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Spieth, Thomas lead Valspar field as LIV resumes in Arizona

Mar. 14, 2023 11:04 AM EDT

PGA TOUR VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Palm Harbor, Florida. Course: Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead). Yardage: 7,340. Par: 71. Prize money: $8.1 million. Winner's share: $1.458 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m....

Column: Would new PGA Tour model have stopped defections?

Mar. 08, 2023 00:23 AM EST

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The PGA Tour is going to reward the biggest stars with as many as 11 tournaments that have small fields, big money and no cuts. This should sound familiar. And there is no denying it would not have happened without the threat and the...

LIV Golf gets another setback in court fight with PGA Tour

Feb. 22, 2023 14:15 PM EST

A federal judge has ruled the PGA Tour can add Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and its governor, Yasir al-Rumayyan, as defendants in its countersuit in the ongoing legal fight with LIV Golf. The ruling Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman was the second setback in...

Column: LIV resumes after break that was anything but loud

Feb. 21, 2023 10:32 AM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LIV Golf decides when to hold tournaments by avoiding what its leader, Greg Norman, calls heritage events. That's another way of saying it will find holes in the PGA Tour schedule with weak fields or marginal interest. He got that part right. More...

Judge rules PGA Tour can depose Saudi backers of LIV Golf

Feb. 17, 2023 12:04 PM EST

A federal judge has ruled the head of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the financial backer of LIV Golf, must sit for depositions and produce documents in LIV Golf's antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Lawyers for the Public Investment Fund and its governor, Yasir...

Pebble Beach and Saudi International again share top billing

Jan. 31, 2023 13:19 PM EST

PGA TOUR AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM Site: Pebble Beach, California. Courses: Pebble Beach GL (Yardage: 6,952. Par: 72); Spyglass Hill GC (Yardage: 7,041. Par: 72); Monterey Peninsula CC-Shore (Yardage: 6,934. Par: 71). Prize money: $9...

PGA Tour moves to California, LPGA season starts in Florida

Jan. 17, 2023 10:42 AM EST

PGA TOUR THE AMERICAN EXPRESS Site: La Quinta, California. Courses: PGA West-Pete Dye Stadium (Yardage: 7,187. Par: 72); PGA West-Nicklaus Tournament (Yardage: 7,147. Par: 72); La Quinta CC (Yardage: 7,060. Par: 72). Prize money: $8...

Masters champions could be in for dinner unlike any other

Jan. 05, 2023 06:04 AM EST

KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — This exclusive field of champions might be the most anticipated event of the year. And it's nowhere near the Pacific shores along Kapalua. The Masters Club is the formal name of the annual dinner Tuesday night at Augusta National during the Masters in April,...