LOS ANGELES — After nearly two weeks of weighing options because of the wildfires in Los Angeles, the PGA Tour will move the Genesis Invitational from Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades to Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla on Feb. 10-16, the tour announced Friday.

The tour announced Jan. 16 that the tournament would not be played at...Read more

SAN DIEGO — There’s nice Torrey Pines and naughty Torrey Pines.

The nice version involves clear skies, hang gliders lazily dotting the horizon and a whisper of wind. It’s a living, breathing postcard hugging the cliffside above the deep blue Pacific Ocean.

The naughty version pours sugar into your gas tank and rats you out to the IRS.

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SAN DIEGO — The wind whipped up and took the scores with it on Thursday in the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.

Wind gusts reached more than 35 mph — enough to move balls on the green and force an 86-minute suspension of play that prevented the round from being completed.

With 29 golfers still on the course when ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — On Sept. 18, 2023, surgeons cut a baseball-sized hole into the side of Gary Woodland’s head. They were trying to remove part of a lesion in his brain they believed was causing seizures.

Doctors hoped they could help the golfer and winner of the 2019 U.S. Open regain control of his life.

There was the lesion, the scans, the meds...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — He’s the No. 1 player in the world and it’s not even close.

He’s a two-time major winner who won nine tournaments last year, including the Masters, Players Championship, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Fed-Ex Cup and the Olympic Gold Medal.

He won more than $62 million on the course and shattered the PGA Tour record for ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Rumblings swirled this week that the PGA Tour would be forced to find a backup or replacement for the Pacific Palisades-based Genesis Invitational, which is set for Feb. 13-16.

One of those possible contingencies for the Los Angeles community ravaged by a wildfire was whispered to be Torrey Pines Golf Course, which is set to host ...Read more

LA QUINTA, Calif. — It is as much a truism as anything surrounding the PGA Tour event that began in the Southern California desert some 66 years ago, achieved its greatest fame as the Bob Hope Desert Classic, has cycled through naming rights sponsors for several years and since 2020 has attached itself to American Express.

The trick is to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The PGA Tour has decided to relocate next month's Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades because of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

"The PGA TOUR's focus continues to be on the safety and well-being of those affected by the unprecedented natural disaster in Greater Los Angeles," the PGA Tour ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A handful of the nation's best golfers had gathered nearly 3,000 miles from their hometown of Los Angeles for a strange indoor competition where they struck balls into an enormous screen, but their heads and hearts were with those affected by the destructive wildfires raging through Southern California.

And although they didn't ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The PGA Tour has informed its membership that it has not made a decision on the status of the Genesis Invitational, an annual signature event scheduled to take place Feb. 13-16 at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, near where a deadly wildfire has scorched numerous homes and forced thousands to flee.

Riviera was ...Read more

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — As a rule, golf isn’t played inside, at night, off large divots of grass as “Boogie Oogie Oogie” blares over loudspeakers and fans are urged by a microphone-wielding emcee to “go crazy!”

But there’s never been anything like the indoor golf league that launched Tuesday night with some of the game’s ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — With the PGA Tour pulling out of Las Vegas after 41 years, area golf fans are left with four decades of memories from the tournament that went by many names and was played on a dozen area courses over the years.

Here are five highlights from the tournaments:

1. Tiger’s breakthrough

Tiger Woods has won 82 times on the PGA Tour,...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Hailey Davidson is a transgender women’s golfer who recently competed in the LPGA‘s qualifying series and earned a partial spot on the 2025 Epson Tour. She also came a stroke away from qualifying for the U.S. Women’s Open.

She won’t be eligible for any of those events next year.

New policies announced Wednesday by the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The LPGA and USGA announced a change to its gender policy Wednesday that will effectively ban transgender golfer Hailey Davidson and others like her from competition.

Starting in 2025, only players assigned female at birth or who transitioned before going through male puberty will be eligible to compete in LPGA tournaments or USGA ...Read more