While Tiger Woods failed to muster any momentum at the Farmers Insurance Open, it's a little early to give up on the latest comeback attempt from the 14-time major champ. Just ask Rory McIlroy.McIlroy explained on a podcast with No Laying Up that he woke up in the middle of the night last week in Dubai to watch part of Woods' first official PGA Tour start since 2015, where he missed the cuts after rounds of 76-72. It wasn't an ideal start for Woods, but it was just the first in a stretch of four events in five weeks.McIlroy liked what he saw from Woods' swing, and he believes that this week's Omega Dubai Desert Classic will be a "much better gauge" of where his game truly stands."If you look at his backswing, where he's taking the club away, where he's putting the club at the top of the swing, it's really good. It's so on plane," McIlroy said. "He's close. He's closer than people think, I can assure you that."McIlroy said that he would love for Woods to "just give it one last run" in the majors, both from a fan enjoyment perspective and because he would still like to go toe-to-toe with Woods when the stakes are at their highest. But he added that even if Woods' major total never approaches Jack Nicklaus' coveted record of 18 titles, it's unfair to look at Woods' career as anything short of extraordinary."He's won 14 majors, he's won (79) times on the PGA Tour, he's won over 100 times worldwide. That is not a failure," McIlroy said. "Unfortunately, people are going to see his career as a failure because he didn't achieve what he set out to achieve, and that's ludicrous. Absolutely ludicrous."He played the best golf of anyone in the world, ever, for like a 10-year stretch. It was golf that no one had seen before. It brought so many people to the sport, and it ignited a generation of golfers that you see now coming through," McIlroy said. "He transcended the game of golf, and he is nothing but a success and a credit to the game of golf."
Leaderboard: Sungjae Im (-6), Keith Mitchell (-6), Lucas Glover (-5), Brooks Koepka and seven others (-4) What it means: There was a lot of talk about this year's Honda Classic field being, well, not great relative to previous seasons. And at the midway point at PGA National, the leaderboard certainly does little to disprove the sentiment
Im, Mitchell share lead at midway point of Honda Classic
Two weeks later at the Shriners he tied for seventh, and the week after that he won. Suddenly, the over-40 Perez had a second PGA Tour victory a whopping eight years after notching his first. To recap: Perez had one win in his first 378 PGA Tour starts and now has two in his past 25 events. Perez will be ranked a career-best 20th in the new OWGR.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. - It's hard to escape the opening-tee jitters at the Masters, even if you're the defending champ. Patrick Reed has enjoyed a celebratory return this week to Augusta National, the toast of the Champions' Dinner Tuesday night following his one-shot victory a year ago. But as he officially got his title defense underway Thursday he was feeling a little bit of unexpec
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Any U.S. state that wishes can now offer legalized sports betting. Here is an update on where all 50 states (and Washington D.C.) stand.
Deal would allow Indiana sports betting by mobile devices
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After struggling through his opening round, Clark was disqualified from the Players Championship for signing an incorrect scorecard.
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In interest of gambling, LPGA to invest in shot-tracking system By Randall Mell January 16, 2019 at 7:32 PM If legalized gambling is going to boost interest in golf, the LPGA doesn't want to be
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The PGA of America announced an agreement for the Congressional to host the Women's PGA Championship twice, the Senior PGA Championship twice, the PGA Championship (2031) and the Ryder Cup (2036).
Congressional to host future PGA of America Championships
Trump to award Tiger Woods Presidential Medal of Freedom
Staked to a four-shot lead, DeChambeau never let anyone closer than two shots Sunday at The Northern Trust and closed with a 2-under 69 for a four-shot victory in the FedEx Cup playoff opener.
DeChambeau sails to victory in FedEx Cup playoff opener
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Martin Kaymer loses his PGA Tour membership for the year
Bernd Wiesberger will have a chance on Sunday to win his second European Tour title in as many weeks. Fresh off his victory at the Made in Denmark, Wiesberger on Saturday became one of eight players to advance the final day of the Belgian Knockout.
Wiesberger advances to Sunday at Belgian Knockout
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