Tiger Woods turns 50. It’s the one time golf’s greats can relate to him
Talk to any golfer who played against Tiger Woods and there is sure to be at least one story about one shot so sublime they were certain it could not be hit by them or anyone else. He was just different. Better. The 2-iron Woods hit into the par-5 10th...
Brooks Koepka is first player to defect from LIV. The next step is if PGA Tour will take him back
Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka became the first player to defect from LIV Golf, a significant blow to the Saudi-funded league that raises questions whether the PGA Tour will find a way for him to return. LIV Golf posted an announcement to its website under a statement that Talor Gooch...
Scottie Scheffler joins Tiger Woods by winning PGA Tour player of the year for 4th straight year
Scottie Scheffler earned another comparison with Tiger Woods on Monday, joining him as the only players to win PGA Tour player of the year at least four times in a row. Scheffler made an easy case to pick up another Jack Nicklaus Award. His tour-leading six victories were twice as...
Matsuyama rallies in the Bahamas and beats Noren in a playoff to win Hero World Challenge
NASSAU, Bahamas — Hideki Matsuyama ended his season the way he started it, winning the Hero World Challenge on Sunday when he closed with an 8-under-par 64 and then hit 9-iron to 2 feet for birdie on the first playoff hole to defeat Alex Noren. Matsuyama, who began the year...
Cameron Young and J.J. Spaun part of another 5-way tie for the lead in the Bahamas
NASSAU, Bahamas — U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun converted two of his three eagle chances, Cameron Young shot 30 on the back nine and Hideki Matsuyama was bogey-free, all of them part of another five-way tie for the lead Friday in the Hero World Challenge. Missing from a share of...
Fuzzy Zoeller, 2-time major champion haunted by racist joke about Tiger Woods, dies at 74
Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion and one of golf’s most gregarious characters whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, has died, according to a longtime colleague. He was 74. A cause of death was not immediately available. Brian Naugle, the tournament director of the...
PGA Tour has fewer cards, smaller fields, but big changes still to come
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Sunday at Sea Island was supposed to be looked upon as doomsday for so many PGA Tour players who left the final event of the PGA Tour season without a full card. This was the year the tour eliminated 25 cards, raising the bar to...
Tiger Woods won’t play in Hero World Challenge in December
Tournament host Tiger Woods will not compete in the Dec. 4-7 Hero World Challenge in Albany, Bahamas, according to the final player field released Wednesday. When the initial field was announced three weeks ago, there was hope Woods would be added later as one of three exemption spots, but he...
USGA requests state funds to build a new bridge at Oakmont Country Club
The U.S. Golf Association is requesting state funds to construct a new bridge over the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Oakmont Country Club, where it hosts major events like the U.S. Open. The association is requesting a $5 million Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant, which would cover nearly half of the...
Augusta National’s Fred Ridley addresses international diversity
Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley said the recent change in invitation criteria announced by the Masters was driven by the increased international representation at the tournament. Augusta National Golf Club and The R&A jointly announced Aug. 26 a change in qualification criteria to ensure “strong international pathways into both major...
Caitlin Clark to play in LPGA’s pro-am event, The Annika, in Florida next month
The Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark will play in the LPGA’s pro-am event, The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, in Florida next month. This will be Clark’s second consecutive year participating in the event, where she played last year alongside LPGA stars Nelly Korda and Annika Sorenstam. Clark, who attracted...
Rory McIlroy as European Ryder Cup captain? ‘Hopefully that’s not in 2027’
There aren’t many guarantees in golf, though Rory McIlroy one day captaining the European Ryder Cup team is probably one of them. The 36-year-old just helped the European team win for the second time on foreign soil, topping the Americans 15-13 at Bethpage Black in New York. It was a...
Greyserman leads PGA Tour event in Japan by 4 shots
Max Greyserman carded an 8-under-par 63 in the second round Friday to secure a four-stroke lead at the Baycurrent Classic in Yokohama, Japan. He sprinkled six birdies around an eagle on the par-5 fourth hole to reside at 12-under 130 at Yokohama Country Club. He was in a three-way tie...
