Golf: American battles disease

… he will carry the illness with him for the rest of his life, Slocum is unwavering in his belief that given good health, he has the game to return to the top. Having begun playing again late last year, and without any playing privileges on the PGA …

Golf: American battles disease

… he will carry the illness with him for the rest of his life, Slocum is unwavering in his belief that given good health, he has the game to return to the top. Having begun playing again late last year, and without any playing privileges on the PGA …

Palmer, Bryan lead at PGA National

With things looking up on the home front, where his wife is rebounding from cancer, Ryan Palmer is eyeing a reversal of fortunes at PGA National as well. The 40-year-old US PGA Tour veteran produced seven birdies in a five-under par 65 on Friday to seize a share of the halfway lead at the Honda Classic alongside rookie Wesley Bryan.

Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club offering daily golf/spa credit to Florida residents

The AAA Four-Diamond-rated Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club on Florida’s West Coast is offering a very enticing $50 Daily Golf/Spa Credit to Florida residents for stays through Apr. 30. Taking advantage of this appealing offer is a terrific way to experience the resort’s dramatically redesigned – almost reinvented – championship golf course, which reopened in November 2016 following an impressive $9 million redesign with input from golf icon Jack Nicklaus in collaboration with noted course architect John Sanford. Not a golfer; not a problem.