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Tiger Woods is one of the greatest golfers ever, but all but one of his major titles are 15 years old or older now. And with how many injuries he has sustained throughout his career, it is a fair question to ask if Woods can ever achieve the glory of winning another Major or non-Major […]

Perhaps in an effort to temper expectations, Jordan Spieth is deflecting the hype onto Rory McIlroy ahead of the 106th PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, which begins Thursday. Spieth is the lone player in the field with the opportunity to complete the Career Grand Slam, though his inconsistent form over the past […]

The top golfers from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf League are gathering in Louisville this week for the 106th PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club. World no. 1 Scottie Scheffler is riding a Tiger Woods-level heater, while Rory McIlroy, fresh off two straight wins, is seeking his first major since … the 2014 PGA […]

Rory McIlroy (-17) stormed past Xander Schauffele (-12) to capture his fourth Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow, setting the table for an appetizing showdown with Scottie Scheffler (and Brooks Koepka) at next week’s PGA Championship at Valhalla. Schauffele, the world no. 4, entered Sunday at 12-under, one up on McIlroy, who closed strong on […]

Xander Schauffele (-12) held onto his shrinking lead over Rory McIlroy (-11) after a gutsy Moving Day effort at the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow, setting up a tantalizing finish to the PGA Tour’s final tune-up before the second major of the season. Sungjae Im sits in third place at 8-under par. Sepp Straka […]

Rory McIlroy will have a voice in negotiations between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf’s backer, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), though he won’t be joining Tiger Woods and Patrick Cantlay on the policy board. A quick refresher for those not playing fantasy negotiation committees: In November, McIlroy — after two years as the […]

Xander Schauffele is your Round 1 leader at the Wells Fargo Championship after carding a 7-under 64 at Quail Hollow Club on Thursday — a score that was aided by a questionable relief ruling on the par-4 8th hole. Schauffele, who played the back-nine first, came out firing with five birdies in his first seven […]

Last November, at a key negotiating juncture, Rory McIlroy abruptly resigned from the PGA Tour policy board, citing exhaustion from two years in LIV Golf-related meetings (see: Full Swing). Jordan Spieth took his place. A few months later, Webb Simpson — one of six player directors of PGA Tour Enterprises, with Spieth, Tiger Woods, Adam […]

Tiger Woods hasn’t played in the U.S. Open since 2020 and his entrance via winning majors expired for the 2024 edition of the tournament. As long as he’s able to play he’ll likely get the invitation and with his verbal commitment to be in the field at Pinehurst the United States Golf Association announced Thursday […]

Some of golf’s biggest names, headlined by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, will reportedly be eligible to receive lucrative equity payouts for remaining loyal to the PGA Tour amid competition from the LIV Golf League. Tiger can net upwards of $100 million in equity, per the Telegraph, thanks to PGA Tour Enterprises — a for-profit […]

Scottie Scheffler continued his dominant run on the PGA Tour with a weather-delayed victory at the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links on Monday. One week after solidifying his historic reign over men’s golf at the Masters, Scheffler shot a 19-under in Hilton Head, South Carolina, to win the Signature Event. The world no. […]

Billy Horschel earned his eighth victory on the PGA Tour — and first in two years — at the Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic. Horschel shot a bogey-free 63 on Sunday to finish at 23-under par, two strokes better than Round 3 leader Wesley Bryan (-21). Kevin Tway (-19), Charley Hoffman (-18), and […]

This weekend at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, Texas, PGA Tour Champions players, LPGA legends, and dozens of celebrities — including numerous baseball and football hall of famers — will tee it up at the 2024 Invited Celebrity Classic. Celebrity pro-ams are experiencing somewhat of a boom. Two marquee PGA Tour events — the […]

Four days after the Masters, the PGA Tour is back at it with the fifth Signature Event of the season: the 2024 RBC Heritage. Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy headline a stacked field at the picturesque Harbour Town Golf Links, on Hilton Head Island. Geographically, Harbour Town isn’t too far from the gusty Augusta, but […]

