PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Players Championship is reducing its 144-man field to 120 players next year, a move that might allow weekday rounds to finish on time, perhaps improve the overall pace of …
Fans are routinely struck by golf balls at PGA Tour events. With dense galleries hugging tight fairways and players pursuing aggressive lines, it’s the cost of doing business — no different than occupying the seats along …
Graeme McDowell captured his first PGA Tour win since the 2013 RBC Heritage on Monday at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba, birdieing the first playoff hole to defeat Russell Knox and Jason Bohn. It was McDowell’s …
Graeme McDowell has become the first LIV Golf player to be suspended under its anti-doping policy for using an over-the-counter decongestant that contained a banned substance. The Saudi-funded league said McDowell, a former U.S. Open champion, …
Well before Northern Ireland’s odds-on best hope, Rory McIlroy, doomed his opening round with one swing of the club, Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke announced themselves as contenders for low Ulsterman with stellar early-morning rounds. Clarke, …
If Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell will be playing in two weeks at Carnoustie in the Open Championship it will be because his good play at this week’s Irish Open or next week’s Scottish Open earned him a …
The 2010 U.S. Open Champion, Graeme McDowell, won’t be around for the weekend at Shinnecock Hills and he can thank one truly bad break for his third consecutive missed cut at the only major championship he’s …
LIV Golf didn’t generate this much suspense at tournaments when the music was blaring, the Saudi cash was flowing freely and players from the Cleeks and Majestics headed off in carts for the shotgun start. Every …
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Wyndham Clark couldn’t remember being in a darker place. He was publicly reviled for a moment of petulance when he smashed a locker at Oakmont after missing the cut in the U.S. Open last …
Adam Scott officially is set for his 100th consecutive major next month in the U.S. Open, which added 24 players to the field from the world ranking on Monday. Sixteen players also earned spots at qualifiers in England …
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — With so much emphasis on money and the trickle-down effect, sometimes the greatest reward for a caddie is the public credit given by their players. Matt Fitzpatrick won a thriller …
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy says it’s “a shame” Jon Rahm is the only LIV Golf player unwilling to accept the terms of a European tour deal to eliminate future fines, and he brushed off concerns the …
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — European players chanted, “Two more years!” when they won the Ryder Cup in New York, and Luke Donald listened. He was named captain on Wednesday for the 2027 matches in Ireland, making …
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Staked to the largest lead in history, Europe fully expected to win the Ryder Cup on Sunday. The surprise was how much emotion poured out of the team on a final day that produced …
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The Europeans were looking for someone, anyone, to hit a shot or make a putt and bring an end to a golf drama that was becoming unexpectedly unbearable. Who better to do …
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Justin Rose should know as well as any European the challenge of trying to win a Ryder Cup away from home before a hostile crowd. It wasn’t until his third Ryder Cup that he …
The Ryder Cup has become everything golf typically is not. The slow-moving sport features relentless action from the opening tee shot at 7:10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 26, and it doesn’t stop (except for darkness) until …
CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — The PGA Tour has created more paths to the $20 million signature events, such as 10 leading players in the FedEx Cup standings and the five top players on a special list …
Joaquin Niemann of Chile won LIV Golf Virginia on Sunday for his fourth victory in the Saudi-funded tour’s first eight events of the season, closing with an 8-under 63 to beat Graeme McDowell and Anirban Lahiri …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The PGA Championship for years has been the major that lacked an identity compared with the other three. The Masters is at Augusta National, the only major held at the same course …
