For all that the immediate future remains unknown – save for the fact that Pelley will remain with the tour until April to try to help see the negotiations with the PGA Tour, the PIF and the SSG through to a conclusion – the perennial problem facing the DP World Tour (what was the European Tour) is unlikely to change.
With so much palpable hurt and struggle, it’s fair to ask why a professional golf tournament is being played just minutes away in Kapalua. But to those here, the answer is simple.
Each of the nine items listed below had its moment of newsiness, and each had the potential to be even more memorable (for better or worse) with even the slightest additional twist of fate.
Betsy Rawls didn’t play golf until she was 17. Despite the late start, the University of Texas graduate with a degree in physics shined, winning eight major championships (including the U.S. Women’s Open four times) and 55 LPGA titles en route to one of the more illustrious and inspiring careers in the sport. The legend Read more…
The PGA Tour vs. LIV/PIF vs. fans vs. pro golf’s future took up much of the oxygen again in 2023, with a resolution to the mess still to come. Thankfully, there were plenty of more pleasant memories to sustain members of our Golf Digest staff this past year. Once more, we asked our writers and Read more…
It’s a desert town paved over the cracks of golf’s caste system. Only in Scottsdale can the wannabes compete against PGA Tour players on a public par-3 course—the only requisites for entry are a few bucks and an ability to run your mouth, preferably with a drink in hand. Away from the Papago Shootout, you Read more…
On Wednesday, golf fans were greeted with the announcement that Luke Donald will return as European Ryder Cup captain, leading his team to Bethpage Black in 2025 in an attempt to reprise his winning campaign at Marco Simone this fall. It was a move teased as early as the post-match European press conference in Italy, Read more…
The men who have gained their PGA Tour cards through season-long play on the DP World Tour in 2023 – a Pole, a New Zealander, two Frenchmen, a Dane, a Swede, a Scotsman, a Spaniard, a Japanese and a Finn – are definitely the first of their kind.
Depending on your point of view, the announcement Sunday morning that Paul Azinger would no longer be the lead golf analyst at NBC Sports was either a surprising development or a long time coming. Opinions about the job that Azinger, 63, has done since joining Dan Hicks in the booth after the retirement of Johnny Read more…
While all the golfers moving from Europe to the PGA Tour will have played in America before, staying for long periods of time is not quite the same as popping in and out.
Chief executive Keith Pelley was firmly circumspect and almost entirely non-specific in his responses to queries about where the DP World Tour is likely to sit within golf’s eco-system when the current discussions eventually come to an end.
Australian Golf Digest
