Lanny Wadkins

It's fine — for amateurs Chris Dufresne Los Angeles Times The most sleep-inducing word on the PGA Tour this year is "bifurcation," although the issue over whether the tour should break from USGA and R&A is hotter than Dubai. Golf's ruling lords...

Wednesday in the desert was a day for fist bumps and well-wishing for Russell Henley, the new wonder on the PGA Tour. The tournament that Southern California learned to love under the banner of the Bob Hope Desert Classic, now called the Humana...

This weekend brings a sharp contrast in sports fan viewing. Think of it as the concussive versus the cerebral. Across the country, NFL fans will be relieved at the departure of replacement refs. It will be a time to get back to business as usual —...

The U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams are holding their first day of practice rounds at Medinah Country Club on Tuesday. Meantime, the golf course is also hosting its first-ever Ryder Cup Captains & Celebrity Scramble golf event on Tuesday. Captains of...

Three former champions, including defending champ Nathan Smith, will be among those competing in this week’s 59th Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament in Westmont. The four-day, 72-hole event begins Thursday morning at Sunnehanna Country Club. Smith,...

Previous winners of Connecticut's PGA event, listing winner and first-place prize money: TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP 2010: Bubba Watson ($1,080,000) 2009: Kenny Perry ($1,080,000) 2008: Stewart Cink ($1,080,000) 2007: Hunter Mahan* ($1,080,000) BUICK...

Fittingly, the first thing you see at the World Golf Village as you exit Interstate Highway 95 is a golf course: Slammer & Squire, named respectively after two Hall of Famers who helped design it, Sam Snead and Gene Sarazen. You go to check in at the...

Rodger Davis proved in 2003 that he was stealth around the greens. Winning the eighth Toshiba Senior Classic for his first victory on United States' soil might have been the launching ground. The Australian native fended-off a mild charge from Larry...