Gary Player

How Mexico's drug war affects tourism

2010-12-26 00:00:00

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...

Seve Ballesteros dies at 54; audacious Spaniard won five major golf titles

2011-05-08 00:00:00

Seve Ballesteros, the dashing, audacious force of golfing nature who zoomed from a fishing village in northern Spain to five major titles, No. 1 in the world and a pioneer's role in golf's European surge of the 1980s, died early Saturday. He was 54....

Jim Murray, April 5, 1961

2011-04-05 16:33:32

Jim Murray, April 12, 1961

2011-04-12 16:33:41

Masters champions dot leaderboard

2010-04-08 16:33:14

The Times' Top 10s

2007-04-09 00:00:00

The must-play list If you are a serious golfer in Southern California, here are 10 courses you should have in your I've-played-there portfolio: Arroyo Trabuco: It turns out Tom Lehman's as good an architect as he is a golfer. Desert Willow, Firecliff...

Here comes Rocco

2013-03-08 10:55:00

It was the type of a tournament that could change a career, define a player. The 2008 U.S. Open stabilized Tiger Woods as an icon. The Open made Rocco Mediate everyone's favorite underdog. Mediate is well aware the tournament was a unique experience....

Scoreboard: Dec. 3

2012-12-02 21:44:00

Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus part of ‘Legendary Conversation’

2012-09-10 16:46:57

Lytham's bunkers pose major challenge

2012-07-18 17:14:00

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England — They don't come with any whimsical names like those found at other British Open venues: the Coffin Bunker, the Spectacles, the Principal's Nose or simply Hell. Taken as a collection, though, the bunkers at Royal Lytham &...

Missed putts on Nos. 15, 16 set table for Scott's collapse

2012-07-22 16:37:00

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England — If he could take one stroke back Sunday, Adam Scott said, it would be the 5-foot putt that wouldn't go down at No.16. Either that or the similarly short miss one hole earlier. Drain either one of those, and the Aussie'...

Who will win the PGA Championship?

2012-08-08 19:15:48

Louis Oosthuizen Barry Stavro Los Angeles Times My Ouija board says the PGA champ will emerge from the group of 16 players who have won the last 16 majors and, no, Tiger Woods isn't in that mix. Sunday's winner will be … South Africa's Louis...

Keegan Bradley (R) and Ryder Cup Director Richard Hills pose with Gary Player Cup following the final round of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club South Course.

2012-08-08 09:18:00

Honorary starters Arnold Palmer (L) of the US, Gary Player (C) of South Africa and Jack Nicklaus of the US pose after teeing off at Augusta National Golf Club at the 76th Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia.

2012-04-05 00:00:00

Honorary starter Gary Player of South Africa stands on the first tee box at the start of the first round of the 2012 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 5, 2012 in Augusta, Georgia.

2012-04-05 00:00:00