Tiger Woods starts a new year with a new look now that his Nike deal has ended
LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods is starting a new year with a new look. Just not a different color. Woods makes his 2024 debut this week in the Genesis Invitational at Riviera, a signature event on the PGA Tour in which he is the tournament host. The first order of...
Tyrrell Hatton joins Saudi-funded LIV Golf and becomes a part of Jon Rahm’s new team
Tyrrell Hatton of England made it official Wednesday by joining Saudi-funded LIV Golf, giving the league another player from the top 20 in the world and filling out the new team led by Masters champion Jon Rahm. Hatton had been mentioned as a LIV Golf target ever since the Saudi-funded...
Tiger Woods, Nike end partnership after more than 27 years
Tiger Woods is no longer a Nike athlete after 27 years, ending a partnership between the swoosh and golf’s biggest star and raising questions about the future of both in the sport. Woods in a social media post thanked Nike co-founder Phil Knight for his “passion and vision” that brought...
Doug Ferguson: Questions to contemplate for a new year on PGA Tour
Of the two clear signs the PGA Tour is about to embark on a new year at Kapalua, one is obvious: The magnificent view from the first tee of an 80-yard fairway that seemingly drops into the Pacific Ocean. The other is more bizarre: Jon Rahm sightings. Rahm is the...
Justin Thomas says new year in golf brings opportunity to everyone
The next season on the PGA Tour already has the perception of being two tours. The elite are in the $20 million signature events with a big boost in FedEx Cup points. The rest are playing for less money ($8.5 million on average) and having to play well to advance...
Tiger Woods and son get another crack at PNC Championship. Woods jokingly calls it the 5th major
ORLANDO, Fla. — No wonder Tiger Woods jokingly refers to the PNC Championship as the fifth major. Woods was together with 14-year-old son Charlie on Friday, their swings eerily similar and the encouraging words coming as only Woods can deliver them. They were warming up ahead of the pro-am, hitting...
LIV Golf to play in Las Vegas during Super Bowl week
LIV Golf released a 2024 schedule on Wednesday that includes a trip to Las Vegas the same weekend as the Super Bowl and three U.S. events held the same week as the PGA Tour’s signature $20 million stops. The Saudi-funded league announced 12 sites on its 14-tournament schedule, leaving out...
Local pro Mark Goetz advances to final stage of Korn Ferry Q-school
Mark Goetz secured future starts on the Korn Ferry Tour, but he wants more. The 25-year-old Greensburg native and Hannastown Golf Club member tied for first in the second stage of tour Q-School with a 19-under-par total of 269 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Highland Oaks —...
LPGA to award $4 million to season finale winner next year under extension with CME Group
NAPLES, Fla. — Already offering the single-largest payday in women’s golf, the LPGA said Wednesday that next year’s winner of the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship will receive $4 million, equal to the PGA Tour’s new signature events. The big increase — double what the winner gets this year —...
Tiger Woods says his right ankle is pain-free. It’s the rest of his leg that still causes problems
Tiger Woods says he is pain-free when it comes to his right ankle that was fused in April. It’s the rest of the leg that remains a work in progress. And there’s no indication when he’ll get back to work on the golf course. “My ankle is fine. Where they...
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TGL to feature 15-hole matches, overtime and lots of technology
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are bringing modern technology to the royal and ancient game with TGL, a team-based golf league played over 15 holes that combines an oversized simulator with actual shots to a tech-infused green that can change contours depending on the shot. Fourteen months after it was...
Boston TPC will be the site of a new $3.5 million event on the LPGA Tour in 2024
BOSTON — Women’s professional golf has picked up another big money event. The LPGA Tour and FM Global announced Friday they will be stage a new tournament at TPC Boston that will feature a $3.5 million purse, the largest on the LPGA Tour outside of the majors and the tour...
Patrick Mahomes says he ‘jumped’ at the chance to invest in Formula One’s Alpine team
AUSTIN, Texas — Patrick Mahomes “jumped” at the chance to invest in a Formula One team when he was asked to join a group of celebrity backers behind the Alpine team. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, along with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, golfer Rory McIlroy and former heavyweight champion...
