SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The WM Phoenix Open has a huge new purse and star-packed field as golf’s biggest party kicks off Super Bowl week in the Valley of the Sun. “This week is a party …
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — What was shaping up as one the biggest controversies in golf this year also turned out to be the shortest one. The Swilcan Bridge on the 18th hole at St. Andrews …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer Players who defected from the PGA Tour to join Saudi-funded LIV Golf are still welcome at the Masters next year, even as Augusta National officials expressed disappointment Tuesday in the …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer Rory McIlroy thought his differences with Greg Norman over a Saudi-funded rival golf league had been patched up. That changed when Norman accused him of being “brainwashed” by golf’s ruling …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Rory McIlroy had a one-shot lead on the 17th hole of the final round when he left a shot in the bunker and made bogey, went …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer Dow Finsterwald became a footnote in history as the first player to win the PGA Championship in stroke play and the last U.S. captain of a Ryder Cup before continental …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer RIDGELAND, S.C. (AP) — The PGA Tour will have a four-month stretch of 12 tournaments that are either majors or have $20 million purses in what figures to be a …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jack Nicklaus is as curious as anyone how the new PGA Tour schedule will work with $20 million purses at 10 elevated tournaments, and The Players …
KETTERING, Ohio (AP) — Jill McGill won the U.S. Senior Women’s Open on Sunday for her third U.S. Golf Association title, closing with an even-par 73 on a day when no one broke par for a …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Justin Lower lost his PGA Tour card in brutal fashion in the final tournament of the regular season. Needing a par on the final hole to finish …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The PGA Tour made its boldest response yet to the rival Saudi-funded league Wednesday with a plan for the best players to commit to a 20-tournament schedule …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Greg Norman braced for another fight with the PGA Tour and was equipped with what he often referred to as the tour’s “playbook” from the first time …
Welcome to a new feature here at SwingU, Three Shots at the Green, where each week I’ll use my experience as a PGA Tour caddie and golf writer to identify the three best bets on the …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer Webb Simpson will be on his home course of Quail Hollow in September for the Presidents Cup but without clubs. Simpson and Steve Stricker have been added as assistant captains …
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer The PGA Tour is closing in on $500 million in prize money for next season, with eight tournaments offering $15 million or more and limited spots available for the postseason. …
Women represent roughly 25% of all U.S. golfers. Sadly, though, the demographic occupies a substantially lower percentage of golf business entrepreneurs. While that could easily serve as a major deterrent, Lisa O’Hurley doesn’t look at it …
Robert Gamez had arguably the biggest highlight of his career at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge at the 1990 Nestle Invitational (now the Arnold Palmer Invitational). Trailing major champions Greg Norman and Larry Mize by …
By Doug Ferguson AP Golf Writer The stage at St. Andrews was all set for Rory McIlroy. The show belonged to Cameron Smith, and so did that silver claret jug he won in a Sunday stunner at …
As the applause swelled and his labored steps drew him closer to the big yellow leaderboard, Tiger Woods could no longer win the battle against his emotions. There had been no sentimental pause on the Swilcan …
The governing bodies responsible for running the four major championships appear to be aligned on this point: the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Series has put professional golf in flux. The final shoe to drop came Wednesday, when …
