HIDEKI MATSUYAMA

Lee Hodges got off to a good start in his bid to make the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Taylor Moore and Monday qualifier Peter Kuest shot 8-under 64s to share the first-round lead in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

No two golf tournaments held in consecutive weeks in the same state have so little in common.

Tiger Woods is out before he ever got back.

Brendan Steele finished with four consecutive birdies and shot a 6-under 64 to take the first-round lead in the Zozo Championship.

Former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama says players who left to compete in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series should be entitled to earn ranking points.

Tom Kim has won the Shriners Children's Open in Las Vegas.

Tiger Woods has another loaded field for the Bahamas and his Hero World Challenge.

The Americans have what otherwise would look to be a commanding lead in the Presidents Cup.

The matches were close at the end.

The Americans have the stronger team and they looked the part at the Presidents Cup.

So much has changed since the International team nearly won the Presidents Cup the last time.

Billy Horschel finally gets to play golf for the Stars and Stripes as a pro.

Trevor Immelman is using five of his six captain’s picks on Presidents Cup rookies.

Scottie Scheffler has a one-shot lead over Xander Schauffele in the Tour Championship.

Will Zalatoris has gone from winning his first PGA Tour title to probably being done for the year.

This is turning out to be a strong group of rookies on the PGA Tour, including three players with one thing in common down the home stretch: None has won yet.

Cameron Tringale has spent 12 years trying to get his first PGA Tour win.

The putt slid an inch — make that a millimeter — outside the left edge of the cup.

Hideki Matsuyama is out of the Memorial because of paint on the face of his 3-wood.

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Ryan Palmer shot a 10-under 62 on Friday at the Byron Nelson for a share of the second-round lead with Sebastián Muñoz and 40-year-old tour rookie David Skinns.

The “ManningCast” so popular on “Monday Night Football” is coming to major championship golf.

Max Homa played solid, steady golf during a week of cold, wet conditions and a back-and-forth Sunday duel with Keegan Bradley.

Scottie Scheffler has captured his first major championship with a three-shot victory at the Masters.

Scottie Scheffler has captured his first major championship with a three-shot victory at the Masters.

Scottie Scheffler has never been here before.

Rory McIlroy’s wait to complete the career Grand Slam will extend into at least 2023.

The weekend couldn’t come soon enough for players at the Masters.

Tiger Woods has made it to the weekend at the Masters in his first official start in 508 days.

With all eyes on Tiger Woods, Sungjae Im quietly turned in the round of the day at Augusta National.

Hideki Matsuyama is a Masters champion and apparently a master host.

Tiger Woods had some good moments, some unlucky outcomes and a couple of blunders in his opening round of the Masters.

Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods will put his surgically repaired right leg to the test as he begins his pursuit of a sixth green jacket.

As tradition dictates, there is now very bad news to report about Canadian golfers Mike Weir and Mackenzie Hughes.

The home of the Masters is making an effort to reach a younger generation of golfers as the tournament nears its 100th birthday.

Tiger Woods is planning to play in the Masters and he thinks he can win.

The introduction differs slightly from tournament to tournament though the general theme never changes.

Tiger Woods is wearing Nike apparel this week as always.

No other tournament in golf is more fickle than Match Play.

If you are going out to watch The Players Championship this week, don't forget your rain jacket. But if you're willing to stick it out, here are the best places to watch.

Scottie Scheffler outlasted Ryder Cup teammate Patrick Cantlay on the third hole of a playoff in the WM Phoenix Open, making a 25-foot birdie putt that had just enough momentum to tumble in.

Sam Ryder brought down the house with a hole-in-one on the stadium 16th hole Saturday in the WM Phoenix Open, where newcomer Sahith Theegala topped a leaderboard as crowded as the course.

Sahith Theegala crashed golf’s biggest party.

Top-ranked Jon Rahm starred at Arizona State and lives in the Valley of the Sun.

Formula One racing got a huge boost in interest in North America through the Netflix series “Drive to Survive.”.

Hideki Matsuyama hit one of the best shots of his career to win the Sony Open and he never saw it.

Russell Henley is holding on to a two-shot lead at the Sony Open.

The Sony Open is a reunion of sorts for three No. 1 amateur players in the world.

The field for the Masters in April is now at 83 and counting.

Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama had three birdies in five holes on the back nine and eagled the 18th for good measure for a five-stroke victory at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship.

Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama held on to a one-stroke lead at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship after a 2-under 68 which included a bogey on his last hole to make things interesting for Sunday's final round.

Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama overcame cold temperatures and often steady rain showers to shoot a 2-under 68 and take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship.

