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Tales from the tour in a year filled with medals and tears and a few digs
Scottie Scheffler won a lot of tournaments and had to do a lot of talking this year. One theme stood out even as Scheffler was dominating his competition by winning nine times. The answer could be found on a white board in Paris. Golfers at the Olympics were asked to...
See how players qualified for the 2025 Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The 85 players expected to compete in the 89th Masters, to be played April 10-13. Players listed only in the first category for which they are eligible (a-amateur). Masters champions Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Hideki Matsuyama, Dustin Johnson,...
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...
Scottie Scheffler in a landslide to win PGA Tour player of the year for third straight time
Scottie Scheffler added another trophy to his awesome display Tuesday when he won the Jack Nicklaus Award as PGA Tour player of the year in a landslide, joining Tiger Woods as the only players to win the award three straight times. Scheffler won 91% of the vote from players and...
Golf shots from every club in the bag paint the picture of a big year: Analysis
A driver off the deck and a 3-wood off a tee. One shot was simply to make the cut. Another was to win a major. Every shot tells a story, and there were plenty of them in 2024. Not all of them belong to Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele, the two players who stood above all...
Martin Slumbers hangs his hat on making British Open big and promoting women's golf
Martin Slumbers could not have witnessed greater theater than his first British Open in charge of the R&A, the record-setting duel between Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson at Royal Troon. His only concern in 2016 was the audience. “I walked around quite a bit...
Bernhard Langer and his 18 straight years of winning is among golf's untouchable records: Analysis
Winning doesn't get old. Neither, apparently, does Bernhard Langer. In a year when Scottie Scheffler delivered a level of dominance not seen since Tiger Woods and Xander Schauffele won two majors, when Nelly Korda tied an LPGA record by winning five straight times and Lydia Ko got...
Nelly Korda has all but wrapped up LPGA player of the year. Lydia Ko would make for a good debate
The case for LPGA Tour player of the year could be compelling if it were decided by a vote of the players instead of a points system. As it stands, Nelly Korda has virtually locked up the award for the first time. Lydia Ko would have to win four more tournaments the rest of the...
PGA Tour goes to Japan as part of three main tours playing in Asia
PGA Tour ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Chiba, Japan. Course: Accordia Golf Narashino CC. Yardage: 7,079. Par: 70. Prize money: $8.5 million. Winner's share: $1.53 million. Television: Wednesday-Saturday, 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. (Golf...
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...
