Golf News

Mark Hayes, the former Oklahoma State star who won the PGA Tour's 1977 Players Championship, has died. He was 69.

Tiger Woods' even-par 71 has him five shots off the lead at the Open in Carnoustie, Scotland.

Fifty years on from Gary Player's Open triumph at Carnoustie, there is a new clutch of South African golfers making an early run at the 2018 version.

Three-time PGA Tour winner Jhonattan Vegas arrived at Carnoustie via helicopter on Thursday morning in time for his opening round at The Open after visa problems delayed his arrival in Scotland.

Matt Cooper joined the early risers at Carnoustie to try to understand just why one of the worst viewing experiences in sports is worth setting a 4:30 a.m. alarm call for.

Golf fanatics aren't the only ones who'll linger in this venerable Scottish town, where you can combine visits to nearby castles and distilleries with in-town diversions that might include a William and Kate tour.

Lincicome's invitation to this week's Barbasol Championship has caused none of the hand-wringing that accompanied Annika Sorenstam's entry in a 2003 PGA Tour event.