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Tiger Woods to make TGL indoor league debut the 2nd week of the season after NFL wild-card weekend
Tiger Woods makes his debut in the second week of the indoor TMRW Golf League, part of a schedule released Monday that has the six teams wrapping up the inaugural season on ESPN two weeks before the Masters. Rory McIlroy, among the owners with Woods of TMRW Sports, won’t play until...
PGA Tour goes to Las Vegas and Jon Rahm makes another European tour start in Spain
PGA Tour SHRINERS CHILDREN'S OPEN Site: Las Vegas. Course: TPC Summerlin. Yardage: 7,255. Par: 71. Prize money: $7 million. Winner's share: $1.26 million. Television: Thursday-Sunday, 5-8 p.m. (Golf Channel). ...
PGA Tour commissioner and Saudi fund governor paired at pro-am event in Scotland
Three weeks after PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan met with Saudi Arabia's financial backer of LIV Golf, they will be together again this week in Scotland, this time inside the ropes. Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund that supports the PGA...
European tour CEO expresses positive movement in tour negotiations with Saudis
MONTREAL (AP) — It's one thing for Rory McIlroy to get a sense of optimism about the PGA Tour's negotiations with the Saudi investors of LIV Golf about a potential investment. McIlroy is part of a negotiating committee, but he hasn't been involved in recent meetings. It was another...
Billy Horschel's eagle seals BMW PGA Championship win in playoff with McIlroy
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Billy Horschel became the first American golfer to win the BMW PGA Championship twice when he holed a brilliant eagle to beat four-time major winner Rory McIlroy in a playoff on Sunday. Horschel showed no sign of nerves when he sank a long putt from...
Journeyman ties 36-hole record at Wentworth to lead by two; McIlroy four shots back
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Three weeks ago, Matthew Baldwin was laughing at himself for mishitting a drive so badly that the ball went between his legs and advanced just one yard in front of the tee markers. On Friday, the No. 363-ranked journeyman from England was the...
McIlroy loses a club head and the lead in eventful 67 in first round at the BMW PGA Championship
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Rory McIlroy lost the club head on his 9-iron and then lost a chance to take the first-round lead by going out of bounds on the last hole in an eventful 5-under 67 at the BMW PGA Championship on Thursday. The No. 3-ranked McIlroy was two strokes off...
McIlroy expresses concerns over Poulter's Ryder Cup captaincy hopes
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Rory McIlroy believes it will be difficult for Ian Poulter or Lee Westwood to be a future Ryder Cup captain because they no longer have a connection with Europe’s emerging stars after defecting to LIV Golf. Poulter was a stalwart for Europe at Ryder...
Hojgaard birdies last 3 holes to win the Irish Open and hand McIlroy more heartache
NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland (AP) — Rasmus Hojgaard birdied his last three holes Sunday for a 6-under 65 to win the Irish Open and hand Rory McIlroy another dose of disappointment before a raucous gallery at Royal County Down. McIlroy had a two-shot lead on the back nine until...
McIlroy says PGA-LIV exhibition match offers a glimpse of possibilities
Rory McIlroy doesn't view the made-for-TV match between stars from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf as a message, more like a glimpse of the possibilities of what can happen, and what has been missing in golf since the great divide. McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are playing against Brooks...
