HIDEKI MATSUYAMA

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.

It sure doesn't sound like Wentworth will be a place for PGA Tour players and LIV Golf players to visit over tea.

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.

Former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama was disqualified Thursday when officials determined he had too much paint on the face of his 3-wood that he was using for alignment. It was the first time Matsuyama, who won the Memorial in 2014 for his first PGA Tour victory, had ever been disqualified on the PGA Tour. Chief referee Steve Rintoul said rules officials were made aware of 10 small lines forming a circle 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 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.

Here’s what’s on the menu this year.

Tiger Woods is wearing Nike apparel this week as always.

Jordan Spieth looks to defend his 2021 Valero Texas Open title and build momentum going into the Masters next week.

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

Scottie Scheffler outlasted Ryder Cup teammate Patrick Cantlay on the third hole of a playoff in the WM Phoenix Open for his first PGA Tour victory, 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.

Schauffele won the men's golf competition by one stroke over Slovakia's Rory Sabbatini. Schauffele said he would deliver the gold medal to his father who once dreamed of being an Olympic decathlete.

Jordan Spieth had his longest stretch all day of mere pars — a whopping four holes — on the besieged new home course of the AT&T Byron Nelson when the local favorite stepped over a 55-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th. Spieth, Spaun and plenty of others had little trouble with TPC Craig Ranch north of Dallas. Hideki Matsuyama sputtered on the front nine in his first appearance since becoming the first Japanese player to win the Masters, then stalled again after three straight birdies to start the back nine.

Police say Brooklyn Center officer meant to draw Taser, not handgun; Hideki Matsuyama becomes first male Japanese player to win the Masters

Police in Brooklyn Center say an officer fired after a stopped driver drove away. Protests followed — with the Derek Chauvin trial about to enter week three.

Hideki Matsuyama overcame a nervy start and a pressure-induced back-nine stutter to become the first Japanese player to win a men's major.

Matsuyama is the sixth first-time green jacket winner in the last seven Masters Tournaments, with Tiger Woods' rousing victory in 2019 the lone outlier.

(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)Live golf returns to television on Sunday, and it might not look entirely familiar except for the players. The only rake on the golf course will be carried by a PGA Tour rules official. Farmers Insurance is pledging $1 million toward birdies and eagles that goes to healthcare workers, and PGA Tour Charities has an online donation program during the telecast. Within the golf community, the golf course is a big part of why people are excited about it, McIlroy said on the podcast. The PGA Tour has had 10 tournaments canceled or postponed since the last one completed, the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Woods completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Zozo Championship on Monday, equaling Sam Snead's PGA Tour record of 82 victories. Woods had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee two months ago his fifth on the same problem joint. The Japan event was Woods' first start of his 23rd season on the PGA Tour. The fourth round was suspended because of darkness Sunday with Woods holding a three-stroke lead over Matsuyama in the first official PGA Tour event in Japan. Woods got in 11 holes and played 29 holes Sunday before having to come back for a 7:30 a.m. start.

A Houston family is welcoming home their identical triplet girls, which doctors call a one-in-a-million occurrence. Brian Webb reports.