CROMWELL (AP) — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday, June 19, the difficulty in finalizing a deal with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf isn’t a reason for concern. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan (AP) “With complexity comes opportunity,” he said before the start of the Travelers...
COLLEGE GROVE (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau couldn’t play at the Tokyo Olympics because of COVID-19. His decision to sign with LIV Golf is keeping him out of the Paris Games this summer. Bryson DeChambeau celebrates after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament Sunday, June 16, in Pinehurst, N.C. (AP...
The PGA Tour and the Saudi backers of LIV Golf reached consensus on several items during its recent meeting in New York. Commissioner Jay Monahan cautioned players Tuesday night, June 18, “there is still work to do” before any agreement. Tiger Woods (AP) Monahan sent players a memo after the...
Yuka Saso is celebrating the best of both worlds. In 2021, the Filipino-Japanese golfer became the first Filipina to capture the US Women’s Open title. This time, she hoisted the silver Semple Trophy and became the first player to win for Japan. Yuka Saso holds the tournament trophy after winning...
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — The first Filipina to win the U.S. Women's Open, and now the first from Japan. Sweetest of all for Yuka Saso was sharing the biggest prize in her sport with countries of both her parents. Saso delivered a masterpiece on the back nine at tough Lancaster Country Club on...
FORT WORTH (AP) — Davis Riley shot even-par 70 while playing in the final group Sunday, May 26, with Scottie Scheffler, and still won a subdued Colonial by five strokes over the world’s No. 1 player and Keegan Bradley for his first individual victory on the PGA Tour. Davis Riley poses with the...
LOUISVILLE (AP) — The affiliations of players, whether they belong to the PGA Tour or LIV Golf, no longer seem to be much of a talking point except to note who’s playing at the start and who wins at the end. Dustin Johnson (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) But two majors into the year, a couple of LIV...
Talor Gooch of LIV Golf gets to play in at least one major this year. He announced Monday, May 6, on social media that he received an invitation to play in the PGA Championship next week. USA's Talor Gooch (AP) The PGA of America is not expected to release the full field until Tuesday, May 7, as it...
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Jake Knapp is spending his weekends much differently now as a rookie on the PGA Tour, just more than two years after working security at a restaurant in his hometown that was also a late-night hotspot. A first-time Tour winner earlier this year, Knapp went into this weekend...
AUGUSTA (AP) — This wasn’t the kind of attention Rory McIlroy was hoping for on the day after the Masters. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy (AP/File photo) A London financial paper, City A.M., cited anonymous sources as saying McIlroy was believed to be close to an $850 million deal to join LIV...
The local qualifying for the IMG Academy Junior World Championships will soon enter a new chapter with the National Golf Association of the Philippines set to play a major role in the selection process of the country’s representatives. In keeping with its mandate as the country’s golf governing...
AUGUSTA (AP) — In some ways, golf finds itself at a point in time not unlike pro football in the 1960s, when two rival leagues duked it out but found a path to reconciliation that produced a game far bigger than anyone could’ve envisioned. Spain's Jon Rahm (AP) Bryson DeChambeau, for one, is...
