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Steve Stricker continued his dominant run on the PGA Tour Champions Sunday, capturing the Sanford Invitational for a third consecutive year. This one did not come easy though. It required four playoff holes against Richard Green and pin point accuracy on that final hole to claim the title. Following the dramatic victory, Stricker fought back […]

Rory McIlroy entered Sunday’s final round of the DP World Tour’s Irish Open looking to win in front of his home crowd. Amidst the overwhelming support for the Northern Irishman, McIlroy struggled late and watched as Rasmus Højgaard stormed past to win by one stroke. McIlroy finished with a 2-under 69 to close at 8-under […]

Team USA entered Sunday’s singles matches of the 19th Solheim Cup in search of their first title since 2017. The team had played very well throughout the weekend, but had to fight off a spirited comeback attempt from the Europeans for a 15.5 to 12.5 victory. The Americans had built a 10-6 lead as the […]

Golf legend Tiger Woods announced Friday that he had another back surgery, his sixth procedure on his back. The 15-time major champion has struggled with injuries for over a decade, with the most recent bouts coming from his 2021 car crash. Woods’ team published a statement on his X, formerly Twitter, account. pic.twitter.com/PFOnFxlTa7 — Tiger […]

Scottie Scheffler is on top of the golf world and he finished off one of the most spectacular seasons in the sport’s history by winning the FedEx Cup and the PGA Tour Championship. It was Scheffler’s seventh tour victory of the year, a feat that had not been accomplished since Tiger Woods won seven tournaments […]

Scottie Scheffler stormed to a four-shot victory at the Tour Championship on Sunday. He earned a two-shot lead coming into the week, catapulted to a seven-shot lead after Thursday, and won despite a viral shank. With the victory, he finished off the sixth seven-win season in PGA Tour history and set ridiculous marks in the […]

Generally speaking, Scottie Scheffler might be accurate in labeling the FedEx Cup Playoffs as a “silly” culmination of a season-long points race. After all, it did grant the world’s best player a two-stroke advantage for the Tour Championship. On the other hand, the fact that Scheffler — after blowing the same advantage the previous two […]

Scottie Scheffler came into the Tour Championship with a two-stroke lead due to his top spot in the FedEx Cup Standings. He opened up the week with a 6-under 66 to take a seven-shot lead after 18 holes. Sunday looked to be a cruise-control type of day for the World No. 1. That was until […]

Scottie Scheffler is in the midst of a historic season. Scheffler won his second Masters title in April and won five other tournaments including four Signature Events. He somehow topped that by winning Olympic Gold in Paris with an unreal comeback. Now, he is just over 36 holes away from winning his first Tour Championship […]

The culmination of the 2024 PGA Tour season and the FedEx Cup Playoffs is upon us. The Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia kicked off Thursday morning. To no one’s surprise, world number one Scottie Scheffler entered play with the two-stroke lead. The Tour Championship uses a staggered starting score system […]

My word of advice for PGA Tour bettors: Don’t fade Collin Morikawa in the first round of the Tour Championship. Much more importantly, Collin Morikawa had some advice for himself after opening his final FedEx Cup Playoffs event with an impressive 5-under 66 at the revamped East Lake Golf Club. It’s just one round. After […]

What a wild week it has been for Justin Thomas. Thomas, the two-time major champion, needed a strong finish and some help at the BMW Championship last week just to get into the field at this week’s Tour Championship. He ended up making it on the number as the last player in the field. That […]

With his 2024 PGA Tour season about to wrap, Rory McIlroy is simply bummed out by the lack of progress made in negotiations with LIV Golf’s backer, the Public Investment Fund, as the sport’s star-power remains frustratingly divided between two circuits. Since late 2023, McIlroy — who is no longer on the policy board but […]

Jon Rahm is still trying to squash the perception that he harbors regrets over leaving the PGA Tour for LIV Golf. If you’ll recall, at the end of 2023, the two-time major champion with 11 career PGA Tour wins accepted upwards of $300 million to join the circuit financed by the sovereign wealth fund of […]

It is the week of the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta, GA. Before a PGA Tour season champion can be crowned, the inaugural Creator Classic debuted Wednesday afternoon. This nine-hole stroke play event featured 16 of the world’s most prominent golf influencers. But these influencers are not just content creators, they can really […]

