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Charlie Woods shoots 71, sits 4 back at Junior Players
Charlie Woods put himself in contention at the Junior Players Championship on Friday, firing a 1-under-par 71 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.,The 17-year-old recorded five birdies and four bogeys on the par-72 Stadium Course in his lowest competitive round at the venue where his father, T...
RBC Heritage added to PGA Tour's Championship Series in '28
The PGA Tour added the RBC Heritage as its ninth regular-season Championship Series event, starting in 2028.,The Heritage had been expected to be one of the 23 to 24 tournaments selected for the league's top-tier circuit.,A longtime signature event, it has been held since 1969 at Harbour Town Golf L...
Good Good Golf CEO, president out amid ad controversy
The controversy over an ill-received advertisement promoting a new golf club cost two top Good Good Golf executives their jobs on Wednesday.,The company parted ways with chief executive officer Matt Kendrick and president Joe Flannery, Good Good head of finance and operations Alex Puchala announced....
Tiger Woods forfeits driver's license for five years in DUI plea deal
Tiger Woods pleaded no contest to willful, wanton and reckless driving and refusing to submit to a urine test in a brief hearing Wednesday at the Martin County Courthouse in Martin, Fla. ,Woods agreed to two concurrent five-year suspensions of his driver's license and was fined $1,000 in exchange fo...
Jackson Koivun, 21, among U.S. captain’s picks for Presidents Cup
Brandt Snedeker named 21-year-old PGA Tour rookie Jackson Koivun as his final captain's pick for the U.S. Presidents Cup team in a television special on Tuesday.,Koivun, a former amateur and college star who turned pro in June, will get his first taste of professional team golf when the U.S. takes o...
Tiger Woods set for Florida court appearance, plea hearing in DUI case
Tiger Woods will appear in court on Wednesday for what is listed on the docket as a change-of-plea hearing related to his rollover crash and DUI arrest in March.,A Sept. 8 appearance had been scheduled as a status hearing after Woods entered a not-guilty plea.,In a change-of-plea hearing, a defendan...
Scottie Scheffler’s Latest Win Made One Thing Clear: The PGA Tour Needs Its New Format
Scottie Scheffler won another Tour Championship, but the lack of drama showed exactly why the PGA Tour is moving toward a new match-play finale....
Tiger Woods congratulates Scottie Scheffler on another dominant season
Scottie Scheffler's latest playoff triumph placed him in a group with few professional peers. One of them, Tiger Woods, made sure Scheffler knows the rest of the golf world is in awe of his consistency and run of sustained success.,Scheffler became the third player to win multiple FedEx Cup champion...
Scottie Scheffler wins 2nd FedEx Cup title, passes Tiger Woods on money list
ATLANTA -- Scottie Scheffler has joined elite company.,Tiger Woods. Rory McIlroy. Scheffler. That's it. That's the list.,Scheffler joined golf royalty as the only players to win multiple FedEx Cup championships when he came from behind to capture the Tour Championship in the finale of the FedEx Cup ...
President Donald Trump to attend Presidents Cup
President Donald Trump will serve as the honorary chairman at the 2026 Presidents Cup and plans to attend the event that will be held at Medinah Country Club in Chicago from Sept. 24-27.,"At the request of the PGA Tour, and its Great new Commissioner, Brian Rolapp, it is my Honor to accept being the...
Viktor Hovland leads Ryan Gerard by 1 at Tour Championship
Atlanta -- Viktor Hovland and Ryan Gerard are not going away.,They are, however, being chased by some big names with major credentials. Names like Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are right on their heels.,Norway's Hovland shot a 5-under-par 65 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Gerard aft...
Ryan Gerard, Viktor Hovland move in front at Tour Championship
ATLANTA -- Ryan Gerard and Viktor Hovland share the halfway lead at the Tour Championship, but Scottie Scheffler is still near the top of the leaderboard.,What did you expect?,Scheffler is 8 under par and two strokes off the lead after the second round Friday at East Lake Golf Club. He remains tied ...
Good Good loses Callaway deal, steps back from PGA event over offensive video
Callaway Golf Company severed ties with Good Good Golf following the backlash generated by a video that was meant to promote a driver co-branded between the two companies, Sports Business Journal reported Thursday.,Soon after, Good Good stepped away as the title sponsor of a new PGA Tour fall-series...
Min Woo Lee fires first-round 62 to lead Tour Championship
ATLANTA -- Min Woo Lee doesn't need to be sad anymore.,He is headed back in the right direction -- and in a big way., Lee turned in a bogey-free round of 8-under 62 to take a two-shot, first-round lead at the Tour Championship, the FedEx Cup playoffs finale, on Thursday. ,Lee, who tied his career lo...
Callaway Golf ends partnership with Good Good Golf over offensive video
California-based Callaway Golf Company severed ties with Good Good Golf following the backlash generated by a video that was meant to promote a driver co-branded between the two companies, Sports Business Journal reported Thursday.,Good Good co-founder Garrett Clark apologized Wednesday night, sayin...
Good Good co-founder hopes to 'move on' from controversial ad
Good Good Golf co-founder Garrett Clark apologized in a video Wednesday night, saying he hopes "we can move on" amid continued fallout from a since-deleted ad for its new co-branded driver with Callaway.,The video was posted on Aug. 21, depicting Clark running and shoving Good Good's Alexis Miestows...
J.J. Spaun withdraws from Tour Championship with shoulder injury
ATLANTA -- World No. 16 J.J. Spaun withdrew from the season-ending Tour Championship after playing four holes in the first round on Thursday due to a shoulder injury.,After a par on the opening hole, Spaun appeared headed for another strong start. But he carded two bogeys around a double bogey at No...
PGA Tour, retailers distance selves from Good Good after ad backlash
The fallout continues to grow for golf apparel and entertainment upstart Good Good Golf, with retailers and even the PGA Tour distancing themselves from the company.,On Friday, Good Good released an ad designed to promote its new driver made in collaboration with Callaway. Good Good's Alexis Miestow...
Scottie Scheffler chasing another FedEx Cup at Tour Championship
ATLANTA -- They are on nearly opposite ends of the Tour Championship field.,The favorite: Scottie Scheffler enters as the FedEx Cup point standings leader, a familiar place for the world's No. 1 golfer. The inspirational story: Gary Woodland made big moves during the playoffs and overcame adversity ...
Jim Furyk named lead analyst for USA Sports, Golf Channel
United States Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk has been named the lead analyst for USA Sports and Golf Channel's golf coverage in a multi-year deal.,Furyk, 56, made his debut for USA Sports in March at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and became a regular fixture this season, including working the U.S. Ope...