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Seth Waugh, who recently voiced concerns over the “messy” state of men’s professional golf amid the PGA Tour-LIV Golf split, is stepping down as CEO of PGA of America. The PGA of America elected not to renew Waugh’s contract, which runs through the end of June, according to a report in GolfWeek. Waugh released a […]

Miles Russell, the 15-year-old no. 1 ranked junior, is set to make his PGA Tour debut this week at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. “This has always been the goal, to play at the highest level,” he said Wednesday at Detroit Golf Club. “Kind of just happened a little faster than I was thinking it might. […]

Instead of lamenting a missed opportunity to secure a fourth PGA Tour victory, Tom Kim is accentuating the positive from his runner-up finish to Scottie Scheffler at the Travelers Championship. “It was a really good week last week,” Kim said at his press conference ahead of the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Kim is the favorite (+1200 […]

The men’s and women’s 60-person fields for the 2024 Paris Olympics have been solidified. The men’s field has been set since the 2024 U.S. Open results were made official. Controversially, LIV Golf League star Bryson DeChambeau — who ranks sixth on DataGolf, based on his performance in all three majors — will not be a […]

TMRW Sports, the company behind TMRW Golf League, aka TGL, the arena-based venture founded by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and former Golf Channel executive Mike McCarley in 2022, was valued at nearly $500 million after closing its Series A investment round. TGL has partnered with the PGA Tour for the project. Bloomberg first reported the […]

LPGA stars Nelly Korda, Rose Zhang, and Lilia Vu will represent Team USA in the women’s golf competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The qualification period for the Paris Games ended after the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, which concluded on Sunday. (South Korea’s Amy Yang won her first major; Vu finished runner-up, Zhang tied for […]

Nick Bienz, an employee at a Golf Galaxy in Indianapolis, guzzled down three cold ones in an effort to quell his nerves before a five-person, eight-hole playoff to determine which four golfers would gain entry into the PGA Tour’s next event — this week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic. It worked. Bienz, 27, was one of five […]

The PGA Tour heads to Detroit this week for the Rocket Mortgage Classic! This will continue our PGA Tour odds series as we hand out a Rocket Mortgage Classic prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the event. Scottie Scheffler won last weekend at the Travelers Championship, and nobody is […]

It was a tough battle at TPC River Highlands for the Travelers Championship, and the protesters who disrupted the event did not make it any easier. Tom Kim was about to do the unexpected and chase down Scottie Scheffler for the championship. But the PGA Tour superstar was just a stroke ahead of everyone, which […]

Climate change protestors invaded ithe 18th green during the final round of the Travelers Championship Sunday from multiple angles and sprayed white and red colored residue on the green to interrupt the tournament. 🚨⚡️😲 ‘SCARED FOR MY LIFE’ — Akshay Bhatia explains what he felt when climate activists stormed the 18th green. pic.twitter.com/L5Uk2pw8hc — NUCLR […]

Scottie Scheffler (-22) outlasted Tom Kim to win the Travelers Championship in a wild finish that included a protest on the 18th green before a sudden-death playoff. With the victory, Scheffler became the first golfer since Arnold Palmer (1962) to win six events in a PGA Tour season before July, and the first to win […]

Cameron Young is one of the PGA Tour’s most powerful ball-strikers. When his putter gets rolling, he becomes an all-world talent. The 27-year-old’s ceiling was on historic display on Moving Day at the Travelers Championship. Amid the humid conditions in Cromwell, CT., Young flirted with Jim Furyk’s 2016 mark for lowest single-round score in PGA […]

Considering his performance in 2023, this PGA Tour season has been especially disappointing for Rickie Fowler. After an encouraging 64 in the opening round of the Travelers Championship on Thursday, Fowler said he identified the primary culprit. “Putting was something that I could rely on last year, something I’ve tried to get back to where […]

Rory McIlroy opted out of the final signature event of the 2024 PGA Tour season, the Travelers Championship, as he takes a three-week hiatus from golf in the aftermath of his crushing defeat to Bryson DeChambeau at the U.S. Open. Speaking at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, CT. on Wednesday, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan […]

Pinehurst No.2 saw one of the most heartbreaking moments in all of golf when Rory McIlroy could not close out the U.S. Open. In all fairness, it is a very difficult course. This is particularly why Bryson DeChambeau’s win is all the more impressive. Even Scottie Scheffler had some issues with the course. That kept […]

Two-time major winner Jon Rahm is expected to return to action this week after missing the last two tournaments. A foot infection forced the Spaniard to withdraw from LIV Golf’s event in Houston. It is also the same injury that caused him to ultimately take his name out of the field at the recently concluded […]

Tiger Woods’ son, Charlie Woods, finished first out of 86 golfers in a U.S. Junior Amateur championship qualifying event on Wednesday, earning a spot to compete at Oakland Hills Country Club in July. Charlie carded a 1-under-par 71 at Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs, Florida. The 15-year-old was the only player to finish […]

Jon Rahm was forced to watch the U.S. Open from his couch, so his main issue with Rory McIlroy’s missed 4-footer on the 18th hole at Pinehurst No. 2 — opening the door for Bryson DeChambeau — lied with the TV coverage. “One of the things that absolutely burned me, and I think it was […]

The United States will be heavy favorites to take home the gold medal in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The American team is loaded with talent, including four players in the top seven in the Olympic Golf Rankings. Those PGA players include top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, third-ranked Xander Schauffele , fifth-ranked Wyndham Clark and seventh-ranked […]

