Charley Hoffman, seeking a fifth US PGA Tour title at the age of 48, had 10 birdies in a nine-under-par 63 on Friday to share the halfway lead in the

Jon Rahm missed the cut and Rory McIlroy was forced to battle to make the weekend as the headline acts struggled at the Dubai Desert Classic.

Hoffman finds himself in the hunt for his first victory since 2016 in the same tournament in which he bagged his first, back in 2007. Read more at straitstimes.com.

American Express featured the pro debut of 17-year-old Blades Brown, a 13 on a hole by a tour rookie and a worthy champion in Sepp Straka

American Express featured the pro debut of 17-year-old Blades Brown, a 13 on a hole by a tour rookie and a worthy champion in Sepp Straka

Sepp Straka is taking home the big check, winning by two shots shots at 25 under for his third PGA Tour win. The Austrian shot rounds of 65-64-64-70 and didn’t make his first bo

Charley Hoffman, seeking a fifth US PGA Tour title at the age of 48, had 10 birdies in a nine-under-par 63 on Friday (Saturday in Manila) to share the halfway lead in the American Express tournament with Rico Hoey of the Philippines.

Rico Hoey lines up a drive during the 2025 Sony Open.

Plano’s Will Zalatoris sits at 12-under par, just four strokes off the lead. While TCU’s Tom Hoge is at 6-under par and Dallas resident Tom Kim is at 2-under par.

Farmers Insurance Open kicks off Wednesday morning at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla with a purse of $9.3 million up for grabs over the four-day event.

Charley Hoffman won The American Express golf tournament, then the Bob Hope Classic, in January of 2007. That was four months before Blades Brown was born. On Friday, with the 17-year-old Brown playing his second round as a pro, Hoffman found himself outplaying the youngster, though just barely, to take the lead in the desert’s PGA Tour event.