Ten years ago, the LPGA Tour had eight players earn at least $1 million in the season. One indication of how much has changed is Nasa Hataoka.The 22-year-old from Japan earned more than $1 million from two runner-up finishes this year.They came at events with the two biggest purses on …
Read More »PGA golf news: Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas reject Greg Norman, Saudi breakaway league
Greg Norman is the figurehead of a controversial golf shake-up but not everyone is so keen to follow the Aussie legend’s lead.Major winners Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka said they are keeping their focus on the US PGA Tour rather than the new Saudi-backed circuit being guided by Greg Norman.The …
Read More »Sports News Roundup: Golf-Koepka withdraws from Tour Championship with wrist injury; Tennis-American Rogers defeats number one Barty in shock U.S. Open upset and more
Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Golf-Koepka withdraws from Tour Championship with wrist injury Brooks Koepka withdrew from the Tour Championship on Saturday after injuring his left wrist hitting a ball out of the rough, prompting questions about whether the American will be fit enough to compete …
Read More »Reuters Sports News Summary | Sports-Games
Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.Golf-Johnson withdraws from Byron Nelson with knee discomfortDustin Johnson has withdrawn from the final warm-up event ahead of next week’s PGA Championship with knee discomfort, the world number one said on Monday. Johnson, whose Masters title defence ended in a missed cut …
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