OWINGS MILLS, Md. — When Akshay Bhatia arrived at Caves Valley Golf Club on Saturday for the BMW Championship’s third round, he sat at 4-over par. He was fighting to hold onto a spot in the top 30 of the FedEx Cup standings after a tough first two days in Owings Mills for the sweet-swinging lefty, who opened with a 75.

His fortunes changed ...Read more

OWINGS MILLS, Md.— Denny McCarthy loves Maryland, and based on the reception Friday at the BMW Championship, Marylanders love him back.

As McCarthy stood on the second tee in dead silence readying to take his shot, the stillness was broken as McCarthy smashed the ball with his driver and a child yelled “Go, Deeennnny McCaaaarthy!”

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OWINGS MILLS, Md. — After a challenging opening round at the newly redesigned Caves Valley Golf Club — marked by scorching heat and a two-hour rain delay in Owings Mills — players returned Friday for Round 2 rested, recalibrated and with adjustments made.

But even with the improved conditions and fresh approaches, one thing didn’t ...Read more

SEATTLE — A new generation might not remember Seattle native Fred Couples as the ultracool Hall of Fame golfer who won the 1992 Masters.

They might remember him as the guy who seemingly could not eat enough blueberry jubilee in Happy Gilmore 2," which came out last month on Netflix.

"Isn't that wild?" Couples said during a break from play at...Read more

GREENSBORO, N.C. — It was only through the beneficence of Sedgefield Country Club owner John McConnell that Chesson Hadley was even playing the Wyndham Championship this week, the second-to-last player to get into the field, and that not even until last Sunday.

McConnell specifically requested an exemption for the longtime PGA Tour pro from ...Read more

BLAINE, Minn. — Ten-year pro Kurt Kitayama needed all 65 shots Sunday to win the 3M Open in Blaine by a single shot, but it might have been one over all the others that won him his second PGA Tour title and enabled his mother to watch the TV again.

He chipped in from the thick greenside rough on the third hole to give his day a birdie-birdie-...Read more

BLAINE, Minn. — Michael La Sasso started his college golf career at his hometown school, North Carolina State. He played for the Wolfpack as a freshman and then decided to leave the familiar confines of Raleigh and transferred to Mississippi for the 2023-24 season.

And from what La Sasso had to say about the options available for a Rebels ...Read more

BLAINE, Minn. — More than four hours after Kurt Kitayama posted a record-tying 60, two-time PGA Tour winner Akshay Bhatia and Friday’s leader Thorbjørn Olesen together moved one shot ahead of him entering Sunday’s final round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine.

Kitayama finished more than four hours ahead of Friday’s leader, ...Read more

BLAINE, Minn. — Denmark’s Thorbjørn Olesen overtook the lead early Friday morning in the 3M Open’s second round and kept it all day long.

Olesen followed Thursday’s tournament-record-tying 62 with a Friday 66 that kept Californian Jake Knapp one shot away. Third-generation Texas pro Pierceson Coody and Thursday 62 shooter Sam Stevens ...Read more

BLAINE, Minn. — Amid a lousy season, Canadian Adam Svensson putted nearly perfectly Thursday, when his 11-under-par 60 set a 3M Open tournament record and gave him a two-shot lead after one round.

The 31-year-old had missed the cut in 11 of 21 tournaments he started this season and had won $272,128 before he arrived at the TPC Twin Cities in ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — British Open bettors have cashed six long-shot winners with odds of 125-1 or higher since 2003.

Tom McKibbin is worth a shot at 150-1 to win the year’s final golf major this week at Royal Portrush in his native Northern Ireland, according to Westgate SuperBook oddsmaker Jeff Sherman and handicapper Wes Reynolds, co-host of VSiN�...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — His swing is as smooth as ever, the one that was good enough to get him on the golf team at Furman and chase a professional career after college. At age 55, Garrett Smyth can still pop it out there 280 yards off the tee when pressed, and 260 regularly.

He has, however, had to adopt a new swing thought, the last thing that goes...Read more