LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday in New Jersey with more than $500 million in debt, part of its goal to revive the league without Saudi funding.
\nThe move was widely expected after the\u00a0Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia abruptly ended its financial support\u00a0this year. The final event was last month in Indiana. Four vendors already have filed lawsuits because they have not been paid.
\nLIV said it has agreed to a restructuring plan with BC Partners as the primary source of its capital.
\n\u201cThis process gives us the structure and time to pursue a landmark transaction and begin the next chapter of LIV Golf,” CEO Scott O’Neil said in a news release.
\nO’Neil has said \u201cLIV Golf 2.0\u201d would feature players as majority owners in a reduced schedule. In a letter to LIV Golf fans, O’Neil said the new look would expand the size of the field from 57 to 75 players and introduce a 54-hole cut for the first time. There also would be Monday qualifiers.
\nHe said the team concept would be built around nationalities and that LIV would continue to tap some of its more successful markets in\u00a0Australia, South Africa and Asia.
\nStill, the new version would be a shell of what LIV promised when it launched in June 2022 after paying nine-figure signing bonuses to lure away top names from the PGA Tour. The excessive spending topped more than $5 billion before PIF said in April it was pulling the plug.
\nStill to be determined is the future of the biggest stars still with LIV, most notably Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau. Rahm is playing the Irish Open this week and told BBC Northern Ireland: “I still have a contract with LIV 1.0 that I\u2019m more than willing to fulfill. Like I said, time will tell.\u201d
\nRahm, DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson and Cameron Smith were the leading four creditors listed in the filing. Of the top 30 creditors LIV listed, 14 were players.\u00a0The filing\u00a0listed only the \u201cunsecured claim\u201d \u2014 Rahm led the list at nearly $7.5 million \u2014 and not the full amount owed.
\nLIV listed between $100 million and $500 million in estimated assets, and $500 million and $1 billion in liabilities.
\nThe state of Louisiana is listed among the largest creditors at $1,220,000.\u00a0LIV Golf postponed its event in Louisiana\u00a0shortly after PIF announced it was ending its support. The Michigan event also was canceled, with the team championship merged into the final event in Indiana.
\nChapter 11 is commonly known as reorganization bankruptcy and generally allows the debtor to continue to operate the business, even borrowing new money under court approval.
\nLIV Golf said the PIF has agreed to provide $49.6 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing through the DIP credit agreement, subject to the court’s approval.
\nBC Partners L.P. \u2014 the credit business of UK-based BC Partners \u2014 and other minority investors that might emerge would provide the exit financing as LIV tries to keep going. LIV said it intends to emerge from bankruptcy and start its new version as early as 2027.
\n\u201cNow it is time to enter the next phase of LIV Golf,\u201d O’Neil said in his letter. “Today, we took an important step forward to get there. LIV Golf has entered a court-supervised restructuring process that provides us with the time and framework to address previous financial obligations and complete a transaction that will make the League\u2019s next phase a reality.
\n\u201cPut simply, this process is designed to build a stronger and more sustainable future for LIV Golf.\u201d
\nBut so much depends on who stays.
\nThe PGA Tour has banned players for one year from their most recent LIV Golf appearance. Brooks Koepka was the first LIV player to return under penalty \u2014 a $5 million payment to charity, no equity grants for five years, no access to bonus money the year he returned.
\nPGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp offered the same deal to Rahm, DeChambeau and Smith with a tight deadline to accept. None did, and three months later as the U.S.-Iran war took root, PIF pulled its funding and sent LIV Golf into a spiral.
\nRolapp has not been inclined to discuss any paths back while players are under contract.
\nO’Neil said LIV Golf’s intention was to \u201ccomplete, not compete,\u201d a phrase that rankled more stable tours because of the disruption LIV Golf created under former CEO Greg Norman who felt players should be able to compete on any tour, while be required to play a full schedule on LIV.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-09-08T23:52:40+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-08T23:53:17+00:00", "author": { "name": "Doug Ferguson, AP" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/livbankrupt.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "3 hours", "excerpt": "LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday in New Jersey with more than $500 million in debt, part of its goal to revive the league without Saudi funding. The move was widely expected after ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/korda-leads-u-s-bid-for-solheim-cup-win-on-the-road/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/korda-leads-u-s-bid-for-solheim-cup-win-on-the-road/", "title": "Korda Leads U.S. Bid For Solheim Cup Win On The Road", "content_html": "\n
Nelly Korda is the No. 1 in the world, a\u00a0multiple major winner\u00a0and an Olympic gold medalist.
\nStill, for all her individual accolades, nothing in golf beats putting on the Team USA uniform and representing her country at the Solheim Cup.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s no greater feeling,\u201d Korda says, \u201cespecially stepping onto that first tee box.\u201d
\nThis week could be even more special for the biggest name in women\u2019s\u00a0golf.
\nKorda is spearheading the United States\u2019 attempt to win the Solheim Cup on European soil for the first time since 2015 in the matches that start Friday in the Netherlands. After\u00a0regaining the crystal trophy in 2024, the Americans need only 14 points at Bernardus Golf course to keep possession.
\nAn away Solheim Cup victory is one of the few achievements missing on Korda\u2019s golfing r\u00e9sum\u00e9 \u2014 and she only has to speak to her captain to learn how to get it done.
\nAsked to rank the best memories from her six Solheim Cups as a player and three as an assistant,\u00a0Angela Stanford\u00a0says being part of that U.S. win in Germany 11 years ago is No. 1.
\nHer only Curtis Cup appearance was a win in England in 2000.
\nHer only major title? At the Evian Championship in France in 2018.
\nFor Stanford, there\u2019s just something about going into enemy territory and coming away with the trophy.
\n\u201cGrowing up, I played a lot of different team sports and I loved going to other people\u2019s gyms, going to their fields,\u201d the U.S. captain said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t bother me to go into a hostile environment and try to play and try to perform.\u201d
\nNot that it\u2019s expected to be too intimidating at Bernardus. OK, there\u2019s a purpose-built amphitheater around the first tee that will allow around 3,000 spectators to see some of the world\u2019s top golfers go weak at the knees for the pressure-filled opening drive.
\nJust don\u2019t expect the kind of\u00a0unruly behavior\u00a0\u2014 or downright nasty abuse \u2014 seen at recent Ryder Cups, the men\u2019s equivalent to the Solheim Cup.
\n\u201cWith the women, it\u2019s super respectful,\u201d said European assistant captain Anne van Dam, who will be the only Dutchwoman in the team room. \u201cBoth teams are very close. Everyone is friends. And I think with the women, everything is a lot more friendly.\u201d
\nThe U.S. team arrives with the best player in the world, an 11-7-1 advantage\u00a0in a series that dates to 1990, and plenty of uncertainty.
\nThere\u2019s no\u00a0Lilia Vu, who was the world No. 2 and sank the winning putt for the Americans in Virginia in 2024, as she struggles to regain form after health issues. Missing from the team for the first time since 2011 is big-hitting Lexi Thompson, who no longer plays a full schedule and is expecting her first baby early next year.
\nAngel Yin automatically made the team as the No. 2 qualifier but has only just returned to action after two months out with stomach problems.
\nAside from Korda, only Lauren Coughlin (ranked No. 17) is in the world\u2019s top 20. Korda has more wins (23) than the other 11 members of the team combined (18).
\nStill, Stanford said she \u201ctruly loves\u201d the team \u2014 featuring two rookies in Auston Kim and\u00a035-year-old Lindy Duncan\u00a0\u2014 she\u2019s bringing across the pond.
\n\u201cI hope,\u201d she said, \u201cthey\u2019re starting look like some of my personality. I think they are very gritty, I think they have a lot of heart.\u201d
\nThere are seven nationalities in the European team and the best players come from England, with rookie Lottie Woad and Charley Hull ranked Nos. 7 and 8, respectively.
\nThe 22-year-old Woad, a rising star in women’s golf, won the Women’s Irish Open and tied for third at the Evian Championship while an amateur last summer. She turned pro and won her first event at the Women’s Scottish Open. A year later, she is a standout in a European team captained by Anna Nordqvist, a nine-time Solheim Cup player who played while a vice captain to Suzann Pettersen in the last two editions.
\nJulia Lopez Ramirez, Nastasia Nadaud and Mimi Rhodes are Europe’s other rookies and all were captain’s picks, along with Ireland’s Leona Maguire, who has an 8-3-1 record in her three Solheim Cup appearances.
\nHull and Carlota Ciganda of Spain will be playing in their eighth Solheim Cup.
\nVan Dam said the Dutch were surprised to win the right to host the Solheim Cup, with golf trailing well behind in the list of most popular sports in the Netherlands fronted by soccer, tennis and field hockey.
\n\u201cI\u2019m just hoping that a lot of young kids will come out to watch and get inspired to pick up the game to see how cool it is,\u201d she said.
\nHungry visitors are likely to sample the popular Dutch snack \u201cbitterbal\u201d (a deep fried ball of meat stew), while Bosche balls \u2014 think a round eclair, covered in chocolate \u2014 is a local specialty from Den Bosch, the nearest city to the course.
\nCycling is a big part of Dutch culture and many spectators are likely to take a bike from the nearby train station to Bernardus, which is known for its impressive architecture and where there’s expected to be plenty of orange \u2014 or oranje \u2014 around the event to give it a classic Dutch vibe.
\nThe Netherlands is the seventh European nation to stage the Solheim Cup.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-09-08T19:53:44+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-08T23:53:48+00:00", "author": { "name": "Associated Press" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/solheimcup.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "7 hours", "excerpt": "Nelly Korda is the No. 1 in the world, a\u00a0multiple major winner\u00a0and an Olympic gold medalist. Still, for all her individual accolades, nothing in golf beats putting on the Team USA uniform and representing her country ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/gbi-pulls-off-a-stunning-rally-to-win-back-the-walker-cup-from-the-americans/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/gbi-pulls-off-a-stunning-rally-to-win-back-the-walker-cup-from-the-americans/", "title": "GB&I Pulls Off A Stunning Rally To Win Back The Walker Cup From The Americans", "content_html": "\n
Connor Graham and Josh Hill each won the 18th hole in the final two matches Sunday at Lahinch as Great Britain & Ireland capped off a stunning comeback against the Americans to win the\u00a0Walker Cup\u00a0for the first time since 2015.
\nGraham birdied the last two holes to earn a precious halve against 17-year-old Miles Russell. It came down to Hill, all square in his match with 18-year-old Tyler Watts, his Tennessee teammate. Hill hit a long bunker shot to 3 feet and holed the birdie putt for a 13 1/2-12 1/2 victory.
\n\u201cWe had that belief we could win, and it’s going to be a great night,\u201d Hill said.
\nThe Americans, loaded with seven of the top 10 players in the world amateur ranking, swept the morning foursomes matches in the fierce wind to build a three-point lead going into the 10 singles matches, long a U.S. strength. Team USA needed to win only 3 1/2 points in singles to keep the cup.
\nGB&I, however, quickly turned the tables and put its blue scores on the leaderboard by winning the opening four matches.
\nStuart Grehan, the lone Irish player on home soil, took down top-ranked amateur Preston Stout. Luke Poulter closed out his match on the 17th hole. U.S. Amateur champion Jack Whaley of England demolished William Jennings, 8 and 7, and Tyler Weaver won in 15 holes.
\nKey for GB&I, however, was getting three points \u2014 two wins and two halves \u2014 from the four matches that went to the final hole.
\nNiall Sheils Donegan, the Scot who grew up in San Francisco, never had the lead in his match but ground out a halve against Kihei Akina when the the BYU freshman missed a 4-foot birdie putt.
\nEliot Baker atoned for a Sunday singles loss to Stewart Hagestad last year at Cypress Point by winning the par-5 18th. Hagestad tried to hit driver off the deck and wound up in a tough spot that took a good birdie chance away, and Baker got up-and-down for birdie and a full point.
\nThe final two matches were on the 18th hole and GB&I had to win the hole in both matches or watch the Americans keep the Walker Cup for a sixth straight time.
\nGraham, 2 down with two to play against Russell, birdied the last two holes for a halve.
\n\u201cI had a look at the leaderboard a couple of times,\u201d Graham said. \u201cI knew a halve would go a long way.\u201d
\nIt all came down to Hill, a senior at Tennessee, all square in his match with 18-year-old Tyler Watts, an incoming freshman for the Volunteers. Watts was in thick rough off the tee and had 130 yards left for his third shot. Hill was in a front bunker with the pin toward the back.
\nHill blasted out to just over 3 feet, and when Watts missed his 18-foot birdie putt, Hill quickly rapped it in and the celebration was on.