Rory McIlroy squashed post-Masters speculation that he might be considering a jump to the LIV Golf League and strongly reaffirmed his loyalty to the PGA Tour — seemingly once and for all. An unsubstantiated report circling Tuesday suggested that McIlroy was weighing a LIV offer worth upwards of $850 million, including an ownership stake in […]

After completing his final round of the Masters, Tiger Woods publicly discussed a recent meeting that included power players from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf League for the first time. Last month, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, members of the PGA Tour Policy Board — including Tiger, Jordan Spieth, and Patrick Cantlay — and the […]

Tiger Woods’ last-place finish at the Masters won’t deter the 82-time PGA Tour champion from competing in the year’s remaining majors. Just the opposite, in fact. Tiger, who made his record 24th consecutive Masters cut, was encouraged by his overall performance at Augusta National. The 48-year-old relied on course knowledge and his nifty short game […]

There are no iconic moments at the Masters without the iconic commentary that goes with them. So many of those shots throughout the last 40 editions of the tournament have been called by legendary sportscaster Verne Lundquist, who hit the course at Augusta National Golf Club one final time with a microphone in front of […]

Scottie Scheffler (-11) continued his reign as the most dominant golfer since Prime Tiger Woods with a four-stroke victory at the Masters on Sunday. The 27-year-old won his second green jacket thanks to a sturdy final-round 4-under 68, as his competitors succumbed to a sun-baked Augusta National. For the second time in three years, Scottie […]

The sun was out on Moving Day at Augusta National — a welcome reprieve from the blustery conditions of Thursday and Friday. Yet, the Masters still found countless ways to vex golf’s greatest stars — including Tiger Woods — and produce a tantalizing leaderboard heading into Sunday. Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa, and Bryson DeChambeau emerged […]

Augusta National got the best of Tiger Woods on Saturday. After making his record 24th straight cut, the five-time green jacket winner posted his worst score in 99 career rounds at the Masters. Tiger began the sunny, theoretically inviting day at +1 — seven strokes back of the lead. The 15-time major champion relied on […]

Several PGA Tour and LIV Golf stars had to sweat out the cut line at the Masters. Tiger Woods (+1) was not among them. Meanwhile, a star-studded trio of Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa, and Bryson DeChambeau (-6) emerged from brutal conditions to hold a two-shot lead entering the weekend. After carding 24 official holes on […]

Tiger Woods shot a cool one-under par through 13 holes at the Masters when Thursday’s opening round action at Augusta National was called for darkness. Tiger didn’t ask much of himself while walking around Augusta’s hilly terrain. The 15-time major champion played methodical, relatively stress-free golf. He started his 26th Masters opening round — his […]

The first round of the 2024 Masters was delayed over two hours on Thursday due to inclement weather at Augusta National Golf Club. The opening group of Erik van Rooyen and Jake Knapp will tee off at 10:30 a.m. ET rather than their previously scheduled 8 a.m. start time. The 30 groups will begin first-round play through […]

Rickie Fowler has already made a mark on Augusta National in his long-awaited return on Wednesday, winning the Masters Par 3 Contest after three years away from the hallowed venue. Scottie Scheffler, Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, and Bubba Watson were among the PGA Tour and LIV Golf stars to […]

LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman was lurking around Augusta National as a ticketed spectator before the opening round of The Masters — the first convergence of LIV and the PGA Tour stars in 2024. Norman said he was on hand to support LIV Golf League members. “I’m here because we have 13 players that won […]

Professional golf’s crown jewel event, The Masters, begins Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, and Scottie Scheffler are among the stars gunning for a chunk of the $18 million purse, a green jacket, and a place in history. (Here’s our mega-preview.) As PGA Tour and LIV Golf […]

Tiger Woods is bullish on Rory McIlroy’s chances to win the Masters — and therefore become the sixth player in PGA Tour history to complete the career Grand Slam. “No question he’ll do it at some point. Rory’s too talented, too good, and he’s going to be playing this event for a very long time,” […]

Despite only completing 24 holes on the PGA Tour in 2024, Tiger Woods believes he can win this week’s Masters if “everything comes together” for him at Augusta National. 15-time major champions tend to be like that. “If everything comes together, I think I can get one more,” Tiger said at his pre-tournament press conference […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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, […]