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Mark O'Meara to retire after PGA Tour Champions event at Pebble Beach

Sep. 17, 2024 14:18 PM EDT

Mark O’Meara is ready to retire, and he has picked the ideal spot in Pebble Beach. O’Meara won the California State Amateur in 1979, the first of his six titles over three decades at Pebble Beach. Five of those were the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the last one in 1997 when at...

Solheim Cup victory illustrates promising future for American stars on LPGA: Analysis

Sep. 17, 2024 10:02 AM EDT

Nelly Korda managed what Tiger Woods rarely could. She lived up to her billing as the No. 1 player in golf at a high-stakes team competition against Europe. And she had plenty of help as the Americans finally got possession of the Solheim Cup after seven long years. Their best...

Tiger Woods has another surgery on lower back to relieve pinched nerves

Sep. 13, 2024 15:42 PM EDT

Tiger Woods had yet another surgery on his lower back on Friday morning. This one he hopes will relieve some of the spasms he experienced this year. It was the sixth surgery on his lower back in the last 10 years. In a brief statement on social media, Woods described...

Y.E. Yang denies Bernhard Langer in a playoff and wins first PGA Tour Champions title

Sep. 08, 2024 19:11 PM EDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Y.E. Yang forced a playoff with a 6-foot par putt for a 5-under 66 and made a 10-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole against Bernhard Langer to win the Ascension Charity Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title. The 67-year-old Langer was...

Scheffler and DeChambeau part of PGA Tour-LIV Golf match in Las Vegas, report says

Sep. 04, 2024 11:42 AM EDT

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy will take on LIV Golf stars Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV match in Las Vegas, Golfweek reported Wednesday, the first time outside the majors top players from each circuit will compete against each other. Blake Smith of Hambric...

Scheffler's actual scoring average on tour says plenty about his and Tiger's dominance

Sep. 03, 2024 16:19 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler closed out his season with a 264 at East Lake, lowering his scoring average to 68.01. NBC pointed out during the telecast it was the lowest in the history of the PGA Tour. What gets recognized is the adjusted scoring average, which accounts for how...

Scottie Scheffler has a strong mind that will be put to the test as expectations rise: Analysis

Sep. 03, 2024 13:40 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler looked old even when he was young, so it was worth taking stock of his words when his final task of golf's greatest season in nearly two decades was complete. “I feel like I've lived almost a full lifetime in this one year,” he said after...

Scottie Scheffler caps off record season with FedEx Cup title and $25 million bonus

Sep. 01, 2024 19:50 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — A Masters green jacket and an Olympic gold medal. A first-time father and his first time being arrested. A year Scottie Scheffler won't forget ended the best way possible Sunday when he won the FedEx Cup to cap off golf's best season in nearly two decades. “If you...

New Trump book defends 2018 Putin meeting, taunts rivals and threatens to imprison Meta's Zuckerberg

Aug. 29, 2024 16:24 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — In a new book, former President Donald Trump calls his 2018 summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki “a GREAT meeting” and threatens to imprison Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg if the tech mogul does anything this year akin to his $400 million donation to...

Xander Schauffele has the points for PGA player of the year. But the award no longer exists

Aug. 27, 2024 12:50 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Winning two majors in a year used to be a shoo-in for earning the points-based award for player of the year presented annually by the PGA of America since 1948. Xander Schauffele was in line to get at least one award this year. A major is worth 30 points. Two majors...