\n\u201cI don’t know how I handled myself on that 3-footer because I was shaking,\u201d Hill said. \u201cI’m just glad it went in because this was unbelievable.\u201d
\nThe Americans still lead the overall series 40-10-1. Next up for GB&I is to try to win the Walker Cup away from home for the first time since 2001 at Ocean Forest in Georgia. The 2028 matches will be held at Bandon Dunes in Oregon.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-09-08T19:48:36+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-08T23:53:32+00:00", "author": { "name": "Associated Press" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/walkercup.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "7 hours", "excerpt": "Connor Graham and Josh Hill each won the 18th hole in the final two matches Sunday at Lahinch as Great Britain & Ireland capped off a stunning comeback against the Americans to win the\u00a0Walker Cup\u00a0for the ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/thriston-lawrence-rallies-from-6-behind-and-beats-paul-casey-in-a-playoff-in-switzerland/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/thriston-lawrence-rallies-from-6-behind-and-beats-paul-casey-in-a-playoff-in-switzerland/", "title": "Thriston Lawrence Rallies From 6 Behind And Beats Paul Casey In A Playoff In Switzerland", "content_html": "\n
Thriston Lawrence of South Africa overcame a six-shot deficit Sunday with an 8-under 62 and denied Paul Casey his first victory in five years by making an 18-foot birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole to win the European Masters.
\nCasey stood over a putt with the chance to win four times on the 18th green at Crans-sur-Sierre, three of them in the playoff. Lawrence made good on his first chance, pumping his arms when his birdie putt dropped. He became the seventh three-time winner of this event, and the first since Seve Ballesteros.
\n\u201cI just fought so hard today,\u201d Lawrence said. \u201cI feel for Paul. He played great golf. It looked like it was his all day.\u201d
\nCasey started with a three-shot lead and fell behind as Lawrence put on a dynamic charge. Casey regained the lead with a 15-foot birdie putt on the 15th, saved par with a 15-foot putt on the par-3 16th and came to the 18th with a one-shot lead.
\nAnd then the 49-year-old from England appeared to get an enormous break. His shot from the right rough came out heavy. It landed short of the stream and hit a rock that propelled it over the water and into deep rough. But it was a nasty lie and he could only chip out to 20 feet. His par putt to win the tournament caught the left lip.
\nCasey shot 68 to join Lawrence on 18-under 262.
\nCasey had a 35-foot birdie putt for the win on the first playoff hole at No. 18. On the second extra hole, his 10-foot birdie narrowly missed to the right. Officials moved the pin toward the back of the green, and Casey had 8 feet for birdie and the win. That spun off the right edge.
\nThe fourth time around, Lawrence made the winning putt to capture the European Masters for the third time in the last five years.
\n\u201cIt’s just the best feeling in the world,\u201d Lawrence said.
\nHarry Hall of England closed with a 63 and finished alone in third. Patrick Reed (66) tied for 11th, slightly expanding his lead over Rory McIlroy in the Race to Dubai.
\nMcIlroy returns next week at the Irish Open.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-09-08T17:53:08+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-08T19:55:09+00:00", "author": { "name": "Associated Press" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/thristoncrans.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "9 hours", "excerpt": "Thriston Lawrence of South Africa overcame a six-shot deficit Sunday with an 8-under 62 and denied Paul Casey his first victory in five years by making an 18-foot birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole to ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/ceo-and-president-of-good-good-golf-ousted-after-much-criticized-driver-ad-reports-say/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/ceo-and-president-of-good-good-golf-ousted-after-much-criticized-driver-ad-reports-say/", "title": "CEO And President Of Good Good Golf Ousted After Much-Criticized Driver Ad, Reports Say", "content_html": "\n
Good Good Golf CEO Matt Kendrick and president Joe Flannery have left the company in the wake of an outcry over\u00a0an advertisement\u00a0for a new Callaway driver that showed a man shoving a woman to the ground and telling her not to touch the club, according to multiple reports.
\nGood Good co-founder Nahid Giga will serve as interim CEO, according to an internal memo, the contents of which were first reported by Business Insider.
\nGood Good was launched as a YouTube channel in 2020 and now is among the largest content creators in the sport, featuring eight men and four women competing in golf and various challenges. It has made-for-TV shows, apparel and other merchandise.
\nThe company had said the controversial video was meant to parody the horror movie \u201cObsession.\u201d But the criticism was immediate and relentless.
\nThe video was deleted the same day it was posted on Aug. 20, but it continued to make the rounds on social media and apologies from Good Good and Callaway had little effect.
\n\u201cWe were disappointed with what we saw,\u201d PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp said last week of the response from Good Good. \u201cThe PGA Tour believes in golf\u2019s ability to bring people together and create a welcoming environment for all.\u201d
\nGood Good pulled its title sponsorship of a new PGA Tour event in Austin, Texas, this fall. The tour said the tournament will still be played.
\nCallaway ended its relationship with Good Good, and retailers including Golf Galaxy and its parent company, Dick’s Sporting Goods, removed the company’s merchandise from their shelves. Golf Channel canceled a new season of its \u201cBig Break\u201d reality series in which it partnered with Good Good.
\nGarrett Clark, a Good Good founder and the man who shoves the woman in the video, posted an\u00a0eight-minute video\u00a0in which he called the commercial in question \u201cthe worst ad known to man\u201d and \u201cnot what we stand for.\u201d
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-09-03T21:56:46+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-04T11:56:15+00:00", "author": { "name": "Associated Press" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/BradDalkeBMW26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "5 days", "excerpt": "Good Good Golf CEO Matt Kendrick and president Joe Flannery have left the company in the wake of an outcry over\u00a0an advertisement\u00a0for a new Callaway driver that showed a man shoving a woman to the ground ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/jackson-koivun-added-to-american-team-for-presidents-cup-3-months-after-leaving-college/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/jackson-koivun-added-to-american-team-for-presidents-cup-3-months-after-leaving-college/", "title": "Jackson Koivun Added To American Team For Presidents Cup 3 Months After Leaving College", "content_html": "\n
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Jackson Koivun was added to the U.S. team for the Presidents Cup on Tuesday just three months after leaving Auburn, one of two newcomers to an American team that hasn’t lost in 28 years.
\nKoivun, who\u00a0won the 3M Open\u00a0in his third start as a professional and qualified for the PGA Tour postseason in just five tournaments, is the first player since Jordan Spieth in 2013 to start a year without a tour card and play in the Presidents Cup.
\nU.S. captain Brandt Snedeker also took Jacob Bridgeman, who won at Riviera this year. Snedeker passed over Ryan Gerard, the No. 22 player in the world who contended at the Tour Championship and finished third.
\nInternational captain Geoff Ogilvy picked a pair of Canadians in Corey Conners and Nick Taylor. He also took Ryo Hisatsune. It will be the first time since 1998 the International team has two Japanese players, with Hideki Matsuyama already earning one of the six automatic spots.
\nThe Presidents Cup is Sept. 24-27 at Medinah, which has been entirely renovated by Ogilvy’s Australia-based golf course design company.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-09-01T22:30:25+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-08T19:55:33+00:00", "author": { "name": "Doug Ferguson, AP" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/JacksonKoivun3M26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "1 week", "excerpt": "PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Jackson Koivun was added to the U.S. team for the Presidents Cup on Tuesday just three months after leaving Auburn, one of two newcomers to an American team that hasn’t ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/new-pga-tour-format-means-a-month-or-more-of-match-play-on-the-golf-calendar/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/new-pga-tour-format-means-a-month-or-more-of-match-play-on-the-golf-calendar/", "title": "New PGA Tour Format Means A Month Or More Of Match Play On The Golf Calendar", "content_html": "\n
ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 The PGA Tour’s bold plan to\u00a0end its season in 2028 with one tournament over two weeks in two cities\u00a0is certain to define this part of the golf calendar as a month (or more) of match play.
\nThe majors end in July. The regular season on the PGA Tour is done in the middle of August. And then for those fans who can’t get their fill of match play, there will be plenty of options.
\nWhile the PGA Tour’s schedule for 2028 is still being sorted out (including the dates), the heart of the match play season is likely to start with the consecutive weeks of the U.S. Women’s Amateur (Brae Burn) and the U.S. Amateur (Whistling Straits).
\nFor elite tour professionals, there will be two weeks of match play to end the PGA Tour season, with either a Ryder Cup or a Presidents Cup right on its heels. That won’t be the case the first year of the revamped PGA Tour schedule because the Presidents Cup in 2028 is in Australia and likely won’t be played until after Thanksgiving.
\nAs much as the PGA Tour is intrigued by team play, it would not be surprising for the old Dunhill Cup \u2014 medal matches for three-man teams from 16 countries \u2014 to be revived around that time.
\nFor the women, the Solheim Cup in 2028 is set for Valhalla the first full week of September.
\nFor the amateur game, which is getting more attention by the year with so many top players making an immediate impact as pros, the Walker Cup (Bandon Dunes) is the same week as the Solheim Cup in 2028. The week before is the Curtis Cup (Royal Dornoch).
\nThe Curtis Cup was in June this year at Bel-Air in Los Angeles, and it will be in June when it goes to National Golf Links in New York in 2030. It still occasionally goes to September, such as 2034 when it is scheduled for Pine Valley.
\nThe Ryder, Solheim and Presidents Cups have occupied the early fall for years, and typically the two amateur cups. Two additional weeks of match play for the PGA Tour finale only adds to that.
\nRyan Gerard first began to gain notoriety when he\u00a0flew halfway around the world to a tiny island off the eastern coast of Africa to play in the Mauritius Open. At stake was a chance to move into the top 50 by the end of the year and qualify for the Masters, which he did.
\nAnd now he’s in Switzerland.
\nGerard, who shared the 36-hole lead at the Tour Championship and finished third, is in the field this week for the Omega European Masters in Crans Montana in the Alps. He is the top-ranked player in the field at No. 22 in the world.
\n\u201cSeason\u2019s not over for me,\u201d said Gerard, who played 33 times last year and already is at 26 this year. “Frustrated with some of the results, a lot of positives, but still work left to do.\u201d
\nWhy Switzerland? Gerard became a European tour member by winning the co-sanctioned Barracuda Championship in July 2025. He finished the year playing the Irish Open and BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, and Mauritius counts toward the 2026 season. He said he needs two more events to fulfill his membership requirements.
\nPlus, there’s the Presidents Cup if he’s a captain’s pick.
\n\u201cI\u2019d love to kind of roll into there being a little bit more prepared,” Gerard said. \u201cI like to play a lot of golf. And if I don\u2019t, I\u2019ll probably just stay over there and play Wentworth and the France Open. Yeah, a bit of a weird stretch of the year for me.\u201d
\nThe first stage of Q-school for the European tour is underway, and perhaps the biggest surprise is only five players from LIV Golf are in the field.
\nThe future of the LIV Golf League has never been more murky with the loss of Saudi Arabia funding, the push to finalize a deal with a lead investor, indications of bankruptcy for restructuring and whether LIV can keep its biggest stars.
\nOne option is the European tour, where the leading 10 players not already exempt currently get a PGA Tour card. That’s the path Patrick Reed has taken this year.
\nPeter Uihlein, a past European tour winner, is in an England stage with fellow U.S. Amateur champion Josele Ballester and Luis Masaveu. Michael LaSasso, who won the final LIV event, and Yosuke Asaji are the other two LIV players.
\nOther notable players in the first stage are former Phoenix Open champion Kyle Stanley, former NCAA champion Hiroshi Tai and Daniel Choi, the youngest son of K.J. Choi.
\nBrooks Koepka is all the way back on the PGA Tour. He’s now part of the TGL indoor league, the first player announced for the Motor City Golf Club for the 2027 season. Motor City is the first expansion team in the tech-infused indoor league broadcast on ESPN platforms.
\nKoepka grew up and lives near the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where the matches are played.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve had the chance to attend TGL matches, and they bring something completely new to the game,” said Koepka, formerly the captain of Smash Golf Club in the LIV Golf League.
\nThe WTGL also is moving toward its debut season by announcing the rosters of the five teams that will start playing toward the end of this year.
\nThe Japanese twins are split up \u2014 Chizzy Iwai plays for Boston Common, Aki Iwai for Los Angeles. True to the LPGA Tour membership, three of the teams have five players from five countries. Among them is Motor City with Jeeno Thitikul (Thailand), Albane Valenzuela (Switzerland), Brooke Henderson (Canada), Lexi Thompson (United States) and Ruoning Yin (China).
\nMissing from the WTGL is Nelly Korda, the No. 1 player in women’s golf, who did not express interest when the women’s league was announced.
\n\nXander Schauffele tied for 14th at the Tour Championship and earned $536,250, making him the 11th player to surpass $70 million in career PGA Tour earnings. This is his 10th year on tour. … Tim Clark of South Africa and Taylor Pendrith of Canada will be assistant captains to Geoff Ogilvy for the International team at the Presidents Cup. … Scottie Scheffler led in 24 statistical categories this year on the PGA Tour. That includes the money list and lowest scoring average for the fourth consecutive year. … Sankaty Head on Nantucket Island has been selected for the 2036 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur.
