Bryson DeChambeau gets 1st LIV Golf win in style with a 58 at GreenbrierVideo
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Bryson DeChambeau became the fourth player on a top-level tour to shoot 58 on Sunday, making birdie on his last four holes to finally capture his first LIV Golf title at the rain-softened Greenbrier. DeChambeau holed a 35-foot putt on the par-3 18th and leapt...
Stewart Cink is a new American face for the Ryder Cup back room
The Ryder Cup task force that sought continuity has occasionally run the risk of being a closed shop with so many repeat faces in golf carts. Stewart Cink is a new addition to the club. Zach Johnson appointed him his fifth and final assistant captain for this year’s matches at...
Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour board and throws support behind Commissioner Jay Monahan
Tiger Woods has joined the PGA Tour policy board for the first time in his 27 years, giving Commissioner Jay Monahan key support and the players a greater voice as the tour tries to complete its business partnership with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf. Monahan said Woods is joining...
Lee Hodges gets 1st PGA tour victory with 7-stroke win at 3M Open
BLAINE, Minn. — Lee Hodges rarely gets rattled, except perhaps during Alabama football games when he’s rooting for his beloved Crimson Tide. After using that unflappable demeanor to keep control of the 3M Open, Hodges finally let loose. Hodges shot a 67 in the final round Sunday for a wire-to-wire...
Céline Boutier is runaway winner of the Évian Championship, her first major titleVideo
ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Céline Boutier carded a final round of 3-under 68 Sunday to win the Évian Championship by six shots for her first major title. The 29-year-old Boutier finished at 14-under, 270 overall. She is the first Frenchwoman to win the tournament, which became a major in 2013. “It...
Harman the hunter bags the biggest trophy of his career at British Open
HOYLAKE, England — All anyone seemed to care about concerning Brian Harman was his skill with a bow, not with a putter. How he could harvest elk and skin a deer, not dissect a landscape dotted with pot bunkers at Royal Liverpool. Instead of birdies, Harman can spin tales about...
Justin Thomas headed to Minnesota to salvage Ryder Cup hopes
HOYLAKE, England — Justin Thomas never imagined using the second round of the British Open as a tune-up for the 3M Open next week in Minnesota. That speaks to the state of the game. And it’s not good. Thomas is in a slump for the first time in his PGA...
Stewart Cink opens with 68 and thinks he can win British Open at age 50
HOYLAKE, England — Stewart Cink wouldn’t seem to have a lot going for him at this British Open, least of all the fact he turned 50 two months ago and is eligible for the PGA Tour Champions. Throw in the fact his flight from Atlanta was delayed by one day...
The Open Championship Tee Times
HOYLAKE, United Kingdom — Tee times for Thursday’s first round of The Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club (all times GMT) 5:35 a.m. — Branden Grace, Richie Ramsay 5:46 a.m. — Russell Henley, Jazz Janewattananond, Graeme Robertson 5:57 a.m. — Byeong Hun An, Ryan Fox, Lucas Herbert 6:08...
Column: PGA Tour’s Monahan returns to work and the clock is ticking on definitive agreement for LIV
HOYLAKE, England — Walking through glass doors, up a flight of stairs and turning left into the office of the PGA Tour commissioner was always going to be a lot easier for Jay Monahan than walking onto the range and facing players who feel betrayed. At least he has time...
Byeong Hun An opens with 61 at Scottish Open
GULLANE, Scotland — Byeong Hun An played well enough in the Scottish Open on Thursday that he had reason to hope he can stick around for more links golf next week. An ran off four straight birdies early in his round at The Renaissance Club and closed with a 25-foot...
Stephenson resigns from PGA Tour board over ‘serious concerns’ about Saudi deal, according to report
Former AT&T Chairman Randall Stephenson resigned from the PGA Tour’s policy board over concerns about the tour’s proposed partnership with Saudi Arabia’s national wealth fund, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The PGA Tour confirmed the resignation in a memo to its members, referring to Stephenson’s “exemplary service” for more than...
Jay Monahan to return to PGA Tour commissioner role after month break
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is returning to work just over a month after he stepped away for a “medical situation” during a tumultuous time of working out a surprise commercial agreement with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf. Monahan informed the PGA Tour’s policy board, players and staff that...
