Farmers Insurance, title sponsor for the PGA Tour stop at Torrey Pines in San Diego since 2010, does not plan to renew its contract when it expires in 2026, according to a report from Sports Business Journal.
With rumours of additional player defections from the PGA Tour to the LIV Golf League swirling this week at the Hero World Challenge, the six player directors of the PGA Tour Policy Board sent a two-page memo to the membership late on Friday night expressing their encouragement with ongoing negotiations with potential investors.
“The Netflix Cup” will be the streamer’s first live sporting event, pitting the aforementioned golfers with four drivers in a matchplay tournament at the Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas.
That Rickie Fowler conceded a short putt to Tommy Fleetwood on the 16th hole to assure Europe the half point it needed to win the Cup was no doubt classy. The lingering question is whether it was smart.
While the Scottish Open might not be as old as the Open Championship or the other majors, it has been staged for more than 50 years and being tied to a country that is considered to be the “Home of Golf” speaks volumes for its richness.
He was 16th in the US standings coming into the week and moved into the top 12 with this win, but he’s still far from securing one of the six ironclad automatic qualification spots.
Fowler’s iron play was consistent with what he had done all week, as he ranked second in strokes gained/approach at 7.556 and T-2 in greens in regulation, hitting 61 of 72 for an 84.72 percent clip.
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