\nNelly Korda has 23 wins worldwide. The other 11 Americans on the Solheim Cup team have combined for 18 victories.
\n\u201cFor me, I have a great sense of this is such a huge opportunity I’ve been given.\u201d \u2014 Adam Scott, who at age 46 will be playing in his 12th straight Presidents Cup. He has yet to be on a winning team.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-09-01T19:43:56+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-01T19:43:56+00:00", "author": { "name": "Doug Ferguson, AP" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ScoittieTourChampPresser26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "1 week", "excerpt": "ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 The PGA Tour’s bold plan to\u00a0end its season in 2028 with one tournament over two weeks in two cities\u00a0is certain to define this part of the golf calendar as a month (or more) ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/scottie-scheffler-loves-what-it-takes-to-be-great-he-can-do-without-fame-that-comes-with-greatness/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/scottie-scheffler-loves-what-it-takes-to-be-great-he-can-do-without-fame-that-comes-with-greatness/", "title": "Scottie Scheffler Loves What It Takes To Be Great. He Can Do Without Fame That Comes With Greatness", "content_html": "\n
ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Scottie Scheffler’s final act of the season was to sign his winning scorecard. After a few minutes to exhale, his wife and two sons having come into the room, he\u00a0placed his cap\u00a0over the fixed camera the PGA Tour now installs in previously private scoring areas. Content is king.
\nIt wasn’t quite the level of Brian Harman\u00a0smirking and shooting the bird at the camera\u00a0last month in Minnesota, which made Scheffler chuckle and pump his fist. Both were playful moments, and yet Sunday at East Lake shed a little light on Scheffler’s incredible staying power.
\nScheffler loves what it takes to be the best player in golf, even the tedious work. He just doesn’t care for all the noise and notoriety that accompany greatness.
\n\u201cI have a tendency to keep my head down and kind of stay in my own lane when I’m out there playing,\u201d he said during the trophy presentation at the\u00a0Tour Championship. \u201cIt’s really fun when you’re able to win and celebrate with the fans in moments like these, and have my family here.\u201d
\nStill, his priority is to crush more than to engage. So he added somewhat apologetically, “I feel bad sometimes. I really do keep my head down and try to focus as much as I can. But I really do hear all the cheers, and I’m very thankful for all of them.\u201d
\nThe RBC Heritage at Hilton Head is reputed to be among the most chill tournaments on the schedule, the perfect place to decompress right after the Masters. During the pro-am that week, Scheffler said he felt a calmer vibe at Augusta National despite the enormous pressure, mainly because of the space inside the ropes and spectators (patrons) who cheer, not scream.
\nWhen he reached the ninth tee, fans at Hilton Head were screaming his name as he waited for the fairway to clear to tee off. Scheffler turned and smiled.
\nIt’s part of the deal, and he knows that by now.
\nBut this extraordinary run of dominance allows for speculation how long he can keep it up as the attention gets brighter. Winning is hard. The trappings that come with it can be exhausting.
\nThe way Scheffler showed up seemingly every week \u2014 he finished first, second or third in half of the 20 tournaments he played \u2014 and then capped off the season by winning two of the three postseason tournaments was satisfying.
\nIt also makes him a shoo-in to be voted PGA Tour player of the year for a fifth straight time. That would tie Tiger Woods for winning the most in a row.
\nComparisons with Woods, just like athletes in any sport across generations, are for pool halls and podcasts. Scheffler brushed off\u00a0the inevitable moment of passing Woods at No. 1 on the PGA Tour career earnings list, a spot Woods held for nearly 26 years.
\n\u201cI wouldn’t really consider that a Tiger record being broken,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cI think it just shows one of the many effects he had on the game of a golf in a positive way.\u201d
\nWoods never played for a prize fund of $10 million in his peak years from 1997 through 2009. Scheffler played for an average purse of $19.25 million this year. When it comes to money records, it just isn’t a fair fight.
\nThe real benchmark \u2014 82 tour wins \u2014 is still a long way off. Scheffler has gone three straight years with three wins or more. Woods went 10 out of 11 years winning at least four times.
\nScheffler, however, has separated himself in a similar manner as Woods. His points average in the world ranking is more than double that of Rory McIlroy at No. 2. This is his 171st week in a row at No. 1 in the world. Woods holds the record with 281 consecutive weeks at No. 1. A milestone that for years looks untouchable is now at least thinkable.
\nThere is not much drama with Scheffler, and he likes it that way. His obsession is such that he once said he had to force himself to find something other than golf to think about. Having two young boys have helped.
\n\u201cPart of what\u2019s great about golf and part of what\u2019s very frustrating about golf is it\u2019s kind of an endless puzzle you\u2019re always trying to solve,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cI feel like in order to become good at this game, you have to really enjoy the harder parts of it, the stuff that\u2019s a little bit more mundane.\u201d
\nFor Scheffler, that would be the first 10 minutes on the stationary bike. Cardio work is not his favorite. Neither is a cold plunge at 5:30 a.m. \u201cDo I want to go in there and freeze? No, but I do it,\u201d he said in January.
\nPractice, however, doesn’t get old. Neither does competing.
\n\nHis caddie, Ted Scott, once told of a round they played at Cypress Point early in 2025. Scheffler was returning from slicing open his right hand when\u00a0he tried to use a wine glass to cut ravioli. He showed Scott no mercy that day, prompting the caddie to say, \u201cScottie don’t play games when he’s playing games.\u201d
\nIt’s all about getting the most out of every day, from the cold plunge to the bike to the range to the first tee. Scheffler is relentless and it’s a matter of how long he can keep up this pace.
\n\u201cI don’t feel like I take days off. I\u2019m highly competitive, and I\u2019m very proud of being able to have the consistent results I\u2019ve had over the years,\u201d he said. “I feel like it’s a gift to play out here on the PGA Tour, and I don’t want to take it for granted. … I don\u2019t want to look back at the end of my career and feel like I could have done more in order to play well.\u201d
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-09-01T19:40:21+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-01T19:40:33+00:00", "author": { "name": "Doug Ferguson, AP" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ScottieFedExChamp26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "1 week", "excerpt": "ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Scottie Scheffler’s final act of the season was to sign his winning scorecard. After a few minutes to exhale, his wife and two sons having come into the room, he\u00a0placed his cap\u00a0over the ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/alker-wins-ally-challenge-for-2nd-straight-pga-tour-champions-victory/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/alker-wins-ally-challenge-for-2nd-straight-pga-tour-champions-victory/", "title": "Alker Wins Ally Challenge For 2nd Straight PGA Tour Champions Victory", "content_html": "\n
GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) \u2014 Steven Alker won the Ally Challenge on Sunday for his second straight PGA Tour Champions victory and third of the season, closing with a 4-under 68 at Warwick Hills for a three-stroke margin.
\nAlker won the Rogers Charity Classic last week in Calgary, Alberta, beating Y.E. Yang with a birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff. The 55-year-old New Zealander also won the Cologuard Classic in March in Tucson, Arizona, topping Padraig Harrington on the first extra hole.
\nAlker finished at 15-under 201 for his 13th career victory on the 50-and-over tour.
\nRetief Goosen was second after a 64.
\nTwo-time defending champion Stewart Cink (67), Greg Chalmers (69) and second-round leader Michael Block (74) tied for third at 11 under. The 50-year-old Block was making his fifth start on tour.
\nHenrik Stenson tied for 27th in his tour debut. He closed with a 69 to reach 5 under.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-09-01T19:36:40+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-02T12:59:41+00:00", "author": { "name": "Associated Press" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/StephenAlkerAlly26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "1 week", "excerpt": "GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) \u2014 Steven Alker won the Ally Challenge on Sunday for his second straight PGA Tour Champions victory and third of the season, closing with a 4-under 68 at Warwick Hills for a ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/scottie-scheffler-moves-past-a-tiger-woods-money-standard-that-stood-for-nearly-26-years/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/scottie-scheffler-moves-past-a-tiger-woods-money-standard-that-stood-for-nearly-26-years/", "title": "Scottie Scheffler Moves Past A Tiger Woods Money Standard That Stood For Nearly 26 Years", "content_html": "\n
ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Scottie Scheffler’s second FedEx Cup title, and his 22nd victory on the PGA Tour during this astonishing five-year run, was different from all the others, even if it looked all too familiar.
\nScheffler celebrated with a beer.
\nHe had just closed with a 4-under 66 in the Tour Championship on Sunday \u2014 no one else from the leading six players broke par \u2014 and Scheffler had to wait for the last two groups to finish to make it official.
\n\u201cThere was an open bar inside and I’m like, \u2018All right, I\u2019m grabbing a beer.’ It tasted great,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cI don’t really drink often. My wife and manager were like, \u2018Wow, I haven\u2019t seen you have a beer in a long time.’ Well, season’s over now. I’m going to have a beer. Well-earned beer.\u201d
\nThere was no arguing that, and there’s no longer a debate over who had the best season in golf.
\nScheffler took care of that at East Lake when he made up a three-shot deficit in four holes and pulled away to win the Tour Championship, claim a second FedEx Cup title and\u00a0move past Tiger Woods for most PGA Tour earnings.
\nScheffler signaled his rally with\u00a0a 5-iron to within 2 inches of the cup\u00a0on the 211-yard second hole. He caught Viktor Hovland with a 25-foot birdie on the fourth hole, pulled ahead for the first time on the 13th and wound up with a three-shot victory.
\nIt was his first time with the low 72-hole score at the Tour Championship.
\nWhen he won in 2024, he had a two-shot lead before the tournament began given to the No. 1 seed under the \u201cstarting strokes\u201d format. He won by four shots, even though two other players had a lower actual score. That still bugs him.
\n\u201cWhen you\u2019re coming down the stretch of a tournament and you\u2019re tied or one shot back, it\u2019s different than when you\u2019re adding it up at the end and there\u2019s starting strokes and all that stuff,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cI think having a real tournament to finish the year, where I am the winner and the lowest score at East Lake, feels like a bit more of an accomplishment.\u201d
\nScheffler won for the third time this year \u2014 twice in the last three weeks during the PGA Tour’s postseason \u2014 to match Chris Gotterup, Matt Fitzpatrick and U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark for most titles in 2026.
\nPlayers vote on the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour player of the year. Scheffler has won the last four years \u2014 another would tie him with Woods for most consecutive awards.
\nTaking over the top spot in career earnings was inevitable. The $40 million purse at the Tour Championship now counts as official money. Scheffler won $10 million, pushing his career total to $130,390,661.
\nWoods, who never played for more than a $10 million purse during his peak years from 1997 through 2009, had been at the top of the career money list for nearly 26 years.
\nIt was a small slice of redemption for Scheffler, who lost in a playoff to Hovland at the Travelers Championship, one of his five runner-up finishes this year.
\nHovland made only one birdie and closed with a 72 to finish alone in second, worth $5 million. Most aggravating for the Norwegian was having three putts hit the lip in a four-hole stretch on the back nine, two of them for birdie and one for par.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s just good, and he played good every day,\u201d Hovland said. \u201cI could have shot 66 easily as well today. Just didn’t have it. … It wasn\u2019t like anybody else really played all that great in contention, and that\u2019s what you see \u2014 a lot of guys just gagging and throwing up. And that\u2019s where he just kind of stays in it and shoots a nice score. That gets the job done.\u201d
\nScheffler had two bogeys \u2014 one an aggressive miss with a wedge from the fairway on No. 7, the other from a gnarly lie in the rough on the 14th \u2014 and otherwise felt he didn’t miss much over a tough day of wind and firm turf that made the landing spots feel smaller.
\nEast Lake played to a cumulative average of 67.35 through three rounds. On Sunday, the average score was 70.07.
\nRyan Gerard, one shot behind Hovland staring out, made double bogey on the opening hole, followed with 13 straight pars and shot 72 to finish alone in third.
\n\u201cThey made it as difficult as they could today, and that\u2019s kind of what we were looking for,\u201d Gerard said. \u201cI just wasn\u2019t on enough to execute shots to really tucked hole locations.\u201d
\nScheffler said winning the Tour Championship for the FedEx Cup doesn’t change his outlook on the season. That’s for others to judge. Even so, he had a point to prove.
\nHe felt as though he had underachieved in the PGA Tour postseason \u2014 losing a six-shot lead to Rory McIlroy in 2022, not putting up much of a fight when Hovland won in 2023 when he started with a two-shot lead and finished 16 shots behind.
\n\n\u201cTo come in this year maybe not winning the tournaments that I could have won throughout the regular season, to come in and win two out of three playoff events, is definitely a nice way to finish off the season,\u201d Scheffler said.
\n\u201cThat was my motto going into the playoffs. Maybe in years I\u2019ve underperformed in the postseason, and maybe this is a year I\u2019ll perform better than I have in the regular season.\u201d
\nThat he did, and the beer no doubt went down smoothly.
