Lee Westwood

Welcome, Donald Trump and Gil Hanse. The ol’ Blue Monster could use some new teeth. When Doral’s Blue layout first played host to the PGA Tour’s best 50 years ago, they found all they could handle from Dick Wilson’s layout. That...

Golf’s first major tournament of the year, The Masters, returns to Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., April 5-8 as the top players in the game compete for the coveted green jacket and a place in golf history. Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald,...

Pop Quiz: How many golfers not named Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson have won the Masters since 2000? Answer: If you said five, I award you a ceremonious golf clap. With that in mind, it stands to reason that any talk about who the favorites are to don...

Remember all the talk three weeks ago about how nearly all the top players seemed to be peaking right in time for a Masters run? The motif hasn’t changed. Tiger Woods’ drought-ending victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational may have shifted...

The U.S. Open can be won with a triple bogey on your card. Or a British Open hit by a day or two of nasty weather. Maybe even a PGA Championship. At the Masters, no chance – though Phil Mickelson certainly tested that theory to the limit this year....

It's still Tiger and Phil Bill Dwyre Los Angeles Times The best golfer in the world is at home in Florida with ice packs on his bad knee. Battling for 1-A are Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Steve Stricker. We...

140th British Open When, where: Thursday-Sunday, Royal St. George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England. Course facts: 7,211 yards, par 70. The Open's first venue outside Scotland has hosted the championship 13 times. Format: 72 holes, stroke play. Field cut...

Westwood vs. Donald Bill Dwyre Los Angeles Times This 140th edition of The Open Championship, also known on the United States side of the pond as the British Open, will come down to a country-wrenching battle for the title between Lee Westwood...

Patrick Greer, a teaching pro from Windber, fired a 6-under 65 in the final round to win the Tri-State PGA Seven Springs Open held Monday and Tuesday at Seven Springs Mountain Resort. Greer finished with a 36-hole total of 139, one stroke better than...

HARBOR SPRINGS -- The surprise was that Rory McIlroy bounced back so quickly, and was so dominant. That the 22-year-old from Northern Ireland is now a major champion did not come as a shock to anybody in the world of professional golf, according to...