The PGA Tour is moving the Farmers Insurance Open off a big NFL Sunday.

Max Homa holed out from the rough from 95 yards for eagle on the par-4 12th to start a back-nine comeback and added three birdies for a 7-under 65 and a one-stroke victory Sunday in the season-opening Fortinet Championship.

Russell Henley shot a 6-under 64 on Friday to open a four-stroke lead halfway through the Wyndham Championship.

Russell Henley shot an 8-under 62, his lowest round in more than two years, to take the lead Thursday in the suspended first round of the Wyndham Championship.

Abraham Ancer of Mexico won the FedEx St. Jude Invitational on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama and Sam Burns with a 6-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole of a playoff.

Bryson DeChambeau let his clubs do most of the talking Saturday at TPC Southwind.

Xander Schauffele has won the Olympic gold medal in golf in a tense finish.

Xander Schauffele is 18 holes away from a gold medal and the podium still feels a long way off.

Xander Schauffele is trying to treat the Olympics as just another golf tournament.

Sepp Straka of Austria has the lead after the first round of the Olympic men's golf competition.

Hideki Matsuyama already has the green jacket from the Masters.

The hardest part of Sergio Garcia's day was before he even got to Royal St. George's.

Expect the unexpected will be the motto for the world’s best golfers this week as they get a crack at links golf for the first time in two years in the British Open at Royal St. George's.

Zach Johnson is the latest player out of the British Open.

Golf is in a better place for the Tokyo Olympics than last time in Rio.

Joaquin Niemann and Tom Lewis topped the jam-packed leaderboard heading into the weekend in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama was withdrawn from the Rocket Mortgage Classic after testing positive for COVID-19.

Louis Oosthuizen and Sergio Garcia are among Olympic qualifiers who aren't going to Tokyo next month.

Jon Rahm is the first Spaniard to win the U.S. Open.

Fans clamoring for a showdown between heavyweights Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau will have to wait.

Anyone hopeful of a Bryson DeChambeau-Brooks Koepka pairing at the U.S. Open will have to wait.

Phil Mickelson showed he's still the people's champion by winning his sixth and most unlikely major at the PGA Championship.

The leaderboard was mostly static in the third round of the PGA Championship, even though the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island played easier.

Phil Mickelson doesn’t need to be reminded of his age at the PGA Championship.

Louis Oosthuizen bogeyed the 18th hole Friday to drop into a tie for the lead with Phil Mickelson through two rounds at the PGA Championship.

Jordan Spieth gets his fifth chance at going for the career Grand Slam.

Sam Burns is rolling again with the second-round lead at the AT&T Byron Nelson in his first start since getting his first PGA Tour victory.

Jordan Spieth and plenty of others are having little trouble with the new home course of the AT&T Byron Nelson.

Jordan Spieth returns to competition after four weeks off following the Masters.

Rory McIlroy is back at Quail Hollow, the course where he won his first PGA Tour event.

Lydia Ko shot a final-round 65 to finish with a tournament-record 28-under 260 and a seven-shot victory at the Lotte Championship.

Two-time champion Stewart Cink has set the 36-hole tournament scoring record at the RBC Heritage.

Cameron Smith birdied the difficult 17th and 18th holes at Harbour Town to shoot a 9-under 62 and take a one-stroke lead over Stewart Cink at the RBC Heritage.

Augusta National was behind the idea of the Asia-Pacific Amateur that was created in 2009.

There was a time when the top golfers at big tournaments would always get a question from Japanese media about Hideki Matsuyama.

Hideki Matsuyama almost turned down his first chance to play the Masters.

From Japan’s prime minister on down the country celebrated golfer Hideki Matsuyama’s victory in the Masters.

Maybe the first hint that Will Zalatoris had what it took came when he was 6, and Ken Venturi went over to him on a driving range to show him a grip that he hasn’t changed since.

Xander Schauffele stepped up to the 16th tee with all the momentum at the Masters.

Hideki Matsuyama is the first Japanese player in a green jacket.

Hideki Matsuyama is the first Japanese player in a green jacket.

Jon Rahm had a great week before even getting to the Masters.

Hideki Matsuyama hopes to be a pioneer for Japanese golf.

Hideki Matsuyama delivered a masterpiece at the Masters.

Xander Schauffele is in what has become familiar territory.

The third round of the Masters is over, and Hideki Matsuyama has a four-shot lead over Xander Schauffele, Marc Leishman, Justin Rose and Will Zalatoris.

Justin Rose picked one of the toughest days at Augusta National for his lowest score in the Masters.