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ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Scottie Scheffler ended any conversation about who had the best season on Sunday when he made up a three-shot deficit with a 4-under 66 to win the Tour Championship, claim a second FedEx Cup title and move past Tiger Woods for most PGA Tour career earnings.
\nScheffler signaled his rally with\u00a0a 5-iron to within 2 inches of the cup\u00a0on the 211-yard second hole. He caught Viktor Hovland with a 25-foot birdie on the fourth hole, pulled ahead for the first time on the 13th and held on to win at East Lake.
\n\u201cThis was a week I brought a lot of good energy to the course and tried to do my best,\u201d Scheffler said at the trophy presentation. \u201cComing from behind and being able to win tournaments is a really cool feeling.\u201d
\nScheffler won for the third time this year \u2014 twice in the last three weeks during the PGA Tour’s postseason \u2014 to match Chris Gotterup, Matt Fitzpatrick and U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark for most titles in 2026. He won his first FedEx Cup two years ago.
\nPlayers vote on the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour player of the year. Scheffler has won the last four years \u2014 another would tie him with Woods for most consecutive awards.
\nTaking over the top spot in career earnings was inevitable. The $40 million purse at the Tour Championship now counts as official money. Scheffler won $10 million, pushing his career total to $130,390,661.
\nWoods, who never played for more than a $10 million purse during his peak years from 1997 through 2008, had been at the top of the career money list for nearly 26 years.
\nIt was a small slice of redemption for Scheffler, who lost in a playoff to Hovland at the Travelers Championship, one of his five runner-up finishes this year.
\nHovland made only one birdie and closed with a 72 to finish alone in second, worth $5 million.
\nScheffler had two bogeys \u2014 one a bad miss with a wedge from the fairway on No. 7, the other from a gnarly lie in the rough on the 14th \u2014 and still was the only player from the last three groups of the final round to break par.
\n\nThe final birdie came from a fairway bunker to 11 feet on the 16th. Hovland had three putts in a four-hole stretch catch the lip of the cup \u2014 two for birdie, one for par.
\nRyan Gerard, one shot behind Hovland staring out, made double bogey on the opening hole, followed with 13 straight pars and shot 72 to finish alone in third.
\nScheffler, who won his season opener in The American Express, ended the year with the 22nd title of his career \u2014 13 of them by at least three shots \u2014 and 25th worldwide, including an Olympic gold medal in Paris two years ago.
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NORTON, Mass. (AP) \u2014 Ruoning Yin won the FM Championship on Sunday at the TPC Boston for her sixth career LPGA Tour victory, outlasting Hyo Joo Kim.
\nYin ran in a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-5 12th for a share of the lead with playing partner Kim. The 23-year-old Chinese player parred the next five in breezy conditions and birdied the par-5 18th for a 2-under 70 and a two-stroke victory.
\n\u201cI was really emotional when I was on the 18 green and just felt like all the hard work paid off,\u201d Yin said. \u201cJust really happy how I grinded out there today.\u201d
\nKim shot 71. She dropped back with a three-putt bogey on the par-3 16th, missing a 9-foot par try. The South Korean player \u2014 a two-time winner this season \u2014 missed a 7-foot birdie attempt on the par-3 17th.
\n\u201cAt the end of the day it was Ronni,\u201d Kim said.
\nSei Young Kim chipped in for birdie on the par-3 11th to take a one-stroke lead in the final group, then dropped four shots on the next three holes with a double bogey and two bogeys. She shot 73 to tie for fourth.
\nYin won twice in 2023 and three times in 2024, with a span of 672 days since her last win in the 2024 Maybank Championship.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s just been so long since my last win,\u201d Yin said. \u201cI know I work hard and also my team, my mom is here. Just everything comes together.\u201d
\nShe had a midnight flight to China.
\n\u201cI\u2019ll be back home and celebrate with my friend and my family,\u201d Yin said. \u201cI think I\u2019m going to take a good sleep on the plane.\u201d
\nAllisen Corpuz was third at 11 under after a 68. Fellow U.S. Solheim Cup player Rose Zhang (68) was another shot back with Sei Young Kim.
\nTop-ranked Nelly Korda tied for 50th at 1 over after a 73 in the final event before the Sept. 11-13 Solheim Cup matches in the Netherlands.
\nEuropean captain Anna Nordqvist finished her final final event on the LPGA Tour in tie for 38th. She was 1 under after a 72.
\n\u201cI\u2019m not really sure how to feel,\u201d Nordqvist said. \u201cNothing ever prepares you for this moment. I\u2019m definitely going to miss it.\u201d
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-30T22:02:28+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-31T12:15:12+00:00", "author": { "name": "Associated Press" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/RuoningYinFM26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "1 week", "excerpt": "NORTON, Mass. (AP) \u2014 Ruoning Yin won the FM Championship on Sunday at the TPC Boston for her sixth career LPGA Tour victory, outlasting Hyo Joo Kim. Yin ran in a 25-foot birdie putt on the ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/signed-sealed-delivered-former-grocery-driver-joe-dean-wins-british-masters-with-wife-as-caddie/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/signed-sealed-delivered-former-grocery-driver-joe-dean-wins-british-masters-with-wife-as-caddie/", "title": "Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Former Grocery Driver Joe Dean Wins British Masters With Wife As Caddie", "content_html": "\n
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) \u2014 Joe Dean, a former grocery delivery driver ranked No. 292, captured his first European tour title by shooting 9-under 63 to win the British Masters with his wife on the bag on Sunday.
\nThe 32-year-old Englishman started the final round seven strokes off the lead at The Belfry but made nine birdies \u2014 including four on his last six holes \u2014 to finish the week on 14-under par and move into the lead with the late starters still having holes to play.
\nNo one could catch him, with four players \u2014 Nacho Elvira (69), third-round leader Daniel Hillier (73), Niklas Norgaard (71) and Jakob Skov Olesen (71) \u2014 tying for second place, three shots back.
\nThis was the first tournament in Team Europe\u2019s qualifying process for next year\u2019s Ryder Cup, so that\u2019s suddenly an unlikely target for Dean \u2014 quite the turn of events for someone who spent time delivering groceries during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and kept doing it for nearly four years to help fund his career when he didn\u2019t have a card.
\n\u201cI enjoyed it for most of the time,\u201d Dean said of his old part-time job. \u201cObviously it’s a completely different life, a completely different lifestyle. I still see the vans going up and down the road every now and then, and I keep in touch.\u201d
\nIt was a family success, too. Dean got married to Emily following the British Open in July and she was his caddie this week.
\n\u201cI can’t thank her enough for what she has to put up with, with me,\u201d Dean said. \u201cIt was bad enough off the course, with the lows and stuff. Now it’s on and off the course. I hope I made her proud.\u201d
\nMarco Penge tied for sixth place with a final-round 72, marking a solid start to Ryder Cup qualifying after he failed to get selected as a captain\u2019s pick two years ago in a breakout season on the European tour that contained three wins.
\nPenge acknowledged this week it was the correct call by captain Luke Donald, whose team went on to win 15-13 at Bethpage Black.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-30T21:58:33+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-02T13:00:08+00:00", "author": { "name": "Associated Press" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/JoeDeanBritishMasters26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "1 week", "excerpt": "BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) \u2014 Joe Dean, a former grocery delivery driver ranked No. 292, captured his first European tour title by shooting 9-under 63 to win the British Masters with his wife on the bag on ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/sei-young-kim-shoots-64-at-tpc-boston-for-1st-round-lead-in-the-fm-championship/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/sei-young-kim-shoots-64-at-tpc-boston-for-1st-round-lead-in-the-fm-championship/", "title": "Sei Young Kim Shoots 64 At TPC Boston For 1st-Round Lead In The FM Championship", "content_html": "\n
NORTON, Mass. (AP) \u2014 Sei Young Kim capped a second-nine spree with an chip-in eagle and shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday at the TPC Boston to take the first-round lead in the FM Championship.
\nKim played a six-hole stretch in 6 under with four birdies and the eagle on the par-5 seventh. The South Korean player had only 24 putts as she tries to build on a third-place finish last week in the CPKC Women\u2019s Open.
\n\u201cI feel like this course is a little softer, greens are a little softer than last year,\u201d Kim said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I was able to get a lot of birdie chance, even front nine.\u201d
\nMiyu Yamashita, the runaway winner Sunday in Edmonton, Alberta, was a stroke back along with Emily Kristine Pedersen.
\nAfter tying the LPGA Tour’s 72-hole scoring record in her nine-stroke victory in Canada, Yamashita led the field with 10 birdies, but had a double bogey on the par-3 eighth. The Japanese star played the back nine in 30 with seven birdies in eight holes. She also had just 24 putts.
\n\u201cToday putting, middle putting,” Yamashita said. “So good.\u201d
\nSomi Lee opened with a 66.
\nTop-ranked Nelly Korda had a 72 in the final event before the Solheim Cup. All 10 players atop the women’s ranking are in the field.
\nThe $4.4 million purse is the largest outside of the majors on the LPGA Tour.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-28T01:48:03+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-28T01:48:03+00:00", "author": { "name": "Associated Press" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MiyuYamashitaFM26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "2 weeks", "excerpt": "NORTON, Mass. (AP) \u2014 Sei Young Kim capped a second-nine spree with an chip-in eagle and shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday at the TPC Boston to take the first-round lead in the FM Championship. Kim ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/min-woo-lee-makes-tour-championship-debut-by-matching-his-career-best-with-62/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/min-woo-lee-makes-tour-championship-debut-by-matching-his-career-best-with-62/", "title": "Min Woo Lee Makes Tour Championship Debut By Matching His Career Best With 62", "content_html": "\n
ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Min Woo Lee made his first trip to the Tour Championship a memorable one, playing bogey-free on a rain-softened East Lake for an 8-under 62 that matched his career low on the PGA Tour and gave him a two-shot lead Thursday.
\nA pair of runner-up finishes this year, at Pebble Beach and the Scottish Open, made Lee a lock to be among the top 30 players who get a shot at the FedEx Cup, the $10 million prize and a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour. He just hasn’t felt like a top-30 player in recent weeks.
\n\u201cVery average two weeks the last two weeks. It was probably the saddest I\u2019ve been on the golf course, which is not good,\u201d Lee said. \u201cWe\u2019re really lucky to be out here and play some good golf to get into the playoffs. It just felt so hard.\u201d
\nThere was no such feeling in the opening round of the final event of the FedEx Cup season. He rarely was under stress to make par, made four of his eight birdies from outside 10 feet and wound up with a lead over Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa and Chris Gotterup.
\nScottie Scheffler started his day with a 6-foot par putt and never came close to another bogey in his round of 65. He also was nearly recovered from the hand, foot and mouth disease he picked up last week that gave him blisters on his feet, hands and throat. The hands were the biggest problem. Those are fine. There’s still a few in his throat, and he sounded much better than a week ago.
\nThe greatest testament came from Matt Fitzpatrick, who also played with him in the opening round at Bellerive last week.
\n\u201cI played with him last week and he said, \u2018Man, I thought I pissed you off or something. You didn’t talk to me for two days,’\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cI was like, \u2018No, man, I just couldn\u2019t speak.’\u201d
\nScheffler is No. 1 in the FedEx Cup \u2014 he picked up a $23 million bonus last week \u2014 but that doesn’t matter at East Lake. Under the current format, any of the 30 players who win the Tour Championship are deemed the FedEx Cup champion.
\nTommy Fleetwood, who opened with a 66 in his title defense, was the FedEx Cup champion despite not winning all year until the Tour Championship. Lee is in the same situation this year. Only one other \u2014 Ludvig Aberg \u2014 from the eight players at 65 or better has yet to win this year.
\nThe immediate payoff for Lee was changing to a slightly heavier shaft in his irons after his coach felt he was swinging faster than usual. The shaft helped to slow it down, and it worked.
\nHe birdied the par-5 18th for a 62, matching the score he shot at the Nicklaus Tournament course at PGA West to start the year. That was the California desert at The American Express, a tournament known for its low scoring. This one might have been easier given the conditions.
\nRain about an hour before the first tee time made the greens softer, and it showed in the scoring. All 29 players in the field were at even par or better, and the course played to 66.7
\nMissing from the field was 2025 U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun, who withdrew after five holes because of a shoulder injury.
\nSpaun said he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder blade on Tuesday and he spent two days trying to manage it.
\n\n\u201cToday it felt a lot better, like mobility-wise,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I think with the torque and the amount of force in a golf swing, it just doesn\u2019t feel very comfortable. I\u2019m nowhere in my game health-wise to be able to compete at the highest level.\u201d
\nBMW Championship winner Wyndham Clark birdied two of his last three holes to salvage a 67.
