Peter Malnati’s professional life changed last week when he captured his second PGA Tour victory at the Valspar Championship, this one coming nine years after his first. He shot a final-round 67 to top Cameron Young by two shots at Innisbrook Resort in Florida. The emotional victory changed his schedule drastically this year on the Read more…
For all of the deserved accolades and hoopla surrounding Nick Dunlap’s January victory as an amateur in the PGA Tour’s American Express at PGA West, it’s hardly been a smooth road since for the 20-year-old. When the then-University of Alabama sophomore decided four days after his dramatic win—the first by an am in 33 years Read more…
In his remarkable, record-setting run on the PGA Tour, Scottie Scheffler hadn’t signed a scorecard of even par or worse in 28 consecutive rounds. He hadn’t suffered a double bogey in 218 holes. In his home state, the Texan was scuffling a bit on his back nine on Friday in the Texas Children’s Houston Open, Read more…
Augusta National is all about its traditions, and one that has quickly but firmly taken root is the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. The 2024 edition will be the fifth playing of the event, which has become an entertaining lead-in (along with the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals) to the Masters Tournament. Once again, 72 Read more…
After missing 2023 due to some calendar shenanigans and schedule adjustments, the Houston Open returns to Memorial Park Golf Course, as will Tony Finau, the defending champ … from November 2022. Finau will look to run it back in Texas, but one Texas resident is standing in the way, looking to make some history of Read more…
Several of the best golfers in the world will make the four-hour drive (depending on traffic, of course) from TPC Sawgrass outside Jacksonville to Innisbrook Resort outside Tampa for this week’s Valspar Championship, the final event of the PGA Tour’s Florida Swing. Defending champ Taylor Moore will be looking for his second tour win after Read more…
To mark the 50th playing of the Players Championship, the founding of which in 1974 coincided with the dawn of what we might call golf’s modern era, we crunched some numbers. Our goal was singular: to rank the 50 best players of the past five decades by their best single season. Why, you say? Isn’t Read more…
The PGA Tour’s Florida Swing is set to begin this week with the newly renamed Cognizant Classic at PGA National. The tournament will feature Chris Kirk looking to repeat his heart-warming 2023 victory. No one has been a back-to-back champion in this event since Jack Nicklaus in 1977-78, but Kirk certainly has positive momentum at Read more…
The 2024 PGA Tour season already promised to have its share of thrills with the return of its Signature Event series. But the creation of the Aon Next 10 and Aon Swing 5 adds a fresh layer of excitement unlike anything PGA TOUR professionals and fans have previously experienced. The new Signature Event qualification system Read more…
As the circuit heads east after the West Coast Swing, it’s fair to wonder if the PGA Tour began its season with a slump or if what was seen was a harbinger of what is to come.
LOS ANGELES — Sometimes, you’ve got to just talk it out. Sam Ryder and his caddie, Brent Everson, talked it out on Friday morning at the Genesis Invitational. After missing the fairway in the right rough on the short par-5 first hole, Ryder had only 217 into the green but a rather large obstacle in Read more…
Perhaps you’ve heard the big news. Charley Hoffman, Grayson Murray, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Kevin Yu and Matthieu Pavon will be teeing off this week at the Genesis Invitational after clinching spots through the Aon Swing 5. Also, Tiger Woods is back. The 15-time major champion will tee off on the PGA Tour for the first time Read more…
After another wild week in Phoenix, where alcohol sales were cut off on Saturday and some ticketholders weren’t admitted to the grounds, it’s the understated Canadian Taylor who reaps the rewards of winning.
The PGA Tour released a memo to its membership overnight informing how equity stakes in the new for-profit PGA Tour Enterprises will work.
Get your vocal cords ready. It’s time for the rowdiest and wildest event on the PGA Tour. The WM Phoenix Open is back with an impressive field and beer-balls ready to go. As we head into Super Bowl weekend, this is the perfect way to gear up for the big game. This year’s event will Read more…
There are multiple parts to the collaboration, but the one that will grab golf fans’ attention the most is called, “Any Shot, Any Time.” And it’s just what it sounds.
Lucas Herbert, the 28-year-old from Bendigo, will join his countrymen Cam Smith, Marc Leishman and Matt Jones on the LIV team Ripper GC when the third season begins in Mayakoba, Mexico, on Friday.
Players will receive equity into PGA Tour Enterprises; these grants, made over time, will be based on playing accomplishments, future participation and tour status.
The second $20 million signature event of the 2024 PGA Tour season, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, will boast quite the lineup of participants, from some of the best golfers in the world (41 of the top 50 in the OWGR are competing) to a star-studded collection of other athletes. Tom Brady, Alex Smith, Aaron Read more…
No matter what problem plagues your game, there is something at the PGA Show to help you shoot lower scores. That is why for a golf nerd, the Show can be sensory overload. With aisles and aisles at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando filled with new equipment, technology and training aids, it can Read more…