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Peter Malnati (-12) came back from three strokes down to win his first PGA Tour event since 2015 at the Valspar Championship on Sunday. Xander Schauffele’s final-round 65 at Innisbrook resulted in his second consecutive top-five finish. The non-signature event played on the Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor is the final stop on the Florida […]

Keith Mitchell capped off his highlight-reel back-nine at the Valspar Championship by sinking a 151-foot approach for eagle to take the solo lead heading into the final round of the PGA Tour’s final stop on the Florida swing. Mitchell shot a five-under 66 to hit the clubhouse at -10. Mitchell birdied 16th and a par-3 […]

There was a time when Justin Thomas was the No. 1 player in the world. His golf game was complete and he excelled with his putter whenever the money was on the table. Just a BRUTAL miss from Justin Thomas 😅pic.twitter.com/hDnSSHc5HL — DraftKings (@DraftKings) March 23, 2024 Thomas has had a difficult time in recent […]

Grab your hockey stick putters for round two. According to the actor Christoper McDonald, who memorably portrayed the villainous golfer Shooter McGavin, Adam Sandler has confirmed that a sequel to ‘Happy Gilmore’ is, at long last, in development. “Here’s a quick intel: I saw Adam about two weeks ago, and he says to me, ‘McDonald, […]

The sporting calendar features big events on a daily basis, but there are some dates that stand out on the calendar. The Super Bowl is the biggest day of the sporting year, and the first two days of the NCAA basketball tournament are nearly as big. But days after the NCAA Championship is decided with […]

Tiger Woods reportedly hosted a meeting in the Bahamas on Monday that featured PGA Tour player directors — including Jordan Spieth and Patrick Cantlay — and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, who runs Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which finances and operates the LIV Golf League. The meeting in Albany was described to Sports Illustrated as a […]

On the heels of a thrilling Players Championship, the PGA Tour’s Florida Swing concludes this week with the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler — fresh off victories at TPC Sawgrass and the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill — will not be present. However, a handful of major contenders will […]

This year’s version of The Masters will take place from April 11 until April 14 in Augusta, Georgia. One of the names everybody is waiting to see on the participants list is legend Tiger Woods. But, The Masters’ official website has over 80 golfers listed in the player list, and one of them is Tiger […]

The past few weeks have been quite hectic for Jon Rahm. He is just coming off an eighth-place finish at LIV Golf Hong Kong after going under 10. Now, he has to prepare for the battle set in Augusta National. More than that, he will also have to get his menu selections ready for the […]

Jon Rahm is probably the second-best golfer in the world. Yet, because he now plays in the LIV Golf League, he’ll have to wait until The Masters to compete against the PGA Tour’s best. Right now, that means World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, whose title defense at an electric Players Championship had Rahm lamenting the […]

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said a “constructive” meeting took place on Monday between the bigwigs of global golf — including Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of LIV Golf’s backer, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), and Tiger Woods. Over the weekend, as the PGA Tour reveled in a glorious Players Championship, reports surfaced — later confirmed […]

Tiger Woods is meeting with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which funds the LIV Golf League, on Monday in the Bahamas to discuss the future of the PGA Tour. The bigwigs will meet over a round of golf in Albany, according to reports. Representatives from PIF, the Strategic Sports […]

Xander Schauffele performed brilliantly in the third round of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He fired a 7 under par 65 and he thought he was in a great position to finish off the tournament on Sunday and take home the title of the tournament that is largely regarded […]

PGA Tour player directors — Tiger Woods, Patrick Cantlay, Jordan Spieth, Adam Scott, Peter Malnati and Webb Simpson — have reportedly been “strongly encouraged” to meet with representatives of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which backs the LIV Golf League, including PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan. Rory McIlroy and Cantlay confirmed the meeting at the […]

With a final-round 64 on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass, and after Wyndham Clark’s birdie putt lipped out, Scottie Scheffler (-20) became the first repeat champion of the Players Championship and on the PGA Tour in 2024. Scheffler, who entered the day five strokes back of Xander Schauffele, matched the largest final-round comeback in the 50-year […]

Wyndham Clark had the opportunity to take advantage of Xander Schauffele’s missed birdie putt on the 16th hole at the Players Championship, but his tee shot on the iconic 17th hole went exactly how he didn’t want. With water surrounding the island green, the TPC At Sawgrass par-3 17th leaves very little room for error, […]

The Players Championship golf tournament is taking place this weekend at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. One of the best players on tour, Scottie Scheffler, is hungry for the $25 million purse and he has been playing good golf so far. Scheffler was -5 after his Thursday round and he is currently -2 […]

The Players Championship is often thought of many in the golfing world as the sport’s fifth major tournament. The tournament always attracts one of the top fields of the year, and it is a tournament that has seen Tiger Woods perform at a superior level many times over the years. Also this is sad pic.twitter.com/SMOThvgC5p […]

Adam Hadwin had fought hard to get his opening round back to level par on Thursday at The Players Championship, with birdies on three of his first seven holes on the back nine. But then TPC Sawgrass fought back. First, a tee ball into the water and double bogey by Hadwin at the par-3 17. […]

Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, and Viktor Hovland paused their opening round of the Players Championship for nearly nine minutes to discuss whether McIlroy’s tee shot on the par-4 7th pitched above the red penalty line before bouncing back into the water. Based on TPC Sawgrass regulations, McIlroy would have been faced with about a 250-yard […]

