7:40 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler might have had a roller coaster of an opening round Thursday at the Tour Championship if only he had been paying attention to the scoreboards. Scheffler started with a 2-shot lead as the No. 1 seed in the FedEx Cup. He led by as
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8:21 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — Paula Reto shot a course-record 9-under 62 on Thursday at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club to take a 2-stroke lead in the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. “It’s not something I’m familiar with,” Reto said about the low score. Winless on the LPGA Tour, the 32-year-old South African
The field is set for the 2022 Tour Championship, as the original 125-player FedEx Cup playoff roster now sits at just 29 contenders. An $18 million purse awaits the winner of the season-ending event at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Main feed: Primary tournament coverage featuring the best action from around the course. Featured
ATLANTA — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced another series of sweeping and lucrative changes Wednesday ahead of the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club. In its ongoing battle with LIV Golf for the best players in the world, the PGA Tour committed another $146 million to its players in an attempt to
11:59 AM ET ATLANTA — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are launching a tech-infused golf league in partnership with the PGA Tour that will have players competing on six three-man teams in 15 regular-season matches and a playoff starting in January 2024. The new league, TGL, will feature two-hour, 18-hole matches on a virtual course.
8:00 AM ET ATLANTA — The winner of this week’s season-ending Tour Championship, which starts Thursday at East Lake Golf Club, will take home an $18 million bonus. The top 29 players in the FedEx Cup Playoffs points standings will compete for the top prize, after Will Zalatoris, who was third in the standings, had
7:36 PM ET Attorneys representing the PGA Tour have asked a federal judge to unseal certain details of contracts that were signed by its former players who defected to the rival LIV Golf circuit earlier this year. In a court filing submitted Tuesday to federal judge Beth Labson Freeman of the Northern District of California,
5:34 PM ET Associated Press Cameron Young and Sahith Theegala are among eight players who can make plans for Kapalua even if they don’t win this year. Kapalua has been the winners-only start to the year on the PGA Tour since 1999, and Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance has made sure it will stay that way for
7:30 AM ET ATLANTA — A memorable PGA Tour season filled with Tiger Woods’ return and the emergence of rival LIV Golf Invitational Series comes to an end this week, when the Tour Championship starts Thursday at East Lake Golf Club. There is plenty at stake for the 30 players who advanced to the season-ending
3:56 PM ET Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan are among the star athletes who will be featured in the upcoming release of the PGA Tour 2K23 video game on Oct. 14. 2K announced on Monday that the iconic game is back, featuring Woods on the cover and in the game. Fans will be able to
6:49 PM ET Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. — One good break. One great shot. That’s what it took Sunday for Patrick Cantlay to win the BMW Championship for the second straight time with a finish that was nothing like last year’s except for his clutch moments. One other difference: The victory didn’t give him the
6:32 PM ET Associated Press PARAMUS, N.J. — A tough road led to the sweetest finish for Sam Bennett in the U.S. Amateur. Even with so many top stars who either didn’t qualify or got knocked out in the opening round, Bennett had to face the rest of the best, match after match, to get
6:13 PM ET Associated Press ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Padraig Harrington won the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open on Sunday for his second PGA Tour Champions victory of the year. Harrington closed with a 5-under 67 at En-Joie Golf Club for a 3-stroke victory over Mike Weir and Thongchai Jaidee. “Unusual for me, no drama, no real
Aug 21, 2022 Associated Press Maximilian Kieffer closed with a 6-under 66 to win the rain-hit Czech Masters for his first European tour title on Sunday. Kieffer finished one shot ahead of overnight leader Gavin Green at the Albatross Golf Resort near Prague with a 16-under 200 total. 1 Related Play had been suspended for
11:56 AM ET Associated Press Tom Weiskopf’s golf skill went far beyond his 16 victories on the PGA Tour and his lone major at Royal Troon in the British Open. He was always candid, often outspoken and unfailingly accurate in the television booth. He found even greater success designing golf courses. Weiskopf died Saturday at
8:38 PM ET Associated Press ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Mike Weir shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to take a 1-stroke lead over fellow major champion Padraig Harrington into the final round of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open. Weir had eight birdies and a bogey at En-Joie Golf Club in the round delayed by rain for
8:44 PM ET Associated Press PARAMUS, N.J. — Texas A&M senior Sam Bennett won his third straight match against a player from the top 10 in the amateur world ranking, this one Saturday getting him into the U.S. Amateur championship match with a 1-up victory over Dylan Menante. All five of Bennett’s matches at Ridgewood
10:33 AM ET Associated Press Play was suspended for the day at the Czech Masters after the course was flooded following heavy rain on Saturday. Only 10 players were able to start the third round at the Albatross Golf Resort near Prague. 1 Related “The continued rainfall we have experienced means that, despite the strenuous