Tiger Woods' immediate goal: Keep his son from beating him in golf for 18 holes

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods turns 49 at the end of the month and he has one pressing goal that relates to his golf. He wants to prolong that inevitable day when his son beats him over 18 holes. They will be playing with — not against — each other this week for the fifth...

LIV adds Florida State alum for second signing of a young player

LIV Golf is looking younger as it adds new players to the team rosters, the most recent Friday when the Cleeks announced it was signing Fredrik Kjetterup of Denmark, who finished among the top 10 in the PGA Tour University ranking at Florida State. The Iron Heads two weeks ago signed...

Derek Sprague chosen as CEO of PGA of America

Derek Sprague has been selected as the next CEO at the PGA of America, the first time a club professional has been chosen to lead the organization in nearly 20 years. Sprague, who spent 25 years at his hometown Malone Golf Club in New York, also becomes the first CEO to have served...

Scheffler and McIlroy have easy time as PGA Tour stars beat LIV Golf's Koepka and DeChambeau

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy never trailed and needed only 14 holes to beat Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau of LIV Golf in a made-for-TV exhibition Tuesday night that gave fans a chance to see PGA Tour and LIV stars together for the first time outside the...

High school junior Blades Brown becomes pro golfer at 17

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Blades Brown is ready to become a professional golfer even before finishing high school. Brown, a 17-year-old junior in high school in Nashville, Tennessee, announced on social media Tuesday that he will turn pro. He already has accepted an exemption to play...

PGA Tour to hire CEO to run expanding business. Jay Monahan stays on as commissioner

The PGA Tour, flush with a $1.5 billion investment from private equity and still negotiating with the Saudi-backers of LIV Golf as a minority investor, is hiring a CEO for the first time who will work alongside Commissioner Jay Monahan. Monahan made the announcement to his staff...

Americans are getting paid to play the Ryder Cup. Now the pressure is on to win: Analysis

Bringing the Ryder Cup to notoriously nasty Bethpage Black already was cause for concern. Imagine the most passionate, patriotic event in golf played before a flag-waving crowd that once harassed Sergio Garcia so badly he pointed at them with the wrong finger. This could make the...

Lydia Ko had doubts about her game. She never felt more proud of her climb back to the top

Lydia Ko had the Olympic gold medal virtually wrapped up when she had a conversation with herself walking up the 18th fairway at Le Golf National that surprised her. “The thing I told myself walking down the 18th was, ‘I’m so proud of myself.' And I never say that to me," Ko...

Americans now paid to play in Ryder Cup with $200K stipend and $300K to donate to charity

Americans will be paid to play in the Ryder Cup for the first time under a new PGA of America program announced Monday that gives them a $200,000 stipend and $300,000 for them to distribute to charity. The $500,000 directed to each of the 12 players and the captain is an increase...

Americans to get paid $200,000 to play in Ryder Cup and $300,000 to donate to charity