\nGary Woodland, back at the Tour Championship for the first time since 2019, Adam Scott and British Open champion Ryan Fox were among those joining the group of players at 68. Rory McIlroy, the only three-time FedEx Cup champion, opened with a 68.
\nRussell Henley, who grew up just over an hour south in Macon, had 18 pars in his round of 70.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-28T01:42:31+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-28T01:42:31+00:00", "author": { "name": "Doug Ferguson, AP" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MinWooLeeTourChamp26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "2 weeks", "excerpt": "ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Min Woo Lee made his first trip to the Tour Championship a memorable one, playing bogey-free on a rain-softened East Lake for an 8-under 62 that matched his career low on the PGA ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/good-good-to-no-longer-be-title-sponsor-of-pga-tour-event-and-loses-callaway-sponsorship/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/good-good-to-no-longer-be-title-sponsor-of-pga-tour-event-and-loses-callaway-sponsorship/", "title": "Good Good To No Longer Be Title Sponsor Of PGA Tour Event And Loses Callaway Sponsorship", "content_html": "\n
ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Good Good Golf lost its partnership with Callaway on Thursday and no longer will be title sponsor of a PGA Tour event in November as the fallout continued over\u00a0a video\u00a0for a new Callaway driver that showed a man shoving a woman to the ground who was trying to touch the golf club.
\nGood Good, among the most popular in the YouTube Golf space, has said the video was meant to be a spinoff from the movie, \u201cObsession.\u201d But the criticism was immediate and relentless, and the pressure began mounting by the day.
\nThe video was deleted the same day it was posted on Aug. 20, but it continued to make the rounds on social media and apologies from Good Good and Callaway had little effect.
\n\u201cWe were disappointed with what we saw,\u201d PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp said Tuesday of the response from Good Good. He said its role as a title sponsor was a \u201cfluid situation.\u201d
\n\u201cWe agree with their decision to use this time to focus on their organization and the work ahead,\u201d the tour said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe PGA Tour believes in golf\u2019s ability to bring people together and create a welcoming environment for all.\u201d
\nThe tournament already was changed on the PGA Tour’s website to \u201cAustin Championship.\u201d
\nGolf Channel postponed a Good Good reality show Wednesday \u2014 \u201cBig Break x Good Good\u201d \u2014 because a sponsor, reported to be Galaxy Golf, wanted its brand scrubbed from the telecast. Dick’s Sporting Goods removed the apparel from its stories. And then Callaway said it was ending the three-year sponsorship.
\nThe PGA Tour confirmed Good Good said it would pull out as title sponsor of the new Nov. 12-15 tournament in Austin, Texas. The tour said the tournament still would be played.
\n\u201cAfter thoughtful discussions with the PGA Tour and careful reflection, we have decided to step away as sponsor of the tour event in Austin this fall,\u201d Good Good said\u00a0in a social media post. \u201cWe recognize that we have work to do as an organization, and our focus right now is on our team, our culture and ensuring we will learn from this situation.\u201d
\nGolf Channel announced Friday afternoon the Big Break x Good Good series would be scrapped this year. The winner was to have received a sponsor exemption to the Austin tournament.
\n\u201cFollowing recent developments involving Good Good, and including the fact that the intended outcome of the series can no longer be fulfilled, Golf Channel will not be able to complete this season of Big Break as planned,\u201d Golf Channel said in a statement.
\nIt said Big Break would return next year.
\nIn the 60-second video for Callaway\u2019s new driver co-branded with Good Good, Garrett Clark shoves Alexis Miestowski to the ground as she reaches for the driver. As she is on the ground he leans over tells her, “Do not touch my new driver.\u201d
\nClark and Miestowski work for Good Good.
\nThe video was pulled the night it was posted, and it was followed by apologies by Good Good Golf and Callaway Golf the next day. But then Callaway added another layer of apologies, this one from CEO Chip Brewer, who conceded that while Good Good produced the video, Callaway approved it before it was posted.
\nBrewer said the approval never should have happened and the company would investigate.
\nCallaway posted to its social media channels on Thursday that it has ended its relationship with Good Good effective immediately; has taken \u201cappropriate internal corrective actions\u201d and strengthened approval procedures to avoid another mistake; and has committed $1 million to support organizations working to prevent violence against women.
\n\u201cThese actions do not undo the harm caused or excuse our role in it,\u201d the statement said. \u201cWe sincerely apologize to everyone who was hurt, disappointed, or offended by this incident.\u201d
\nGood Good Golf was launched as a YouTube channel in 2020 and now is among the largest content creators in the sport, featuring eight men and four women competing in golf and various challenges. It has made-for-TV shows, apparel and other merchandise.
\n\nClark, one of the Good Good founders, posted an\u00a0eight-minute video\u00a0Wednesday evening in which he called it \u201cthe worst ad known to man\u201d and the reaction to the ad was \u201cnot what we stand for.\u201d
\n\u201cI do not support DV (domestic violence) or abuse or any of that of any kind,” he said.
\nThe PGA Tour has embraced such content creators over the last several years, even staging exhibitions during the week of The Players Championship and Tour Championship.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-28T01:35:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-31T12:13:44+00:00", "author": { "name": "Doug Ferguson, AP" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/BrianRolappTourChamp25.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "2 weeks", "excerpt": "ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Good Good Golf lost its partnership with Callaway on Thursday and no longer will be title sponsor of a PGA Tour event in November as the fallout continued over\u00a0a video\u00a0for a new Callaway ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/lpga-tour-announces-plans-for-an-event-in-hong-kong-beginning-next-year/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/lpga-tour-announces-plans-for-an-event-in-hong-kong-beginning-next-year/", "title": "LPGA Tour Announces Plans For An Event In Hong Kong Beginning Next Year", "content_html": "\n
NORTON, Mass. (AP) \u2014 The LPGA Tour and presenting sponsor Moomoo announced plans Wednesday for an event in Hong Kong beginning next year.
\nThe tour said the Futu Ladies World Championship is scheduled for March 4-7 at The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club. A field of 78 players is set to compete for a $3.4 million purse, the highest of any LPGA Tour event in Asia.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-27T17:41:16+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-27T17:41:16+00:00", "author": { "name": "Associated Press" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MiyuYamashitaCanada26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "2 weeks", "excerpt": "NORTON, Mass. (AP) \u2014 The LPGA Tour and presenting sponsor Moomoo announced plans Wednesday for an event in Hong Kong beginning next year. The tour said the Futu Ladies World Championship is scheduled for March 4-7 ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/liv-golf-begins-laying-off-employees-while-downsizing-to-restructure-without-saudi-funding/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/liv-golf-begins-laying-off-employees-while-downsizing-to-restructure-without-saudi-funding/", "title": "LIV Golf Begins Laying Off Employees While Downsizing To Restructure Without Saudi Funding", "content_html": "\n
LIV Golf has informed employees their jobs will end next week as the league begins life without Saudi funding, downsizing operations as it pursues an agreement with a lead investor to reshape the league for next year.
\nIt was not clear how many or what percentage of employees are being laid off.\u00a0LIV ended its fifth season last week\u00a0outside Indianapolis, one week earlier than expected.
\nThe staff reduction was not a surprise. LIV Golf learned in April the\u00a0Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia would end financial backing after this season. LIV in July filed a notice under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act that indicated layoffs were likely.
\nThere also was hope that several employees could be hired back depending on LIV securing its agreement with the lead investor and how the new league \u2014 LIV 2.0 \u2014 might look.
\n\u201cThe funding commitment announced by PIF earlier this year will reach its conclusion. As a result, we are scaling back operations as we transition to the next chapter of LIV Golf and work toward making LIV 2.0 a reality,” LIV said in a statement Wednesday.
\n“This week, we informed many of our colleagues that their employment under LIV 1.0 will end in the first week of September. We are grateful to our employees for their hard work and dedication in building LIV Golf, and we remain committed to supporting those affected through this transition.\u201d
\nCEO Scott O’Neil\u00a0announced earlier this month that he had come to terms with a lead investor, which multiple reports have indicated was BC Partners, and they were hopeful of finalizing the deal in September.
\nLIV Golf had its shortest season since the year it launched in 2022, losing events in\u00a0New Orleans\u00a0and the\u00a0team championship in Michigan, with the team title merged into the Indiana event.
\nStill to be determined are the futures of its biggest names, starting with Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau. Rahm still is under contract while DeChambeau started the year negotiating for a renewal. That was before Saudi Arabia pulled the plug on the funding when the Iran war led PIF to reshape its investment priorities.
\nO’Neil has not ruled out filing for bankruptcy as part of the restructuring. LIV already faces two lawsuits for not paying vendors for services.
\nTyrrell Hatton, a four-time Ryder Cup player from England who joined LIV in 2024 with Rahm’s team, entered the\u00a0British Masters\u00a0this week once he learned the team championship in Michigan had been canceled.
\nHe said Wednesday he has \u201cmultiple years\u201d on his contract with LIV. Hatton plans to play five of the next seven weeks on the European tour beginning with the British Masters, which starts the qualifying period for the Ryder Cup for Team Europe.
\nHe said he expects LIV Golf to be playing in 2027.
\n\u201cI know they have worked really hard to getting funding stuff in place. So I know it\u2019s full steam ahead on that front,\u201d Hatton said. He also said he has continued to play the European tour and \u201cI don\u2019t see why that should change for me in the future.\u201d
\n\nO’Neil has pitched a 10-tournament schedule for LIV, half of them overseas and half in the United States. Key to that plan is making sure his players can compete anywhere, though his mantra of \u201cComplete, Not Compete\u201d didn’t sit well with tours that lost players to big signing bonuses.
\nThe PGA Tour has banned LIV players for at least one year dating to their last LIV appearance. An exception was made for five-time major champion Brooks Koepka, who ended his contract with LIV at the end of 2025 and returned to the PGA Tour under stiff financial penalty.
\nO’Neil said last week in Indiana the first stage of LIV required big investments.
\n\u201cThis next chapter requires something quite different \u2014 commercial discipline,\u201d he said. \u201dI wasn\u2019t here in the early days, but at least reputationally, it was a bit more free-spending than it will be in the future. We\u2019ve taken a real disciplined look at the cost side of the business.”
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-27T17:37:55+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-27T17:37:55+00:00", "author": { "name": "Doug Ferguson, AP" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/LIVUK26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "2 weeks", "excerpt": "LIV Golf has informed employees their jobs will end next week as the league begins life without Saudi funding, downsizing operations as it pursues an agreement with a lead investor to reshape the league for next ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/gogel-suspended-6-months-for-betting-on-golf-tournaments-he-wasnt-playing/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/gogel-suspended-6-months-for-betting-on-golf-tournaments-he-wasnt-playing/", "title": "Gogel Suspended 6 Months For Betting On Golf Tournaments He Wasn\u2019t Playing", "content_html": "\n
Matt Gogel has been suspended for six months for betting on golf. The PGA Tour said Wednesday none of the wagers were for tournaments he was playing.
\nGogel, whose best finish on the PGA Tour Champions this year was a runner-up in the Senior British Open, will be eligible to return on Feb. 22, 2027.
\nGogel, 55, called it an honest mistake.
\n\u201cIn 2024 and 2025, I unknowingly violated the PGA Tour policy by placing small, recreational wagers on golf,\u201d Gogel said in a statement provided by the tour. \u201cI want to be clear that these wagers were not placed on regular PGA Tour events, PGA Tour Champions events or any tournament in which I participated.\u201d
\nThe tour did not disclose details of his violation, though his statement would indicate the wagers involved major championships.
\nGogel, who grew up in Kansas, was best known on the PGA Tour for shooting 40 on the back nine in 2000 when Tiger Woods overcame a seven-shot deficit in the final seven holes at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for his sixth straight victory.
\nGogel atoned for that two years later by winning at Pebble Beach, his lone PGA Tour title. He worked briefly for Golf Channel and CBS, returning to competition when he turned 50 and became eligible for the PGA Tour Champions.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-27T17:34:25+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-27T17:34:25+00:00", "author": { "name": "Associated Press" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MattGogel22.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "2 weeks", "excerpt": "Matt Gogel has been suspended for six months for betting on golf. The PGA Tour said Wednesday none of the wagers were for tournaments he was playing. Gogel, whose best finish on the PGA Tour Champions ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/quail-hollow-added-to-championship-series-as-2028-elite-schedule-starts-to-take-shape/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/quail-hollow-added-to-championship-series-as-2028-elite-schedule-starts-to-take-shape/", "title": "Quail Hollow Added To Championship Series As 2028 Elite Schedule Starts To Take Shape", "content_html": "\nATLANTA (AP) \u2014 The Truist Championship at Quail Hollow Club is the latest tournament to be set for the top-tier Championship Series starting in 2028, another announcement that was expected because the tournament has been elite since it began in 2003 and already is a signature event.
