Transitions Championship

If this week wasn’t a major championship, Jim Furyk would be home by the pool. Or fishing. Or someplace where golf doesn’t remind him of another tournament fumbled away down the stretch. “I’d rather have the week off,”...

On one hand, Brian Davis was using such terms as “awful” and “terrible” in assessing his opening round at the Wells Fargo Championship. But there also was a certain delight in his description. “When I missed it, I got away...

Rory McIlroy must have had a great week of practice. Hey, it’s the line folks use when a college football team moves to No.1 in the polls after an open date. And so, too, do the world golf rankings sometimes reward a guy for keeping it light. The...

Add Gary Woodland to the list of clientele being gathered by Mark Steinberg in his new post at Excel Sports Management. The Lake Nona pro, who capped a breakout 2011 by winning the World Cup alongside Matt Kuchar six weeks ago, now joins Kuchar and...

For plenty of folks, the Transitions Championship is considered the sandwich week of the Florida Swing – preceded by a World Golf Championships event, followed by a week at Arnie’s Place. There’s some good meat in that sandwich, though....

PALM HARBOR – All hail to the world’s once-and-again No.1 golfer, Luke Donald! Remember him? Shortish, well-mannered English chap. Artist with both a wedge and a paintbrush. Money champ on both sides of the Atlantic last year. Yeah, him. How...

Lake Nona's Gary Woodland comes to Congressional far fresher than his previous two U.S. Open appearances. The power hitter officially got into the 156-man field Monday, when his No.40 world ranking was good for a last-chance berth as a newcomer to the top...

What is today, Monday? I ask because we just got back from the Big 12 Tournament AND the MVC Women's Championship in St. Louis so the days kind of mashed together. Missed out on the Tampa Bay Championship on the PGA Tour but Kevin Streelman stepped...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Charlie Wi felt a lot better walking off the golf course compared with his last round. So did Tiger Woods. Coming off a final round at Innisbrook in which he made a 13 on one hole, Wi hit an 8-iron over the water to 6 feet for...

TV SPORTS SUNDAY Men's College Basketball-National Invitation Tournament, Northern Iowa at Drexell, 10 a.m. (ESPN); NCAA Division I Tournament, Georgetown vs. North Carolina State, 11 a.m. (CBS); Michigan vs. St. Louis, 1:30 p.m. (CBS); North Carolina...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Men's College Basketball-National Invitation Tournament, Massachusetts at Seton Hall, 10 a.m. (ESPN); NCAA Division I Tournament, Syracuse vs. Kansas State, 11 a.m. (CBS); Ohio State vs. Gonzaga, 1:45 p.m. (CBS); Marquette vs....

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball-National Invitation Tournament, Wichita State at Virginia Tech, 10 a.m. (ESPN); NCAA Division I Tournament, North Carolina vs. Washington, 11 a.m. (CBS); Duke vs. Michigan, 1:30 p.m. (CBS); Ohio State vs. George Mason,...