Few golfers, especially those of the professional ranks, can claim they’ve had as good of a two-hole stretch as Ryan Fox did during the first round of the Players Championship. Fox bogeyed 14 and 15 and lost momentum heading into the next three holes of his opening round. What followed was nothing short of spectacular. […]

Tom Kim was forced to withdraw from the Players Championship on Thursday due to illness. The PGA Tour made the announcement as Round 1 was underway at TPC Sawgrass. No other details were provided. Kim was eight holes through his opening round when he exited the tournament. He shot five-over par through the first eight […]

Jay Monahan was asked to resign as PGA Tour commissioner in December, according to a report from No Laying Up’s Kevin Van Valkenburg. Here’s what Van Valkenburg wrote: “When Sky Sports reporter Jamie Weir asked Monahan directly if any of the player directors on the policy board had asked him to resign at any point […]

Speaking nearby PGA Tour headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, ahead of the 50th edition of its signature event — the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass — World No. 2 Rory McIlroy called for a true acceleration in negotiations with LIV Golf League as fan interest appears to be waning. “The more we go down […]

When you have been competing at a professional level for almost 30 years, it is understandable to get a bit jaded. Constant injury problems can only further temper an athlete’s enthusiasm. According to world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler, that is not the case for Tiger Woods. The 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational winner (also won […]

Scottie Scheffler sees an obvious culprit in the division in professional golf. Speaking ahead of The Players Championship — where he’ll vie to defend his title — the World No. 1 identified defectors to the LIV Golf League when asked how PGA Tour loyalists feel about increased fan disillusionment. “When you’re talking about a fan […]

Ahead of the 50th Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan addressed the media for the first time since August, as talks with LIV Golf’s backer, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), appear stalled and the sport’s star power remains segregated. With varying degrees of vagueness, Monahan addressed a bevy of pressing topics […]

The 50th Players Championship goes down this week at TPC Sawgrass, and PGA Tour star Rory McIlroy is getting ready to participate in the storied event. While speaking to the media on Tuesday, McIlroy recalled a hilarious story about getting busted with a fake ID after his first time playing in the Players Championship back […]

The 50th Players Championship goes down this week at TPC Sawgrass. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler will vie for his second straight win on the PGA Tour — after his dominant showing at the Arnold Palmer Invitational — and at The Players. Tiger Woods will not participate. The Masters is weeks away. The winner of […]

The second season of Netflix’s Full Swing was released on Wednesday, March 6. ClutchPoints spoke with a key character in the show, six-time PGA Tour winner Keegan Bradley, before its release.  Bradley, 37, has been a stalwart of professional goal since winning the PGA Championship and Rookie of the Year in 2011. Since then, he’s […]

It has been a long time coming but Scottie Scheffler is once again back to being the top-ranked golfer in the PGA Tour. His win in the Arnold Palmer Invitational surely gives him a lot of momentum heading into The Masters. With tough opponents like Wyndham Clark, Nick Taylor, Max Homa, and Shane Lowry making […]

Brice Garnett retained his PGA Tour card status for the next three years by sinking a 15-foot birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole to win the 2024 Puerto Rico Open at Grand Reserve Country Club in Rio Grande. By winning in his first start of the season, Garnett also secured a place in next […]

We can’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Scottie Scheffler switched to a mallet putter for the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the suggestion of Rory McIlroy, but the motive is irrelevant. What matters to the rest of the PGA Tour is that Scottie, like Happy, appears to have learned how to putt. The lead is […]

The recent LIV Golf event in Hong Kong unfolded as a compelling narrative that encompassed redemption, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of excellence, offering a captivating glimpse into the evolving landscape of professional golf. This tournament brought together a dynamic mix of seasoned veterans and emerging talents, each with their own storyline, but three narratives […]

PGA Tour golfer Rory Mcllroy is opening up about his play at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Mcllroy crushed a 365-yard tee shot on the 1oth hole that made the green and got fans buzzing on Saturday. “That tee shot onto the green at 10 was pretty good,” Mcllroy said, per Yahoo Sports. “I had no […]

Tiger Woods was not listed in the field for next week’s THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Many expected Tiger to use the TPC as his lone tune-up for The Masters (April 11-14). The 144-player field for The PLAYERS was announced on Friday at 5 p.m. ET. Tiger’s lack of communication about a potential start […]

The second season of Netflix’s Full Swing drops on Wednesday, March 6. ClutchPoints spoke with two-time PGA winner Tom Kim before its release.  Netflix viewers unfamiliar with Kim are sure to be smitten with the rising PGA Tour star, featured in the standout episode four, “Prove It”. The episode follows the smiley 21-year-old as he […]

The LIV Golf tour has an event coming up in Hong Kong on Friday followed by an event in Miami, Florida next month which has ambassadors including PGA legend Phil Mickelson talking. Mickelson joined HyFlyers teammates Brendan Steele, Cameron Tringale and Andy Ogletree for a press conference shared by the LIV Golf YouTube channel on […]

As long as the PGA Tour and LIV Golf continue to operate as separate entities, fans are going to analyze any soundbite that might indicate a change of heart or loyalty. Imaginations have run wild after Rory McIlroy eased up on the critical comments he made about the Saudi-backed league, leading to some speculation that […]