Tommy Gainey takes fast track to a PGA Tour Champions victory at Furyk & Friends
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tommy “Two Gloves” is a winner again. Unlike his stints on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour, Tommy Gainey is proving to be a quicker study on the PGA Tour Champions. Gainey, who turned 50 years old on Aug. 13, won the Constellation Furyk & Friends...
Report: LIV Golf has lost more than $1.4 billion during its existence
LIV Golf has totaled more than $1.4 billion in losses over its first three- plus years of existence, according to a report from The Athletic on Friday. The United Kingdom-based LIV Golf Ltd managed the golf tour’s undertakings outside the United States, and its losses have grown every single year...
4 tied for lead after 1st round of Sanderson Farms Championship
The Ryder Cup might be in the rearview mirror, but the name Ryder is on top of a PGA Tour leaderboard. Sam Ryder shot a bogey-free, 7-under-par 65 to open the Sanderson Farms Championship and is part of a four-way tie for the lead Thursday at the Country Club of...
PGA of America chief plans to apologize to Team Europe for abusive behavior of fans at Bethpage
PGA of America chief executive Derek Sprague said Thursday he will apologize directly to Rory McIlroy and the rest of Europe’s Ryder Cup team and their families for the abusive behavior they suffered from some spectators during last week’s contest. The apology follows Europe’s 15-13 victory over the United States...
‘Ashamed’ Tom Watson apologizes for ‘rude’ Ryder Cup crowds
Tom Watson is United States golf royalty. And, along with Tiger Woods, he may be the most popular American golfer on both sides of the Atlantic. Watson won eight major titles, five of them overseas at the Open Championship. He was awestruck of the play by the victorious Team Europe...
Rory McIlroy calls out ‘unacceptable and abusive behavior’ from Bethpage fans at Ryder CupVideo
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Rory McIlroy won the Ryder Cup and then called out the hostile New York crowd for “unacceptable and abusive behavior.” Over his five matches at Bethpage Black, McIlroy endured a torrent of insults about everything from his personal life to past failures on the golf course. People...
Europe holds off rally by U.S. to win Ryder CupVideo
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Two years ago in Italy, a jubilant Rory McIlroy made a bold guarantee. “I think one of the biggest accomplishments in golf right now is winning an away Ryder Cup,” McIlroy said. “And that’s what we’re going to do at Bethpage.” It took far, far longer than...
Europe takes record lead over U.S. heading into Ryder Cup’s Sunday singlesVideo
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Europe painted Bethpage Black in blue scores Saturday with exquisite golf that demolished and disheartened the Americans, and proved to be the best response to a New York Ryder Cup crowd that was so hostile that extra security was brought in to keep it from getting worse....
Europe gets out to solid lead on 1st day of Ryder Cup
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Rory McIlroy stared down Patrick Cantlay through the home stretch and made sure a European advantage wouldn’t be dented at the last moment. Thanks to stellar performances from McIlroy, Jon Rahm and their compatriots, Team Europe leads the United States, 51⁄2-21⁄2, after the opening day of the...
DeChambeau, Thomas lead off for U.S. vs. Europe’s Rahm and Hatton in Ryder Cup
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas will face Jon Rahm of Spain and Tyrrell Hatton of England in the opening foursomes match of the Ryder Cup on Friday at Bethpage Black. United States team captain Keegan Bradley and Team Europe captain Luke Donald revealed their first lineups of...
Analysis: Ryder Cup has power to divide — or unite — during fraught, fragile time in U.S.Video
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Often sports, at their best, are the purest form of competition. They offer a chance to pick winners and losers in showdowns between rival teams, countries, sometimes even worldviews, in an arena where the games are played for high stakes but, ultimately, not for life and death....
Ryder Cup banter, blunders get started at Bethpage without a shot being hitVideo
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — The opening tee shot still two days away, the gamesmanship at the Ryder Cup began Wednesday when European captain Luke Donald took a few subtle jabs on pay-for-play during his speech at the opening ceremony. “We’re fueled by something money cannot buy,” Donald said. Europe, 1 up....
