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This week is the final major of the year in professional golf, as the best women in the world are battling it out in the AIG Women’s Open at The Old Course at St. Andrews. Nelly Korda, the top-ranked golfer in the world on the women’s side, to no one’s surprise, sits atop the leaderboard […]

Rory McIlroy — who has earned over $150 million for his golf on the PGA Tour and beyond — is investing a sizable chunk of his career earnings into TickPick, a secondary ticketing marketplace. Through his investment firm Symphony Ventures, based out of Ireland, McIlroy is partnering with Brighton Park Capital to make a $250 […]

In a wild twist of irony, one of the police officers involved in the arrest of golf’s World No. 1 player, Scottie Scheffler, has been arrested himself. Officer Javar Downs of the Louisville Metro Police was taken into custody Friday morning under suspicion of theft. The LMPD is accusing Downs of stealing approximately $4,000 from […]

Hideki Matsuyama has withdrawn from the BMW Championship before getting his second round underway, citing a back injury. The 10-time PGA Tour winner took first place at last week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship — the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Here’s the latest on Hideki Matsuyama. Hideki Matsuyama withdraws from BMW Matsuyama fired […]

Rory McIlroy, the only 3-time FedEx Cup winner, had one goal for the PGA Tour’s postseason: End his year on a high note. “I think when the bulk of the season has come and gone and you’ve got this opportunity of three weeks to really, I guess, flip the script a little bit or change […]

Scottie Scheffler appeared in be in pain during the opening round of the BMW Championship on Thursday. Scheffler was seemingly dealing with a back issue which led to speculation that he suffered an injury during the tournament. However, the 28-year-old shut down any concern following the first round, via NUCLR GOLF on X, formerly Twitter. […]

Over the last few weeks, PGA Tour stars have been asked to weigh in on the tantalizing Player of the Year race between Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele. Scheffler, the World No. 1, has six prestigious PGA Tour victories, including the Masters, and an Olympics gold medal. Schauffele has two majors (PGA Championship, the Open) […]

The PGA Tour’s best player, Scottie Scheffler, has made it pretty clear over the past week: The FedEx Cup Playoffs? Sure, they’re fine. Not really his thing, though. “I talked about it the last few years, I think it’s silly,” Scheffler said before last week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind. “You can’t call […]

Qualifying for the 2024 Presidents Cup ends this weekend with the BMW Championship — second leg of the PGA Tour’s postseason, the FedEx Cup Playoffs. After the ensuing Tour Championship, rosters will be finalized. The Presidents Cup goes down Sept. 26-29, at Royal Montreal Golf Club. The United States will be captained by Jim Furyk […]

The PGA Tour heads to Castle Rock, Colorado for the BMW Championship! This post will continue our PGA Tour odds series as we hand out a BMW Championship prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the event. We are officially down to 50 golfers for the PGA Tour season. The […]

The PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs format has been a hot topic the last couple of seasons. Some fans love it while others consider it a joke. Even some of the players have voiced strong opinions on the matter. FedEx St. Jude Championship winner Hideki Matsuyama stopped just short of calling it unfair to Scottie […]

Hideki Matsuyama held what appeared to be an insurmountable lead entering Sunday’s final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. He led by five strokes over Nick Dunlap, with superstars Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele even further back. Viewers at home likely lost interest at some point, as the Japanese pro seemed to be cruising […]

Xander Schauffele and the rest of the field entered Sunday’s final round at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in need of some magic if they wanted to track down Hideki Matsuyama. The Japanese star took a five shot lead into the final round, with Nick Dunlap being the closest competitor. Schauffele, on the other hand, […]

Jordan Spieth’s “frustrating” 2024 season mercifully culminated with a second-to-last place finish at the St. Jude Championship on Sunday — therefore eliminating him from the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Spieth battled a confounding wrist injury all season — the result of a torn ligament in 2023. The 3-time major champion finished 66th in the FedEx Cup […]

The first leg of the PGA Tour’s “silly” season, the FedEx Cup Playoffs, was completed this past weekend, as Hideki Matsuyama claimed the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis with a pinch-hit caddie. The top 7o in the season-long FedEx Cup points standings qualified for the St. Jude. The top 50 after […]

NBA standout Dennis Smith Jr. is paying it forward to an HBCU. Per a statement by Fayetteville State University athletics, the former 2017 Dallas Mavericks draftee will be the title sponsor of the McDougal-Scurry Golf Tournament alongside the Two-Six project. In a statement, Smith expressed his excitement to sponsor the tournament and his love for […]

Scottie Scheffler is once again reminding the golf world why he is the top-ranked player in the world. Scheffler moved up the leaderboard at the FedEx St. Jude Championship following a 5-under 65 Friday. He closed with three birdies in his last four holes to pull within two shots of the lead currently held by […]

This week, the PGA Tour kicked off the FedEx Cup Playoffs at TPC Southwind in Tenn., beginning with the St. Jude Championship. With most of the field having finished their round, Hideki Matsuyama is tied atop the leaderboard with Denny McCarthy at 11-under. Following his second round 6-under 64, Matsuyama was asked what went well […]

The second round of the St. Jude Championship kicked off Friday morning. With about half of the field having finished their round, there is a surprising leader: Denny McCarthy. The 31-year-old McCarthy carded a 7-under 63 Friday to finish the day at 11-under par. He is currently tied with 2024 Genesis Invitational winner Hideki Matsuyama, […]

