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Near top-30 bubble, Viktor Hovland enters BMW with surprising St. Louis connection
Viktor Hovland's first set of golf clubs came from St. Louis -- an odd fact about a boy who grew up across the ocean in Norway.,Hovland's father, Harald, was working in the St. Louis area and bought his son's first set of clubs to bring home to him at age 11.,"I don't know exactly where he lived and...
Open champion Ryan Fox adjusting to life on the radar
At his press conference Tuesday ahead of the BMW Championship, Ryan Fox recited the ways his life has changed since winning The Open Championship last month. ,Starting with the fact that he was having a press conference.,"I mean, I'm sitting here," the 39-year-old New Zealander told reporters at the...
Scottie Scheffler’s Dominant Win Shows Why He Remains Golf’s Best Player
Scottie Scheffler ended his winning drought in dominant fashion, winning the FedEx St. Jude Championship by eight strokes to begin the FedEx Cup playoffs....
England's Jack Whaley storms back to win US Amateur
Nothing was keeping Jack Whaley from the U.S. Amateur Championship. Not weather, not a 2-hole deficit heading into the final session -- not even a wasp sting that left his ankle throbbing.,The 22-year-old native of Doncaster, England and rising senior at Florida State stormed back through less-than-...
Rory McIlroy: 'So far away from where I need to be' in return at St. Jude
Rory McIlroy left the FedEx St. Jude Championship with his place in the next round of the playoffs secure, but with considerably less confidence in his golf swing.,The World No. 2 finished 66th out of 68 golfers at 8 over par after closing with a 2-over 72 on Sunday at TPC Southwind in Memphis. McIl...
Sungjae Im plays way into FedEx Cup top 50; Jordan Spieth knocked out
Despite holding a share of the lead after the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Thursday, Jordan Spieth didn't have enough in the tank this weekend to push himself into the top 50 of the FedEx Cup points race.,Instead, Sungjae Im of South Korea was the only golfer to play his way int...
Scottie Scheffler walks away with dominant FedEx St. Jude win
Scottie Scheffler shot 4-under-par 66 and pulled away to win the FedEx St. Jude Championship and extend his lead in the FedEx Cup playoffs Sunday in Memphis, Tenn.,Scheffler is the World No. 1 golfer, but this marked his first victory since January, so it was his second triumph of 2026.,He finished ...
Scottie Scheffler holds 2-shot lead with round to play at FedEx St. Jude
Scottie Scheffler shot 2-under-par 68 to maintain the lead Saturday in the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tenn., as he aims for his first victory since January.,Scheffler moved to 13-under 197 for a two-stroke lead on Sam Burns and South Korea's Sunjae Im at TPC Southwind, where the opening...
Scottie Scheffler fires 61 to jump into FedEx St. Jude lead
Scottie Scheffler fired a 9-under-par 61 to rocket into the lead at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first leg of the playoffs, on Friday in Memphis.,The World No. 1 birdied the first five holes at TPC Southwind and added a sixth at No. 7. Bogeys at Nos. 8 and 12 around one birdie at No. 10 took...
Robert MacIntyre WDs from FedEx St. Jude Championship
Robert MacIntyre withdrew from the FedEx St. Jude Championship prior to the start of the second round on Friday.,PGA Tour Communications did not list a reason for MacIntyre, who limped to a 12-over 82 during the first round at TPC Southwind in Memphis. The 30-year-old left-hander from Scotland sat 1...
Jordan Spieth, on top-50 bubble, part of 5-way tie for St. Jude lead
Jordan Spieth posted a bogey-free, 5-under-par 65 Thursday to share the first-round lead at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first leg of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs in Memphis.,Five players finished the day at 65, with Spieth joined by Michael Thorbjornsen, Kurt Kitayama, Michael Kim and ...
Greensboro event gets new sponsor; elevated to top-tier status
It did not take long for the venerable PGA Tour event in Greensboro, N.C. to procure a new sponsor.,Wednesday, the tour announced that Raymond James, a wealth management company located in St. Petersburg, Fla. will replace Wyndham as the title sponsor of the event in 2027.,Michael Brennan just captu...
Field set to drink in drama as playoffs begin at St. Jude Championship
The heat is on both figuratively and literally at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, beginning Thursday at TPC Southwind in Memphis.,It is the first leg of the three-week FedEx Cup playoffs, where the 69 players still alive will try to make it to the Tour Championship and win the season-long crown at ...
Change of heart has Rory McIlroy back in playoff opener
Rory McIlroy is back in Memphis this week, one year after he bypassed the opening round of the PGA Tour playoffs in favor of some rest.,McIlroy said his inclusion at this year's FedEx St. Jude Championships is a nod to not having played in recent weeks, but he also admitted to having some conversati...
Scottie Scheffler 'excited' to start FedExCup Playoffs
Scottie Scheffler has a plan to beat the heat and the competition this week as the PGA Tour playoffs get underway at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis.,The World No. 1 and FedExCup points leader is trending in the right direction after finishing fourth at TPC Southwind in 2024 and tying for...
2026 FedEx St. Jude Championship: Preview, Prop Picks, Best Bets
The first leg of the 2026 FedExCup Playoffs gets underway with the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis on Thursday.,There are no cuts in playoff events, so the four-day race will be on to qualify for the next leg at the BMW Championship. Our golf experts preview the event and p...
Michael Brennan reflects on Masters invite after wanting to return ‘so bad’
By winning the Wyndham Championship on Sunday, Michael Brennan vaulted from outside the top 100 in the FedEx Cup points race to 47th -- well within the cutoff for the playoffs.,But another effect of that victory shouldn't be overlooked. As captured by the CBS broadcast cameras, Brennan's mother embr...
Defending St. Jude champ Justin Rose, 46, still pushing to stay ‘elite’
Nobody on the PGA Tour has been particularly surprised that Justin Rose has continued to win golf tournaments well into his 40s.,The Englishman arrives at the FedEx Cup playoff opener, the FedEx St. Jude Championship, as the defending champion after defeating J.J. Spaun in a playoff last year.,And R...
Golf Glance: FedExCup Playoffs begin; LPGA and Champions in PNW
The FedExCup Playoffs begin in Memphis, the LPGA Tour and Champions Tour are in the Pacific Northwest, while the DP World Tour returns following a three-week break.,PGA TOUR,THIS WEEK: FedEx St. Jude Championship, Memphis, Aug. 13-16,Course: TPC Southwind (Par 70, 7,288 Yards),Purse: $20M (Winner: $...
Report: Wyndham ending 20-year run as PGA Tour title sponsor
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will not return as a PGA Tour sponsor, Sports Business Journal reported on Monday, halting a 20-year run after its deal ran out this year.,Worth roughly $5.4 billion, Wyndham had sponsored the Greensboro, N.C., tournament since 2007, but per the report, is walking away inste...