WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm, the season points leader, will be the player to catch when the PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoffs begin on Thursday, Aug. 10, at the St. Jude Championship. Spain's Jon Rahm. (AFP) The top 70 players from the season will tee off at TPC Southwind in...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Andy Pazder, the US PGA Tour's chief tournaments and competitions officer, resigned on Tuesday, Aug. 8, after having served on the circuit's executive leadership team since 1990, according to multiple reports. The Golf Channel, Golfweek, ESPN and Sports Illustrated said that the...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The Pebble Beach Pro-Am will become a "signature" event on the 2024 US PGA Tour schedule released on Monday even as a merger framework agreement with LIV Golf remains unresolved. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. (AFP) The PGA Tour unveiled a lineup of 36 tournaments in a...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Lucas Glover clinched his fifth career PGA Tour title with a final round of two-under par 68 on Sunday, Aug. 6, to capture the season-closing Wyndham Championship. Lucas Glover of the United States plays his shot from the 16th teeduring the final round of the Wyndham Championship at...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Russell Henley fired a four-under par 66 on Friday, Aug. 4, to maintain his one-stroke lead in the Wyndham Championship as Justin Thomas boosted his bid to make the US PGA Tour playoffs. Russell Henley of the United States plays a shot on the 11th hole during the second round of the...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Russell Henley had six birdies and an eagle in an eight-under par 62 on Thursday, Aug. 3, to grab the first round lead at the Wyndham Championship, where Adam Scott started strong in his bid to earn a PGA Tour playoffs berth. *Russell Henley of the United States plays his shot from...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Former world number one Justin Thomas is just one of the former major champions making a last-ditch bid at the Wyndham Championship this week to turn around a disappointing season. *Justin Thomas of the United States hits his tee shot on one during the pro-am prior to the Wyndham...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Tiger Woods is joining the PGA Tour's newly expanded policy board, the tour announced on Tuesday, August 1, in a move aimed at cooling player tensions over secrecy surrounding merger talks with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf. *Tiger Woods. (AFP)* The 15-time major champion, a longtime...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Lee Hodges fired two eagles in a four-under-par 67 on Sunday, July 30, to claim his first US PGA Tour title with a wire-to-wire, seven-stroke triumph in the 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota. *Lee Hodges of the United States celebrates with the trophy after winning the 3M Open at TPC...
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) -- 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...
