Australians Brett Coletta and Jack Buchanan are among 10 players to gain exemptions into 2025 International Series events after the LIV Golf Promotions tournament in Saudi Arabia.
Finau, who cited the need to continue to rehab his knee, was supposed to play with women’s World No.1 Nelly Korda, who will now be partnered with Daniel Berger.
It’s tough being the “old guy” sometimes. During tournament weeks on the APGA Tour, 35-year-old Michael Bradham stays in rental houses with peers who are a decade younger. The costs are cheaper that way, and the camaraderie is priceless. Sitting around in the evenings, golf is often the topic of conversation, but the youngsters can Read more…
The chatter around Justin Thomas heading into Hero World Challenge week was that he was putting into play a 46-inch driver—the longest allowed by the rules. But it was mostly the putter on Saturday that put him in position to lift a trophy for the first time since his second major victory in the 2022 Read more…
Athletes who experienced male puberty will no longer be able to compete on the LPGA or in USGA events designated for women starting in 2025, according to updated transgender policies announced by those organisations on Wednesday. The LPGA and USGA issued their statements on the new rules at the same time. “The new policy ensures Read more…
The tour announced overnight, Australian time, that Marcoux Samaan is stepping down, effective January 9, 2025. Hired in May 2021 to replace Mike Whan, the former Princeton University athletic director had a contract that was supposed to run until mid-2026.
In 2023, Monahan had a base salary of $US1,887,096, with bonuses and incentives of $US12.1 million, retirement benefits of $US2.5 million and long-term incentives of $US6.7 million.
From a P.E. coach who’s devoted to a First Tee curriculum on the Navajo Reservation, and another who is 81 years old and teaches cooking classes at her chapter, to a former PGA Tour player and longtime broadcaster spearheading the development of a highly successful program in Florida, First Tee has announced the recipients of Read more…
It’s fairly obvious that Wesley Bryan doesn’t take the results of his PGA Tour career all that seriously these days. Since Wesley and brother George started their popular YouTube channel, Bryan Bros Golf, they’ve been just as happy traveling the world to create fun ccontent as working to collect tournament checks and trophies. Need evidence? Read more…
The 12-time PGA Tour winner and past Ryder Cup captain told Golfweek on Monday that he will do part-time work on Golf Channel for 10-12 PGA Tour Champions tournaments in 2025.
Justin Lower has days like Saturday on the golf course, and they steel his belief that he belongs on the PGA Tour. The 35-year-old poured in seven birdies and made a spectacular eagle on the 18th hole to shoot a career-best 63 and vault into a tie for the lead heading into the final round Read more…
The Golden Age Premier Auction began last Thursday and runs until November 17. In it are 73 “lots” of memorabilia – some of which can be found nowhere else.
Beau Hossler has been on the PGA Tour for six years now. This week, the World Wide Technology CChampionship marks his 204th start. Most avid tour fans will know that despite being a junior golf sensation and college star at the University of Texas, Hossler has yet to win in golf’s major leagues. MORE: Jason Read more…
The circumstances last November were proof that we never quite know what professional golfers are facing in any given week. They have lives and joys and troubles beyond the golf course, though it essentially is their job not to show it. And, indeed, if Erik van Rooyen had not shot eight under in stunning Sunday Read more…
Other than having to contend with the superb play of Colombian Nico Echavarria, who has more than matched him shot for shot, Justin Thomas is having a tremendous week in the Zozo Championship. He’s shot 66-64-65 at Narashino Country Club in Shiba, Japan, and heads into the final round Saturday night (U.S. time) only two Read more…
“Back in Black” was the theme song for the week in the inaugural Black Desert Championship, and the jagged stuff did not disappoint. It looked spectacular on television and gobbled up the hopes of many in the field when they plunged into it with wild shots.
In the video on ESPN, Jraice Finau rushes to congratulate fellow 12-year-old Emery Johnson on his first—and spectacular—hole-in-one, and one of the commentators jokes, “Be careful Jraice.” The son of PGA Tour pro Tony Finau seems about twice Johnson’s size, but it made the celebration all the better on Friday. Playing for Team Utah in Read more…
In the regions of the U.S. that are already seeing the leaves turn from green to orange and red, there is another form of green on the mind of golfers—the grass on their golf courses. For some, that green will be covered in the white of snow at some point. Accompanying that will be the Read more…
In the February 1980 edition of Golf Digest, instruction editor Dick Aultman began his piece with a question: “How could I be so stupid?” (Golf Digest+ members get access to the complete Golf Digest archive dating back to 1950. Sign up here.) It was, he surmised, the frustration expressed by so many golfers upon hitting Read more…
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