PEBBLE BEACH — Rickie Fowler’s primary goal for 2026 is rather simple, summed up in two words. “Feel better.” MORE: Swifties flock to Pebble Beach He would like to play better, too, but it’s hard to have one without the other, and Fowler just didn’t feel good throughout last season as he dealt with a Read more…
PEBBLE BEACH – Celebrities have always had a place at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, featured and celebrated going back to the days of Bing Crosby, the godfather of this tournament. On Friday, one certain celebrity was nowhere near this place and still caused a stir. With star NFL tight end Travis Kelce of the Read more…
PEBBLE BEACH — It’s quite strange how success—especially the life-changing kind—can sometimes lead to doubts. It isn’t doubts about ability but stability. It isn’t doubts about who you are but who you are supposed to be. Somewhere in that murky fog walks J.J. Spaun. He is the reigning U.S. Open champion, but he is not Read more…
PEBBLE BEACH — PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp missed his first Super Bowl in 23 years on Sunday, settling for watching it on television rather than in person—a perk that went with the job as a top NFL executive for 22 years. Instead, he spent the day in Scottsdale, Ariz., at the WM Phoenix Open. Read more…
Fresh off his second PGA Tour win of the year, Gotterup reflects on his journey from a 13-year-old playing Pebble Beach with his dad to one of golf’s hottest rising stars.
Fulfilling the customary tradition that calls for each Masters champion to donate a club to Augusta National Golf Club, Rory McIlroy left behind his 7-iron. Or so he found out days later.
Rory McIlroy said Tuesday that Brooks Koepka being back on the PGA Tour after a three-year absence is “a big deal.” As for the impending return of Patrick Reed perhaps later this year, well, his enthusiasm seems considerably more muted.
Golf television viewers are going to hear more from Roger Maltbie in 2026. The veteran broadcaster, who is an avowed golf fan as well as one of the game’s most revered voices, will be getting off his living room sofa a bit more in the coming months after signing a one-year contract to serve as Read more…
Chris Gotterup surged late with a seven-under 64, then beat Hideki Matsuyama in a play-off to win the 2026 WM Phoenix Open. His second victory in three starts this season.
Mackenzie Hughes took the high road on Saturday at the WM Phoenix Open, shrugging off a prank perpetrated by an internet streamer during Friday’s second round at TPC Scottsdale.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – It is the place to be at the WM Phoenix Open, and the line proves it. The human chain snakes around the back of the immense temporary arena surrounding the par-3 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale and remains unbroken as it extends between the towering grandstands and the 11th fairway. Few people Read more…
After a one-day hiccup, Scottie Scheffler, having made a rather intuitive self-diagnosis of his swing problems during an opening 73 on Thursday in the opening round of the WM Phoenix Open, is on the prowl again at TPC Scottsdale. Piffle, you say? Well, hold on just one minute. Granted, the world No. 1 player still Read more…
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Imagine you spend five years in the golf wilderness in England, playing on a third-tier tour and worrying about how you are going to pay your taxes, let alone make a living. You’ve won on the DP World Tour, but that was years before, and now you have no idea if you Read more…
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The man who taped his WM Phoenix Open sponsor exemption inquiry letter to a green polo shirt surely had something interesting in store for fans Thursday at the raucous par-3 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale. Joel Dahmen came through—in several ways. A native of Clarkston, Wash., Dahmen decided to make a statement Read more…
CBS Sports begins its 69th consecutive year broadcasting the PGA Tour this weekend at the Farmers Insurance Open from Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, the first of 22 events on its schedule that includes the Masters, PGA Championship, six signature events and the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The network is coming off a year Read more…
Chris Gotterup changed residences during his abbreviated offseason, moving from Oklahoma to Florida to facilitate a more productive start to his season. That decision and appearances in a few unofficial events late last year and TGL matches the past few weeks all contributed to the very payoff he was seeking.
Hideki Matsuyama, who began the year with a torrid display of scoring at the Sentry tournament in January, completed the bookend to his season in style today with a playoff victory over Alex Noren at the Hero World Challenge in Nassau, Bahamas.
Despite the distractions while serving as the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, Keegan Bradley was justifiably proud of his 2025 season, surpassed in his mind only by his 2011 rookie year when he won twice, including the PGA Championship. Yet when asked to assign a letter grade to a season in which he won his eighth Read more…
Competitive golf is not immediately on the horizon for Tiger Woods as he recovers slowly from October back surgery, bringing into question his prospects for the Masters next April or even his ability to compete in the next few months in the second season of TGL, the simulator golf league he helped found. Woods, who Read more…
In the wake of the $US50 million judgment awarded last month to Jack Nicklaus in his defamation lawsuit against his former company, Nicklaus Companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday.
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