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Skipper Geoff Ogilvy names three Presidents rookies for Cup

Geoff Ogilvy has used half of his captain’s picks to add Presidents Cup rookies Nick Taylor, Nico Echavarria and Ryo Hisatsune to his International Team, already including Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee. The Internationals are hoping to snap a lengthy losing streak against a stacked US squad. Ogilvy also ‌named Canadian Corey Conners, South Read more…

Tiger Woods excited by new matchplay format for Tour Championship

Tiger Woods has given a thumbs-up to the PGA Tour’s new format for its Tour Championship, which will feature a 32-man match play competition. PGA ‌Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp announced overnight (Australian time) ahead of the Tour ‌Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta that the new season-ending format will begin ‌in 2028, Read more…

Aussie Richard Green, Labritz tied for lead in Classic

Australian Richard Green and American Rob Labritz are tied atop the leaderboard at the Rogers Charity Classic after shooting matching seven-under-par 63s in Calgary, Alberta. At the only Champions Tour event held annually in Canada, Labritz ‌surged out to an early advantage, sinking six birdies over his first 17 holes ‌before grabbing one more on Read more…

Scottie Scheffler waiting to earn his place in golf history

The best player on the PGA Tour is not about to rank himself among some of the greats in the game, even as he is about to become the leader in all-time career earnings. Scottie Scheffler enters this week’s BMW Championship set to pass Tiger Woods on the career money list, but scoffs at the Read more…

‘Honoured’ Gary Woodland joins US Presidents Cup staff

Gary Woodland is hoping to cap a triumphant year after he was named a captain’s assistant on the United States’ staff ‌for the upcoming Presidents Cup. Woodland, 42, is the fourth and final assistant, joining ‌Jim Furyk, Keegan Bradley and Webb Simpson on the staff of captain Brandt Snedeker in a US squad that’s set Read more…

‘No more under the radar’: New fame pursues Ryan Fox

Ryan Fox is adjusting to a new level of fame following his Open Championship win at Royal Birkdale, telling reporters at the BMW Championship he can no longer fly under the radar. The Kiwi is now focused on cracking the top 30 in the FedExCup standings to book a Tour Championship spot at East Lake.

Aussie ace wants LIV to live, open to PGA return

Cam Smith wants LIV Golf to survive but if it doesn’t, he would “100 per cent” return to the PGA Tour. “I mean, if it was the only option, I think that’s where everyone would want to be, 100 per cent,” the Australian and former world No. 2 ‌said in Bedminster, New Jersey, ahead of Read more…

Haeran Ryu moves into halfway Open lead as Aussies toil again

Favourite Haeran Ryu has moved into the halfway lead at the Women’s British Open as Australian hopes again failed to trouble the upper reaches of the leaderboard. Robyn Choi led the Aussie challenge, following her first-round 70 with a 71 to finish on a one-under-par 141, six shots off the lead. The next highest Aussie Read more…