Tom Kim wins in Las Vegas for the 2nd time in the same PGA Tour seasonVideo
LAS VEGAS — Tom Kim now has something in common with Byron Nelson as the only players to have won the same PGA Tour event twice in the same season. Kim successfully defended his title Sunday in the Shriners Children’s Open when he closed with a 5-under 66 to emerge...
Lexi Thompson falls short in her bid to make PGA Tour cut in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Lexi Thompson delivered star-power moments built for a stage like Las Vegas, and when she poured in a pair of long birdie putts Friday, she was on the cusp of history. Thompson was 4 under with seven holes to play. In her sights was a chance to...
Jim Furyk hopes for Stewart Cink among fresh faces as U.S. assistants at Presidents Cup
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Stewart Cink debuted as an assistant captain in the Ryder Cup, and he likely will be part of Jim Furyk’s backroom for the Presidents Cup next year at Royal Montreal. Furyk has not announced any of his assistants, but he did suggest it would be a blend...
Tommy Fleetwood is a Ryder Cup leader. Luke Donald says he ‘absolutely could be a future captain’
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Tommy Fleetwood was on the 12th green during his first official practice round of Ryder Cup week when something beyond the course caught his attention. The long-haired Englishman’s heroics from 2018 in France were being shown on a jumbo screen nearby and Fleetwood stopped to watch...
Greensburg Central Catholic’s Izzy Aigner to play with Greensburg native Rocco Mediate at PGA Tour Champions event
It will be an all-Greensburg pairing at the Pure Insurance Championship this week at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Izzy Aigner, a senior at Greensburg Central Catholic, will play with Hempfield graduate and fan favorite Rocco Mediate in the 54-hole PGA Tour Champions event that features a side pro-junior competition for...
Next on the Tee: Host Chris Mascaro welcomes PGA club pro Rick Werner
In this week’s “Next on the Tee” podcast, host Chris Mascaro is joined by Rick Werner, one of the country’s top PGA club professionals, as well as a 1979 Ohio PGA section champion and member of the 2023 South Dakota Golf Hall of Fame class. Werner recalls his success at...
Viktor Hovland wins FedEx Cup, $18M prize with best 2 weeks of his careerVideo
ATLANTA — Viktor Hovland played the best golf of his life in the final two weeks of the PGA Tour season, and it paid off Sunday with the biggest trophy of his career — a FedEx Cup title along with the $18 million bonus. Staked to a six-shot lead, Hovland...
Rory McIlroy, Brian Harman share BMW Championship lead on a soft Olympia FieldsVideo
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Rory McIlroy didn’t mind being in the rough at rain-soaked Olympia Fields, except for having trees and a bunker between him and the 17th green. And even that didn’t matter Thursday in the BMW Championship. McIlroy found the short grass only six times with 18 tee...
Opinion: Small fields in FedEx Cup is a dangerous comparison with LIV
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Good news for Chicago: The golf-crazed market that once feared it would get the big names only every other year now gets two tournaments in a month. Both events have $20 million purses. Both have small fields populated by former major champions. Only one can be...
Ally Ewing delivering good impression of Brian Harman with strong start to Women’s British Open
WALTON-ON-THE-HILL, England — There’s a golfer hailing from America’s South and with a passion for hunting who is running away with the British Open thanks to precise driving and a red-hot putter. Sound familiar? Ally Ewing is putting up a good impression of Brian Harman as she goes for a...
Phil Mickelson has wagered more than $1 billion, according to book by renowned gambler Billy Walters
Phil Mickelson has wagered more than $1 billion over the last three decades and wanted to place a $400,000 bet on the 2012 Ryder Cup while playing for Team USA, according to a much-anticipated book by renowned gambler Billy Walters. Mickelson denied ever betting on the Ryder Cup. “While it...
Ross Township’s Nathan Smith to captain 2025 U.S. Walker Cup team
An exemplary amateur golfer in the Pittsburgh area for decades, Nathan Smith can cross another accomplishment off his career bucket list. And this is a big one. Smith, a Brookville native who lives in Ross Township, was selected by the United States Golf Association to captain the 2025 U.S. Walker...
