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The Open Championship is underway, and Tiger Woods is trying to add to his legacy with a good performance this weekend. During the first round, Sky Sports commentator and former professional golfer, Mark Roe, got into some hot water with his comments about how Tiger Woods is dealing with the pain of walking the course. […]

The 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon will mark Tiger Woods’ fifth official PGA Tour start since undergoing season-ending ankle surgery in 2023. In February, the 48-year-old withdrew midway through his host tournament, the Genesis Invitational, due to illness. He made a record 24th consecutive Masters cut at the hilly Augusta National, then finished last […]

The final major of the year is nearly upon us as golf’s best including Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, and others will descend upon Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland for the 152nd Open Championship. Two days prior to the start of the tournament, Tiger Woods discussed his decision to turn down […]

The 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon begins Thursday on the west coast of Scotland. The 156-person field marks the largest for a British Open since 1995. Unlike, say, a U.S. Open, the nature of this links events — a short, gusty test — should provide ample opportunities for golfers up and down the board […]

Tiger Woods has often remained guarded about his relationship with former President Donald Trump, but ahead of The Open Championship in Scotland, Woods said that he was thrown off of his normal preparation routine as a result of the attempt on Trump’s life at a campaign rally over the weekend. Following an attempted assassination on […]

If there’s one feature of Royal Troon to familiarize yourself with ahead of the Open Championship, it’s undoubtedly the tiny, telegenic, and tricky par-3 8th hole, famously known as “The Postage Stamp.” In the age of power, the 123-yard hole offers a critical accuracy test at the end of a relatively friendly first nine. Beginning […]

We are less than 48 hours away from the season’s final major kicking off. Royal Troon Golf Course in Troon, Scotland will play host to the 152 Open Championship later this week. There is an abundance of intriguing storylines. Can Brian Harman shock the golfing world and repeat as champion? Vegas clearly does not think […]

The Open Championship pre-tournament press conference offered a timely platform for Tiger Woods to address why the U.S. Ryder Cup captaincy was given to Keegan Bradley last week. The 82-time PGA Tour champion was widely expected to get the gig. Tiger engaged in monthslong talks with former PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh about helming […]

It has been a month since Rory McIlroy suffered one of the most painful defeats of his pro career during the 2024 US Open at Pinehurst. Some of his high-profile friends from the sports realm tried to reach out to him to offer consoling messages following his loss to Bryson DeChambeau. The Northern Irishman missed […]

Over the weekend, European Ryder Cup legend — and three-time major runner-up — Colin Montgomerie impolitely suggested that Tiger Woods should enjoy post-PGA Tour life rather than waste everyone’s time by participating in golf tournaments such as the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon. “I hope people remember Tiger as Tiger was, the passion and […]

Former European Ryder Cup star Colin Montgomerie doesn’t understand, frankly, why 82-time PGA Tour winner Tiger Woods even bothered to show up at Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland this week to compete in the 152nd Open Championship. Montgomerie, a resident of Royal Troon, told the Times of London over the weekend that Tiger’s struggles […]

Tiger Woods appeared for an 18-hole practice round — his first round at Royal Troon Golf Club in 20 years — ahead of the 152nd Open Championship, which begins on Thursday in Scotland. The three-time British Open winner, flew overnight from Florida, per Sports Illustrated. Tiger, who rarely plays full practice rounds the week of […]

LIV Golf members Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, and Jon Rahm expressed genuine surprise and full-throated support after the PGA of America’s stunningly tapped Keegan Bradley as captain for Team USA at the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Tiger Woods turned down the gig. “I heard so many people say it was going to be […]

Rory McIlroy used his first media appearance on the PGA Tour since his U.S. Open heartbreak to fiercely defend his caddie and childhood friend, Harry Diamond, in the wake of criticism levied by NBC analyst Smylie Kaufman and Hank Haney, who carried Tiger Woods’ bag for six major titles. Ahead of the Genesis Scottish Open […]

Tiger Woods formally turned down the opportunity to captain the United States Ryder Cup team in 2025 at Bethpage Black. Instead, the gig went to six-time PGA Tour winner Keegan Bradley. “With my new responsibilities to the Tour and time commitments involved, I felt like I would not be able to commit the time to […]

In a surprise move, six-time PGA Tour winner Keegan Bradley will captain the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup team at Bethpage Black in September 2025. Tiger Woods reportedly turned down the offer. The PGA of America officially announced Bradley as captain at a press conference held Tuesday afternoon in New York City. New York is going […]

Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake have reportedly gotten the official green light to bring their experimental sports bar project to the home of golf: St. Andrews, in Scotland. The PGA Tour legend and pop superstar have been granted permission by the Fife Council to convert the town’s old movie theater into a second T-Squared Social. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The 124th playing of the U.S. Open at the prestigious Pinehurst No. 2 is halfway home. Thus far, international golfers are running the show with Swedish phenom Ludvig Aberg leading the way at 5-under. Germany’s Thomas Detry is one back. Rory McIlroy is also right there, two shots off the pace entering the weekend. But […]

Tiger Woods (+8) missed one cut in his first 48 majors. After shooting 3-over 73 in the second round at Pinehurst No. 2 — in what he signaled may be his final U.S. Open appearance — the 82-time PGA Tour champion will miss his second cut in three major starts of 2024. “Well, it’s one […]

Don’t call it a comeback! After a tough Thursday at the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, Tiger Woods came out with a hot start on Friday, nailing a long birdie putt early in his round the GOAT not only looked like vintage Tiger, he also moved up and over the cut line. And, […]

When there is a gigantic gap between one player or team and the rest of the competition, comparisons are often made to peak Tiger Woods. The 15-time major title winner decimated the field for a decade, spending an incomprehensible 683 total weeks atop the Official World Golf Ranking. In a sport replete with variables and […]

With each passing round of golf, it appears less likely that Tiger Woods will ever win another major championship. His Masters miracle in 2019 feels like a lifetime ago, as injuries and Father Time continue to wear down the legend. Adding to that mix the arduous challenges that Pinehurst No. 2 presents just feels unbearably […]

Tiger Woods carded a 4-over 74 to begin his U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina on Thursday. It was more of the same for the 2024 Edition of Tiger Woods: Flashes of excellence, solid with the driver, passable with the putter, yet frustratingly errant — and obviously rusty — on approach. “I […]

As he makes yet another attempt at a fifth major victory, Rory McIlroy used his pre-tournament press conference before the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. to take stock of his PGA Tour career. In doing so, the Northern Irishman compared his professional golf journey to Tiger Woods’ pursuit of Jack Nicklaus’ 18 major […]

Tiger Woods took part in what he called a “productive” meeting last Friday, based in New York City, that included PGA Tour officials, player representatives and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the chairman of LIV Golf’s backer, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia. “It was productive,” Tiger said at his pre-tournament press conference ahead of the […]

As challenging of a ‘mental tax’ as Pinehurst No. 2 will present, Tiger Woods is hoping to fare a little — nay, a lot — better at the 2024 U.S. Open than he did at the first two majors of the PGA Tour season. “Yeah, I do,” the Tiger responded at his pre-tournament press conference […]

Tiger Woods is ready for the 2024 U.S. Open. And so is world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. The action at the Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No. 2) will kick off on Thursday with the 15-time major champion teeing off together with Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick. Meanwhile, Scheffler will be teeing off along […]

Adam Scott has received a late exemption into the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 — marking the 92nd consecutive major appearance for the 14-time PGA Tour winner. Scott’s streak appeared likely to come to an end after he bogeyed the 18th hole of a qualifying round and then lost in a thrilling playoff […]

If Scottie Scheffler is feeling unstoppable these days, it is because he is. Ranked as the No. 1 golfer in the world, Scheffler added to his ever-growing collection of victories on Sunday when he topped the 2024 the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday with a total score of 8-under 280. Scheffler didn’t look as dominant […]

Following his second round of golf at the Memorial at Muirfield Village on Friday, Rory McIlroy will conference into a meeting in New York with PGA Tour leadership, including Tiger Woods, and representatives from LIV Golf’s backer, the Public Investment Fund (PIF). The meeting will tackle, as McIlroy put it, the “big boy stuff.” McIlroy […]

Adam Hadwin (-6) fired an opening-round 66 at the Memorial at Muirfield Village on Thursday, though a host of PGA Tour stars — Scottie Scheffler (-5), Collin Morikawa (-4), Xander Schauffele (-4), Ludvig Aberg (-4) — are hot on his tail. Hadwin, coming off a missed cut at his native RBC Canadian Open last week, […]

One year ago today, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and chairman of LIV Golf League’s backer, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Yasir Al-Rumayyan, sent unforeseen ripples through the worlds of golf, business, and geopolitics with their announcement of a “framework agreement” to unify the splintered sport. “LIV Golf to merge with PGA TOUR,” a chyron […]

Tiger Woods, as he often reminds us, still has every golf shot in his bag. The physical toll of training for and playing a 72-hole PGA Tour event, however, is a different beast. Collin Morikawa witnessed that first-hand last weekend, as he played some golf and poker with the Big Cat as part of the […]