The five-time major champion was in line to produce his best result since leaving LIV Golf and returning to the PGA Tour this year, but now a hand injury that made him withdraw in Canada makes his status for this week’s US Open unclear.
A Financial Times report says that LIV Golf needs $US600 million to make it through to the end of its 2026 schedule, while the PIF has delivered only just short of $US200 million.
Chase Kyes just completed his freshman season at Tennessee where he helped the Vols to a seventh-place tie last week at the NCAA Championship. On Monday he was in Ball Ground, Ga., hoping to battle through 36 holes of U.S. Open qualifying at Hawks Ridge Golf Club, something that he said he realized was unlikely. Read more…
Sports Business Journal reported that LIV Golf cited a ‘strategic decision’ for the reason that it stopped “Any Shot, Any Time” as it continues to plan for a future without the help of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
Rarely is there drama in college golf, but news dropped Sunday that qualifies. After 17 years at the helm of the Oklahoma men’s program, Ryan Hybl is leaving to coach Georgia Tech. But Hybl is a Georgia Bulldog, or rather, was a Georgia Bulldog, having played for legendary coach Chris Haack from 2000-2004. There’s more. Read more…
A belated happy birthday to Blades Brown. Only, in this case, the newly-turned 19-year-old delivered the gift to himself. Celebrating his 19th birthday on Thursday during the first round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch, Brown tied for 14th place Sunday and secured Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour. He Read more…
It took Doc Redman 182 starts to win his first PGA Tour sanctioned event, which he did two months ago on the Korn Ferry Tour in Chile. He won again Sunday on the tour at the Visit Knoxville Open, but this one was much more dramatic than that previous five-shot victory. Redman, 28, shot a Read more…
Alex Smalley started Saturday tied for the lead at Aronimink with, perhaps expectations and pressure of his own, but not necessarily from anyone watching either in person or on television. That’s not to be disrespectful. But Smalley, the 29-year-old from North Carolina who played college golf at Duke, is playing in only his fifth major Read more…
The last hour of competition Saturday at Aronimink changed the PGA Championship quite a bit. The whole story focused around how many players were packed near the top of the leaderboard, with some 30 men within three shots of the lead at one point. Then Alex Smalley, the leader after Round 2, rattled off three Read more…
Although Woods’ drug records will not be available to the public through Florida state records, they will be seen by those who are involved in his case, including witnesses, law enforcement and both legal teams.
In a 2007 interview with Golf Digest, Jim Colbert lamented his best chance to win the Masters. He recalled that he was in contention at the turn on Sunday in 1974 when he missed a three-foot putt for birdie on the par-4 10th hole. Colbert then hit a good drive down the 11th and consulted Read more…
Brandt Snedeker claimed an emotional one shot win at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, securing his 10th PGA Tour title and a return to major championship golf.
Phil Mickelson withdraws from the PGA Championship due to a family health matter, with Max Homa moving into the field as late changes reshape the lineup.
It’s the second time in two years that the same player won both the Senior PGA and the Regions Tradition, after Angel Cabrera who won both last year in back-to-back weeks.
A penalty that was dished out more than 24 hours later sent the Asian Tour’s Maekyung Open into chaos when a golfer who was signing autographs was removed from a playoff before it was about to begin.
According to Pebble Beach, the tree is 30 paces further down the fairway from the other cypress and is slightly more to the right, which brings more strategy into play for most players.
The 52-year-old who won the 2009 Open Championship for his lone major on the PGA Tour, blitzed the field on the final day at the Senior PGA Championship, shooting a bogey-free, nine-under 63 at the Concession Golf Club in Florida to win by six shots.
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