Gary Player

In the off-season, when the Baltimore Ravens' Torrey Smith isn't trying to refinish his floors, he's lobbying Congress. The wide-receiver headed to Washington Wednesday with the hopes of convicing lawmakers to help America stop being so fat and...

Hale Irwin is known as the only two-time champion of the Toshiba Classic. During the week of the 18th Toshiba Classic, he'll be known as keynote speaker at the annual Breakfast with a Champion, presented by the Allergan Foundation on March 13. The annual...

Ron Benedict and staff had to do "emergency surgery" to the golf course at Newport Beach Country Club two weeks ago. A good 'ole fashioned flush for two days for a course that is preparing to host the annual Toshiba Classic next month. Benedict and his...

Billy Casper lets out a hearty laugh when asked if he felt left out by all the attention heaped upon golf’s “Big Three” of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. “I never paid any attention,” the 80-year-old Hall of...

Slow play has bogged down the decision on who will create the 2016 Rio Olympics golf course. The committee charged with selecting a designer adjourned a week of meetings Friday in Brazil without an announcement, leaving the eight finalists on hold. The...

So how tough is it to pick a winner in the PGA Tour’s annual venture into bracketology? Consider that the WGC Match Play’s past two champions – Luke Donald and Ian Poulter – each missed the cut in their previous start. Form under...

Golf’s first major tournament of the year, The Masters, returns to Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., April 5-8 as the top players in the game compete for the coveted green jacket and a place in golf history. Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald,...

Gary Player said he’d been working out – as if he really needed another excuse to hit the gym. But the competitor in his 76-year-old bones came out as he outdrove “Big 3” cohorts Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus to get the 76th...

I believe in self-employment. Every trend indicates that’s where the most growth and opportunity will come from in the future. People who try self-employment need to understand that money will not come in on a steady basis, the hours will be long,...

Bid finalists to design the venue for golf’s return to the Olympics in 2016 are to be named today in Rio de Janeiro, with such high-wattage teams as Jack Nicklaus/Annika Sorenstam and Greg Norman/Lorena Ochoa expected to head the list. For intrigue,...

What can travelers expect from Mexico in 2011? That's at least a $64-million question, given the many Americans who visit the country every year. And the answers seem to point every which way. Across Mexico, international visitors and drug-war casualties...