Golf

Golfer’s Pro Journey Starts With a Burst Bubble

Sahith Theegala hardly remembered the details, but his father did. Well before he was a three-time All-American golfer at Pepperdine and long before he made his professional PGA Tour debut this past week at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., Theegala was a 10-year-old public course golfer trying to figure out

Golf

2020 Jul, 02

Jonathan Irons, Helped by W.N.B.A. Star Maya Moore, Freed From Prison

Jonathan Irons, whose bid for freedom from a 50-year prison sentence was embraced and pushed by the W.N.B.A. star Maya Moore, walked out of a Missouri penitentiary on Wednesday, nearly four months after a judge overturned his conviction on charges of burglary and assault. Irons, 40, an African-American man convicted at

Golf

2020 Jul, 01

Dustin Johnson Splashed and Rallied to a Travelers Championship Win

CROMWELL, Conn. — The Travelers Championship, the PGA Tour’s third tournament after a 90-day layoff because of the coronavirus pandemic, began last week with a flurry of positive tests for the virus among players and caddies. The event warily lurched forward. But by the final round Sunday afternoon, uncertainty, drama and

Golf

2020 Jun, 29

Novak Djokovic Tests Positive for the Coronavirus

Novak Djokovic, the world’s top-ranked male tennis player, apologized on Tuesday as he announced that he and his wife, Jelena, had tested positive for the coronavirus. His mea culpa came after days of growing criticism over a tournament he organized, after which other players and coaches were also found to

Golf

2020 Jun, 23

Florida’s Virus Spike Gives N.B.A. Players One More Reason to Hesitate

Robert A. Iger, the executive chairman of the Walt Disney Company, introduced the phrase into the N.B.A. lexicon. Adam Silver, the league’s commissioner, passed it on to the news media. In a virtual meeting with N.B.A. team owners on April 17, Iger counseled his audience to make “data and not the

Golf

2020 Jun, 22

Liverpool Draws at Everton, a Momentary Pause Before Its Party

LIVERPOOL, England — By now, Liverpool has grown used to waiting. Jürgen Klopp and his team have been waiting since March to play again, to pick up where they left off. Their fans have been waiting since Jan. 19 — the day Liverpool edged Manchester United, and Anfield decided it

Golf

2020 Jun, 21