KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — One moment the splash of a humpback whale’s tail pierced the Pacific blue below the Plantation Course at Kapalua. Before long, as players began lining up for practice rounds, a brief shower …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer LIV Golf added three more tournaments to its 2023 schedule on Wednesday, two of them at courses and markets where the PGA Tour no longer plays and a third on …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer Alignment between golf tours worldwide — with the exception of LIV Golf — keeps coming into view. The latest example was a decision to award the leading three players from …
LONDON (AP) — European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald appointed Nicolas Colsaerts as his third vice captain on Tuesday for next year’s event in Rome. The Belgian golfer, who turned 40 last week, joins Thomas Bjorn …
According to Sports Illustrated, the PGA Tour has filed a new lawsuit against LIV Golf’s financial backers. The suit is against Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and its governor, Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan. The fund is worth …
The DP World Tour has confirmed that Sergio Garcia has been fined for his withdrawal from last month’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club. The DP World Tour handbook says players must provide “emergency reasons or …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer Back in Saudi Arabia for the first time since his disparaging remarks about the source of LIV Golf’s funding, Phil Mickelson said Thursday he was glad he was on the …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer The PGA Tour Champions will be releasing its 2023 schedule next week, and nine tournaments will be increasing their prize money. That’s no small feat considering the 50-and-older circuit doesn’t …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer The PGA Tour and European tour have a joint operating venture for the next 13 years. Now it appears they want the Japan Golf Tour to join them. It’s another …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer The path for 30 players to reach the PGA Tour starts in the Bahamas next year as part of a Korn Ferry Tour schedule that has the same number of …
By Andrew Dampf, AP Sports Writer GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — For Rory McIlroy, it’s a flat-out “no.” U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick is open to having LIV Golf players on Europe’s team at next year’s …
Canadian golfer Aaron Cockerill, 30, is fresh off of a seven-day stretch to remember. The pride of Manitoba made a hole-in-one during the opening round of the European Masters, and he followed that with another ace …
Last week, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan announced lucrative monetary changes being instituted in the upcoming season. This was a welcome change for current Tour constituents as purses continue to grow and the Tour adapts to …
Last year’s U.S. Open winner, Jon Rahm, described new requirements issued by the PGA Tour as putting him in a “difficult position” this week. The Spaniard was responding to the Tour’s just-announced rules for top players …
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Thriston Lawrence won the European Masters on Sunday with a steady par on the first playoff hole before Matt Wallace sent a five-foot putt left to make bogey. The 25-year-old Lawrence earned …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Long before the PGA Tour’s postseason opener ended with a winning bogey in a three-hole playoff, the biggest drama was in the clubhouse at the TPC …
BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland (AP) — Maja Stark of Sweden closed with a 10-under 63 on Sunday and won the ISPS Handa World Invitational for her third victory this year on the Ladies European Tour, and this …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and nine other players who defected to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against the PGA Tour, the first step in a legal …
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump played another round at his home course Thursday, this one different from so many others. He was part of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational pro-am, put on by …
Following the United States onslaught at Whistling Straits last year, the European Ryder Cup team is struggling to even find a captain. With the departure of Henrik Stenson to LIV Golf, the Europeans are left with …