While detailing ongoing communication with LIV Golf’s backer, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan all-but admitted that the original framework agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has been more or less scrapped. “I would say that the framework agreement is still relevant,” Monahan said Wednesday before the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in […]

The PGA Tour has created a special sponsor exemption for Tiger Woods to enter future signature events. The PGA Tour schedule currently includes eight signature events, which feature bigger purses, more FedEx Cup points, smaller fields, and, in most cases, no cuts. Tiger isn’t automatically eligible because he doesn’t play a regular PGA Tour schedule. This […]

Top Chef: Wisconsin fans will know Soo Kyo Ahn as the first contestant in the show’s history to tee off in Last Chance Kitchen (introduced in Season 9). It wasn’t long before the Michelin-star chef joined the main competition in Milwaukee, quickly establishing himself as one of the more inventive and formidable contestants in the […]

The PGA Tour heads to Connecticut for the Travelers Championship. Check out our PGA Tour odds series as we hand out a Travelers Championship prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the event. We are fresh off the U.S. Open, and despite the tough course, it was an extremely entertaining […]

On Tuesday, the PGA Tour sent out an internal memo detailing a notable amendment to its current rulebook. Colloquially dubbed the “Jordan Spieth Rule,” golfers now will be allotted 15 minutes to verify their scorecards, beginning at this week’s Travelers Championship. Back in February, at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles […]

There were plenty of eyes tuned into the epic conclusion of the 2024 U.S. Open on Sunday as Bryson DeChambeau edged out Rory McIlroy and the rest of the field to capture his second major championship. Several celebrities and athletes reacted to the final round fireworks, including Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes and former president […]

Rory McIlroy has decided to take “a few weeks away” from the PGA Tour following his gut-wrenching collapse on Sunday, opening the door for Bryson DeChambeau to claim his second career U.S. Open. McIlroy seemed destined to end his 10-year major drought as he entered the homestretch at Pinehurst No. 2. He led DeChambeau — […]

Bryson DeChambeau is enjoying an excellent last 12 months of golf. He is fresh off winning his second U.S. Open title Sunday, doing so in dramatic fashion. DeChambeau hit the “best shot of my life” on the 72nd hole to win the trophy. DeChambeau joined an exclusive list of players to win multiple U.S. Open […]

The US Open at Pinehurst No.2 gave Rory McIlroy two huge experiences that he might never want to relive again. The first is that he missed two big putts to keep him in the running for the championship. Another is Bryson DeChambeau’s performance in the last hole of the course which the PGA Tour star […]

Rory McIlroy is going to face the music after his quick exit at the 124th U.S. Open Sunday. Following a late collapse that saw him blow a two shot lead with five holes to play, McIlroy bolted from the grounds at Pinehurst No. 2. He opted not to address the media in any capacity, drawing […]

After winning the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in dramatic fashion, Bryson DeChambeau has now finished top six in all three majors of 2024. And yet, the LIV Golf League star will not join Masters champ Scottie Scheffler and PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele in representing Team USA at the Paris Olympics this […]

Bryson DeChambeau stunned golf fans Sunday, coming from behind for a thrilling victory at the 124th U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. Despite entering the final day with a three shot lead, DeChambeau found himself two back of Rory McIlroy with five holes to play. Yet, the now two-time U.S. Open champion showed the gumption […]

Formerly one of the most polarizing players in the sport, Bryson DeChambeau is now a man of the people. Pinehurst, North Carolina handpicked the LIV Golf star to be their hero, as he forged a lasting bond with the U.S. Open crowd throughout the iconic tournament. This love affair culminated with his sensational sand save […]

Patrick Mahomes knows a thing or two about stepping up when his team needs him the most. The Kansas Chiefs did not win three Super Bowl titles and two NFL Most Valuable Player awards without delivering the goods in the clutch. Unfortunately for Rory McIlroy, he did not have that kind of winning quality on […]

Rory McIlroy has been through a lot during his long search for his first major victory in nearly 10 years. On Sunday, fate brutally tempted the Northern Irishman again, as he came so close to ending his winless streak in a major competition that dates all the way back to 2014. During the final round […]

Rory McIlroy’s major tournament drought continues. He was so close to finally ending his lengthy absence from the top of the podium in a grand slam event on Sunday, but he faltered in the most crucial holes in the last round of the 2024 U.S. Open. As a result, McIlroy ended up second while Bryson […]

This is a heartbreak that will be felt throughout Rory McIlroy’s lifetime. The elite golfer from the PGA Tour could not bear the intensity of his fumble at the US Open Championships. So, he went straight home and did not talk to the media. Instead of the coveted cup in Pinehurst ending up in his […]

Bryson DeChambeau won the 124th U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 Sunday. In what turned out to be a thrilling finish, DeChambeau hit what he called “the best shot of my life” on the 72 hole to seal the victory. He finished one shot ahead of Rory McIlroy, who was in search of his first […]

Rory McIlroy (-5) turned a three-stroke deficit into a two-stroke lead on Sunday, then bogeyed three of his final four holes — including two missed two putts inside of four feet — to fall one stroke short of Bryson DeChambeau (-6) at the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. Sunday marked Day 3,568 since […]

Pinehurst, N.C. — It did not come easy, but Bryson DeChambeau has won the second major championship and second U.S. Open of his career. In what turned out to be an incredibly dramatic finish, DeChambeau was victorious at the 124th U.S. Open. DeChambeau entered the final round with a three shot lead over Rory McIlroy. […]