Golfers News

Between the end of this past weekend's Byron Nelson and the start this week of the Colonial in Fort Worth, the professional golf world had a bit of time to kill in Dallas.

Tournaments won using anchored strokes will not be tarnished despite the ban which will come into effect from 2016, R&A officials have insisted.

PHOTO: USGA ARCHIVE; COMPOSITE: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED IMAGING; MEMBERS, L TO R: JASON GROW ; MIKE CASEY ; JASON GROW Foreground: Lowery and Ouimet on their way to an upset victory at the 1913 U.S. Open at The Country Club.

Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia don't like each other, and they're making no effort to disguise their feelings.

Gardner-Webb sophomore right-handed pitcher Matt Fraudin was named first-team All-Big South Conference on Monday, one day after he was named the league's pitcher of the week.

Europe captain Paul McGinley has announced he will have three wild cards for next year's Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

Americans Josh Teater, Scott Brown Johnson Wagner and Bud Cauley qualified for the British Open on Monday at the international final qualifying at Gleneagles Country Club Queens Course.

During his freshman season, Washington golfer Chris Williams watched an Internet feed of the Ben Hogan Award ceremony when a teammate received the honor.

Louis Oosthuizen, the No. 8 player in the world golf rankings and top-rated player on the commitment list for this week's Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, withdrew Monday because of a neck injury sustained while competing at last week's HP Byron Nelson Championship.

Dufner struggled to a 4-over 74 to lose to Johnson by one. The former Masters champion didn't have it easy in the final round either, as he closed with a 2- over 72 in what was a 2-man race throughout the final round.

Within the next 24 hours, professional and amateur golfers will likely know whether or not they will be permitted to use long putters anchored to any part of their body from 2016 onwards.

Jennifer Johnson claimed her first LPGA Tour title on Sunday and that helped her move to No.

Tiger Woods spoke for some 20 minutes about the state of his game, belly putters, the U.S. Open and the AT&T National.

The Chinese amateur has accepted an exemption for the event at Muirfield Village.

Lindsey Vonn and Phil Hellmuth at Tiger's Poker Night sponsored by World Poker Tour at Moorea Beach Club at Mandalay Bay on Friday, May 17, 2013.

Jennifer Johnson holds up the trophy for the 2013 Mobile Bay LPGA Classic Sunday, May 19, 2013 at Magnolia Grove Golf Course in Mobile, Ala.

Sang-Moon Bae watched anxiously after hitting his tee shot at the par-3 17th hole Sunday in the Byron Nelson Championship.

Jorge Fernandez-Valdes stumbled to a 1-over 73 on Sunday, but it was enough for him to win the Mundo Maya Open.

Peter Uihlein, of the US, poses with his trophy after winning the Madeira Islands Open , Sunday, May 19 2013, at the Santo da Serra golf course, in Machico, Portugal.

Seeing television images of recovery shots like the one Phil Mickelson hit at the 72nd hole at Colonal in 2008, are certainly the ones that golf fans remember.