A handwritten letter by Tiger Woods, in which the future PGA Tour legend denounces racism in golf on personal terms, is currently up for auction at Goldin, a collectibles marketplace. In 1994, Chad Jones, a high school student and golf fan in Indiana, penned a letter to Tiger’s home address complimenting the 3-time U.S. Amateur champ […]

Trump Turnberry in the United Kingdom is known as one of the most beautiful golf courses in the world. John Daly called it his new favorite course, replacing St. Andrews atop that list. But if fans want a chance to play the iconic course, they better have some deep pockets. Starting next year, the green […]

In the game’s history, it’s safe to say that there have been quite a few legendary golfers. But who is the best of the best when comparing these golfers and their achievements against each other? That’s a question that Jack Nicklaus recently set out to answer by revealing the four golfers who make up his […]

Hideki Matsuyama, in the aftermath of a robbery that forced his caddie and swing coach to abruptly return to Japan ahead of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, opened his FedEx St. Jude Championship by shooting a 5-under 65 at TPC Southwind in Memphis. At the completion of a 100-degree day in Tennessee, Matsuyama sits in second […]

By most people’s standards, Rory McIlroy has enjoyed an enviable season on the PGA Tour. As the FedEx Cup Playoffs get underway, the no. 3-ranked player in the world has two wins (including a Signature Event), a U.S Open runner-up, and seven top-10s. Of course, Rory McIlroy is not most people. “I certainly don’t want […]

Chris Kirk’s fourth (!) PGA Tour hole-in-one highlighted his impressive opening-round 64 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Here’s what Chris Kirk said about his best-ever FedEx Cup Playoffs round. Chris Kirk drills ace, grabs St. Jude Championship lead Amidst sweltering conditions at TPC Southwind in Memphis, […]

Ahead of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind — the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan provided an update on the progress of talks with LIV Golf’s backer, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia. Progress … or lack thereof. Here’s what Monahan told reporters […]

Aaron Rodgers has only played four downs as a New York Jet. He has, however, done a lot of talking. His recent conversations have centered around his trip to Egypt. Rodgers missed mini-camp to head over and ride a camel. Now, he is at training camp and sat down with WFAN’s Boomer and Gio to […]

Scottie Scheffler hasn’t performed all that well in the PGA Tour’s postseason, so you can understand why he isn’t exactly attached to the three-week FedEx Cup Playoffs as a year-ending competition. Rory McIlroy, for the most part, disagrees. “I talked about it the last few years, I think it’s silly,” Scheffler said Wednesday at his […]

PGA Tour star Hideki Matsuyama — who recently won a bronze medal for Japan at the Paris Olympics — will be without his caddie and coach when the FedEx Cup Playoffs begin, after he and his team were robbed during a stop over in London. The FedEx St. Jude Championship starts Thursday at TPC Southwind […]

The PGA Tour released its 2025 season season schedule on Wednesday, the eve of the 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs. The slate doesn’t introduce a slew of changes, as has been the case in recent years as the PGA Tour has tried to mondernize in the face of competition from LIV Golf. Notably, the 2025 PGA […]

At the end of the year, either Scottie Scheffler or Xander Schauffele will be honored with the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour Player of the Year. Reigning FedEx Cup Playoffs champ Viktor Hovland didn’t exactly endorse a candidate in the race. But, the 27-year-old with major aspirations revealed whose season he, as a competitor […]

The first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, the PGA Tour’s postseason, begins on Thursday at TPC Southwind in Memphis with the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The 36 FedEx Cup events in 2024 include the PGA Tour regular season and the majors. This year has been, of course, thoroughly dominated by Scottie Scheffler, who leads […]

The FedEx Cup playoffs begins this weekend with the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Below we will continue our PGA Tour odds series with a FedEx St. Jude Championship prediction and pick. This is the first of three playoff rounds in the FedEx Cup. The top 70 players will take part in this event, and it […]

At the same time Phil Mickelson reevaluates his role with LIV Golf, he’s identifying how he can remain “in contention” for majors. Mickelson, 54, has struggled to stay competitive since loudly jumping from the PGA Tour to the disruptive “Golf, But Louder” league (and controversially helping the Saudi-backed enterprise launch with notoriety). Lefty finished 34th […]

U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley made his second notable personnel decision for the 2025 roster, tapping PGA Tour veteran Brandt Snedeker as a vice-captain. Snedeker will join Webb Simpson on Bradley’s staff for the rematch against Team Europe at Bethpage Black in Long Island, New York next September. The Europeans throttled the Americans, captained […]

Scottie Scheffler earned himself an $8 million bonus — more than all but seven PGA Tour players have made in 2024 — for winning the Comcast Business Tour Top 10 for the 2024 PGA Tour’s FedExCup regular season, which concluded at the Wyndham Championship. Scheffler, ranked no. 1 in the world, became the first player […]

Graeme McDowell became the first LIV Golf member to receive a suspension for violating the league’s anti-doping policy after testing positive for a banned substance. In his statement, the 2010 U.S. Open champion appeared to take a dig at the PGA Tour. Here’s what happened with Graeme McDowell. Graeme McDowell’s suspension, explained McDowell tested positive […]

Presumably, dozens of Wyndham Championship staffers will be asked to return to Sedgefield Country Club on Monday so Matt Kuchar can finish off his PGA Tour season, likely with an irrelevant bogey. (Note: This article has been updated after Monday’s events.) Aaron Rai (-18) has already won the tournament, snagging his first career PGA Tour […]

Upon completing her dramatic final round to win the gold medal for New Zealand at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, Lydia Ko became the first golfer in the modern era to win bronze, silver, and gold in golf. In doing so, she clinched a spot in the LPGA Hall of Fame. Here’s what happened in […]