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Tour friend hopes to see Tiger Woods on Champions very soon
Tiger Woods has given no timetable for when -- or even if -- he will return to competitive golf, but at least one close PGA Tour friend hopes to see the 15-time major champion on the course soon.,Woods had back surgery on Oct. 10, which will prevent him from participating in the Hero World Challenge...

Harris English hints at future PGA Tour seasons starting after Super Bowl
Veteran Harris English is following a "whatever it takes is what it takes" philosophy when it comes to rumored changes for the betterment of the PGA Tour.,That includes his hint Wednesday at possibly moving the annual start of the season to after the Super Bowl so customary tournaments in Hawaii and...

Callaway selling majority stake in Topgolf at $1.1B valuation
Callaway has sold 60 percent of Topgolf to Los Angeles private-equity firm Leonard Green & Partners in a deal that values the business at approximately $1.1 billion.,It brings an end to a promising combination of the Callaway golf brand and the Topgolf entertainment business that never lived up to e...

Golf Glance: Drama-packed season finales on PGA, LPGA Tours
The PGA Tour and LPGA Tour hold season-ending events this week. While PGA Tour players make their final push for 2026 playing status, the top LPGA Tour players vie for the biggest purse in women's golf.,PGA TOUR,THIS WEEK: The RSM Classic, St. Simons Island, Ga., Nov. 20-23,Course: Sea Island Golf C...

Aaron Rai replaces Justin Thomas in Hero World Challenge field
England's Aaron Rai will replace Justin Thomas in next month's Hero World Challenge field.,Thomas will miss the start of the 2026 season after announcing last week that he had undergone microdiscectomy surgery on his back. No timetable has been announced yet for his return to competition. ,Rai is up...

Ex-LIV Golf player first to earn PGA Tour card back
Laurie Canter became the first former LIV Golf player to re-earn his PGA Tour card when the Englishman finished as one the top-10 players not already fully exempt in the Race to Dubai on Sunday.,It completes a journey that also saw Canter become the first former LIV player to earn a spot in The Play...

Adam Schenk outlasts brutal winds in Bermuda for 1st career win
Adam Schenk finally has his first PGA Tour win, and he earned it the hard way.,With wind gusts topping 30 miles per hour at Port Royal Golf Course, Schenk steadied himself for an even-par 71 on Sunday to edge Chandler Phillips by one stroke at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship in Southampton, Ber...

Rory McIlroy loses playoff to Matt Fitzpatrick, wins Race to Dubai
Rory McIlroy recorded an eagle on the 72nd hole to force a playoff before falling to Matt Fitzpatrick at the World Tour Championship on Sunday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.,While Fitzpatrick won the season-closing event for the third time, McIlroy captured his fourth straight Race for Dubai title ...

Rory McIlroy loses playoff to Matt Fitzpatrick, wins Race to Dubai
Rory McIlroy recorded an eagle on the 72nd hole to force a playoff before falling to Matt Fitzpatrick at the World Tour Championship on Sunday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.,While Fitzpatrick won the season-closing event for the third time, McIlroy captured his fourth straight Race for Dubai title ...

Adam Schenk, Braden Thornberry share third-round lead in Bermuda
Adam Schenk shot a 4-under 67 Saturday to share the lead with Braden Thornberry at 12-under 201 after three rounds of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship in Southampton, Bermuda.,Thornberry carded a 69 on Saturday heading into the final round at the Port Royal Golf Course.,Four players -- Max McGre...

Rory McIlroy shares lead at DP World Tour Championship
Rory McIlroy birdied three of his last five holes Saturday to grab a share of the lead entering the final round of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.,The Northern Irishman carded a 4-under 68 at Jumeirah Golf Estates' Earth Course to move to 13-under alongside Denmark's R...

Justin Thomas to miss start of '26 season after disc surgery
PGA Tour star Justin Thomas announced Friday that he has undergone disc surgery to address back issues, which will cause him to miss the early part of the 2026 season.,A successful microdiscectomy was performed Thursday in New York, per Thomas, alleviating a disc problem that had been causing hip pa...

Adam Hadwin holds onto Bermuda lead thanks to late eagle
Adam Hadwin of Canada counteracted a double bogey with a late eagle and held onto the lead at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship on Friday in Southampton, Bermuda.,Hadwin posted an eagle and a birdie during his final four holes to shoot a 5-under 66 at Port Royal Golf Course, moving to 11-under 13...

Nicolai Hojgaard up by 3 at DP World Tour Championship
Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard carded a bogey-free second round of 7-under 65 on Friday to take a three-shot lead at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.,Hojgaard posted five birdies and an eagle at the par-5 second hole to get to 12-under at the Jumeirah Golf Est...

Adam Hadwin takes early lead at Bermuda Championship
Adam Hadwin of Canada shot a 6-under-par 65 and held sole possession of the lead when first-round play was suspended at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship on Thursday in Southampton, Bermuda.,Hadwin was one stroke ahead of Japan's Takumi Kanaya (66) and Braden Thornberry, who was 5 under through 1...

Michael Kim leads in Dubai, Rory McIlroy outplays Marco Penge
Michael Kim recorded an 8-under-par 64 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.,Kim's bogey-free round at Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course) put him just ahead of England's Tommy Fleetwood (65) and t...

Tiger Woods helping to restore historic D.C. golf course
Tiger Woods is lending a helping hand with the renovation of Langston Golf Course in Washington D.C., a White House advisor told Front Office Sports.,Langston Golf Course opened in 1939 along the Anacostia River and was the district's first course specifically built for African Americans. It joins R...

Golf Glance: PGA Tour in Bermuda; McIlroy chases 7th DP title; Trump makes LPGA debut
The PGA Tour's penultimate event of 2025 takes place in Bermuda, where the grind to secure tour status rolls on. The DP World Tour and Champions Tour hold their season ending events, while Kai Trump and Caitlin Clark compete on the LPGA Tour.,PGA TOUR,THIS WEEK: Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Sou...

PGA Tour adds fall tournament in North Carolina
The PGA Tour added a third North Carolina stop to the calendar on Monday, announcing the debut of The Biltmore Championship as part of the tour's Fall Series.,The tournament is scheduled for Sept. 17-20 at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove, a Jack Nicklaus-designed course located near Asheville, N.C. The ev...

Ben Griffin rallies in Cabo for third win of 2025
Ben Griffin put an exclamation point on his breakout season by shooting a final-round, 9-under-par 63 to secure his third win of 2025 at the World Wide Technology Championship on Sunday in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.,Griffin was consistent all week but started the day two shots back of South Africa's Ga...