
Clark future uncertain if tour follows anchor ban
Tim Clark considers his future in golf uncertain now that the game's two governing bodies have outlawed the anchored putting stroke. "Man, this is ...

Golf adopts rule to ban anchored putting stroke
Golf's two governing bodies outlawed the anchored putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, approving a new rule that starts in ...

McIlroy tries to change his fortunes at Sawgrass
Rory McIlroy won two major championships at age 23. He was the youngest player since Tiger Woods to reach No. 1 in the world. He was won the money ...

Adam Scott tries to return to earth at Players
Adam Scott never had to take this much time walking from the clubhouse to the practice range at TPC Sawgrass. He couldn't take more than a few steps ...

Bradley, Clark the face of the debate
Bruce Lietzke would have noticed a banana inside the cover of his long putter. One of the famous stories about Lietzke, a 13-time winner on the PGA ...

Poulter, Mahan on collision course at Match Play
Before the first shot of the Match Play Championship, and before the first snowfall, Hunter Mahan was asked for three players with the best reputation ...

McDowell ends Lowry's run through Match Play
Graeme McDowell ended what was still a big week for Shane Lowry at the Match Play Championship. McDowell made three birdies in a five-hole stretch to ...

Shane Lowry keeps right on rolling at Match Play
Shane Lowry said it would be one of the great days of his career if he were to beat Rory McIlroy in the Match Play Championship. He just didn't want ...

Watson the only top 10 seed left at Match Play
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods now have plenty of company — somewhere other than the Match Play Championship. One day after the best two players in the ...
Woods gets Howell in 1st round of Match Play
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods will face some familiar players in the opening round of the Match Play Championship. McIlroy, the 23-year-old from ...

Rookies are all the rage at PGA Tour opener
Tim Clark's timing could not have been worse. He played in the last group, closed with a 63 and still finished four shots behind. He made seven ...

Another big moment, a bigger stage for Henley
Russell Henley has delivered big moments before, just not to this degree, and certainly not on this kind of a stage. Not even three months after he ...

Henley gets PGA Tour career off to record start
Russell Henley only felt like a rookie at the Sony Open. He sure didn't play like one. He was so nervous Sunday afternoon that he couldn't feel his ...

Henley, Langley tied for Sony Open lead
Scott Langley and Russell Henley joked around as if they were a couple of rookies fresh out of college. They sure don't play like rookies. After they ...

Henley leads and breaks a record in PGA Tour debut
Russell Henley still remembers the celebration, even though the party had been in the works for more than a month. His family was with him when he ...

Rookies rule at the Sony Open
Two days into his PGA Tour career, Russell Henley was in the record book. Henley putted for birdie on every hole Friday on his way to a second ...

Rookies rule the day at Sony Open
The rookie debut of Scott Langley in the Sony Open made him feel like he was back in college again. Langley spent the final two hours of the opening ...

Langley debuts with 62, leads Sony Open by 1 shot
Scott Langley made a rookie debut on the PGA Tour he won't soon forget. Russell Henley wasn't too shabby, either. Langley thrived on a penetrating ...

A ban on anchors, a long way to go
The putt was meaningless because it was the final hole of a pro-am in what amounts to an 18-man exhibition at the end of the year, even though ranking ...

Golf's guardians want long putters to go belly-up
Brace yourself — just not your putter. In a proposal that would affect major champions as well as amateurs at their local clubs, the guardians of the ...

Long putters to go belly up
Golf's governing bodies, worried that players will turn to long putters as an advantage instead of a last resort, proposed a new rule Wednesday that ...