Golf

Milton, currently a Category 4 hurricane, is projected to make landfall in the Tampa Bay area on Wednesday night.
The LPGA said Berning, inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2022, died at her home in Palm Springs, California.
Rodriguez’s death was announced by Carmelo Javier Ríos, a senator in Rodriguez’s native Puerto Rico. He didn’t provide a cause.
Woods said he would not play again until December at his unofficial Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas and the PNC Championship with his son.
People forgot about beheadings as the money flowed for entities far beyond pro golf. The Saudis have spent billions on soccer teams and Formula 1 racing, but also on law firms, corporations and other bastions of American thought and power.
DeChambeau got up-and-down from 55 yards in a bunker — one of the toughest shots in golf — to deliver a celebration at Pinehurst just as raucous as when his hero, Payne Stewart, won with a big par putt in 1999.
Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell said his team reviewed the case in a “thorough and expeditious manner” and found that Scheffler’s account of the incident being a big misunderstanding was corroborated by the evidence.
Thompson won 15 times on the Tour, but only one major at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, California.
No cause of death was given for the golfer, who withdrew from the Schwab Cup challenge in Fort Worth on Friday.
The city’s police chief noted that the department’s officers are expected to maintain their body-worn cameras in a “constant state of operational readiness.”
Scottie Scheffler’s recent arrest brings up a man who followed an ideal.
Schauffele closed with a 6-under 65 to beat Bryson DeChambeau, who was entertaining to the end with a 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole for a 64.
Shane Lowry thrust his way into the mix with a 62 to tie a major championship record last set just two days earlier. Bryson DeChambeau chipped in for eagle on the last hole to set off a wild celebration.
Scheffler’s attorney Steve Romines described the situation as a misunderstanding and told The Associated Press, “We will litigate the case as it goes.”
Richard Globensky of Georgia pleaded guilty Wednesday to one criminal charge, for which he faces a maximum of 10 years behind bars.
Richard Brendan Globensky allegedly transported stolen Masters golf tournament merchandise and memorabilia from the Augusta National Gold Club in Georgia between 2009 and 2022.
In a memo late Monday night to players, Monahan said the player directors on the PGA Tour Enterprises board met with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of the Public Investment Fund that provides the money behind rival LIV Golf.
Charlie Woods took a 12 on one hole and shot 86 Thursday at Lost Lake Golf Club, one of four pre-qualifier sites for the Cognizant Classic.
Woods and Nike ended 27 years together at the end of last year. He wore the swoosh on his shirt for the final time at the PNC Championship that he played with his son, Charlie.
Burke, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, also won the PGA Championship and was equally skilled as a teacher.