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PGA of America to pay $500K package to Ryder Cup members
Payment packages approved by the PGA of America for United States Ryder Cup participants are set at $500,000, including a $200,000 stipend. ,Approved in a vote and confirmed Monday, PGA of America also increased the amount awarded to a player's charity of choice to $300,000 for the total of $500,000...
Patty Tavatanakit, Jake Knapp go wire-to-wire at Grant Thornton
Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand and Jake Knapp completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Grant Thornton Invitational on Sunday at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla.,Tavatanakit holed a long birdie putt at the par-3 16th hole to tie Jennifer Kupcho and Akshay Bhatia for the lead. Knapp followed it with a ...
Patty Tavatanakit, Jake Knapp double their lead at Grant Thornton Invitational
Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand and Jake Knapp recorded seven birdies to extend their lead during windy and wet conditions at the Grant Thornton Invitational on Saturday at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla.,The mixed team event featuring PGA and LPGA Tour stars employs three different formats over thr...
Patty Tavatanakit, Jake Knapp take Grant Thornton lead
Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand and Jake Knapp birdied the first nine holes they played and added a late eagle on their way to the first-round lead at the Grant Thornton Invitational on Friday at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla.,The mixed team event featuring PGA and LPGA Tour stars employs three dif...
Skins Game returning after 17-year hiatus
The Skins Game, once an annual highlight during the PGA Tour season, will be returning in 2025.,The event will be held next Black Friday and staged by Pro Shop, a golf media company.,The first Skins Game was played in 1983 and featured four of the game's biggest names in history: Jack Nicklaus, Arno...
Tony Finau (knee) withdraws from Grant Thornton Invitational
Tony Finau pulled out of the Grant Thornton Invitational citing a knee injury on Tuesday, two days before the start of the combined PGA Tour/LPGA event at Naples, Fla.,Finau was scheduled to team with women's world No. 1 Nelly Korda after the pair tied for fourth in the tournament last year. Instead...
Baycurrent Inc. named title sponsor of PGA Tour's Japan event
The PGA Tour and Baycurrent Inc. announced a multi-year agreement on Wednesday that positions the Tokyo-based consulting firm as the title sponsor of the reimagined Baycurrent Classic in Japan.,The event will relocate to Yokohama Country Club and be contested as part of the PGA TOUR's FedExCup Fall....
Scottie Scheffler named PGA Tour player of the year
Following arguably the most dominant year of golf since Tiger Woods was in his prime, Scottie Scheffler received the PGA Tour Player of the Year award on Tuesday night.,It's the third straight year Scheffler has won the honor, and the World No. 1 joins Woods as the only players to win the Jack Nickl...
Tiger Woods, son Charlie to compete in PNC Championship
Tiger Woods and son Charlie Woods will return to the PNC Championship, the annual family team exhibition next week in Orlando, Fla.,Despite Tiger Woods still not being "tournament sharp" as he recovers from a September back surgery, he and his son will make their fifth appearance at the PNC Champion...
Report: PIF close to buying stake in PGA Tour Enterprises
The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia -- the money behind LIV Golf -- is nearing the acquisition of a small share of PGA Tour Enterprises, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.,The PIF, per the report, is set to take a 6 percent ownership stake in the organization, which is the for-profit branch of the P...
Scottie Scheffler fires 63, repeats at Hero World Challenge
New putting grip, same old Scottie Scheffler.,The World No. 1 shot a blazing 9-under-par 63 on Sunday to repeat at the Hero World Challenge, winning by six shots over South Korea's Tom Kim at Albany Golf Course in Nassau, Bahamas.,Scheffler rolled in nine birdie putts, the longest a 49-footer at the...
Justin Thomas leading, Tom Kim surging at Hero World Challenge
Justin Thomas carded a bogey-free 66 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.,A field of 20 players is at Albany Golf Club for the exclusive exhibition event hosted by Tiger Woods. Thomas finished Saturday at 6-under par 66 and is 17-under...
Scottie Scheffler (64) grabs lead at Hero World Challenge
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler carded the round of the day Friday to surge atop the leaderboard after Day 2 at the Hero World Challenge in Albany, New Providence, the Bahamas.,A field of 20 players is at Albany Golf Club for the exclusive exhibition event hosted by Tiger Woods. ,Scheffler, the event'...
Cameron Young cards 64, leads Hero World Challenge
After a few months off, Cameron Young was pleasantly surprised to come out to the Bahamas and shoot an 8-under-par 64 at Albany Golf Club for the first-round lead on Thursday at the Hero World Challenge.,A field of 20 players is in Albany for the exclusive exhibition event hosted by Tiger Woods. You...
Kevin Kisner named NBC's lead golf analyst
Kevin Kisner, a four-time winner on the PGA Tour, was named lead analyst for NBC Sports' golf coverage alongside commentator Dan Hicks.,Kisner, 40, made his debut as an analyst for NBC in 2024, working in the booth for the Phoenix Open, The Players Championship and the FedEx Cup Playoffs. ,A native ...
Tony Finau says LIV Golf rumors not true; WD due to surgery
Tony Finau cleared the air Wednesday amid rumors that he was leaving the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf, Golfweek reported Wednesday.,Finau withdrew from this week's Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas and was not yet registered to play at The Sentry, the 2025 season-opening event at Maui next month. Tha...
Tiger Woods idling with health 'still not there'
Tiger Woods remains in recovery mode and feels physically unprepared to compete on the golf course after undergoing another back surgery in September.,Woods, a bystander in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, attends the unofficial event because he serves as the host.,"I'm not tournament sharp ...
Tony Finau drops out of Hero World Challenge
Tony Finau is no longer in the field for this week's Hero World Challenge, the annual exhibition event in the Bahamas hosted by Tiger Woods.,Finau has not commented and tournament organizers have not given a reason for his withdrawal as of Monday afternoon. Sepp Straka of Austria was added via exemp...
Report: PGA-LIV Vegas match to feature $10M crypto purse
The PGA Tour-LIV Golf made-for-TV matchup on Dec. 17 featuring four of the sport's biggest names will have a purse worth a minimum of $10 million in crypto currency, Front Office Sports reported on Wednesday.,The newly named Crypto.com Showdown will see Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy of the PGA ...
Tiger Woods won't play in Hero World Challenge
When the Hero World Challenge takes place Dec. 5-8 in the Bahamas, tournament host Tiger Woods will not be part of the field.,Still recovering from his latest surgery, on his back last September, Woods had the option of joining the 20-player field in the exhibition event but announced Monday he woul...