The weather is warming and the greens are firming up, but many of the Chattanooga area's golf courses are temporarily shutting down in the wake of the coronavirus.

Washtenaw Golf Club, one of the oldest courses in Michigan, typically only has to worry about the weather in March.

As cabin fever rises, a popular leisure sport has remained an option for many in the Chattanooga area to get out of the house while safely practicing social distancing.

On the afternoon of March 12, Harris English drained a 35-foot birdie putt on his next-to-last hole to help close an opening 7-under-par 65 at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, which placed him in a tie for second behind Hideki Matsuyama.

Bucket list. The Masters. For sports fans the world over, those two entities go together like dogwoods and azaleas, Amen Corner and Rae's Creek, Butler Cabin and the green jacket.

The PGA Tour decided Thursday night to scrap the rest of The Players Championship and shut down its other tournaments for the next three weeks.

Bay Hill Club served up the most demanding test this side of a major, and the top finishers at the Arnold Palmer Invitational didn't make it to their places on the leaderboard without some damage.

The UTC men's golf team was 12th at 9-over-par 297 after the first round Sunday in Auburn's 19-school Tiger Invitational presented by Jason Dufner at Opelika, Alabama.

Moments after finishing off the first win of his PGA Tour career, Sungjae Im took a moment to reflect on what it means — not for himself, but his homeland and those dealing with a virus that has the world on edge.

Ever since it was founded by the late Jack Lupton in 1983, The Honors Course has been branded as the ultimate celebration of amateur golf.

Sponsor exemptions are basically free-play gifts handed out by the people in charge of golf tournaments, a handful of invitations available most weeks to those who wouldn't have otherwise qualified for an event.

They know who Keith Mitchell is now at PGA National. That's progress.

Patrick Reed plays golf only for himself. And when it feels as though the world is against him, he plays his best.

Adam Scott contemplated the safe shot to get him out of his mess on the 15th hole at Riviera Country Club, knowing it would probably cost him his two-shot lead but not yet the tournament.

Nick Taylor knew the odds were not in his favor Sunday at Pebble Beach Golf Links.

Webb Simpson was in big trouble Sunday when he drove into the right-side water on the par-5 15th hole at TPC Scottsdale.

Tiger Woods has heard just about everything over the years while playing before the biggest crowds in golf, and he tends to ignore it. Most puzzling was what he kept hearing Sunday along the back nine of the South Course at Torrey Pines.

Marc Leishman realized he had a two-shot lead as he stood over a six-foot birdie putt on the final hole of the South Course at Torrey Pines. He also knew Jon Rahm was the only one who could catch him.

The PGA Tour is raising the prize money at The Players Championship to $15 million, making it the largest purse in golf unless any of the majors decide to up the ante this year.

Andrew Landry was reeling Sunday after blowing a six-stroke lead on the back nine of PGA West's Stadium Course.

David Noll Jr. of Dalton was honored for the ninth time as the Georgia State Golf Association's men's player of the year at Saturday's 2019 awards luncheon in Atlanta.

Cleveland High School graduate Drew Linkous is returning to his hometown to continue his golf career at Lee University.

Justin Thomas won the Sentry Tournament of Champions, though he still doesn't know how.