Tom Hoge leads at Kapalua where good golf exceeds expectations in PGA Tour openerVideo
KAPALUA, Hawaii — Tom Hoge grew up in North Dakota and found the ideal vibe for Kapalua on Thursday, keeping expectations low and riding the momentum of good golf on his way to a 9-under-par 64 to take a one-shot lead at The Sentry in the PGA Tour season opener....
Masters gets 9 more players from top 50 in the world ranking. Glover narrowly gets in
Lucas Glover held down the 50th spot in the final world ranking of the year, making him one of nine players who will be added to the invitation list to play in the Masters. The field has eight more players than it did at this time a year ago. The...
Tiger’s son Charlie comes up aces in PNC Championship with a hole-in-oneVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods isn’t the only member of his family that can produce big moments. His 15-year-old son Charlie made his first ace Sunday in the PNC Championship. Woods was more excited than if he had made the hole-in-one himself. Charlie Woods hit 7-iron from 175 yards on...
Tiger Woods’ immediate goal: Keep his son from beating him in golf for 18 holesVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods turns 49 at the end of the month, and he has one pressing goal that relates to his golf. He wants to prolong that inevitable day when his son beats him over 18 holes. They will be playing with — not against — each other...
Lydia Ko had doubts about her game but she never felt more proud of her climb back to the top
Lydia Ko had the Olympic gold medal virtually wrapped up when she had a conversation with herself walking up the 18th fairway at Le Golf National that surprised her. “The thing I told myself walking down the 18th was, ‘I’m so proud of myself.’ And I never say that to...
Analysis: Americans are getting paid to play in the Ryder Cup, now the pressure is on to win
Bringing the Ryder Cup to notoriously nasty Bethpage Black already was cause for concern. Imagine the most passionate, patriotic event in golf played before a flag-waving crowd that once harassed Sergio Garcia so badly he pointed at them with the wrong finger. This could make the 1999 matches outside Boston...
Americans now paid to play in Ryder Cup with $200K stipend and $300K to donate to charityVideo
Americans will be paid to play in the Ryder Cup for the first time under a new PGA of America program announced Monday that gives them a $200,000 stipend and $300,000 for them to distribute to charity. The $500,000 directed to each of the 12 players and the captain is...
Lanto Griffin leads 6 players who earn valuable PGA Tour cards through Q-school
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Lanto Griffin holed a 40-foot putt for eagle on his first hole that sent him to a 7-under 63 in the final round of Q-school, the leader of six players who earned PGA Tour cards for next year. Griffin was the medalist at 9-under 271,...
Scottie Scheffler wins PGA Tour player of year for 3rd straight time
Scottie Scheffler added another trophy to his awesome display Tuesday when he won the Jack Nicklaus Award as PGA Tour player of the year in a landslide, joining Tiger Woods as the only players to win the award three straight times. Scheffler won 91% of the vote from players and...
Tiger Woods will return at the PNC Championship with son Charlie
Tiger Woods is returning to the PNC Championship with 15-year-old son Charlie, his first competition since the British Open in July and after having a sixth surgery on his back three months ago. Woods has played the 36-hole PNC Championship with Charlie every year since 2020. The tournament invites players...
Scottie Scheffler has new putting grip, trails Cameron Young by 3Video
NASSAU, Bahamas — Scottie Scheffler brought a new putting grip to the Hero World Challenge and felt enough improvement to be satisfied with the result, a 5-under-par 67 that left him three shots behind Cameron Young on Thursday. Young was playing for the first time since the BMW Championship more...
Joel Dahmen’s biggest win was keeping his PGA Tour card: AnalysisVideo
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Getting a PGA Tour card is difficult enough. Joel Dahmen can attest to that. He was a natural talent whose life got turned upside down when his mother died of cancer his junior year of high school. His brother was diagnosed with testicular cancer, and...
Maverick McNealy birdies last hole to finally win on PGA Tour
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Maverick McNealy has learned in his five years on the PGA Tour that trying to win a tournament is “designed to make you feel as uncomfortable as you possibly can.” Standing in the 18th fairway Sunday in the RSM Classic, part of a four-way tie...
