golf

NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland (AP) — Rory McIlroy can't seem to perform in front of a home crowd. The Northern Ireland star looked bewildered as he shot a 9-over-par 80 — his worst score of the season — in Thursday's opening round of the Irish Open...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The NCAA has released its latest Academic Progress Rate for student-athletes and Washington State teams recorded six perfect scores. The announcement Wednesday was for the 2013-14 academic year. Women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's golf, rowing and volleyball all recorded perfect academic scores of 1,000 for the year...

BANDON, Ore (AP) — The United States Golf Association has chosen Bandon Dunes to be the site of the 2020 U.S. Amateur tournament. The event will be held in August of that year and use two of the four courses at the revered golf resort on the south Oregon Coast...

Yakima's Apple Tree Resort, the picturesque West Valley golf course, is well above par with golfers, according to new Golf Advisors ratings for our state.

Thousands of people will visit the valley this weekend for a variety of sports tournaments. John Cooper President and CEO of the Yakima Valley Visitors and Convention Bureau says the largest event is the 27th annual Boys Best in the West AAU Basketball Tournament being held at local school gymnasiums...

This week, we look at Yakima's most swingin' park!

Fourteen-year-old Andy Zhang, of Bradenton, Florida, will make history when he becomes the youngest golfer ever to compete at a US Open tournament.

The eighth annual Family Field Day is set for 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. May 12 at Sarg Hubbard Park. Family Field Day is a chance to enjoy activities such as soccer, golf, kayaking, and tennis. A gardening center, and fruit and vegetable tasting area, will also be available...

Sinking a ten-foot putt is tricky. Even professional golfers can’t land it 100% of the time. And they have to do it on steady ground, something this 59-year-old just can’t be bothered with.

It could be a rain out but the City of Yakima’s Fisher Park Golf Course welcomes golfers to its 2012 season.  The par-3 layout, located on 40th Avenue across the street from Eisenhower High School, will begin play today.  Depending on weather conditions, Fisher usually operates each year from late March until mid October...