This Month
Sizzling Schauffele grabs early PGA Championship lead
Not even the two hottest golfers on the planet, world number one Scottie Scheffler and number two Rory McIlroy, could muster a challenge to Xander Schauffele.
- Steve Keating
April
Surfing’s GOAT, Kelly Slater, hangs up his wetsuit
While the 11-time world champion did not officially announce his retirement, Slater said he was heading into a new chapter of his life.
- Lincoln Feast
Tiger Woods melts down as Scheffler takes Masters lead
Tiger Woods shot his worst round in a major championship in the third round of the Masters, while Rory McIlroy also failed to step up at Augusta.
- Frank Pingue
Aussies Davis, Smith raise hopes of elusive Masters triumph
Cam Davis has held his nerve to upstage his more-fancied Australian compatriots and surge into contention during the windswept Masters at Augusta National.
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- Darren Walton
Tiger Woods has not given up hope of adding another Masters green jacket
Never mind he is 48 and had more surgeries than his 15 major titles; or in his 10 rounds at the Masters since he won in 2019, he has broken par only three times.
- Doug Ferguson
January
Nike races to keep up with more nimble rivals
The athletic footwear maker’s competition goes beyond traditional rivals like Adidas as newer, more nimble shoe companies take market share.
- Sara Germano
Retail sales jump; Not all boom in mining; Spotlight on consultants
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Tiger Woods ends near three-decade partnership with Nike
The 15-times major champion said he has parted ways with Nike, ending one of the most lucrative endorsement deals in sports history.
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- Frank Pingue
July 2023
‘No longer required’: Greg Norman sacked if LIV golf deal sealed
Saudi Arabia has also agreed to invest more than $1.5 billion if the new golf tie-up goes ahead, US Congress has been told in testimony to a subcommittee.
- Ben Nuckols
June 2023
Who are the world’s highest-paid golfers?
Tiger Woods has earned roughly $US1.8 billion during his professional golf career.
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- Reuters
April 2023
Tiger Woods’ Masters limps to an end with withdrawal
The golf legend has withdrawn from the tournament with 28-plus holes still to play, citing his lingering right foot injury from a 2021 car crash.
- Reuters
Tiger Woods’ painful Masters walk results in opening 74
“Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be a little bit better, a little bit sharper,” Woods said after his worst opening round at the tournament since 2005. He won that year.
- Dave Skretta
February 2023
Tiger Woods goes viral for all the wrong reasons at Riviera
In his return to elite competition for the first time in seven months after a car crash, the golfer caused quite a buzz in the opening round, for the wrong reasons,
- Doug Ferguson
November 2022
Woods says Greg Norman ‘has to go’ in golf’s mounting feud
The 15-time major champion took aim at the Australian over the legal fight between the controversial Saudi-funded LIV tour and the PGA Tour.
- Gene Wang
August 2022
As golf finds its cool, fashion brands get in on the game
Golf Australia says a further 210,000 people took up the sport last year. It’s a trend that’s pressuring private clubs everywhere to relax their dress codes.
- Richard Allen
July 2022
Talk of Saudi tour clouds Smith’s historic Open win
Cameron Smith refused to rule out joining Greg Norman’s rebel LIV Golf tour after winning the Open Championship with one of the most extraordinary rounds in major history.
- Andrew Burke
How sponsors walk a fine line with tennis bad boy Nick Kygrios
Australia’s tennis superstar Nick Kyrgios, who is playing the men’s singles final at Wimbledon on Sunday night, has always drawn a crowd, but is he getting too hot for sponsors?
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- Mark Ludlow
April 2022
Cameron Smith’s hair is flappable – his Masters game is not
The world number six is hoping to become only the second Australian to win at Augusta, and he is well on the way to backing up his Players Championship victory.
- Will Graves
Cameron Smith bookends strong Masters start with double-bogeys
Cameron Smith bookended his opening round at windy Augusta National on Thursday with double-bogeys but did more than enough in between to bolster his hopes of becoming only the second Australian to win the Masters.
- Reuters
Tiger Woods’ return has the US Masters buzzing
Tiger Woods’ 15 majors are second only to Jack Nicklaus’ 18. A year ago nobody thought he could win another, but the comeback king may prove everybody wrong.
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- Doug Ferguson
