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2025 Farmers Insurance Open: Preview, Props & Best Bets
The PGA Tour's annual West Coast swing heads from the desert to the shore for this week's Farmers Insurance Open at picturesque Torrey Pines in San Diego.,The event features the only Wednesday start on tour, and our golf experts preview the event and provide their favorite prop picks along with best...
Justin Thomas encourages 'on-course personality' in memo to golfers
Justin Thomas sent a memo to his fellow PGA Tour golfers on Tuesday, imploring them to be more accommodating to the sport's broadcast partners as a means to connect with the fans and improve television viewership.,In the memo, which was first obtained by The Athletic, recommendations such as pre- an...
Golf Glance: Torrey Pines preps for likely PGA Tour double-dip
Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.,PGA TOUR,LAST TOURNAMENT: The American Express (Sepp Straka),THIS WEEK: Farmers Insurance Open, San Diego, Jan. 22-25,Courses: Torrey Pines Golf Course, South (Par 72, 7,765 Yards); ...
PGA Tour sets Player Advisory Council for 2025
The PGA Tour named four first-time members to the 16-member Player Advisory Council on Tuesday.,Eric Cole, Trevor Cone, Max McGreevy and Gary Woodland will be making their inaugural service on the PAC, which advises and consults with the PGA Tour Policy Board and commissioner Jay Monahan.,Also servi...
Reports: Genesis Invitational likely relocating to Torrey Pines
The PGA Tour is expected to move the Genesis Invitational from Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles to Torrey Pines near San Diego, Golfweek and Sports Illustrated reported Monday.,The tour announced last week that the Genesis would be relocated from Riviera due to the nearby wildfires that have rava...
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (hand) weighing return for Pebble Beach
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler said Monday that he yet to determine if he will be able to make his season debut at next week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.,Scheffler is recovering from surgery on his right hand, stemming from a Christmas Day mishap. He was initially forecasted to miss three to four week...
Sepp Straka returns to winner's circle at The American Express
Austria's Sepp Straka shot a final-round 2-under-par 70 and didn't allow a rare blotch on the scorecard to derail him on the way to winning The American Express on Sunday at the PGA West Pete Dye Stadium Course in La Quinta, Calif.,Straka finished at 25-under 263 for a two-shot victory.,Straka, who ...
Collin Morikawa, two others WD from Farmers Insurance Open
World No. 4 Collin Morikawa was one of three golfers to withdraw from the upcoming Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday.,Morikawa joined Nicolai Hojgaard of Denmark and Tyler McCumber in bowing out of the 156-golfer field at famed Torrey Pines. They will be replaced by Wesley Bryan, Hayden Springer and ...
Sepp Straka holds 4-stroke lead at The American Express
Sepp Straka of Austria shot 8-under-par 64 for the second day in a row to surge to the lead of The American Express on Saturday at La Quinta Country Club in La Quinta, Calif.,Straka will take a four-stroke lead to the final round. His bogey-free third round included 6 under through nine holes as he ...
Xander Schauffele WDs from Farmers amid undisclosed medical issue
Xander Schauffele has withdrawn from next week's Farmers Insurance Open, the second consecutive tournament the world's No. 2-ranked player will miss due to an undisclosed "medical reason.",Schauffele also is missing this week's The American Express in La Quinta, Calif., and will now sit out the Torr...
Charley Hoffman, Rico Hoey share lead at The American Express
PGA Tour veteran Charley Hoffman and the Philippines' Rico Hoey each shot 9-under-par 63 at the Nicklaus Tournament Course on Friday to split the 36-hole lead at The American Express in La Quinta, Calif.,Hoffman and Hoey reached 16-under 128 for the tournament, with Justin Lower (66, Nicklaus) and M...
J.T. Poston heats up, grabs 1-shot lead at The American Express
J.T. Poston carded an eagle and nine birdies en route to a 10-under-par 62 and a one-stroke lead after the opening round of The American Express on Thursday in La Quinta, Calif.,Poston started his round on the back nine at the Nicklaus Tournament Course and came in with 32 at the turn with four bird...
Genesis Invitational to be relocated for 2025 due to wildfires
In the wake of the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area, the PGA Tour announced Thursday that the Genesis Invitational will be relocated from Riviera Country Club.,A new venue was not yet named, but the tour said additional information would be provided in the coming days.,One of the tour's sig...
Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth commit to Phoenix Open
The 2025 WM Phoenix Open is shaping up to feature one of the tournament's strongest fields in years with Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth committing to the event this week.,They join the likes of Hideki Matsuyama, who won the season-opening The Sentry, world No. 7 Wyndham Clark and Billy Horschel. La...
Tiger Woods' TGL debut rivals NBA ratings despite rout
Tiger Woods was routed at his own game on Tuesday night, but his defeat was still as appealing to sports fans as the NBA's regular season slate that night.,Woods' TGL debut was watched by more than 1 million viewers, up 9 percent from the league's first match last week and more head-to-head than the...
Tiger Woods' TGL debut tops NBA ratings despite rout
Tiger Woods was routed at his own game on Tuesday night, but his defeat was still more appealing to sports fans than the NBA.,Woods' TGL debut was watched by more than 1 million viewers, up 9 percent from the league's first match last week and more head-to-head than the NBA drew on TNT.,For the seco...
2025 The American Express: Preview, Props & Best Bets
The PGA Tour returns to the mainland for the first time in 2025 with The American Express, the only tournament on the schedule that features both a pro-am format and an event taking place over three courses.,While World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 2 Xander Schauffele withdrew due to medical issu...
Justin Thomas hopes to end drought at The American Express
Justin Thomas isn't settling for top-10 finishes on this year's PGA Tour.,After tallying six of those last year, the world's No. 21 golfer wants more success in 2025.,"The next step is definitely winning, winning and winning more," Thomas said.,Thomas will aim to take that step and secure his first ...
Nick Dunlap looks to defend title at The American Express
After two weeks in Hawaii, the PGA Tour is on the mainland for the first time this year as The American Express tees off Thursday in La Quinta, Calif.,It's also the first of several events on tour that utilize multiple courses -- in this case, three.,The unique setup sees players play one round apie...
Tiger Woods: No decision made on Genesis Invitational
Tiger Woods admitted he has far greater concerns than the status of next month's Genesis Invitational, the PGA Tour event that he has hosted since 2019.,With wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area, Woods said that real life carries more weight than the event that is slated to be held at the Riviera...