Neither Thomas or the PGA Tour released any specifics as to why the two-time major winner dropped out of the event, which is being played for the first time and kicks off the PGA Tour Fall Series.
Team match-play season got off to a fantastic start with a dramatic comeback victory by Great Britain & Ireland at the Walker Cup. Now the women’s pro game takes the spotlight as the 20th Solheim Cup begins this coming weekend at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands. There are ample storylines building as the 12-player U.S. Read more…
Thanks to a quirk of scheduling, nine of the 20 competitors in this week’s Walker Cup at Lahinch are back from playing a year ago at Cypress Point; the USGA and R&A purposedly moved up the 51st edition 12 months to return the biennial matches to even-numbered years while the Ryder Cup is played in Read more…
The PGA Tour and LPGA are dark this week—the PGA’s playoffs just ended and the LPGA getting ready for upcoming Solheim Cup. But there’s still a compelling golf competition for fans to make time for this weekend. The 51st Walker Cup pits the best amateur golfers in the U.S. against their peers from Great Britain Read more…
The idea is simple yet novel: identify the top junior golfers within a state and bring them together to expose them to creative training techniques from around the country while forming future friendships. Add some competition, and even a little bit of swag, and you’ve created something for up-and-coming boys and girls for which to Read more…
In 2019, after claiming the winning point for Europe in a stirring Solheim Cup victory over the United States at Gleneagles, Suzanne Pettersen added even more drama to the celebration by announcing that she was retiring from competitive golf after the event. It was one of the ultimate “mic drop” moments in golf. Perhaps Anna Read more…
There’s nearly $100 million up for grabs this week as the 2026 FedEx Cup Bonus Prize Money will be determined at the end the BMW Championship (and that’s not even counting the $20 million prize money payout for the tournament itself). Upon the conclusion of play Sunday at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, each Read more…
Elite golfers talk lots about “the process” and the importance of sticking to a plan and being comfortable with the decision, even if the outcome isn’t what they hoped for or envisioned. It’s why 17-year-old junior phenom Miles Russell wasn’t as incredulous as some fans were after seeing what from afar appeared to be an Read more…
ARDMORE, Pa. — At 63, Mike McCoy is the oldest player in the field at this week’s U.S. Amateur, exempt thanks to his victory last year in the U.S. Senior Amateur. To help put this into context, consider that both his playing partners during stroke-play qualifying the last two days, 18-year-old U.S. Junior champ Noah Read more…
ARDMORE, Pa. — The most interesting piece of swag from this year’s U.S. Amateur costs nothing, but you need to know where to find it. It’s not being sold in the merchandise shop at Merion Golf Club, although there is plenty of swanky items and must-have swag on offer (be careful with your wallet; the Read more…
ARDMORE, Pa — The majority of the 312 players in the field at this week’s U.S. Amateur are using family, teammates and local club caddies to carry their bags at Merion Golf Club and Philadelphia Country Club. But Jeg Coughlin III, finalist a year ago at the U.S. Mid-Amateur, has a more notable looper: former Read more…
ARDMORE, Pa — The U.S. Amateur poses a formidable test—physically and mentally—for all 312 players in the field, as Noah Kent can personally attest. The first time the 21-year-old University of Florida senior played in the championship was 2024, where he played 155 holes over the course of seven days, reaching Sunday’s final match before Read more…
The FedEx Cup Playoffs began in 2007, long enough ago that only two of this year’s 70 participants (Justin Rose and Adam Scott) played on the PGA Tour before their creation. Yet as it turns 20, this will be the last year of the tour’s postseason as we’ve come to know it. Exactly what will Read more…
It’s last call time on the PGA Tour, the 34th and final regular-season event of the 2026 season upon us at the Wyndham Championship. Of course, players will be trying to claim victory at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., where a year ago Cameron Young finally claimed his maiden tour title, springboarding him into Read more…
The Rules of Golf have been getting a workout lately, what with the Bryson DeChambeau affair last Friday at the British Open, followed by Scottie Scheffler getting TIO relief from a ball that was never found on Sunday at Royal Birkdale. It’s not just the professional level, however, where there’s been some drama. On Monday Read more…
The third time wasn’t the charm Charlie Woods had hoped for in terms reaching match play at the U.S. Junior Amateur, as he failed to claim one of two remaining spots in a playoff on Wednesday morning. Woods, the 17-year-old son of three-time winner Tiger Woods, was one of 14 players competing at Saucon Valley Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Nine players sit within five shots of 54-leader Sam Burns to start the final round of the British Open. Perhaps then it’s a reasonable thought to brush up on how the R&A conducts a playoff in the event of a tie after 72 holes. Plus, given the fact there hasn’t been a Read more…
A day after the R&A issued a two-stroke penalty to Bryson DeChambeau at the Open Championship for inadvertently improving the area of his swing path for his second shot on the fifth hole during the second round, R&A CEO Mark Darbon shed a little more light on how the penalty came to be in an interview with BBC Radio.
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