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Pebble Beach with its beauty and loaded field gives the PGA Tour a chance to shine

Jan. 29, 2025 17:53 PM EST

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — For a sport needing a jolt of energy, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is as good a test as any. Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy make their PGA Tour season debuts, while Jordan Spieth returns following wrist surgery last summer. The field is stacked....

Tom McKibbin ignores Rory McIlroy's advice and joins Saudi-funded LIV Golf

Jan. 29, 2025 16:55 PM EST

Tom McKibbin of Northern Ireland has spurned the advice from mentor Rory McIlroy by giving up a PGA Tour card to join Saudi-backed LIV Golf. McKibbin, a 22-year-old who won his only European tour event in 2023, has signed to play with Jon Rahm and his Legions 13 team. LIV Golf starts...

Scottie Scheffler details his hand injury from making ravioli and is ready to get back to golf

Jan. 29, 2025 12:42 PM EST

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler felt frustrated sitting at home for two tournaments he normally plays while recovering from glass puncturing the palm of his right hand while making ravioli. A big part of him was thankful the injury wasn't worse. Scheffler went into...

Ely Callaway's lost memoir goes on sale in March with an AI-generated audiobook

Jan. 28, 2025 16:49 PM EST

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Ely Callaway was about much more than a golf company that created “Big Bertha,” the driver that changed an industry. He was the chief procurement officer for all Army uniforms during World War II and became president of the largest American textile...

Scottie Scheffler ready to play and commits to Pebble Beach

Jan. 24, 2025 15:50 PM EST

Scottie Scheffler has committed to play the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am next week, his first competition in about six weeks while recovering from a puncture wound to his right hand while preparing Christmas dinner. Scheffler had said at the start of the week the recovery was...

Justin Thomas is asking fellow PGA Tour players to give more access to broadcast partners

Jan. 21, 2025 15:26 PM EST

The PGA Tour starts its network television schedule this week with CBS at Torrey Pines for the first of its 19 tournaments. And it already has received a boost from Justin Thomas. Just over a year ago, Thomas was hesitant to get involved with tour policy, preferring others to carry...

Greg Norman says he would win a debate with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy on LIV making them richer

Jan. 21, 2025 14:29 PM EST

Greg Norman says he would win a debate with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy on how Saudi-funded LIV Golf has helped them financially. And by the sound of his interview with Australian Golf Digest, it wasn’t just LIV Golf where the Shark left his teeth marks. “When I...

Scheffler and Schauffele out of action adds to a sluggish start to the year in golf

Jan. 21, 2025 09:54 AM EST

A new season in any sport is ripe with optimism and enthusiasm, and that's how PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan sounded when he delivered a year-end video message that promised innovation and excitement. “Everything is on the table,” Monahan said just over a month ago. ...

Tyrrell Hatton outduels Daniel Hillier to win Dubai Desert Classic by a stroke

Jan. 19, 2025 11:21 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Englishman Tyrrell Hatton held off Daniel Hillier of New Zealand to win the Dubai Desert Classic by a stroke on Sunday, equaling Jon Rahm's record of five Rolex Series victories. Overnight leader Hillier birdied the last to put pressure on his...

See how players qualified for the 2025 Masters

Jan. 18, 2025 19:42 PM EST

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The 88 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,...