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Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look

Dec. 12, 2024 11:22 AM EST

A modern version of The Skins Game is returning to Thanksgiving week. Pro Shop, the new golf media company led by “Full Swing” executive producer Chad Mumm, on Thursday announced a deal with the PGA Tour that brings back The Skins Game for the first time since 2008. ...

Tiger Woods will return at the PNC Championship with son Charlie

Dec. 10, 2024 13:02 PM EST

Tiger Woods is returning to the PNC Championship with 15-year-old son Charlie, his first competition since the British Open in July and after having a sixth surgery on his back three months ago. Woods has played the 36-hole PNC Championship with Charlie every year since 2020. The...

Julien Guerrier leads Nedbank Golf Challenge with defending champion Max Homa 2 strokes back

Dec. 06, 2024 11:45 AM EST

SUN CITY, South Africa (AP) — Julien Guerrier took a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge on Friday, while defending champion Max Homa was two strokes back. Guerrier, who needed nine playoff holes in his 230th tournament to claim his first European...

Ryggs Johnston goes from a tiny Montana town to Australian Open champion: Analysis

Dec. 03, 2024 10:29 AM EST

A pair of Americans delivered command performances halfway around the world during Thanksgiving week. One was Peter Uihlein, the former U.S. Amateur champion and two-time Walker Cup player, winning by five shots in Qatar on the Asian Tour. The other was Ryggs Johnston, and well, some...

Ryggs Johnston wins Australian Open for first title. Jiyai Shin wins women's event

Dec. 01, 2024 05:33 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Unheralded American Ryggs Johnston won his first professional title by claiming the Australian Open by three stokes, while South Korea’s Jiyai Shin claimed her second Women’s Australian Open, which was played concurrently at two courses on the famed Melbourne sand...