Franklin Regional grad Palmer Jackson earns spot on Challenger Tour
Murrysville native Palmer Jackson spent two weeks earlier this month competing in the DP World Tour (PGA European Tour) Q-school qualifier. And while he fell short of earning full exemption to the tour by two shots, he did return home with a job. He earned exemption to the Challenger Tour,...
Tickets for U.S. Open at Oakmont now on sale with a wide range of prices
Tickets for the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club are now on sale, the United States Golf Association announced. The tournament will be held from June 9-15, 2025. It will be Oakmont’s record 10th U.S. Open. Gallery tickets start at $60 for Monday’s practice round and top out at...
Rafael Campos goes from new father to first-time PGA Tour winner with a victory in Bermuda
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Rafael Campos always dreamed of being a PGA Tour winner. He never could have imagined when it would happen and just how much it would mean. He had missed five straight cuts and was in danger of not having a card on any tour. Campos arrived in...
Bernhard Langer and his 18 straight years of winning is among golf’s untouchable records: AnalysisVideo
Winning doesn’t get old. Neither, apparently, does Bernhard Langer. In a year when Scottie Scheffler delivered a level of dominance not seen since Tiger Woods and Xander Schauffele won two majors, when Nelly Korda tied an LPGA record by winning five straight times and Lydia Ko got into the LPGA...
PGA Tour has big changes on the horizon. What doesn’t change is players having to earn it: AnalysisVideo
The reason behind such a big change to PGA Tour eligibility is not much different from what it was some 40 years ago. Both were about trying to make the tour more competitive and to give real value to having a card. Of course, it involved money, too. That never...
Murrysville’s Palmer Jackson advances to DP World Tour final stage
Murrysville native Palmer Jackson is headed to the final round of DP World Tour (PGA European Tour) qualifying after a second-place finish during the second stage at Desert Ridge Resort Monday in Almeria, Spain. The final round was pushed back a day because of weather. Jackson shot a 19-under-par 269...
On the Fringe: Jason Caron had his best week at the Senior PGA. Now the club pro has a tour card again
The words without context would sound ridiculous, which is about the only way Jason Caron can describe his past five months. “What am I supposed to do now? This ruins all my dreams. Now I have to play golf.” He said this with a heavy dose of sarcasm because Caron...
PGA Tour to consider big changes to eligibility and small field sizes
The PGA Tour is considering sweeping changes that would eliminate 25 cards through the FedEx Cup and shrink the size of fields, part of a plan to make golf’s biggest circuit even more competitive while reducing the time it takes to play and making it easier to watch. Proposed changes...
Nico Echavarria claims the Zozo Championship for his 2nd PGA Tour victoryVideo
INZAI CITY, Japan — Nico Echavarria won the Zozo Championship for his second PGA Tour victory, shooting 3-under-par 67 on Sunday to win by a shot over Max Greyserman and Justin Thomas. Echavarria, a Colombian who played at Arkansas, birdied two of the final three holes — including the 18th...
J.T. Poston ends long day in Las Vegas with 3rd career PGA Tour titleVideo
LAS VEGAS — J.T. Poston used a burst of birdies to build a comfortable lead in the morning and afternoon, first for a three-shot lead after 54 holes and then to give himself a big enough cushion to hold on for a 4-under-par 67 and a one-shot victory Sunday in...
Masters might want to rethink invitations to PGA Tour winners in the fall: AnalysisVideo
The PGA Tour refers to this portion of the season as the FedEx Cup Fall. It might as well be known as the road easier traveled to Augusta National. The fields are weak. The reward is not. Patton Kizzire was No. 257 in the world ranking and fighting to keep...
Buzz in the Beehive State as Black Desert Resort welcomes PGA Tour back to Utah: AnalysisVideo
The late Tom Weiskopf was never one to mince words inside the ropes or in the broadcast booth or even when he was surveying land for a new golf course. This was no ordinary land in the southwest corner of Utah: a 600-acre field of black lava amid red rock...
