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Tiger Woods hopes major championship season — beginning with the Masters — will ‘kick in’ his goal to compete more regularly on the PGA Tour. At the Hero World Challenge in December, Tiger — coming off season-ending ankle surgery — stated his intention to play about a “tournament a month” in 2024. However, a litany […]

It is Masters week, and there are plenty of bets to go around. This post will continue our PGA Tour odds series we hand out the PGA Tour players best bets for the Masters! Masters week is the best in all of golf. Plenty of players are participating, and there are always a few surprises. […]

It is officially Masters week, and that is the best week in golf! This post will continue our PGA Tour odds series as we hand out a Tiger Woods to make or miss the cut prediction and pick. Tiger Woods has solidified himself as the GOAT in the sport of golf. He has won this […]

The best week in all of golf is finally here; Masters week. Below we will continue our PGA Tour odds series as we hand out a Masters prediction and pick while also letting you know how to watch the event. The 2024 Masters tournament is highlighted by some great storylines. Will Scottie Scheffler win his […]

The 2024 Masters should be as rife with storylines as azaleas. Tiger Woods has been prowling around Augusta National Golf Club. Rory McIlroy gets his 10th crack at the career Grand Slam. LIV Golf League stars, including defending champion Jon Rahm, will test their might against PGA Tour regulars, most notably World No. 1 Scottie […]

Jon Rahm wants the Saudi-backed LIV Golf to adhere to the 72-hole format that he used to play back when he was still affiliated with the PGA Tour. The reigning Masters Tournament champion recently opened up about that particular wish, which, if granted, would see LIV Golf parting ways with its current 54-hole scheme. Jon […]

The Masters represents the sport of golf’s opportunity to take center stage. The first major championship of the year has risen to the top of the golf rankings among Americans, and it is the tournament that all of the game’s top professionals want to win. It was not always that way, as the the U.S. […]

Amid his ongoing health issues, Tiger Woods will be participating in this year’s Masters Tournament. Winning the prestigious championship five times throughout his career, the 48-year-old is no stranger to the upcoming competition. In fact, with how long Woods has been playing, the door is open for him to achieve another feat in the coming […]

Akshay Bhatia overcame untimely shoulder pain and Denny McCarthy’s historically hot putter to win the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio in epic fashion on Sunday. In doing so, the 22-year-old secured the final spot in the field for The Masters. Bhatia — who led after Thursday, Friday, and by four strokes at the […]

There was a time when the combination of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were the dominant story lines at the Masters. Tiger was the top player in the world for many years and Lefty was considered his biggest rival and challenger. Tiger’s distance off the tee, his shot making with his irons and his incredibly […]

The PGA Tour appears to belong to Scottie Scheffler during the current season. With the Masters set to tee off in Augusta, Georgia next week, Scheffler is the favorite when players tee off April 11. Scheffler’s ball striking has been at the top of the rankings for a long time, but his putting has improved […]

Jordan Spieth has gone ice cold over the last month, failing to make the cut in each of his last two tournaments. He is off to another slow start this week at the Valero Texas Open, but it might just take one thrilling moment in his home state to spark a turnaround. The three-time major […]

While Rory McIlroy and the PGA Tour are at TPC San Antonio for the Valero Texas Open the week before heading to Augusta National, LIV Golf League members are at Trump National Doral in Miami for its pre-Masters tune-up. The presence of LIV’s first 2024 event in the United States days before the tours re-converge […]

Throughout 2024, ClutchPoints contributors will banter on hot topics in golf. This is the second hole of The DisCourse. Michael: David, thanks for joining. I’m still thinking about your All-Star weekend proposal. We’re a week out from The Masters, so I thought we’d focus on Scottie Scheffler (apologies to the Valero Texas Open). Or rather, […]

The 2024 Masters Tournament is set to begin on April 11, and Brooks Koepka is feeling confident heading into the tournament. “I always felt like I was going to win (The Masters),” Koepka said recently, via Dan Rapaport of Barstool Sports. “Statistically, it’s your best chance to win a major.” Koepka, 33, is one of […]

Tiger Woods is fully committed to this year’s Masters Tournament. He has taken considerable time off since his last tournament, which he withdrew from, and is reportedly giving up something historically important to him. Woods is fully dedicated to his preparation for The Masters. He is putting in rigorous work at the gym, maintaining a […]

Get your golf swing ready,Happy Gilmore 2 is officially in the works. Adam Sandler confirmed the previously reported news per Christoper McDonald who played Sandler’s enemy Shooter McGavin in the film. “I saw Adam about two weeks ago, and he says to me, ‘McDonald, you’re gonna love this,’” McDonald revealed on The Kan Carman Show […]

Tiger Woods is a five-time champion at The Masters with the lowest per-round scoring average in the history of Augusta National Golf Club. Rory McIlroy has accomplished everything on the PGA Tour — except win a green jacket. Ahead of his always-anticipated start in the 2024 Masters, McIlroy — amid a herky-jerky 2024 season — […]