On the eve of the Tour Championship, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan provided his lengthy season’s end address to the media. He discussed a wide variety of topics during the press conference that lasted seemingly forever. Monahan kindly felt it prudent to share his condolences to Grayson Murray’s family to begin. Murray, the PGA Tour […]

The PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs will come to a close this week in East Lake as the Tour Championship is set to tee off Thursday morning. World No. 1, Scottie Scheffler, will of course start the tournament with a lead in the structured format. There are only a handful of golfers with a realistic […]

The PGA Tour season wraps up with the TOUR Championship this weekend. Below we will continue our PGA Tour odds series with a TOUR Championship prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the event. The 2023 TOUR Championship saw Viktor Hovland come out victorious. He started the weekend at eight […]

Whether you believe Scottie Scheffler or Xander Schauffele is leading the PGA Tour Player of the Year race is one of the more fun golf water cooler topics to banter about heading into the final leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, the Tour Championship at East Lake. Scheffler has racked up a remarkable six wins […]

The PGA Tour’s postseason, the FedEx Cup Playoffs, wrap up with the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club. The top 70 finishers in the FedEx Cup standings qualified for the St. Jude Championship, won by Hideki Matsuyama. The top 50 after that event progressed to the BMW Championship. Keegan Bradley, the last person in […]

Justin Thomas has had a very interesting year. He came out on fire, logging four top-12s in his first five events. But down the stretch of the season, the two-time major champion struggled mightily. As Sunday’s final round of the BMW Championship played out, Thomas needed to play well and get help to reach this […]

Nelly Korda entered Sunday’s final round of the AIG Women’s Open at St. Andrews in search of her third major title. Instead, it was Lydia Ko who won her third major, as Korda let a late lead slip away. The world’s top ranked player held a two shot lead with five holes to play. But […]

Lydia Ko did it. She finally snapped the eight-year drought without a major title by winning the 2024 AIG Women’s Open. Ko, now a three-time major champion, fought off a loaded field to add another notch on her Hall of Fame resume. She sank a birdie putt on the 72nd hole at St. Andrews to […]

Adam Scott’s roller coaster season took on more twists and turns Sunday. After Scott set the course record at the BMW Championship Friday, vaulting him to the lead, a tough stretch on Sunday ultimately cost him the title. Scott entered the final round one shot behind eventual champion Keegan Bradley. He opened his day with […]

12 PGA Tour players automatically qualified for the Presidents Cup at the conclusion of this past weekend’s FedEx Cup Playoffs event, the BMW Championship. From September 27-30, the United States will face off against the International Team (no Europeans) at The Royal Montreal Golf Club in Montreal, Canada. Following the upcoming Tour Championship at East […]

With the PGA Tour season-long race and two playoff events — the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the BMW Championship — in the books, the top-30 in the FedEx Cup standings have advanced to the Tour Championship, which begins Thursday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Keep in mind: The order matters. A lot. The […]

Keegan Bradley was the last PGA Tour member in the 50-person field for the BMW Championship, the second leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. In fact, Bradley needed consecutive Tom Kim double bogeys at the end of the FedEx St. Jude Championship to eke into 50th place in the FedEx Cup standings, thereby booking an […]

Everyone in the golfing world knows that Bryson DeChambeau is one of the most talented golfers on the planet. DeChambeau is also a two-time U.S. Open champion. But not everyone knows that he is also at the forefront of the YouTube Golf movement. His channel on YouTube has over 1.4 million subscribers, where he has […]

Rory McIlroy entered play Friday at the BMW Championship looking to make a move into contention. McIlroy’s opening round was suspended on 18 due to lightning as he was about to attempt his par putt. As frustrating as that likely was, his play Friday was probably even more irritating. He missed the par putt to […]

Longtime PGA Tour veteran Adam Scott played the back nine last Sunday under incredible stress. He needed to perform down the stretch to ensure he would even make it to Colorado for this week’s BMW Championship. He did just that and now Scott suddenly finds himself with a shot at the FedEx Cup after Friday’s […]

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 […]