Golf

The mid-winter blahs are something Nick Taylor has only heard about. Taylor has won four of his five career PGA Tour titles in the winter months, most recently winning the Sony Open in Hawaii on Jan. 12 in a playoff with Colombia's Nico Echavarría.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The 2024 Phoenix Open was a lot like a house party where someone called the cops.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Matt Kuchar withdrew from the WM Phoenix Open on Wednesday, saying in a statement that his father had died unexpectedly. Peter Kuchar was a steady presence at golf tournaments and caddied for his son when Matt won the 1997 U.

The U.S. Open became the first major to publish a direct pathway for LIV Golf players, on Wednesday announcing a new exemption category that awards one spot to the leading player from among the top three at LIV’s halfway point this year.

Kultida Woods, the Thai-born mother of Tiger Woods who instilled his dominant spirit and encouraged him to wear a red shirt on Sunday as his power color, died Tuesday. Woods announced the death of his 80-year-old mother in a social media post .

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The knock on Rory McIlroy used to be that he won his majors on soft courses.

Kultida Woods, the Thai-born mother of Tiger Woods, died Tuesday morning, a week after being seen attending his indoor TMRW Golf League in Florida. Woods did not reveal how his 80-year-old mother died in his social media post announcing her death.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Leave it to Rory McIlroy to make the second day of February feel as though the second week of April were right around the corner.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Pebble Beach looked as spectacular as ever. So did Rory McIlroy.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Lim Kim responded to a late charge by Nelly Korda with three birdies on her final four holes for a 5-under 67 and a two-shot victory Sunday in the LPGA season opener at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions.