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Three long shot bets to win the Honda Classic
The stars have been out in recent weeks on the PGA Tour, but the Honda Classic will be a bit different.
Take a flier on this Honda Classic long shot
If you like your conditions tough and your fields eclectic, I’ve got some good news: It’s officially Honda Classic week.
Under-the-radar major champ a live long shot in Honda Classic
The Honda Classic was founded in 1972 as the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic and played at the Inverrary Country Club in Lauderhill, Fla., where Gleason had his retirement home on...
Tiger Woods won't play event near his home
The hometown crowd will once again miss out on Tiger Woods. The 44-year-old golfer will skip the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens for the second straight year. Woods —...
Inside 'no-name' Keith Mitchell's incredible win at Honda Classic
ORLANDO, Fla. — You don’t know Keith Mitchell, and that’s OK. You may or may not get to know him a little bit more depending on his results going forward,...
This is what it looks like when Tiger Woods has a chance to win
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Before this week’s Honda Classic, with the attention of the golf world keenly dialed into Tiger Woods’ comeback, Padraig Harrington, one of the old war...
As Tiger hype swirls, a vet's in position for first PGA Tour win
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Luke List insisted he will not look behind him, only in front. List, a 33-year-old playing in his 104th career PGA Tour tournament, takes a...
'Trailers are used a lot': How fitness craze has taken over PGA Tour
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — On any given day during a PGA Tour event, if you take a walk past the player fitness trailer, it might look like a popular...
Bummer of 69: Tiger back in 60s but says it could've been better
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — It had been 917 days since Tiger Woods did what he did Saturday. You have to go back to the third round of the 2015...
Sergio Garcia has two things he never had before
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Sergio Garcia’s journey hardly has been what you would call conventional or a smooth sail. He was the brash, wide-eyed teenage prodigy who was expected...
Don't look now: Tiger's in hunt
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — The thing that many people forget is this: Tiger Woods remembers how to do this stuff. Despite the elongated time away from the game with...
Emerging PGA star experiences 'the circus' of playing with Tiger
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Patton Kizzire has won two PGA Tour tournaments since November and leads all golfers in FedExCup points. Though the 31-year-old still is a relative newcomer...
Tiger Woods' day gets better and better the closer you look at it
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Tiger Woods said he was “pleased’’ with the opening-round even-par 70 he shot Thursday at the Honda Classic — and he should have been. It...
How Rickie Fowler's greatest threat came apart
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — The player who had the best chance to catch Honda Classic winner Rickie Fowler in Sunday’s final round at PGA National was Gary Woodland. When...
Rickie Fowler beats weather, demons and everyone in breakthrough
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Rickie Fowler knew this wasn’t going to be easy. Sure, he took a four-shot lead into Sunday’s final round of the Honda Classic on PGA...
Golf tournaments need to be more like outdoor parties
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — It was mid-afternoon on a sweltering South Florida Saturday at the Goslings tent at the “Bear Trap,’’ a 30,000-square-foot elevated party pavilion that surrounds the...
A Rickie Fowler surge awakes his choking demons
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — This is everything Rickie Fowler wants, and it certainly is everything the Honda Classic wants. Starved for his first win in 37 starts, Fowler has...
Rickie Fowler: I have to prove I can finish off more tournaments
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Given Rickie Fowler’s elevated profile, you would think he had won more than three tournaments in 178 PGA Tour starts. But the fact is, his...
Wesley Bryan: From YouTube sensation to top of leaderboard
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — By the time Wesley Bryan’s tee shot on the eighth hole at the Honda Classic came to rest, the ball was well right of the...
Two of the best young pros took different paths to golfing glory
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Two of the best young golfers in the game today — players who appear poised to make significant leaps into the conversation as the best...