SANTIAGO, Chile — Joaquin Niemann wanted to make his last round as an amateur one of his best. He was so good Tuesday that he felt he could birdie every hole and closed with an 8-under 63 for a five-shot victory in the Latin America Amateur Championship. And that means his amateur career is not

SAN DIEGO — Torrey Pines and a dawn-patrol practice round. Some things are just like the old days for Tiger Woods. Whether he is able to summon any of the magic that he has had around this place over the years when he plays his first PGA Tour event of 2018 this week will be

The PGA Tour continues the West Coast swing, landing at Torrey Pines Golf Course for the Farmers Insurance Open. Our ESPN and FantasyGolfInsider experts have laid out the players whom they believe have the skills to succeed and provide big fantasy point totals. Picks to win Tony Finau I’ve been telling anyone willing to listen

This was a big week for some big names. Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia all secured victories on various tours, one-quarter of the European Ryder Cup team already dialed in early in the year. We’ll get to their individual achievements, but this edition of the Weekly 18 begins with another big name who

SANTIAGO, Chile — Georgia graduate Jaime Lopez Rivarola of Argentina had a 3-under 68 to take a one-shot lead through 36 holes of the Latin America Amateur Championship. Joaquin Niemann of Chile, the No. 1 amateur in the world, bounced back from an opening 74 at Prince of Wales Country Club with a 64, leaving

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Jon Rahm headed over the hill to San Diego for his Torrey Pines title defense with a playoff victory in the CareerBuilder Challenge and the No. 2 spot in the world ranking. The Spaniard is way ahead of where he even dreamed he would be this early in his career. “To

Tommy Fleetwood retained the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship title with a final round 65, giving him a 2-shot victory over Ross Fisher. Fleetwood produced a sensational back nine, making six birdies to come home in 30 shots. The European No. 1 had started the day 2 behind overnight leaders Fisher and Thomas Pieters. Fisher seemed

SINGAPORE — Sergio Garcia played 27 holes on the last day without dropping a shot to win the Singapore Open by five strokes Sunday in an ominous display of his new found self-belief as he prepares to defend his Masters title. Still brimming with confidence after claiming his first major title at Augusta National last

KAILUA-KONA, Hawai’i — Jerry Kelly made an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole, Colin Montgomerie missed a 6-footer for par and Kelly turned a one-shot deficit into a victory Saturday in the Mitsubishi Electric Championship, the season opener on the PGA Tour Champions. After Kelly drove it well right into lava rocks on the

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Austin Cook hit a hybrid into the fairway bunker on the par-4 18th on a breezy Saturday afternoon at La Quinta Country Club, then chunked a wedge and raced a chip 20 feet past the hole. Kip Henley, the longtime PGA Tour caddie who guided Cook to a breakthrough victory at