Kultida Woods, the Thai-born mother of Tiger Woods who instilled his dominant spirit and encouraged him to wear a red shirt on Sunday as his power colour, died Tuesday. Woods announced the death of his 80-year-old mother in a social media post. He did not disclose a cause or other details. She was at his indoor TMRW Golf League match last week in South Florida, where she lived. He described her as a “force of nature” who was his biggest supporter from the time she drove him to junior golf tournaments in California to being there for his 15 major…

Canada’s Nick Taylor has a cure for the mid-winter blues: winning The mid-winter blahs are something Nick Taylor has only heard about. Taylor has won four of his five career PGA Tour titles in the winter months, most recently winning the Sony Open in Hawaii on Jan. 12 in a playoff with Colombia’s Nico Echavarria. He’ll defend his WM Phoenix Open championship this week, which he also won in a playoff, besting Charley Hoffman of the United States last year. “It’s a combination of recharging, getting some rest, getting a bunch of family time, but also being motivated and working…

Elite golfers hoping to play in the PGA Tour Americas will tee off on Prince Edward Island in June at the qualifying school tournament’s only stop in Canada.  Mill River Resort in western P.E.I. will host the Q-school tournament, in which players compete to earn a tour card that gives them access to the first official event of the year.  “It’s been close to 25 years since an event like this has been at Mill River, so it’s pretty exciting,” said Sean Joyce, director of golf operations for Mill River Resort and Eagles Glenn.  It’s a “pretty special opportunity to…

Tiger Woods had a less invasive surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon on Tuesday, which will keep him out of the Masters and leaves in question whether he can play in any other major championship the rest of the year. Woods posted the development on his social media accounts without saying how long he expected to be out or any other details except that the surgery went well. “As I began to ramp up my own training and practice at home, I felt a sharp pain in my left Achilles, which was deemed to be ruptured,” Woods said. He said…

Turns out Rory McIlroy needed only three good swings to win The Players Championship on Monday in a playoff over J.J. Spaun. McIlroy blasted his opening tee shot and hit a pitching wedge to the par-5 16th to set up birdie, and then he found the island green at the par-3 17th with a 9-iron into a cold, crackling wind that effectively gave him a second title at golf’s richest event at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Spaun posed over his 8-iron until he heard the groans of the spectators lined up behind the 17th green. His ball…

Patricia McIntyre was getting ready to ring in the new year with family and friends at her home in Île-Bizard when there was a knock at the door.  To her surprise, she was greeted by a bailiff who handed her a pair of envelopes. Inside there was a stack of papers from Revenue Québec explaining in detail how she had violated the province’s short-term rental rules and that she and her husband were now facing fines of $3,750 each.  “To me, this is very predatory and the government is acting in bad faith,” McIntyre says.  McIntyre never actually rented out her…

Scottie Scheffler will begin defence of his second Masters title paired with good friend and two-time major champion Justin Thomas. The two American Ryder Cup stars will play alongside amateur Jose Luis Ballester as the first- and second-round pairings and tee times were announced for the 89th playing of the Masters Tournament on Tuesday. The trio will tee off Thursday at 10:15 a.m. ET in Augusta, Ga., just behind a group headlined by Phil Mickelson and ahead of one including Jordan Spieth. Scheffler, the world’s top-ranked player, is seeking his third green jacket this week but has yet to win…

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Happy Masters week to those who celebrate! The first (and best) golf major of the year is one of the sure signs of spring, and this year’s tournament amid the blooming azaleas at Augusta National features some interesting storylines. Here’s some stuff to follow as the chase for the green jacket tees off on Thursday. Scottie Scheffler actually seems beatable. 2024 Scottie was the closest thing we’ve seen to prime Tiger Woods. With a new…

Corey Conners was not garnering much attention in the lead-up to the year’s first major but the Canadian announced his presence on Thursday with his best-ever start to a Masters that left him firmly in contention. The build-up to the Masters focused mainly on defending champion Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, the world’s two best golfers, but Conners muscled his way into the conversation for at least one day with an opening four-under-par 68, which topped the leaderboard at the time he concluded his round. That left Conners, who finished inside the top 10 at Augusta National in three consecutive…

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Here are some things for Canadian fans to keep an eye on: Golf: Conners in contention at the Masters Canada’s Corey Conners birdied three of the final four holes yesterday at Augusta to card a 4-under opening round that put him in a tie for second place with defending champion and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler of the United States and young Swedish star Ludvig Aberg. The Canadian stayed hot today, shooting 2 under par…