wife, Elin Nordegren, has had her $12 million mansion in North Palm Beach, Fla., demolished and plans to build another home at the same location, TMZ reports. More...

Dustin Johnson hits it 331 yards with RoecketBallz Fairway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6jQfebgR6U Dustin; too bad your short game sucks.

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem has been given a four-year contract extension through June 2016. More...

Tiger Woods announced on his website Monday his intention to make his 2012 PGA Tour debut at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, which takes place from Feb. 9-12. More...

Hank Haney, Tiger Woods' swing coach for six years, has written a book about his time with Woods More...

With the book closed on 2011 More...

"Anyone know how to watch the World Jrs in the US?" That was the question Canadian golfer Graham DeLaet was asking his Twitter followers last week as he celebrated the holidays with his wife Ruby and her family in Washington state. More...

Just read that Darren Clarke will receive an OBE and Rory McIlroy will get an MBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours List. Good for them..it's nice to see golfers being recognised in this way. What with Faldo being knighted last year I wonder if Lizzie 2 is discovering the joys of golf late in...

The 2011 season in professional golf could be known for a few different things. More...

Bettye Danoff, who was one of the 13 founding members of the LPGA Tour in 1950, has died. She was 88. More...

It was a year in which the stalwarts, Mickelson, Woods and Furyk, stumbled and youngsters, Bradley, Watney and Haas, made some noise. More...

Rory McIlroy said he wept after letting victory slip from his grasp at the U.S. Masters in April and the world number two is hoping the only golf-related crying he does in the future will be tears of joy. More...

Two-time major winner Sandy Lyle and golfer-turned commentator Peter Alliss will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame next year, it was announced Thursday. More...

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/dec/14/report-jeff-overton-arrested-misdemeanor-charges-b/ Report: Jeff Overton arrested on misdemeanor charges in Bloomington, Ind.

World No. 1 Luke Donald was selected as the European Tour's Golfer of the Year on Thursday, giving him a sweep of the Player of the Year awards. More...

Luke Donald was named the 2011 PGA Tour Player of the Year on Tuesday, becoming the first Briton to win the award since it started in 1990. More...

Luke Donald's historic year ended in style Sunday with three straight birdies, 46 bogey-free holes and a sterling six-under 66. More...