Bishop Gorman graduate and Las Vegas resident Inbee Park won gold in women’s golf at the 2016 Olympics. She is in position to make the South Korean team for a shot at another victory.
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Jon Rahm is the clear 10-1 favorite at the Westgate sportsbook for the U.S. Open, the golf major that starts Thursday at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California.
Garrick Higgo wasn’t at UNLV for very long, but impressed UNLV coach Dwaine Knight by shooting 7-under over 11 holes after stepping off the airplane from South Africa.
Garrick Higgo on Sunday became the first player since 1988 to win his first official PGA Tour event at the Palmetto Championship.
Phil Mickelson, 50, is leading the ticket count at the Westgate and William Hill for this week’s U.S. Open after his stunning PGA Championship victory in May.
Garrick Higgo won the Palmetto Championship on Sunday when leader Chesson Hadley blew a two-shot lead with bogeys on his final three holes.
Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka are the co-favorites at the Palmetto Championship, which will serve as the final tuneup for next week’s U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.
When Alejandro Cabrera Quintana was a freshman at Bonanza High School, about the only thing he knew about golf was how to spell it.
Rahm was leading the Memorial Tournament by six strokes after the third round when he was notified that he tested positive for COVID-19 and was withdrawn from the event.
Angela Stanford and Stacy Lewis have seen a lot in their combined 33 years on the LPGA Tour, but the veterans were overwhelmed in Las Vegas at the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play.
Jason Kokrak delivered a 62-1 winner for handicapper Wes Reynolds in the Review-Journal last week at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Ally Ewing defeated Sophia Popov on Sunday in the final of the inaugural Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play at Shadow Creek. The win came on her first wedding anniversary.
The two American stars combined for seven birdies on the back nine. But it was Ally Ewing’s final birdie on the 18th hole that ousted home course favorite Danielle Kang.
Sophia Popov dismantled former world No. 1 Sung Hyun Park to win her pod and advance to the knockout rounds this weekend at Shadow Creek.
On Friday, Danielle Kang and Lizette Salas will step onto the first tee at Shadow Creek trying to eliminate the other from the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play.
