MAX HOMA

Team USA needed a big Sunday to fend off a charging International Team at the Presidents Cup and got a major performance from Jordan Spieth.

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

The matches were close at the end.

Max Homa never felt more energized over a big putt on a Friday, perhaps because he never had so many people who shared in the celebration. This is why making the Presidents Cup was the top of his wish list this year, and his latest afternoon heroics at Quail Hollow exceeded expectations. Taylor Pendrith was clutch with a 15-foot birdie putt as the Internationals tried to scratch out a third tie.

Neither did Max Homa. Young buried a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th hole as he and Collin Morikawa closed out Tom Kim and K.H. Lee 2-and-1. Homa and Tony Finau won a tight match by making par on the 18th hole after Mito Pereira hooked his drive into the trees.

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

LIV Golf is turning up the heat on the Official World Golf Ranking.

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

Danny Willet's meltdown on 18 at the the Fortinet Championship on Sunday gave Max Homa his fifth win on the PGA Tour.

Max Homa chipped in from nearly 33 feet for birdie on the closing hole, then watched as Danny Willett shockingly three-putted from inside 4 feet to give Homa his second straight title at the Fortinet Championship.

Justin Lower weathered the wind and birdied the 18th hole Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the season-opening Fortinet Championship.

Max Homa moved into position to defend his title at the Fortinet Championship, shooting a 5-under 67 to share the 36-hole lead with Danny Willett at the PGA Tour’s season opener.

Rickie Fowler shot a 5-under 67 and was four shots off the lead after when play was suspended for the day at the Fortinet Championship in Napa, California.

Rickie Fowler began his 15th professional season Thursday. From clubs to coach to caddie, just about everything is new for the five-time PGA Tour winner. Lower, beginning his second PGA Tour season, concluded his career-low, 9-under 63 in the early evening at Silverado Resort and Spa.

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

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

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is still playing great golf and could easily have made the Tour Championship a runaway.

Getting to the Tour Championship isn’t all that’s at stake in the second FedEx Cup playoff event.

Tony Finau, coming off his third career victory on the PGA Tour, and Taylor Pendrith shared the first-round lead at 8-under 64 on Thursday in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

The Rocket Mortgage Classic, nestled between the British Open and FedEx Cup playoffs, could have been a tournament to skip for all of the world's best players.

The Rocket Mortgage Classic, nestled between the British Open and FedEx Cup playoffs, could have been a tournament to skip for all of the world’s best players.

Geoff Ogilvy is a U.S. Open champion and three-time winner of the World Golf Championships.

Tiger Woods may have played his final round of a British Open at St. Andrews.

The dry conditions at the British Open turned a beautiful day for golf into a long slog for many of the players.

One of the famous lines of Bobby Jones often cited by Jack Nicklaus is that a golfer's career is not complete without winning an Open at St. Andrews.

Max Homa loves links golf so much he decided to play two courses in one day.

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.

Keegan Bradley shot the lowest score in bad weather for the second straight day at the Wells Fargo Championship.

Jason Day expected a grind on a rainy day at the Wells Fargo Championship.

Tiger Woods has won five Masters.

As if the Dell Technologies Match Play isn't fickle enough.

Billy Horschel and Talor Gooch lead the group of survivors at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Some of the best players in the world at the Genesis Invitational lived up to their reputations.

The West Coast swing on the PGA Tour ends on a high note.

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.

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

Tiger Woods now has everyone guessing.

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.

Sergio Garcia and Erik van Rooyen are headed to the Tour Championship after narrowly qualifying in the second event of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Patrick Cantlay has won the BMW Championship in a thriller at Caves Valley.

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

The brisk winds, gnarly rough and slick greens were all expected.

Russell Henley had a 67 and the temporary lead in the fog-delayed U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.

The opening round of the U.S. Open has been suspended due to darkness with 36 players left on the course.

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.

One minute, Jon Rahm was headed for a blowout victory in the Memorial.

The Wells Fargo Championship returns with a strong field after COVID caused its cancellation last year.

The Wells Fargo Championship returns with a strong field after COVID caused its cancellation last year.

Sam Burns finally finished atop the leaderboard on the right day of the week — Sunday.

The Masters features only six players, three of them amateurs, who have never played in the Masters.

Already the most fickle event in golf, the Dell Technologies Match Play on Friday was an endless frenzy. “You just never know what can happen out there," Billy Horschel said after beating Max Homa on the third playoff hole. 64 seed in Match Play history to make it to the weekend. 60 seed, while Erik van Rooyen (62) advanced by beating Daniel Berger with a par on the second playoff hole. The eight playoffs to decide group winners broke the previous mark of five in 2017 since group play began six yeas ago.

17 green during a third round match at the Dell Technologies Match Play Championship golf tournament Friday, March 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AUSTIN, Texas – The Latest on the Dell Technologies Match Play (all times local):4:55 p.m. The Dell Technologies Match Play already has a No. ___4:30 p.m.Kevin Na lectured Dustin Johnson and then sent him home from the Dell Technologies Match Play. 64 seed to advance since the Match Play switched to group play in 2015.

Homa won on the second extra hole when Finau failed to save par from a bunker, missing a 10-foot putt. We grew up idolizing him, idolizing Riviera Country Club, idolizing the golf tournament. He closed with a 7-under 64, the best score of the final round. The victory sends him back to the Masters, along with the next three World Golf Championships. 61 in the world, he is ineligible for a World Golf Championship for the first time since he became a PGA Tour member.

Burns went 31 consecutive holes with a bogey, a streak that ended on No. When the third round was halted by darkness, he made back-to-back bogeys that dropped him to 10-under par, two shots ahead of Matt Fitzpatrick. “Even the downwind holes weren’t that much easier because it was hard to stop it there on the green,” Burns said. “It’s a hard course with no wind,” Burns said. Fitzpatrick was at 3 under for the day through 17 holes, the low score of the round so far.

The 25-year-old South Korean didn't flinch when Cantlay shot a 61 and surged out of 13th place to the front while breaking the Stadium Course record by two strokes. Playing six groups behind Cantlay, Kim comfortably birdied the par-5 16th to pull even. A year ago, Kim shot a 15-over 87 in the opening round on the easier neighboring Nicklaus Course before withdrawing. Tony Finau had a 68 and finished fourth after starting the final round with a share of the lead in his quest to land his long-awaited second PGA Tour win. The 28-year-old Cantlay made 11 birdies in the final round, including six in eight holes on the front nine.

Homa made nine birdies and shrugged off a double bogey on the way to a 7-under 65 in the third round Saturday, joining Tony Finau and Si Woo Kim atop the leaderboard at 15-under 201. Richy Werenski also shot a 65 and moved within a shot of the lead on the Stadium Course at PGA West near Palm Springs. Finau and Kim both shot 67. Kim was bogey-free, while the streakier Finau bounced back from a double bogey on the 13th with three consecutive birdies. Precipitation finally fell in earnest when the final group reached the 18th hole, with Finau and Kim forced to pull out their umbrellas.