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PGA Tour contemplates announcing fines as part of study into slow play

Jan. 29, 2025 19:56 PM EST

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The PGA Tour is taking a hard look at whether to allow rangefinders and publicize violations as part of a comprehensive study on pace of play and other enhancements to the game that have come out of a survey of 50,000 golf fans. Tour officials were...

Pebble Beach with its beauty and loaded field gives the PGA Tour a chance to shine

Jan. 29, 2025 17:53 PM EST

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — For a sport needing a jolt of energy, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is as good a test as any. Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy make their PGA Tour season debuts, while Jordan Spieth returns following wrist surgery last summer. The field is stacked....

Tom McKibbin ignores Rory McIlroy's advice and joins Saudi-funded LIV Golf

Jan. 29, 2025 16:55 PM EST

Tom McKibbin of Northern Ireland has spurned the advice from mentor Rory McIlroy by giving up a PGA Tour card to join Saudi-backed LIV Golf. McKibbin, a 22-year-old who won his only European tour event in 2023, has signed to play with Jon Rahm and his Legions 13 team. LIV Golf starts...

Scottie Scheffler details his hand injury from making ravioli and is ready to get back to golf

Jan. 29, 2025 12:42 PM EST

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler felt frustrated sitting at home for two tournaments he normally plays while recovering from glass puncturing the palm of his right hand while making ravioli. A big part of him was thankful the injury wasn't worse. Scheffler went into...

Ely Callaway's lost memoir goes on sale in March with an AI-generated audiobook

Jan. 28, 2025 16:49 PM EST

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Ely Callaway was about much more than a golf company that created “Big Bertha,” the driver that changed an industry. He was the chief procurement officer for all Army uniforms during World War II and became president of the largest American textile...

Dottie Pepper delivers a short message on slow play that hopefully can go a long way

Jan. 28, 2025 09:10 AM EST

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The angst over pace of play in golf has been around for ages. One overlooked example is a memo from Joe Dey, the USGA executive director who in 1950 issued a notice to players when they registered for the U.S. Open at Merion. According to David Barrett's...

Harris English holds off Sam Stevens by a shot in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines

Jan. 25, 2025 21:40 PM EST

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Harris English clearly relishes a challenge. When he faced months of rehabilitation after hip surgery, he says he welcomed it. When he encounters ferocious wind or devilish course setups at his beloved Torrey Pines, he embraces the idea of thriving when par equals...