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American Kurt Kitayama held off a crowded and high quality leaderboard at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to secure his first career PGA Tour victory. The 30-year-old Californian, whose previous wins came on the DP World Tour in 2018 and 2019, fired rounds of 67, 68, 72 and 72 to finish on 9 under par at Bay Hill, where gusting winds and fast greens made scoring a challenge. Holding a narrow lead going into the final round, a triple-bogey seven at the ninth hole looked to have derailed his chances of victory, but a vital birdie at the par-3 17th saw…
Mike Weir is the only Canadian golfer ever to win a green jacket at the Masters, but Corey Conners will try to change that this year when he tees off at Augusta National on Thursday, April 6. The 31-year-old is 55-1 to win in the latest 2023 Masters odds at Caesars Sportsbook, a value considering his recent history in the major tournament. Conners has finished in the top 10 at the Masters the last three years, but his form in recent PGA events hasn’t been quite as encouraging.Conners finished 50th and 61st in his last two starts overall, but can…
A day that began with world No. 1 Jon Rahm in command of the lead ends with Kurt Kitayama atop the leaderboard at the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational. With Rahm dropping from 7 under to 3 under in the span of a hour, the field was given new life after the hottest player in the world may have graciously opened the door for someone else to win a golf tournament.Kitayama was the man up to the task in the early hours on Friday, signing for a second-round 68 to reach 9 under for the tournament. This number would hold steady…
I learned my lesson about how dangerous the sun can be on the golf course several years ago. I had a nice golf vacation planned where I’d booked several rounds for the week. The only problem was I forgot to wear sunscreen or even a cap during my first round and suffered a horrible sunburn that ruined the rest of my trip. Don’t be like me and let the harsh sun rays ruin your next golf vacation. Always wear sunscreen and a golf hat! If you aren’t sure which golf hat to buy, we’ve researched and compiled the following list…
Tiger Woods will not play the 2023 Players Championship after the 15-time major winner did not commit to the field for next week’s event by the 5 p.m. ET deadline on Friday. Doing so would have meant participating in two events before the 86th playing of the Masters. Technically, Woods could still do that, but it won’t be at TPC Sawgrass just a few weeks after making the cut at his first start of the year at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.Woods said after finishing T45 at Riviera that he wants to play something around…
Essex tour professional Lily May Humphreys fired a final 67 to claim her first Ladies European Tour title at the Joburg Ladies Open. The 20-year-old began the final day at Modderfontein Golf Club a full six shots behind overnight leader Moa Folke, but got off to a good start with two birdies in her first two holes. After dripping a shot at the third, she then got on a roll with birdies on five, eight, 13 and 14, which put her into a share of the lead. The 2021 LET Access Series Order of Merit winner then rolled in a birdie on 16…
Getty Images Viktor Hovland sent the crowd at the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational into a frenzy with an ace on the par-3 7th during Friday’s second-round action. Carding six pars in a row to begin his day, the Norwegian catapulted his name inside the top 20 with his thrilling hole-in-one shot.Hovland’s tee shot from 183 yards out just cleared the greenside bunker protecting the frontside of the putting surface. Taking a big first bounce, Hovland’s ball trickled into the bottom of the cup for his fourth career ace on the PGA Tour and third in less than a year; he…
Getty Images Pebble Beach is getting a makeover. That would be the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, not the actual golf course as one of the longstanding events on the PGA Tour will reportedly be featured as a designated event in 2024.Jack Nicklaus, of all people, broke the news during the the Honda Classic last week when he noted that Pebble Beach would replace the Phoenix Open as one of the PGA Tour’s 16 designated events next season. The 16 will include four majors, the Players, three FedEx Cup Playoff events and eight middle-of-the-season events, with a general rhythm of one designated…
Callaway has published a new video that provides behind-the-scenes footage of the process that world No.2 Jon Rahm went through in the fitting of his new Paradym driver. Rahm, who finished No.1 in the PGA Tour driving statistics in the 2022 season and remains in that position in 2023, wasted little time in finding success with his new Paradym Woods. In his first competitive start of 2023 with his Paradym Triple Diamond Driver and Fairway Woods in the bag, Rahm shot a 10-under par final round to land his 8th PGA Tour title. This marked the first of two victories for…
A pull with the driver can be incredibly frustrating. What I have always hated about a pulled shot is that, at first, it feels really solid. But then, when you see the ball heading down the left, you know you are in trouble. With all the hype that slicing a driver gets, you may be surprised that pulling a driver is almost as common of a miss. I have a few ways in which you can help straighten out your driver and stop hitting a pull. You may need a combination of more than one fix to get the driver…