A little over a week before their re-emergence to mainstream domestic audiences at The Masters, a slew of major champions now playing on the LIV Golf League — including Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, and Brooks Koepka — echoed sentiments recently shared by Rory McIlroy on the need for unification with the PGA Tour. […]

PGA Tour star Justin Thomas has split with one of the game’s most prolific caddies, Jim “Bones” Mackay, one week before The Masters. Thomas announced the split via a heartfelt statement posted on X on Wednesday afternoon. Thomas and Mackay partnered for the past three years. “While incredibly difficult for me to say, Bones and […]

In a revealing conversation with Golf Magazine, per Reuters, Rory McIlroy, one of golf’s most prominent figures, has once again shared his perspective on the ongoing split between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf League, describing the division as “unsustainable” and detrimental to the sport’s long-term interests. As a four-time major champion, […]

The 2024 Valero Texas Open may not be a Signature Event, but it holds a noteworthy place on the PGA Tour calendar as the final stop before The Masters. Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth are among the stars who intend to use TPC San Antonio to sharpen their iron(s) before Augusta National. Corey Conners is the […]

EA Sports PGA Tour just received its biggest content update yet for Season 11, which adds four major courses, a legendary Golfer, and much more. All the new courses will be readily available to play in modes like Quick Play,Private Match, and in Online/Tournament playlist rotations. Furthermore, the newest season brought some new changes to […]

PGA Tour and LIV Golf stars will convene at Augusta National in one week. After Stephan Jaeger clinched a spot with his upset over Scottie Scheffler at the Houston Open — coinciding with an auspicious Tiger Woods scouting trip — the field for the 2024 Masters appears set. The incomplete field was posted on The […]

Who knew that Taylor Swift’s music could help with Travis Kelce’s golf game? Golf Digest posted about a video released of the Kansas City Chief’s star having a swinging good time with Bad Blood playing in the background. Chandler Parsons, a former NBA small forward, captured the footage. In the 21-second clip, you can see […]

Stephan Jaeger (-12) stunned Scottie Scheffler to win his first career PGA Tour event at a nail-biting Texas Children’s Houston Open at Memorial Park on Sunday. Scheffler was vying to become the fourth player this century (Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson) to win three straight starts on the PGA Tour. Scheffler missed a 5-foot […]

Tiger Woods was spotted prowling around Augusta National on Saturday with longtime PGA Tour buddy Justin Thomas and club chairman Fred Ridley. The 15-time major champion is yet to publicly confirm his status for The Masters, which begins on April 11. The X tracker account @TWLegion first reported Tiger’s appearance at Augusta. His group was […]

Considered to be one of the most popular figures in the world of golf, Phil Mickelson is a certified winner. He has ruled the Masters Tournament thrice and the PGA Championship twice. In fact, he’s only one of a few golfers to win a PGA Tour event as an amateur. The only other golfers in […]

Throwing a ceremonial first pitch in an MLB game may look easy on the outside, but the case isn’t so for those with zero experience in the sport of baseball. Throughout the years, there have been many first pitches that can be described as visually unappealing. From throws that don’t even reach halfway to some […]

Scottie Scheffler’s second round of the Texas Children’s Houston Open went just fine…until the very last putt. Or, make that three putts. Three cringe-worthy, extremely un-Scheffler-like putts. Scheffler is a dominant World No. 1 for two main reasons: His Tiger Woods-level ball-striking, and his general poise. Outside of the rare outburst (caused by his since-retired-putter), […]

Defending champion Tony Finau (-9) matched Scottie Scheffler’s Memorial Park course record as he zoomed past him on the leaderboard during the second round of the Texas Children’s Houston Open on Friday. It may have been just the type of round Finau needed to jump-start his PGA Tour season. Finau more than survived the increasingly […]

Scottie Scheffler likely iced his neck (and definitely shaved) during his week off, but he remains scorching hot on the golf course. The World No. 1 and Dallas resident — seeking his third consecutive win on the PGA Tour — posted a clean opening round 65 at the Texas Children’s Houston Open at Memorial Park […]

Wyndham Clark, who has a real case as the second-best player on the PGA Tour right now, suffered a concerning back injury while training at a gym near his home in Scottsdale on Monday, he revealed ahead of the Texas Children’s Houston Open. “I was working out,” Clark said at his pre-tournament press conference on […]

PGA Tour star Justin Thomas currently ranks 27th on the tour’s list of highest earners, an important clue as to his current financial status. Thomas grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, an upbringing that once included quality time on the golf course with NBA all-time great Michael Jordan. Financially speaking, Thomas utilized his golf skills to […]

After an eventful five-week Florida Swing — highlighted by Scottie Scheffler’s back-t0-back wins at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players Championship — the PGA Tour heads to the Memorial Park Golf Course for the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open. The Houston Open is one of three non-signature, full-field events in the run-up to the […]

TGL, the experimental golf league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in partnership with the PGA Tour, set a new launch date of Tuesday, January 7, 2025. TGL presented by SoFi will premier on ESPN and ESPN+. The first three matches will air in prime time on the first three Tuesdays of the new […]

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 […]