He’s 5,000 miles away in Singapore. Even if  he were home in America, the Champions Tour, with its season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship underway at TPC Harding Park, is not where Tiger Woods would be competing. Yet, for better or worse, no matter where, no matter when, Tiger seemingly is the only one who counts in golf. Even during a tournament for seniors, or if you will Champions. Read More

Lincoln High School’s Kristi Wong has a chance to do something that has only happened once in Academic Athletic Association girls’ golf history. After winning her second consecutive AAA championship with a 12-over 82 on Monday at Lincoln Park Golf Course, the junior will be the favorite to win a third title next season. The AAA’s only three-time champion was Lowell’s Katrina Delen-Briones, who won titles in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Read More

The mantra of golf is “It ain’t how, it’s how many.” Style points aren’t counted, strokes are. And the most important are those on the greens, which can save a round, or for Tiger Woods on Thursday, ruin one. “This is probably the worst putting round I’ve ever had,” Woods said. Maybe an exaggeration. Maybe not. A man who at his best could make anything from anywhere, who for nearly a decade was judged the best putter in the game, seemed flummoxed. Read More