Good Good is said to have told the PGA Tour that it wishes to stop its sponsorship of the November 12-15 event in Texas. It is listed on the PGA Tour’s website only as the Austin Championship.
U.S. Amateur semifinalist Carter Loflin has filed a lawsuit against the NCAA as he hopes to return to the University of Georgia to play golf on a fifth year of eligibility, according to a report in the Athens Banner-Herald. Loflin’s attorney Nik Erramilli told the newspaper that the lawsuit was filed in Athens-Clarke County Superior Read more…
The 30-player field for the Tour Championship is set, with Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee both booking their tickets to East Lake, while Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler missed out.
Maria McBride has claimed the US Senior Women’s Open, holding off Annika Sorenstam and Karrie Webb at Barton Hills Country Club, exorcising the memory of last year’s late collapse.
Shaun Norris was strolling along on Sunday, in contention to win his third career European Tour event at the Nexo Championship at Trump International in Scotland. Then, on the fifth hole, golf’s rules jumped up and bit him.
While there was not huge movement in FedEx Cup playoff points Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, what did happen was significant to a few of the game’s biggest names. Scottie Scheffler topped the list and smoked the field at TPC Southwind, winning by eight shots to capture his second tour title this year. Read more…
Lillian Guleserian beat Shannon Johnson, 1 up, in their quarterfinal match Wednesday at the Massachusetts Women’s Amateur. That doesn’t even begin to tell the story. It was no typical 1-up contest. Guleserian is from Westwood, an hour southeast of Fitchburg, home to Oak Hill Country Club. She’s soon to be a sophomore at Penn State. Read more…
Michael Brennan’s Wyndham Championship win vaulted him into the FedEx Cup Playoffs, while Jackson Koivun clung to the final qualifying spot as the postseason field was locked in.
Former PGA Tour pro Matt McQuillan, a Canadian from Kingston, Ontario, who played in 32 tour events during his career died August 5 “surrounded by his family.” He was only 45. McQuillan earned his PGA Tour card through Q-School in 2010 and made seven cuts in 21 events in 2011. His best career finish came Read more…
Only the Wyndham Championship remains before the PGA Tour locks in its FedEx Cup playoff field, and the fight for the top 70 spots is set to go down to the wire. Jason Day is among the players hovering right around the bubble, along with names like Keegan Bradley and Mac Meissner, as a huge shakeup looms heading into Sunday.
These young guns sure are hungry. Just a week after Jackson Koivun held off Scottie Scheffler to win his first PGA Tour title in just his third start, Michael Thorbjornsen held off Xander Schauffele to capture his maiden tour victory in his 65th start. It’s not exactly apples-to-apples, as Thorbjornsen had racked up 10 top-10 Read more…
The AIG Women’s British Open announced back in April that it had increased its total prize purse for the sixth consecutive year, moving it up to a record $10 million. The winner on Sunday at Royal Lytham & St. Annes will earn $1.5 million, the highest amount in the 50-year history of the Women’s British Read more…
On the heels of the Travelers Championship announcing it will be a Championship Series event in 2028, the PGA Tour dropped news Tuesday that Sompo will sponsor an event in 2027 at Silverado Resort in California, before transitioning to a Championship Series event at another course in 2028. Sources tell Golf Digest that the host Read more…
Jerry Kelly held off Cameron Percy to win the Senior British Open at Gleneagles, capping his third senior major title with a stunning bunker shot and birdie on the 72nd hole.
Haeran Ryu narrowly misses a 59 but still shoots the lowest round in major championship history, an 11-under 60, to surge three shots clear at the Amundi Evian Championship.
Carolina Chacarra collected her first professional victory on the Ladies European Tour at the Hulencourt Women’s Open. The 23-year-old from Spain shot a final-round 68 in Belgium to top Australia’s Kelsey Bennett by three shots.
It’s been quite a month for James Nicholas. Just three weeks ago, the 29-year-old battled through 36 holes of U.S. Open qualifying on Golf’s Longest Day to get into the championship at Shinnecock Hills. For his efforts, the USGA gave him the honor of hitting the first tee shot early Thursday in his native New Read more…
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