Alfredo Repato Jr. and amateur partner Jonar Austria made the tough Palmer course look easy as they put on a fantastic round of 12-under 60 in Scramble format to grab a three-shot lead over three fancied pairs at the start of the Forest Hills-PGA of the Philippines Pro Am tournament held at the...
LONDON (AFP) -- Rory McIlroy has said he would retire before joining the breakaway LIV Golf tour after it emerged he had been offered a franchise in the Saudi-backed project. *Rory McIlroy. (AFP)* A US Senate sub-committee met on Tuesday, July 11, to investigate a proposed merger between the PGA...
MIAMI (AFP) -- The PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund have dropped a provision from their framework agreement that barred LIV Golf and the Tour from recruiting each other's players, the PGA Tour confirmed on Thursday, July 13. The move comes after the US Department of Justice raised...
WASHINGTON (AFP) --Â Randall Stephenson, a former AT&T chief executive, reportedly has resigned his PGA Tour Policy Board position over "serious concerns" about the tour's controversial deal with LIV Golf's Saudi backers. *PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. (AFP)* The Washington Post reported on...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, sidelined nearly a month by an unspecified medical issue, will return to work on July 17, the tour announced on Friday, July 7. *PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. (AFP)* Monahan's return will come six days after he misses a hearing by US...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Cameron Young, last year's British Open runner-up, fired a seven-under par 64 to grab a two-stroke lead after Friday, July 7, second round of the PGA John Deere Classic. *Cameron Young of the United States plays his shot from the 16th tee during the second round of the John Deere...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Tiger Woods says he never saw purported prepared comments for him to deliver last year at a players meeting, documents involved in a federal lawsuit. *Tiger Woods. (AFP)* Golf Digest and Golf Channel reported on Monday, July 3, that the comments aimed at Woods were part of 357 pages...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US PGA Tour officials Jimmy Dunne and Ron Price will speak before a US Senate hearing into the PGA merger deal with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, lawmakers said on Monday, July 3. *PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. (AFP)* US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations chairman...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Rickie Fowler, trying to snap a four-year victory drought, birdied six of the last eight holes for a one-stroke lead after Saturday's third round of the PGA Tour Rocket Mortgage Classic. *Rickie Fowler of the United States plays his shot from the 18th tee during the third round...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The "framework" agreement that united the PGA Tour and LIV Golf's Saudi backers was submitted to US lawmakers on Monday, June 26, night ahead of a Congressional hearing, according to multiple reports. The deal, obtained by Golf Channel and the Washington Post, outlines a...
NEW YORK (AFP) --Â Keegan Bradley survived a spate of late bogeys to claim an emotional victory on Sunday, June 25, at the Travelers Championship, the PGA Tour event in Connecticut that the New Englander considers his home tournament. *Keegan Bradley of the United States celebrates after winning...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Keegan Bradley birdied five straight holes in a seven-under-par 63 on Friday, June 23, to join Denny McCarthy atop the leaderboard at the US PGA Tour Travelers Championship, where Rory McIlroy was among those in the mix. *Keegan Bradley of the United States plays his shot from the...
