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PGA Tour players learn how much loyalty is worth in new equity program

Apr. 24, 2024 18:42 PM EDT

Players who stayed loyal to the PGA Tour amid lucrative recruitment by Saudi-funded LIV Golf are starting to find out how much that loyalty could be worth. The PGA Tour on Wednesday began contacting the 193 players eligible for the $930 million from a “Player Equity Program”...

McIlroy ready to return to PGA Tour policy board, and eager to enjoy his first trip to New Orleans

Apr. 24, 2024 18:34 PM EDT

ACONDALE, La. (AP) — For this week, at least, Rory McIlroy is focused on “fun” during his first visit to New Orleans for the PGA Tour's lone team event. McIlroy and teammate Shane Lowry have their restaurant reservations booked in this city renowned for its dining scene. A...

Analysis: Golf has two dominant forces in Scheffler and Korda. It didn't happen overnight

Apr. 23, 2024 18:57 PM EDT

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Golf went a decade without being able to identify a dominant player. And then within the last month, the sport suddenly has two of them. Scottie Scheffler won his first PGA Tour event in the Phoenix Open two years ago and now he has 10 tour titles,...

Jordan Spieth's left wrist injury isn't getting any better. It's also not getting worse

Apr. 23, 2024 17:27 PM EDT

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The left wrist injury Jordan Spieth first suffered a week before the PGA Championship last year hasn’t gone away. That doesn’t necessarily means it’s worse — or better. “It’s a come-and-go thing,” Spieth said last week...

Webb Simpson offers to resign from PGA Tour board. But only if McIlroy replaces him, AP source says

Apr. 23, 2024 15:58 PM EDT

A plan is in place for Rory McIlroy to rejoin the PGA Tour board, a move that would require the board's approval and could be viewed as a chance to help to improve stalled negotiations with the Saudi financial backers of LIV Golf. McIlroy resigned from the board in November, saying...

PGA Tour has a team event in New Orleans. LIV Golf returns Down Under

Apr. 23, 2024 09:54 AM EDT

PGA TOUR ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS Site: Avondale, Louisiana. Course: TPC Louisiana. Yardage: 7,425. Par: 72. Prize money: $8.9 million. Winner’s share: $1.286 million for each player. Television: Thursday-Friday,...

Scheffler wiped out from Masters and opens with a 69 at Hilton Head. He trails Poston by 6 shots

Apr. 18, 2024 18:37 PM EDT

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler is running on fumes after an exhausting Masters victory just four days ago. He hit a shank from a bunker. He nearly lost his mind from mud on his golf ball. And he still managed a 2-under 69 at the RBC Heritage on Thursday. J.T....

PGA Championship to return to Kiawah Island in 2031

Apr. 17, 2024 17:01 PM EDT

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The PGA Championship is returning to the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island in 2031, the coastal course where the previous two champions set tournament records. Phil Mickelson became the oldest major champion at age 50 in 2021 when he won the PGA Championship...

Rory McIlroy debunks LIV Golf rumors. Greg Norman claims unanimous support during Masters trip

Apr. 16, 2024 15:53 PM EDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — This wasn't the kind of attention Rory McIlroy was hoping for on the day after the Masters. A London financial paper, City A.M., cited anonymous sources as saying McIlroy was believed to be close to an $850 million deal to join LIV Golf. The publication did not...

Analysis: Scottie Scheffler comparisons with Tiger Woods is a tribute to both

Apr. 16, 2024 12:47 PM EDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Just think if Scottie Scheffler had not misread that 5-foot birdie putt that kept him out of a playoff at the Houston Open. Imagine him slipping his arms into that size 44 long Masters green jacket as a winner of his last four tournaments. The comparisons with...