\nThat makes eight tournaments announced for the Championship Series, the only two surprises being the new Sompo Championship and the\u00a0Greensboro, North Carolina, event that has changed sponsorship and now is the GO by Raymond James.
\nPGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp said Tuesday that seven \u2014 now eight, with the Truist announcement Wednesday \u2014 of the 15 tournaments on the Championship Series have been announced. That doesn’t include the four majors, The Players Championship and the postseason.
\nHe said an additional three have been identified, and those will be disclosed shortly. There will be plenty of assumptions of current signature events, such as the AT&T Pebble Beach, the RBC Heritage and the Genesis Invitational.
\nThe Genesis Invitational is the only player-hosted event \u2014 Tiger Woods \u2014 not yet announced. Part of that is due to the future of Riviera Country Club, which just finished a U.S. Women’s Open in June, has the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and the 2031 U.S. Open. The private club might want a breather. Discussions are ongoing.
\n\u201cOf the remaining four regular-season events, we are currently in active discussions with 14 prospective partners,\u201d Rolapp said. \u201cGiven that level of demand and interest, we expect to be making final decisions soon.\u201d
\nHe said he expects to announce the full 2028 Championship Series schedule on Feb. 22 at a special television show from PGA Tour headquarters.
\nJim Furyk is no longer just dipping his toes into the television world. The 2003 U.S. Open champion and two-time Ryder Cup captain has been named Golf Channel’s lead analyst for PGA Tour events and the major championships.
\nFuryk agreed to a multiyear deal that takes him into the revamped 2028 schedule of Championship Series events. Golf Channel next year has full coverage of The American Express to start the season, and weekday coverage of the rest of the PGA Tour events (along with the U.S. and British Opens).
\n\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to expand my role with USA Sports and Golf Channel to call the action at men\u2019s majors and the biggest PGA Tour events for years to come,\u201d Furyk said. \u201cI have really enjoyed my time in the booth and look forward to continuing to develop in the role.\u201d
\nThe announcement would seem to end speculation about Furyk joining the NBC booth because Golf Channel and NBC are now separately owned.
\nThe PGA Tour on Wednesday put out its full schedule for 2027, the last one before it changes to what amounts to a\u00a0two-tour system.
\nIt looks to be similar to this year, with a few tweaks. The Dallas-area tournaments are no longer in consecutive weeks in May. The CJ Cup Byron Nelson in Dallas will end in the first weekend of May, followed by the Valspar Championship in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area. That will lead into the Truist Championship, the PGA Championship and then Colonial will be the last week in May.
\nThe Valspar previously was in March. That was been moved to clear the way for the Cadillac Championship in Miami to return to the Florida swing in March.
\nAlso, the new Sompo Championship to be held in Napa, California, will be the last week in July and take the spot of the Rocket Classic in Detroit.
\nPebble Beach again will have two events \u2014 the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February and the U.S. Open in June. The British Open returns to St. Andrews and the PGA Championship is at its new headquarters in Frisco, Texas.
\nThat means the Dallas-Fort Worth area will have three tournaments in five weeks \u2014 The CJ Cup Byron Nelson, PGA Championship and Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial \u2014 with the PGA Championship and Colonial going back-to-back.
\nColonial is about 50 miles southwest of Frisco.
\nGary Woodland is the feel-good story at East Lake simply by\u00a0making it to the Tour Championship while trying to cope with the effects of his brain surgery\u00a0three years ago.
\nThat doesn’t spare him from getting plenty of grief from last week at the\u00a0BMW Championship.
\nHe was on the bubble of being in the top 30, playing well in the final round at Bellerive, when he topped a tee shot into a creek about 100 yards in front of him on the ninth hole, leading to a double bogey. He was rock-solid the rest of the way, shot 69 and tied for fourth to advance.
\nNow about that tee shot?
\nHe heard about it from Xander Schauffele on the putting green at East Lake on Monday. At the Payne Stewart Award ceremony Tuesday night, former award winner Brandt Snedeker was being interviewed on stage when he was asked if Woodland \u2014 one of Snedeker’s assistant captains for the Presidents Cup next month \u2014 would be considered a captain’s pick if he played well this week.
\n\nSnedeker paused during his answer, smiled and everyone knew what was coming. He mentioned the topped tee shot.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve hit some good shots this year, and I haven\u2019t got as much attention as that shot has,\u201d Woodland said.
\nWoodland even heard it from his father. They plan to play together again in December at the PNC Championship in Florida.
\n\u201cWhen I turned my phone on after the round, it wasn\u2019t, \u2018Congrats\u2019 or \u2018Good playing.\u2019 It was: \u2018Hey, get that shot out of the way. I can\u2019t afford to have that in the scramble,\u2019\u201d Woodland said.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-27T17:32:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-27T17:32:00+00:00", "author": { "name": "Doug Ferguson, AP" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/BrianRolappTourChamp25.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "2 weeks", "excerpt": "ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 The Truist Championship at Quail Hollow Club is the latest tournament to be set for the top-tier Championship Series starting in 2028, another announcement that was expected because the tournament has been elite ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/rolapp-says-he-will-lean-on-pga-tour-rules-when-contemplating-return-of-liv-players/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/rolapp-says-he-will-lean-on-pga-tour-rules-when-contemplating-return-of-liv-players/", "title": "Rolapp Says He Will Lean On PGA Tour Rules When Contemplating Return Of LIV Players", "content_html": "\n
ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp offered a\u00a0path back to a small number of LIV Golf players\u00a0at the start of the year with a tight deadline to accept it and a warning that \u201conce the door closes, there is no promise that this path will be available again.\u201d
\nIt’s a hot topic now that the LIV Golf League is done with its\u00a0shortened season. The speculation is just starting to ramp up on which players might be wanting back, Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau chief among them.
\nBrooks Koepka mutually ended his contract with LIV Golf when he\u00a0left at the end of 2025, and that would be a starting point now.
\n\u201cAnyone who\u2019s interested in coming to the PGA Tour needs to demonstrate that they are relieved of their contractual commitments or any tail obligations they might have in that legacy model,\u201d Rolapp said Tuesday. \u201cBrooks certainly did that, and until then, we weren\u2019t really able to consider anything seriously. I would say the same thing here.\u201d
\nAny path back does not sound like a smooth one. Along with preaching meritocracy, Rolapp brought up rules that applied to the players who bolted for LIV Golf with big signing bonuses. LIV players typically have been banned from PGA Tour-sanctioned events for one year from the time of their last LIV appearance.
\n\u201cThe tour is a membership organization. It has rules. Those rules exist for lots of reasons \u2014 for fair, competitive reasons,\u201d Rolapp said.
\n\u201cRules only matter if they\u2019re enforced,\u201d he said. \u201cSo accountability and discipline are essential to any organization, and certainly for the integrity of the tour and for the game, especially in a game that prides itself on rules and integrity.\u201d
\nOne of the popular topics for years was looking at the list of players who have earned more than $10 million in their PGA Tour careers without ever winning.
\nSi Woo Kim is on the verge of passing $10 million in one year without winning. He is at $9,735,444, assured of going over the mark because last place at the\u00a0Tour Championship\u00a0pays $355,000.
\nThere hasn’t been many last-place finishes for the 31-year-old South Korean.
\nHe has been runner-up three times this year, most recently in the\u00a0first FedEx Cup playoff event\u00a0(by eight shots to Scottie Scheffler). He has 11 finishes in the top 10 \u2014 only Scheffler has more \u2014 and his only missed cut was at the U.S. Open.
\n\u201cI think it\u2019s the best year for me, like all my golf career,\u201d Kim said. \u201cI\u2019ve been playing so much consistently this year. I haven\u2019t won yet, but even if not win, I still like the way I finished this year.\u201d
\nThe biggest change has been his putting, going to a long putter. It’s still well below average \u2014 he ranks No. 106 in the key putting stat \u2014 but it’s his highest ranking in that category, and a big improvement from being No. 161 last year.
\n\u201cI was struggling with the putting yips pretty much the last 10 years,\u201d he said. \u201cLike shaking hands during putting. First year I got broomstick I won Sony Open after Presidents Cup. Now without the putting yips I think I can play good.\u201d
\nHe’s still not able to take down Scheffler in their money games at Royal Oaks in Dallas. Kim beat him once at the start of the year, but they played another match and Scheffler got it all back. Kim was asked if he could estimate how much he has lost to the world’s No. 1 player this year.
\n\u201cI can\u2019t say how much I lost, but I think I\u2019m paying for his second son, all the diapers,\u201d he said.
\nThe PGA Tour Player of the Year award is getting plenty of attention going into the Tour Championship. Scottie Scheffler was a leading contender until\u00a0Wyndham Clark won the BMW Championship, giving him three wins, including a major. Scheffler has two wins but leads most of the major statistical categories.
\nAnother race could be decided at East Lake. Kristoffer Reitan of Norway and Alex Fitzpatrick of England are the only two PGA Tour rookies to reach the Tour Championship.
\nReitan won a signature event at the Truist Championship\u00a0at Quail Hollow. Fitzpatrick didn’t have a PGA Tour card until he teamed with his older brother, 2023 U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, to\u00a0win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
\nFitzpatrick since then, however, has had four top 10s, all against some of the strongest fields in the signature events. Reitan has two other top 10s beyond the Truist.
\n\u201cI would say maybe it all comes down to this week,\u201d Fitzpatrick said. “But truthfully it\u2019s not something that I\u2019ve really thought about that much. I think with everything else that\u2019s gone on this year, to be here has been amazing.
\n\u201cWhatever happens this week between me and him, whoever is the Rookie of the Year is amazing,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we\u2019ve both had great years, and we\u2019ll both be proud no matter what.\u201d
\nJackson Koivun also is a rookie and\u00a0won the 3M Open, but his body of work didn\u2019t start until he turned pro at the Canadian Open in early June.
\nThe race to replace Tiger Woods atop the PGA Tour career earnings is now a two-way race, with Scottie Scheffler still having the advantage.
\nScheffler is $608,506 away from passing Woods, who has led the career earnings list since Feb. 13, 2000. That would require a minimum of 13th place at the Tour Championship, where the $40 million purse now counts as official money instead of a bonus.
\nRory McIlroy, who picked up $1.36 million for his third-place finish at the BMW Championship last week, needs to make $3,150,795 at the Tour Championship to pass Woods. That would require a minimum of fourth place.
\nPreston Stout of Oklahoma State will get exemptions to the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and the British Open at St. Andrews for winning the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the leading male in the 2026 World Amateur Golf Ranking. Playing them requires that he remain an amateur. … The new PGA Tour schedule in 2028 will be a lot more compact, freeing up the latter part of the year for the European tour and some of the national opens. Patrick Cantlay is not one who sounds terribly interested in going. \u201cI do think the fall is a nice time for Europe to have their biggest events, but for me right now, the offseason is key in feeling fresh and ready to go, especially when I imagine a schedule that\u2019s even more golf over a shorter period of time,\u201d he said. … Getting to the Tour Championship means Adam Scott’s streak playing in the majors, assuming he stays healthy, will reach at least 106 in a row. He’s at 101. He is assured of all four majors next year and the Masters (past champion) in 2028.
\n\nThe Solheim Cup between the United States and Europe will feature only 13 of the top 50 players currently in the women’s world ranking.
\n\u201cIf I don\u2019t get love at the Presidents Cup as a USA guy, then I don\u2019t know. I might move to Mexico or something.\u201d \u2014 Wyndham Clark, joking about crowds who always seem to pull for the other guy.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-27T17:27:38+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-27T17:27:38+00:00", "author": { "name": "Doug Ferguson, AP" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/JonRahmPGA26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "2 weeks", "excerpt": "ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp offered a\u00a0path back to a small number of LIV Golf players\u00a0at the start of the year with a tight deadline to accept it and a warning that \u201conce ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/pga-tours-new-postseason-has-a-clear-message-the-toughest-to-qualify-for-and-to-win/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/pga-tours-new-postseason-has-a-clear-message-the-toughest-to-qualify-for-and-to-win/", "title": "PGA Tour\u2019s New Postseason Has A Clear Message: The Toughest To Qualify For And To Win", "content_html": "\nATLANTA (AP) \u2014 The success of a\u00a0new PGA Tour postseason format\u00a0depends largely on getting fans to understand what it means. And money is not the answer.
\nGolf was never meant to have a Super Bowl or a World Series, no matter how hard the tour has tried to make it feel that way over the last 20 years. What matters is a green jacket in April and a silver claret jug in July. Golf has been defined by four majors since Arnold Palmer said so in 1960.
\nSo whether the new postseason format that CEO Brian Rolapp announced Tuesday \u2014 seven days of match play over two weeks in two cities \u2014 is an improvement over the previous iterations remains to be seen.
\nBut he delivered the right message with one phrase when Rolapp called it \u201cone of the most difficult tournaments to qualify for and win.\u201d
\nThat’s all it is, and that’s enough.
