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Scott Parel uses hole-in-one to charge into lead at Furyk & Friends
Scott Parel knocked in a hole-in-one during an 8-under-par 64 on Friday to take a three-shot lead after one round of the Constellation Furyk & Friends in Jacksonville, Fla....
Hospitality stand at Ryder Cup venue burns down
Days after Team Europe won the Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Guidonia Montecelio, Italy, a huge fire on Thursday burned down the hospitality structure located adjacent to the first tee....
Hyo Joo Kim fires 7-under 64 for 2-shot lead at The Ascendant
Hyo Joo Kim of South Korea carded eight birdies en route to a 7-under-par 64 and a two-stroke lead after the first round Thursday of The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America....
Chesson Hadley takes early lead at Sanderson Farms
Chesson Hadley posted a bogey-free, 8-under-par 64 to establish the first-round lead at the Sanderson Farms Championship on Thursday in Jackson, Miss....
U.S. Open returning to Brookline in 2038
The U.S. Open will return to The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., in 2038, the USGA announced Thursday....
Lexi Thompson’s PGA Tour debut comes with a chance at history and to pierce through golf’s sexism
In the modern history of golf, no female has made a cut on a PGA Tour event. Only Babe Didrikson Zaharias has done it ever, playing all four rounds at the 1945 Phoenix Open, and Tucson Open. And as Lexi Thompson becomes the seventh woman to play in a PGA Tour event next week, on a sponsor’s invitati...
ESPN acquires broadcast rights for TGL
TGL, the virtual golf league backed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, and ESPN have agreed to a multi-year deal for the network to air the competition....
Peter Malnati retracts calling Lexi Thompson in PGA Tour event 'gimmick'
Peter Malnati hasn't been shy when it comes to sharing his opinions since joining the PGA Tour policy board, but he found himself choosing his words very carefully when speaking about Lexi Thompson on Tuesday....
Ludvig Aberg eyeing first PGA win at Sanderson Farms Championship
With the Ryder Cup in the rearview mirror, the PGA Tour returns to action at the Sanderson Farms Championship, beginning Thursday in Jackson, Miss....
2023 Sanderson Farms Championship: Preview, Props, Best Bets
The Sanderson Farms Championship is the second of seven events in the FedEx Cup Fall, the new slate of tournaments that will determine final status for the 2024 PGA Tour season....
LIV Golf chairman participating in DP World Tour event
LIV Golf chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan is participating in this week's DP World Tour event in Scotland....
Lexi Thompson to play in PGA's Shriners Children's Open
LPGA star Lexi Thompson will make her PGA Tour debut next week at the Shriners Children's Open....
Wait, did Phil Mickelson just humblebrag in his gambling PSA?
The football season is upon us, and at least one notable fan can’t fully participate: Phil Mickelson. While you’re probably saying, “Duh, he’s a golfer,” let me explain. Normally, the face of LIV Golf would be wallowing with the other degenerates, tracking juicy lines, and calling in three-team parl...
Dustin Johnson needs to stop whining and reap what he's sown
You reap what you sow. And Dustin Johnson has no one to blame but himself for not making the United States Ryder Cup team. Once he sold out to Saudi-backed LIV Golf last year for a reported $125 million, his margin for error to make golf’s premier team event became razor-thin. And it shouldn’t be a ...
Phil Mickelson has apparently been gambling with his legacy for some time, to the tune of $1 billion
Oh, Phil. Phil, Phil, Phil, Phil, Phil. How are you greasing your way out of this one? PGA fan favorite-turned-LIV wrestling heel Phil Mickelson is in the news again for his gambling habits. In an upcoming book by Billy Walters, the professional gambler alleges Lefty wagered more than $1 billion, wi...
Michelle Wie West is retiring and she’s leaving behind a weird legacy
Somehow, Michelle Wie West is only 33. She was a grown adult when I was a kid and now the prodigy is only two years older than me. After a professional golf career of nearly two decades, Wie West is hanging up the clubs after this week’s U.S. Open. Wie West, who didn’t marry Kanye or Adam, but Golde...
NewCo is a perfect nondescript moniker for the PGA Tour-LIV partnership
If you were looking for evidence of the PGA Tour’s reluctance to partner with the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, just take a gander at the new name of the proposed new company. May I present to you: NewCo. It’s as if one, if not all sides, said “Let’s get this over” before hashing out the deta...
It's all in the hips: Happy Gilmore will golf at Ball State
Maybe there will be a sequel? Indiana high school golfer Happy Gilmore — who shares his name with the titular character of the 1996 Adam Sandler film — will be continuing his career on the links at Ball State....
Screw a PGA Tour card, let me get that tax-exempt status
The recent turmoil on the PGA Tour is enough to give a guy acid reflux, but who can blame them? They tried to concede defeat to the LIV Tour only to spark the government intervention they’d hoped would happen when Greg Norman was poaching their best players, and now that sloppiness and spotlight mig...
US Open pits the face of the PGA against one of LIV's top blood money takers
The merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf Tour doesn’t have to wait long to see some corporate synergy, as one of the PGA’s four major tournaments, the US Open, tees off this week in California. Possibly the biggest cash cow on each side of the debate won’t have to wait long to get reacquainted w...