A new name joins the Aussie contingent on the PGA TOUR this week with New South Welshman Jeffrey Guan to make his debut at the Procore Championship in California.
Joaquin Niemann has aired his latest grievance, this time about the International Presidents Cup team roster. Mainly, his absence from it, among other LIV players.
World No.1 Scottie Scheffler put the bow on a magical season when he lifted the PGA Tour’s ultimate prize, the FedEx Cup for the first time at the Playoffs finale, the Tour Championship. His four-stroke triumph made it a grand total of seven victories in 2024 where he was also the gold medal winner at the Paris Olympic Games. This is his blog from East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta.Â
As professional athletes, tour ambassadors and role models for thousands of kids, PGA Tour pros are prohibited from drinking alcohol on the clock. According to nine-year tour veteran Michael Kim, however, some have been known to bend the rules.
It has been more than a bit wild in the world of professional golf since the calendar flipped over to 2024, and that’s remarkable considering the PGA Tour–LIV Golf drama/mergers/holy war that we expected has largely been a dud.
Winner of 13 tour titles in the past three years and ranking first in 40 statistical categories in 2024, Scheffler, 28, is by every measure the game’s finest talent and well on his way to taking a place among the best of all-time, if he can maintain his current level of excellence. There is no evidence to believe he can’t.
At 16-under-par when combined with his 10-under starting score, Scheffler owns the largest lead after 18 holes on the PGA Tour since at least 1983 (when records began to be kept), though it won’t count as a record due to the staggered-start format.
I’m not reinventing the wheel here. Most of my format has already been conceived by other people, but I’m adding a final twist that I believe would solve the last critical problem.
During a wide-ranging press conference on the eve of the Tour Championship, the final event of the FedEx Cup schedule, Jay Monahan provided an overview of the 2024 season and a look ahead on several fronts, none more compelling than potential changes to golf broadcasts in the weeks ahead.
The tour’s rules committee had contemplated internal OB at the beginning of the week before deciding against it, believing the change would be too penal. However, with a number of players asserting their intentions to circumvent the 18th, the tour decided to reverse course.
Australian Golf Digest