\nThe season starts with\u00a0as many as 20 tournaments against the strongest fields, and the leading 90 players advance to the BMW Championship. The No. 1 player at the end of the week is the season winner (“Champion golfer of the year” is already taken) and handsomely rewarded.
\nThe top 32 advance to the two-week Tour Championship \u2014 four players in eight groups (World Cup fever!) and the top two from each group move on to the final week. Then it’s single elimination with a twist \u2014 everyone has to stick around to the end so there’s more than just two players on the course by Sunday.
\nOdds are the leader in points before the Tour Championship will have played the best golf (lately that has been Scottie Scheffler). And it’s just as likely that players who captured one or more of the majors that year would not be losing any sleep if the year didn’t end with a FedEx Cup title.
\nRory McIlroy is the only three-time winner of the FedEx Cup, and he was never golf’s best player any of the years he won. It was Jason Day early and Dustin Johnson late in 2016. It was Brooks Koepka in 2019. And it was Scheffler, whom\u00a0McIlroy beat by making up a six-shot deficit at East Lake on the final day in 2022.
\nHe was proud of all three titles for different reasons. McIlroy had lost chances to win in 2012 and 2014, so it was important just to have his name on the trophy. It felt big in 2019, too, mainly because the year before he was in the final group when Tiger Woods got swallowed up by the gallery on the 18th hole. That was a cool moment, and then McIlroy got his turn.
\n\u201cYou could argue that each of the FedEx Cups I\u2019ve won I maybe wasn\u2019t the best player of the entire year,\u201d McIlroy said Tuesday. \u201cBut I always felt like it was a way to redeem myself or end the year on a really positive note.\u201d
\nAnd starting in 2028?
\nIn some respects, it’s going back to previous times when there was a Tour Championship winner and a FedEx Cup champion. Those trophies were presented the same day. Now it’s two weeks apart.
\nDual winners famously happened in 2009 when Woods won the FedEx Cup and Phil Mickelson won the Tour Championship. That prompted Mickelson to say at the trophies presentation: \u201cLet me see if I get this straight. I shot 65 … and he gets a check for $10 million.\u201d
\nIt was funnier back then.
\nMore awkward was in 2018 when\u00a0Woods won the Tour Championship, his first victory after five years and four back surgeries. That might be one of the great trivia questions: Who won the FedEx Cup that year? Justin Rose.
\nAnd that led to the infamous change to \u201cstarting strokes,\u201d which was a lot better than it sounded.
\nIt rewarded the best player through the season \u2014 with increased points value in the two playoff events \u2014 and he was given a two-shot lead at 10-under par before any shots were hit. It sounded goofy, yes. But it was the same advantage as resetting points based on seeding.
\n\nThe media lampooned it from Monday to Thursday. No one really talked about it the rest of the week because the leaderboard was clear without doing longhand math on a whiteboard. Then again, the player who took the fewest shots that week could finish second (Xander Schauffele).
\nAnd now it should be clear. The best player. A bonus competition for the 32 best players, whittled down over two weeks on two golf courses in match play. The hardest tournament for which to qualify, the toughest to win.
\nThe ultimate measure of success is how it long it lasts before it gets changed.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-27T17:25:39+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-27T17:25:39+00:00", "author": { "name": "Doug Ferguson, AP" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/BrianRolappTourChamp25.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "2 weeks", "excerpt": "ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 The success of a\u00a0new PGA Tour postseason format\u00a0depends largely on getting fans to understand what it means. And money is not the answer. Golf was never meant to have a Super Bowl or ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/lebron-james-and-the-pga-tour-to-stage-a-two-day-event-at-firestone-geared-toward-youth/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/lebron-james-and-the-pga-tour-to-stage-a-two-day-event-at-firestone-geared-toward-youth/", "title": "LeBron James And The PGA Tour To Stage A Two-Day Event At Firestone Geared Toward Youth", "content_html": "\n
ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 LeBron James’ growing passion for golf now includes a partnership with the PGA Tour announced Tuesday that will bring a two-day tournament to Firestone Country Club in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, next summer to connect youth with aspiring professionals.
\nThe LeBron James Family Foundation Invitational will be played July 6-7 on the South course at Firestone,\u00a0where the PGA Tour recently ended a 72-year run.
\nThe event is to include mentorship that connect students from James’ \u201cI Promise\u201d program with players who advanced through the tour’s Pathway to Progression Pro-Bound Five that creates spots for college players in the Advocates Professional Golf Association circuit.
\nJames,\u00a0who signed a two-year deal to play with the Philadelphia 76ers, recently launched his own YouTube Golf channel, which began with a golf trip to Scotland with former Cleveland Cavaliers teammates.
\n\u201cGolf has become a passion of mine, and I\u2019ve seen firsthand how the game can open doors, build relationships and create opportunities that many kids don\u2019t even know exist,\u201d James said in a release. “This partnership with the PGA Tour gives my foundation a chance to introduce my \u2018I Promise\u2019 students and more people to the game at a young age, support talented athletes chasing their dreams, and continue investing in the city of Akron that means everything to me.\u201d
\nThe \u201cI Promise\u201d program serves Akron-area students and their families by providing them with the programs, support and resources to succeed in school and beyond. The idea behind the two-day tournament is to introduce them to golf through community programs while creating opportunities for those getting onto the APGA.
\nThe APGA Tour began in 2010 and was geared toward minority players, particularly Black golfers.
\n\u201cThe PGA Tour believes golf can create opportunity, change lives and bring communities together,\u201d said Brian Rolapp, the PGA Tour’s CEO and commissioner. \u201cLeBron and the LeBron James Family Foundation have shown what is possible when that commitment is backed by action, and this partnership brings that shared vision to life.”
\nRolapp also said the partnership gives the PGA Tour a presence at Firestone. The course had been part of the golf landscape dating to the 1954 Rubber City Open. It since hosted two PGA Championships, the World Series of Golf and a World Golf Championship that Tiger Woods won eight times.
\nIt became a PGA Tour Champions major until announcing that it was leaving this year for California.
\n\u201cThe LeBron James Family Foundation is very proud to be part of preserving the PGA Tour\u2019s presence in our community,\u201d said Michele Campbell, executive director of the LeBron James Family Foundation. \u201cWith this event, we\u2019re excited to not only support more diverse golfers getting into the game, but to also expose our \u2018I Promise\u2019 students and more youth in Akron to the world of possibilities that golf opens up.\u201d
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-25T18:49:43+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-31T12:16:16+00:00", "author": { "name": "Doug Ferguson, AP" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/LebronJames26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "2 weeks", "excerpt": "ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 LeBron James’ growing passion for golf now includes a partnership with the PGA Tour announced Tuesday that will bring a two-day tournament to Firestone Country Club in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, next ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/pga-tour-moving-to-match-play-for-two-week-tour-championship-at-two-courses/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/pga-tour-moving-to-match-play-for-two-week-tour-championship-at-two-courses/", "title": "PGA Tour Moving To Match Play For Two-Week Tour Championship At Two Courses", "content_html": "\nATLANTA (AP) \u2014 The PGA Tour is reshaping its postseason for 2028 by ending the year with a Tour Championship played over two weeks at different golf courses involving match play.
\nPGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp announced the changes Tuesday before the\u00a0Tour Championship, which has been 72 holes of stroke play for the top 30 players since it began in 1987. Under the current format, whoever wins the tournament is declared the FedEx Cup champion and earns $10 million in official money from the $40 million purse.
\nStarting in 2028, the BMW Championship \u2014 to be held that year at Olympia Fields near Chicago \u2014 will be for the leading 90 players on the points list. Points from the season continue, and the No. 1 player will be the season champion with bonus money paid out accordingly.
\nThe top 32 after the BMW Championship will be broken into eight groups of four-player pools for the first week of the Tour Championship. The leading two players from each pool advance to the final week, which will be match play over four days. Even players eliminated early will play through Sunday to determine final positions.
\n\u201cThis sets the stage for a reimagined Tour Championship, a separate, stand-alone competition that will emerge as one of the most difficult tournaments to qualify for and win,\u201d Rolapp said. \u201cIt’s match play over two weeks, an opportunity to make this an extended moment that commands the attention of golf and sports fans.\u201d
\nKey details, such as where the final two weeks will be played and how much money will be at stake, have not been announced. The\u00a0Future Competition Committee\u00a0is still working on those details, along with the rest of the 2028 schedule overhaul.
\nTwo people with knowledge of the discussions said Sleepy Hollow in New York, Interlachen Golf Club outside Minneapolis and Los Angeles Country Club, which held the 2023 U.S. Open, are under consideration. They spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because nothing has been finalized.
\n\u201cThis new format creates an exciting opportunity to showcase some of the most renowned venues in our sport, including places the modern tour has never been before,\u201d Rolapp said.
\nAs for the money, Rolapp said he hoped to have that sorted out by November.\u00a0Scottie Scheffler\u00a0earned $23 million from about $100 million in a bonus pool for leading the points list. The $40 million for the Tour Championship is additional \u2014 and official money \u2014 for the top 30.
\n\u201cI think there\u2019s an open question how we will allocate that in a new competitive model,\u201d Rolapp said.
\nThe Tour Championship first came to East Lake in Atlanta in 1998 and has been there every year since 2024. Rolapp said it would still be part of the rotation, suggesting the venues would change annually. Currently, the BMW Championship is the only postseason event that moves around.
\nUnder the new format, that means the BMW Championship will offer three trophies \u2014 one for the BMW Championship, one for the Western Golf Association that has run the tournament for 126 years and the PGA Tour Championship Series Finale.
\nThe first week of the Tour Championship will have no trophy at all. That’s all about being among the 16 players who advance to the final event.
\nAlso undecided is whether a corporate title sponsor will be involved. FedEx took over in 2007 when the PGA Tour attempted a postseason for a clear finish to a golf season that for decades had been defined by the four majors.
\n\nThe format has changed five times since 2007 in an attempt to define a season champion without taking away from whoever played the best golf that year.
\nThis will be the first time match play, the most fickle format in golf, will be used in the postseason. Match play was last used on the PGA Tour in 2023, a separate World Golf Championship. One of the concerns was the television product having only two players the last day.
\nIn the 2028 format, everyone plays all four days, with other matches deciding final positions. The winner will be the only player who didn’t lose a match.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-25T15:37:31+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-31T12:16:46+00:00", "author": { "name": "Doug Ferguson, AP" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/BrianRolappTourChamp25.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "2 weeks", "excerpt": "ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 The PGA Tour is reshaping its postseason for 2028 by ending the year with a Tour Championship played over two weeks at different golf courses involving match play. PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/americans-add-three-captains-picks-to-a-solheim-cup-team-with-only-five-winners-since-last-cup/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/americans-add-three-captains-picks-to-a-solheim-cup-team-with-only-five-winners-since-last-cup/", "title": "Americans Add Three Captain\u2019s Picks To A Solheim Cup Team With Only Five Winners Since Last Cup", "content_html": "\n
U.S. captain Angela Stanford filled out her Solheim Cup team with three picks Monday, leaning on experience for two picks along with taking 35-year-old Lindy Duncan, who has never played in the matches or won on the LPGA Tour.
\nStanford took Megan Khang, who will be making her fifth Solheim Cup appearance and is unbeaten in singles, and Rose Zhang, who played on two teams while finishing up at Stanford. Zhang won all four of her matches in 2024 in Virginia, none reaching the 17th hole.
\nDuncan was among whose who lost out in a playoff at the Chevron Championship in 2025. She fell from automatic qualifying this summer by finishing out of the top 30 in her last 12 tournaments and missing the cut in four of the five majors this year.
\nDuncan is the oldest American to make her Solheim Cup debut since Nancy Scranton was 39 for the 2000 matches at Loch Lomond.
\nDuncan joins Auston Kim, who made the U.S. team on points, as the only Solheim Cup rookies.
\nThe matches are Sept. 11-13 in the Netherlands, and the Americans will be trying to beat Europe away from home for the first time since 2015.
\nThe U.S. brings a team that has Nelly Korda, the No. 1 player in women’s golf with two majors among her three victories this year, but only four other players \u2014 Lauren Coughlin, Yealimi Noh, Angel Yin and Jennifer Kupcho \u2014 who have won on the LPGA since the last Solheim Cup.
\nTeam Europe already has announced its 12-player team.
\nThe other Americans on the team are Andrea Lee, Alison Lee and Allisen Corpuz.
\nMissing from the U.S. team for the first time since 2011 is Lexi Thompson, who said in 2024 she was stepping away from a full schedule. She is expecting her first child early next year. Stanford has said she didn’t see Thompson play enough this year to get a full assessment.