PGA Tour sending 2 executives to Senate hearing as LIV cites conflicts
WASHINGTON — Two leading figures for the PGA Tour have agreed to testify next week before a Senate panel reviewing the tour’s surprise agreement with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf. The panel will have to wait to hear from LIV CEO Greg Norman and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of...
Moore, Pendrith share Rocket Mortgage Classic lead at 13 under
DETROIT — Taylor Moore and Taylor Pendrith shared the Rocket Mortgage Classic lead at 13-under Friday, hoping to hold off a veteran trying to end a victory drought and a promising young pro aiming for his first PGA Tour victory. Pendrith shot an 8-under 64 at Detroit Golf Club, one...
Justin Thomas enters Rocket Mortgage Classic, hoping to boost postseason positioning
DETROIT — Justin Thomas may have skipped the Rocket Mortgage Classic once again if this was just another usual year in his career. It hasn’t been. The 2022 PGA Championship winner, who has 15 PGA Tour titles, has fallen out of the top 10 in the world ranking for the...
PGA Tour will appear before a Senate panel investigating its deal with Saudi backers of LIV
WASHINGTON — The PGA Tour said Wednesday that it would appear next month before a Senate subcommittee whose leader asked executives from the tour, Saudi golf interests and LIV Golf to testify as Congress investigates the business deal that upended the sport. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., announced that the Senate...
Tom Watson is the latest to want answers on the PGA Tour’s deal with Saudi backers
LOS ANGELES — Eight-time major champion Tom Watson wants answers on the PGA Tour’s new business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, asking in a letter Monday to commissioner Jay Monahan if the deal was the only way to solve the tour’s financial hardship. That was one of several...
Monahan tells U.S. lawmakers that PGA Tour was left on its own to fend off Saudis
LOS ANGELES — Commissioner Jay Monahan has told congressional members the PGA Tour was “left on our own” to fend off Saudi Arabia’s bid to take over the sport with LIV Golf because of the United States’ geopolitical alliance with the kingdom. Monahan sent the letter to various lawmakers on...
Saudi and LIV a topic with no answers as U.S. Open approaches
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Open trophy is no longer in Matt Fitzpatrick’s possession. The questions about Saudi involvement in golf and the LIV Golf circuit won’t go away. Not much has changed from Brookline to Los Angeles, from one U.S. Open to the next one, only the nature of...
Senator asks LIV Golf, PGA Tour leaders for records on merger
WASHINGTON — The leader of a Senate subcommittee is demanding the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf present records about negotiations that led to their new agreement and plans for what golf will look like under the arrangement. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., sent letters Monday to PGA Tour Commissioner...
The LIV Golf, PGA Tour merger shows why sports is so good for image washing
Sometimes sports isn’t just about sports. For decades, athletic events have been used to launder the images and reputations in a tactic called “sportswashing.” Whether embraced by a company or a nation with a regressive policies, sportswashing has particular allure, experts say, because it works. That’s what critics say is...
PGA Championship underway after a frost delay
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Let the sun shine — and Kazuki Higa, as well. The 28-year-old from Japan made the turn at 3 under for an early one-shot lead on the opening day of the weather-delayed PGA Championship at Oak Hill. With the temperature warming to 55 and under a cloudless...
Devin Gee, Mike Van Sickle advance to U.S. Open qualifier
Oakmont head pro Devin Gee and Pine-Richland grad Mike Van Sickle were among the four golfers to advance to the U.S. Open Sectional from The Club at Nevillewood on Monday. Van Sickle and Youngstown State assistant golf coach Brandon Pluchinsky shot 3-under-par 69s, and Gee and Cal (Pa.) grad Ryan...
College golfer disqualifies self after shooting course record 62 at U.S. Open qualifying tournament
A University of Illinois golfer, who shot a course record round of 10-under par 62, was forced to disqualify himself for a rules violation, according to a report in Golf Monthly. Tommy Kuhl, a fifth-year senior at the University of Illinois, informed tournament officials that he’d repaired aeration marks on...
