Jack Nicklaus

Tiger Woods plays golf with President Obama

2013-02-18 00:00:00

Tiger Woods had a good reason for snubbing the Northern Trust Open again this year. It turns out he was playing in the President's Cup. Woods spent Sunday playing golf with President Obama at the Floridian, a secluded club on that state's Treasure...

Bill Haas leaves field in his Wake with a 64

2013-02-16 18:05:00

Saturday was moving day at the Northern Trust Open and no player was more moved than Bill Haas. He was also inspired and motivated even if he was relatively unchallenged. The tournament's defending champion shot up the leaderboard with a brilliantly...

Tiger Woods' trademark determination is back in full swing

2013-01-28 00:00:00

— There were a few pages still to be turned Monday in the book titled, "Here Comes Tiger Woods Again." After an intense and gutty Sunday at the Farmers Insurance Open, that book now seems publishable. Hot off the presses and coming soon. The...

Tiger Woods pleased Tom Watson will return as Ryder Cup captain

2012-12-13 09:47:00

Tom Watson, who captained the U.S. to a Ryder Cup victory the last time the U.S. won in Europe in 1993, will return as captain for the 2014 team. And he has an important supporter in his corner: Tiger Woods. “I'd like to congratulate Tom Watson on...

Torrey Pines still special to Tiger Woods

2013-01-22 22:38:00

LA JOLLA — For Tiger Woods, the memories rush back in memorable and monumental torrents … of knee pain. His 2008 U.S. Open victory at Torrey Pines remains the last, heroic, gut-it-out, pre-scandal visage of Tiger before his name brand was...

PASSINGS: Jim Flick, Jack Hood Vaughn

2012-11-07 00:00:00

Jim Flick Longtime golf instructor Jim Flick, 82, a golf instructor for more than 50 years whose clients included Tom Lehman and Jack Nicklaus, died Monday at his home in Carlsbad, Calif., of pancreatic cancer, his family said. Flick taught golf in...

There's nothing like Ryder Cup pressure

2012-09-27 18:45:00

This weekend brings a sharp contrast in sports fan viewing. Think of it as the concussive versus the cerebral. Across the country, NFL fans will be relieved at the departure of replacement refs. It will be a time to get back to business as usual —...

Kiawah Island, S.C.: Good, dirty fun

2011-09-11 00:00:00

As I drove away from South Carolina's sea islands, I found myself saying aloud, "If I ever get to heaven, I hope it's a little bit like Kiawah." It wasn't the golf. I don't play, but I respect the five courses created by master designers, the toughest of...

Book Review: 'Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias'

2011-07-10 00:00:00

Wonder Girl The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias Don Van Natta Jr. Little, Brown: 404 pp., $27.99 So do you know who made the Top 10 when ESPN chose its 50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century? Here they are: (1) Michael Jordan....

Donald M. Koll dies at 78; Orange County real estate developer

2011-12-12 00:00:00

Donald M. Koll, a real estate developer who pioneered high-rise office building in Orange County and among other projects helped turn Los Cabos, Mexico, into a premier resort destination, has died. He was 78. Koll died Tuesday at Ronald Reagan UCLA...

Tiger Woods maintains 3-shot lead in Chevron World Challenge

2011-12-03 16:33:34

Matt Kuchar has new sponsors, later start in season

2012-01-19 16:33:37

Tiger Woods says he has already won a Grand Slam, and Jack Nicklaus agrees with him, but most golf fans want to see it done in a calendar year.

2013-04-13 06:38:00

World Golf Village has the only resort golf courses in the world designed as collaboration between Hall of Famers Arnold Palmer & Jack Nicklaus and Sam Snead & Gene Sarazen.

2013-02-25 11:31:00

One of the greatest golfers of all time (seriously, he beat prime-form Arnold Palmer at 22), Jack Nicklaus turns 72.

2013-01-14 18:49:00