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The weekend at the 2016 PGA Championship will have to wait. Inclement weather at Baltusrol in Springfield, New Jersey, has caused a suspension of play during Saturday’s third round, with most of the leaders yet to reach the first tee. Golfers will complete or start their third rounds Sunday morning at 7 a.m. ET, weather permitting. Jimmy Walker and Robert Streb remain the leaders at nine...
Published: July 29, 2016
Three rounds into the 2016 Rogers Cup, things are looking awfully good for the top players in the field. Novak Djokovic, Angelique Kerber and Stan Wawrinka moved their way into the quarterfinals Thursday, though it wasn’t a complete breeze for the latter two. Kerber dropped her first set against Elina Svitolina before winning a match-saving tiebreak in the second and pulling out the third...
Published: July 29, 2016
The clouds sent rain washing down on Baltusrol Golf Club, but Jimmy Walker saw nothing but clarity in Thursday’s first round of the 2016 PGA Championship. Walker carded a five-under 65 on the Springfield, New Jersey, golf course to carry a one-stroke lead heading into the second round. Martin Kaymer, Ross Fisher and Emiliano Grillo are each tied for second at four under. Walker, a...
Published: July 27, 2016
Tuesday was a story of two disparate brackets at the 2016 Rogers Cup, as the seeded women mostly advanced with ease, while the men spent their day struggling. No. 14 seed Benoit Paire and No. 15 seed Steve Johnson bowed out in their first-round matches, while fifth-seeded Tomas Berdych needed three sets to move on. Stan Wawrinka and Gael Monfils were the only two men seemingly at the...
Published: July 19, 2016
For the first time in his illustrious career, Tiger Woods will miss a full calendar year of major championships. The PGA announced Woods’ withdrawal from the 2016 PGA Championship on Tuesday due to ongoing recovery from back surgery. Per the PGA Championship‘s official Twitter account, Woods withdrew from the field and will be replaced by Harold Varner III for the July 28-31 event. The...
Published: July 11, 2016
Heading into Sunday, world No. 1 Lydia Ko was preparing to add another trophy to her mantle. Eighteen holes later, the golf world was left with a stark reminder that Ko is just 19 years old. The world No. 1 fell apart with a three-over 75 in the final round at the U.S. Women’s Open, setting the stage for a controversial playoff between Brittany Lang and Anna Nordqvist. Lang shot even par...
Published: July 5, 2016
The dream Williams sister final is one step closer to becoming a reality. Venus and Serena were both victorious in their quarterfinal matches Tuesday, leaving them one match away from perhaps their final clash for a Grand Slam title. Venus will be playing in her first major championship semifinal since 2010 after earning a straight-sets win over unseeded Yaroslava Shvedova. After the two...
Published: July 4, 2016
With a chance at an 18th Grand Slam championship in reach after Novak Djokovic’s shocking ouster, Roger Federer is not wasting any time. The third-ranked Swiss moved through his fourth-round match against Steven Johnson on Monday with a 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 straight-sets triumph. It’s the 14th time in the last 15 years Federer has made at least the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. He also tied Martina...
Published: July 3, 2016
For just the fourth time in history, there was tennis on the middle Sunday at Wimbledon. It did not disappoint. Serena Williams returned to form in a muscle-flexing, historic performance, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Sloane Stephens battled in a classic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and John Isner topped that with an all-timer at the All England Club. Williams recorded the most notable win of the...
Published: July 3, 2016
Serena Williams added another piece of history to her resume Sunday, earning her 300th win in a Grand Slam tournament in a 6-3, 6-0 romp over Annika Beck. The win gave Williams the second-most ever in the Open era, breaking a tie with Chris Evert. Williams would take the all-time record from Martina Navratilova with seven more victories. “Was it? Cool. Oh, nice,” Williams said, per Stephen...