So Yeon Ryu first 2-time LPGA winner this year
Ryu finishes with tournament record at Arkansas LPGA tourney, one day after firing a course-record 61. TORONTO STAR | SPORTS | GOLF Continue reading
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Wesley Bryan gets first PGA Tour win
Erstwhile trick-shot artist wins the RBC Heritage, while Canada’s Graham DeLaet fades in final round and finishes sixth. TORONTO STAR | SPORTS | GOLF Continue reading
Rules of golf overhauled for first time in 273 years
Modernized rulebook eliminates penalties for minor infractions like moving a ball accidentally, touching the ground in a hazard or playing with a club damaged in anger. TORONTO STAR | SPORTS | GOLF Continue reading
Adam Hadwin becomes first Canadian to shoot 59 on PGA Tour
Abbotsford, B.C., golfer the second PGA player in 10 days to break 60, and the ninth overall. TORONTO STAR | SPORTS | GOLF Continue reading
Tiger Woods returns to golf for first time since 2015
Since he last played 465 days ago, Woods has undergone two back surgeries. TORONTO STAR | SPORTS | GOLF Continue reading
Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic for first PGA Tour victory
All four players who had to return for the third extra playoff hole missed the green at the par-3 17th. TORONTO STAR | SPORTS | GOLF Continue reading
Phil Mickelson looks to Safeway Open for first solo win
Lefty’s last event of the year is also the first in the 2016-17 PGA Tour season TORONTO STAR | SPORTS | GOLF Continue reading
Arnold Palmer was first great TV star of pro sports: Perkins
Icon pretty much singlehandedly lifted golf out of the era of knickers and tweed caps with his off-the-charts charisma, Dave Perkins writes. TORONTO STAR | SPORTS | GOLF Continue reading
Caroline Masson wins first career LPGA Tour victory at Manulife Classic
Masson fired a 5-under 67 in the final round to rally and win her first title, needing Mi Hyang Lee to miss her final putt to capture the event in Cambridge, Ont. TORONTO STAR | SPORTS | GOLF Continue reading
Kevin Chappell on track to earn first PGA Tour victory
David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., stayed in contention with his second-straight round of 68. He’s at six under and in a tie for 13th. TORONTO STAR | SPORTS | GOLF Continue reading