WASHINGTON (AFP) -- World number one Scottie Scheffler was named the 2022-23 US PGA Tour Player of the Year on Wednesday, Jan. 3, while fellow American Eric Cole captured the PGA Rookie of the Year award. Scottie Scheffler of the United States (AFP) Scheffler, the 2022 Masters champion, became the...
LONDON (AFP) -- Rory McIlroy says if LIV Golf was modelled like the Indian Premier League (IPL) and staged over two months then he would consider playing in it. Northern Irish Rory McIlroy (AFP) The 34-year-old Northern Irishman has been a vocal opponent of the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Uncertainty and controversy over a potential merger with LIV Golf's Saudi backers loom over the US PGA Tour as its 2024 season tees off on Thursday, Jan. 4, in Hawaii. North Ireland's Rory McIlroy (AFP) The PGA's tournament of champions, now dubbed The Sentry, again will...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The PGA Tour worked on Sunday, Dec. 31, to extend a deadline into 2024 for finalizing a merger agreement with Saudi Arabian investors, tour commissioner Jay Monahan calling talks "active and productive." PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan (AFP) The update to players in a memo...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Two-time major winner Angel Cabrera has been reinstated by the PGA Tour and over-50 PGA Tour Champions after serving a two-year prison sentence for gender violence, Golf Digest reported on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Argentina's Angel Cabrera (AFP) The 54-year-old from Argentina, the...
BRISBANE (AFP) -- Spaniard Joel Moscatel Nachshon fired a remarkable eight-under-par 63 on his DP World Tour debut on Thursday, Nov. 23, to lead the Australian PGA Championship, but defending champion Cameron Smith had a round to forget. Australia's Cameron Smith (AFP) In front of big galleries at...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Jordan Spieth was selected to replace Rory McIlroy as a player director on the PGA Tour Policy Board considering a Saudi-backed merger deal, tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced on Monday, Nov. 20. United States' Jordan Spieth (AFP) Spieth, a 30-year-old American and...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Sweden's Ludvig Aberg closed out a sensational rookie season with his first US PGA Tour title on Sunday, Nov. 19, firing a nine-under-par 61 for a four-shot victory over Mackenzie Hughes in the RSM Classic. Ludvig Aberg of Sweden poses for a photo with the trophy after winning The...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Sweden's Ryder Cup sensation Ludvig Aberg grabbed a one-shot lead at the RSM Classic on Friday, Nov. 17, a bogey-free round of six-under putting him in position to strike for a first US PGA Tour title. Sweden's Ryder Cup sensation Ludvig Aberg (AFP) A birdie at the 18th hole on the...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Rory McIlroy has resigned from the PGA Tour's board after admitting he had grown disenchanted with the role during the tour's acrimonious battle with Saudi-funded LIV Golf. Golf star Rory McIlroy (AFP) PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and board chairman Edward Herlihy said in...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Sweden's Alex Noren fired a 10-under par 61, matching the course record, to seize the lead after darkness halted Thursday's opening round of the US PGA Tour's Bermuda Championship. Alex Noren of Sweden hits a tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the Butterfield...
LOS CABOS (AFP) -- Colombia's Camilo Villegas carded a second straight eight-under par 64 on Friday, Nov. 3, to grab a two-shot lead in the US PGA Tour's World Wide Technology Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico. Colombia's Camilo Villegas (AFP) Villegas, who claimed the most recent of his four...
