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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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]