\nThompson played six times this year and made only two cuts.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-25T15:35:05+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-26T14:57:17+00:00", "author": { "name": "Associated Press" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/americanstars.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "2 weeks", "excerpt": "U.S. captain Angela Stanford filled out her Solheim Cup team with three picks Monday, leaning on experience for two picks along with taking 35-year-old Lindy Duncan, who has never played in the matches or won on ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/former-commissioner-tim-finchem-donates-13-million-as-pga-tour-reshapes-its-charity-strategy/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/former-commissioner-tim-finchem-donates-13-million-as-pga-tour-reshapes-its-charity-strategy/", "title": "Former Commissioner Tim Finchem Donates $13 Million As PGA Tour Reshapes Its Charity Strategy", "content_html": "\n
ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Ten years after he retired as commissioner, Tim Finchem and his wife are donating $13 million to help launch a new charity strategy at a time when so much emphasis in golf is on profit in the new commercial enterprise of the PGA Tour.
\nThe tour on Monday revealed plans for PGA Tour Charities ahead of the season-ending Tour Championship, which has a $40 million purse that awards $10 million to the winner.
\nAlong with building its charity strategy around national campaigns with a more local impact, the PGA Tour is prepared to make up any difference, if needed, to maintain charity levels from tournaments that move down to the\u00a0Challenger Series\u00a0in the 2028 schedule.
\n\u201cThis next chapter is about generating even more focus, coordination, resources and visibility,\u201d said Laura Neal, executive vice president of PGA Tour Strategic Philanthropy. \u201cLaunching an evolved PGA Tour Charities \u2014 with a legacy-defining, transformative gift from the Finchems \u2014 is an exciting next step in golf’s enduring commitment to giving back.\u201d
\nThe PGA Tour long has been the charitable leader in sports with a mechanism that has enabled its tournaments to generate more than $4.4 billion, all starting with a $10,000 donation at the 1938 Palm Beach Invitational. Each tournament operates independently and that doesn’t change.
\nPGA Tour Charities will launch and fund national priority campaigns around such themes as health, youth, access and service. The idea is to connect with tournaments on a broader scale when their missions align, which the tour hopes can attract new resources and raise visibility.
\nLucas Glover, the Player Advisory Council chairman who joins the PGA Tour board next year, is leading a committee of players to help shape the initiatives.
\n\u201cHow I grew up on the tour … what we hung our hat on as an organization was giving back,\u201d Glover said. “With COVID and then LIV coming in, it became more about money in our pocket instead of money in the pocket of people who need it more than we do. It never went away. It just got put on the back burner, and it’s time we put it back on the forefront of our minds.
\n\u201cWhen we talk about the PGA Tour, it shouldn’t be how much we’re making, how much we’re playing for,\u201d he said. “It should be about what we’re doing in the communities where we play.\u201d
\nPGA Tour Enterprises was launched as a for-profit commercial venture in January 2024\u00a0with an investment of up to $3 billion from Strategic Sports Group, which led to\u00a0players receiving equity for the first time. The nonprofit PGA Tour still operates tournament and regulations. PGA Tour Enterprises is geared toward global business, commercial sponsorship and media rights.
\nThe charitable engine doesn’t stop for groups like the Thunderbirds (WM Phoenix Open), Copperheads (Valspar Championship) or the Salesmanship Club of Dallas (The CJ Cup Byron Nelson). Tournaments typically donate all net proceeds \u2014 operation costs offset by national and local sponsorship \u2014 to local charities.
\nIt has been key for attracting thousands of volunteers \u2014 the backbone of golf tournaments \u2014 who feel like they are contributing to their communities because of the charitable function.
\nWhat the tour wants to emphasize with PGA Tour Charities is a dedicated platform for direct community investment that gives players, corporate partners, tournaments and fans a clear way to get involved. The Finchems’ donation was seen as a catalyst.
\n\u201cThe PGA Tour family, its players, fans and communities have meant so much to us for so long, and we feel a connection to the golf world that endures to this day,\u201d Holly Finchem said. \u201cThis donation to PGA Tour Charities, as it is reimagined for future generations of impact, is more than a capstone on Tim\u2019s unwavering commitment to charity. It is a celebration of our belief in this great game and the PGA Tour. We can\u2019t wait to see all the good this gift will inspire.\u201d
\n\nFinchem, the tour’s third commissioner,\u00a0oversaw massive growth during his tenure\u00a0from 1994 until retiring in 2016, much of that seizing on the arrival of Tiger Woods. Along with a sharp increase in TV contracts and prize money, he helped to create The First Tee in 1997.
\nFinchem was commissioner when charitable donations of PGA Tour events topped $1 billion in 2005 and $2 billion in 2014.
\nMeanwhile, the PGA Tour disclosed Monday the remaining $2.5 million charity donation from Brooks Koepka \u2014 he was required to donate $5 million as\u00a0part of his return from LIV Golf\u00a0\u2014 is being equally allocated to charities designated by nearly 100 players.
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) \u2014 Diminutive Japanese star Miyu Yamashita matched the LPGA Tour’s 72-hole scoring record Sunday in a wire-to-wire, nine-stroke victory in the CPKC Women\u2019s Open at Royal Mayfair.
\nThe 4-foot-11 Yamashita made an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th for a 4-under 66 and 23-under 257 total. Sei Young Kim also shot 257 in the 2018 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic in Wisconsin, finishing at 31 under.
\nSix strokes ahead entering the round, Yamashita pushed the margin to nine on the tree-lined layout \u2014 and mosquito hot spot after record summer rain \u2014 for a tournament record in the national championship.
\nShe broke the tournament record of 262 set by Jin Young Ko in 2019 at Magna in Aurora, Ontario, after also setting 36- and 54-hole marks.
\nYamashita’s four LPGA Tour titles have come in four countries. She won the Meijer LPGA Classic in June in Michigan after taking the Women\u2019s British Open in Wales and Maybank Championship in Malaysia last season as the rookie of the year. She has 13 Japan LPGA victories.
\nA stroke ahead Thursday after an opening with a course-record 62, Yamashita had a 64 on Friday afternoon to open a five-shot lead. She shot 65 on Saturday to push it to six.
\nFellow Japanese player Yuri Yoshida was second at 14 under after a 69. Kim was another shot back after a 67.
\nSeventeen-year-old Anna Huang was the top Canadian, closing with a 65 to tie for fourth at 12 under. Aphrodite Deng, the 16-year-old amateur who won the 2025 U.S. Girls\u2019 Junior, tied for seventh at 11 under after a 67.
\nTwo-time winner Brooke Henderson was 7 under after a 70. Top-ranked Nelly Korda had a 69 to get to 5 under.
\nThree spots on the U.S. Solheim Cup were decided during the week, with captain Angela Stanford set to announce her three picks Monday for the Sept. 11-13 matches in the Netherlands. Allisen Corpuz wrapped up the last automatic place Friday, and Andrea Lee and Alison Lee took spots off the working ranking Sunday.
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\n ", "date_published": "2026-08-24T16:18:22+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T16:18:22+00:00", "author": { "name": "Associated Press" }, "post_image": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MiyuYamashitaCanadian26.jpg", "category": { "name": "Tour", "slug": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/category/tour" }, "time_ago": "2 weeks", "excerpt": "EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) \u2014 Diminutive Japanese star Miyu Yamashita matched the LPGA Tour’s 72-hole scoring record Sunday in a wire-to-wire, nine-stroke victory in the CPKC Women\u2019s Open at Royal Mayfair. The 4-foot-11 Yamashita made an 8-foot ..." }, { "id": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/steven-alker-wins-the-rogers-charity-classic-in-a-playoff/", "url": "https://clubhouse.swingu.com/tour/steven-alker-wins-the-rogers-charity-classic-in-a-playoff/", "title": "Steven Alker Wins The Rogers Charity Classic In A Playoff", "content_html": "\n
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) \u2014 Steven Alker won the Rogers Charity Classic on Sunday for his second victory of the year and 12th overall on the PGA Tour Champions, beating Y.E. Yang with a 7-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff.
\nA day after matching the tournament record at Canyon Meadows with a 9-under 61, the 55-year-old Alker closed with a 5-under 65 to match Yang at 16-under 194. Yang shot a 63.
\nAlker, from New Zealand, also won the Cologuard Classic in March in Tucson, Arizona, beating Padraig Harrington on the first extra hole.
\nJerry Kelly (63) and Zach Johnson (65) tied for third.
\nSecond-round leader Ryan Armour had a 69 to tie for fifth at 13 under.
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WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) \u2014 Jon Rahm finished the LIV Golf season Sunday in style \u2014 claiming his third straight season points title and his second team crown in a row at the revised season finale in suburban Indianapolis.
\nNow the 31-year-old Spaniard and the other full-time tour players will wait to see\u00a0what happens to LIV in 2027.
\nRahm is ready to head home and contemplate the future.
\n\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to going home and helping my very pregnant wife with the kids,\u201d Rahm said. \u201cThe fourth one is due in October, and I\u2019m happy to be dad for a few days before I get back to grinding for the Irish Open, and mainly looking forward to a haircut because I need one badly.\u201d
\nRahm closed with a 7-under 63 for his second straight runner-up finish in Indy. He ended up a stroke behind 22-year-old Michael La Sasso, the 2025 NCAA individual champ at Mississippi. La Sasso finished with a 65 to get to 18 under.
\nClearly, there have been troubling signs for the LIV circuit in recent months.
\nIn April, it was announced Saudi Arabia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund would end its investment in the league after this season. LIV spent more than $5 billion in five years, pulling some of the world\u2019s best and most popular American and international players away from other leagues.
\nOrganizers also canceled two events this season \u2014 New Orleans in June and next weekend’s originally scheduled season-ending event in Michigan \u2014 as well the weekend entertainment.
\nLIV CEO Scott O\u2019Neil told reporters Wednesday he was bullish about plans for 2027 and beyond, saying players would be equity owners and have their commercial rights restored. O\u2019Neil said the plan was to have five team championships overseas and five individual tournaments in the United States scheduled close to the majors for those who qualify for them.
\nHe did not name the lead investor with whom LIV has reached an agreement. Several outlets have identified him as Ted Goldthorpe of BC Partners, who met with the tour’s players on Tuesday. O\u2019Neil said there was a deadline for players to commit to LIV 2.0 without citing a specific date. He also has not mentioned the size of the proposed investment.
\nThough O’Neil said he has a \u201cgood level of confidence\u201d that a \u201ccritical mass of the right players” will return. Rahm is under contract through next season.\u00a0Bryson DeChambeau \u2014 the other big name \u2014\u00a0has an expiring contract this year. He tied for third with Sergio Garcia on Sunday and did not speak with reporters following Sunday’s event..
\nBut with the season now over, there are only more questions.
\n“There\u2019s been a lot that\u2019s surrounded all of us pretty much since we joined, and at the end of the day when you step on the golf course, it\u2019s just golf,\u201d Rahm said after bogeying his last hole to open the door for La Sasso. \u201cSo all the problems and theories go away, and you compete. It hasn\u2019t been any harder or any easier in any way. It\u2019s just, kind of I think, the life of a pro athlete.\u201d
\nDespite the cloudy future and the historic flooding in central Indiana that forced organizers to improvise how to get spectators parked and shuttled to The Club at Chatham Hills, in many ways things went off largely as expected.
\nOrganizers set up electronic scoreboards and video boards as well as temporary suites around the course. There were advertising signs for Riyadh Air and other sponsors, chants of \u201cU-S-A! U-S-A!\u201d as La Sossa rolled in his 2-foot putt on No. 18 to secure the win and the celebratory champaign spray.
\nThose who attended last year’s first tourney at The Club at Chatham Hills thought things went even better at the expanded four-round event.
\n\u201cIt was more well managed from the way they had the ropes set up, just getting in a little cleaner with the traffic so the operation itself was more smooth than last year,\u201d Westfield resident Jacob Meyer said.
\nMeyer’s friend, Jackson Gangwer, added: \u201cIt’s just more relaxed. Last year it seemed a little more intense since it was the first year being out here.\u201d
\nLast year’s attendance for the three-round event drew more than 60,000 fans, an American record for a LIV event. Organizers did not announce this year’s tournament.
\n\nBut the tour brought top-flight men’s golf back to metropolitan Indianapolis for the first time since it hosted the 2012 and 2016 BMW Championships, and it opened the door a new group of fans, some of whom had never attended a major pro event.
\nIf this is the end of the line for LIV Golf, it came in a fitting location \u2014 about 30 miles from the arena where the Indiana Pacers closed out their time in the American Basketball Association in 1976 and that hosted Elvis Presley’s final concert in 1977.
\nAnd after playing in front of the Indy fans each of the past two years, he had a message for those who came back.
\n\u201cI just want to say think you. It’s been incredibly fun to play in front of a crowd this enthusiastic,\u201d Rahm said. \u201cI’m sure everybody here has friends, family or themselves who have had to deal with some of the flooding issues and you know my heart goes out to all those people that lost their homes and lost loved. But the fact so many people came out and supported us means a lot.\u201d
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