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TGL ratings hold steady with holiday start to season
Television ratings for the start of TGL's second season are holding steady with last year's viewership numbers.,The Dec. 28 season opener for the indoor team golf league co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy garnered 646,000 viewers on ABC and the second match on Jan. 2 drew 354,000 viewers, ac...
Scottie Scheffler commits to WM Phoenix Open
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is returning to "The People's Open.",The two-time event champion committed to the 2026 WM Phoenix Open on Wednesday. Scheffler won at TPC Scottsdale in 2022 and 2023 and was third the following year before finishing 25th in 2025.,"Scottie has been a great champion and l...
Tiger Woods' birthday bash to include Jon Bon Jovi, Masters-themed menu
Tiger Woods officially turned 50 on Dec. 30.,So, what do you get the golfer who, well, pretty much has it all? That will be the task at hand when the celebrities visit The Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla., on Jan. 14 to celebrate the 15-time major champion's half-century on the planet.,Per Front Office ...
PGA of America CEO steps down to take care of family
Derek Sprague stepped down as the chief executive officer at the PGA of America on Wednesday as a means to help provide increased care to both his mother and mother-in-law.,Sprague informed the PGA of America Board of Directors last month of his request to be with his family in upstate New York. ,Sp...
Report: Akshay Bhatia rejects 'lucative' offer from LIV Golf
Akshay Bhatia turned down a "lucrative" offer to join LIV Golf, GolfChannel.com reported Tuesday.,Bhatia, who turns 24 on Jan. 31, has won two times on the PGA Tour -- the 2023 Barracuda Championship and the 2024 Valero Texas Open.,He also advanced to the Tour Championship in each of the last two se...
Tommy Gainey WDs from Korn Ferry opener to clear spot for younger player
Tommy Gainey withdrew from the Korn Ferry Tour's season opener in the Bahamas to allow a younger player to compete, Monday Q Info reported.,Gainey, 50, was eligible for the Jan. 11-14 Bahamas Golf Classic as a past champion of the tournament. His exemption for winning the 2020 edition expires after ...
Rory McIlroy on Brooks Koepka in TGL: '(I) would love him to play'
Rory McIlroy said he has no qualms about the prospect of Brooks Koepka joining TGL.,And McIlroy's voice likely holds some water given that he is a co-founder of the indoor golf simulation league along with Tiger Woods.,As for Koepka, he has newfound availability following his departure from LIV Golf...
Rory McIlroy's Boston Common get first TGL win vs. Los Angeles
Rory McIlroy's Boston Common Golf finally won its first TGL match at the outset of the league's second season, beating Los Angeles Golf Club 7-5 on Friday night in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,McIlroy is a co-founder of the indoor golf simulation league along with Tiger Woods, but the Northern Irishman'...
Rory McIlroy open to inviting LIV golfers back to PGA Tour
Rory McIlroy says he's open to welcoming competitors who left to join LIV Golf back to the PGA Tour ranks.,It's a notable change in public opinion for the five-time major champion, who has been among the most open critics of LIV and its divisive impact on golf.,"I think they've already paid their co...
Rory McIlroy calls Ryder Cup fan treatment of daughter 'horrific'
Rory McIlroy called out the "mob mentality" that led to "horrific" abuse hurled at himself, his wife and his daughter during September's Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.,The World No. 2 golfer from Northern Ireland opened up about his unpleasant experiences with the crowd in New York in a recent appeara...
Trump administration ends D.C. golf lease with nonprofit
The Trump administration on Tuesday ended a lease agreement with a nonprofit to oversee a trio of public golf courses in Washington, D.C., potentially clearing the way for President Donald Trump to continue to remake the look of the nation's capital.,The lease, a 50-year agreement signed five years ...
Trump administration ends golf lease in DC; is takeover next?
The Trump administration on Tuesday ended a lease agreement with a nonprofit to oversee a trio of public golf courses in Washington, D.C., potentially clearing the way for President Donald Trump to continue to remake the look of the nation's capital.,The lease, a 50-year agreement signed five years ...
Tiger Woods turns 50 with competitive future in question
PGA Tour legend Tiger Woods turned 50 years old on Tuesday, officially making him eligible for a run at becoming a legend on the Champions Tour as well.,However, it remains to be seen when Woods might make his return to the links as he continues to recover from a seventh back surgery in October.,Whe...
Billy Horschel's massive putt earns Atlanta Drive season-opening TGL win
Billy Horschel made a 37 1/2-foot eagle putt on the final hole to lift Atlanta Drive GC over New York Golf Club 6-4 in a stirring opening match of TGL's second season Sunday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,In a rematch of last year's SoFi Cup Finals that saw Atlanta sweep New York, the Drive built a 4-1...
TGL Season 2 primer: Schedule, what’s new, what to watch for
Atlanta Drive GC swept New York Golf Club 2-0 in the finals of the inaugural season of TGL. Season 2 begins Sunday afternoon with a rematch between Atlanta and New York.,Six teams of four PGA Tour stars apiece are back in the saddle for the second season of the indoor golf league co-founded by Tiger...
John Daly expresses interest in Ryder Cup role
Two-time major winner John Daly has an idea to correct the biggest regret of his golf career: United States captain for the 2027 Ryder Cup.,Daly said he would like to be a part of the U.S. team in any capacity, up to and including a captain role. ,"I'd love to see it, put my input in, and hopefully ...
Hall of Fame golfer Jumbo Ozaki dies at 78
World Golf Hall of Famer Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki of Japan died Tuesday after a battle with colon cancer. He was 78.,Ozaki won 114 tournaments around the world, including a record 94 on the Japan Golf Tour between 1973 and 2002.,"He is an indispensable, one-of-a-kind figure in discussing men's golf, bo...
Si Woo Kim again shoots down LIV Golf rumors
Si Woo Kim has denied a rumored move to LIV Golf for the second time this month.,Kim, 30, committed to next month's Sony Open in Hawaii, but an official close to Kim did acknowledge that his client was one of "many" Korean players to be offered contracts by the Saudi-backed league.,"It is true that ...
Ryan Gerard flies to Mauritius, earns Masters invitation
Ryan Gerard went the extra mile to earn an invitation to the 2026 Masters tournament.,Gerard actually traveled approximately 10,000 miles from Jupiter, Fla., to Mauritius. The island nation is located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of East Africa.,At 57th in the Official World Golf R...
Rory McIlroy adds TGL teammate, takes jab at Keegan Bradley
Rory McIlroy announced that his TGL team has a new member.,The Northern Irishman tabbed Michael Thorbjornsen to join Boston Common Golf in the tech-infused indoor golf league.,"We have a new member of the team who I practiced with this morning, Michael Thorbjornsen," McIlroy said on The Shotgun Star...