If anyone has made the most of his time in the signature/elevated/designated tournament universe, it’s the Georgian who barely raises his pulse when rising to the occasion.
Meeting with members of the media for the first time since the Players Championship in March, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan provided an update overnight (Australian time) on the ongoing negotiations with LIV Golf and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia. And, essentially, there isn’t an update.
The world No.1 – and comfortable FedEx Cup points leader – says it’s hard to call the PGA Tour’s system a season-long race when it essentially boils down to one final tournament.
McIlroy, ranked third in the world, did not have a particularly good season, not by his standards, which are legitimately higher than most other players.
With no further updates on negotiations between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the tour released its 2025 schedule of FedEx Cup regular-season and playoff events overnight (Australian time) with only a few minor changes to its line-up of 39 tournaments.
Scottie Scheffler wasn’t the only one breaking down in tears during the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner after the Olympic Golf Competition in Paris a little more than a week ago. The guy who previously won the gold medal was having his own moment.
In recognition of his charitable efforts and his exemplary conduct during his 20-year professional golf career, Snedeker has been named this year’s recipient of the Payne Stewart Award.
Barely more than a day after Keegan Bradley was named captain of the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup team, Jim Furyk, the current U.S. Presidents Cup captain, decided that he should invite Bradley to join him as an assistant this September at Royal Montreal. On Wednesday, Furyk made it official by announcing that Bradley has accepted Read more…
Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas, making a comeback from injury, buried a three-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win for the first time in seven years to beat rookie Max Greyserman by a stroke to collect his fourth career victory.
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – After playing his final two holes of his first nine holes in five over par with a double and triple bogey, Charlie Woods seemed to have hit a wall Tuesday afternoon in his second round of the 76th U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills Country Club. Instead, soon after, he finally Read more…
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — It was a rough day for Charlie Woods in his debut in a national championship Monday at Oakland Hills Country Club, the 15-year-old from Jupiter, Fla.—and from a famous golfing bloodline—struggling in just about every phase of the game to shoot a disappointing 12-over 82. With his father, 15-time major winner Read more…
The book on Xander Schauffele heading into this year’s major season said he couldn’t close after finished in a tie for second at The Players. After his performance Sunday at Royal Troon, Schauffele clearly is in the midst of a major rewrite.
AKRON, Ohio — In looking ahead to this week’s Open Championship at Royal Troon, Ernie Els came to Firestone Country Club with some ideas about tinkering with his game. He ended up winning his first on the PGA Tour Champions. Els had never found much success on Firestone’s South Course, posting just two top-10 finishes Read more…
In 2019, Dave Loggins told the Associated Press about a round of golf that he enjoyed at Augusta National Golf Club in the spring of 1981. That one day inspired him to write what has become one of the most familiar and enduring sports theme songs in history. ”I stopped for a minute, looked up Read more…
As the shock of Bradley’s appointment wanes and the choice settles in, we asked three of our own passionate Ryder Cup watchers, John Huggan, Dave Shedloski and Luke Kerr-Dineen, to answer five lingering questions about the selection.
Fresh off his program’s first appearance in the NCAA Division I regionals, Howard University director of golf Sam Puryear didn’t head for Carlsbad, Calif., to attend the NCAA Championships last month. He instead ventured to Surrey, England—not to get far away from the championship but to hopefully take another step closer to it. Puryear attended Read more…
NEWPORT, R.I. – Terry Francona won two World Series titles with the Boston Red Sox and was American League Manager of the Year on three occasions, all with the Cleveland Guardians. He can play golf just about anywhere he wants, but he still doesn’t enjoy the privileges he had when he was the manager of Read more…
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