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Jake Knapp's everywhere at the Mexico Open and eager to repeat
Jake Knapp is seeing himself everywhere. The airport. The hotel. Obviously, the golf course.,Knapp's image is plastered everywhere at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld in Vallarta, Mexico, where he will begin the defense of his first PGA Tour title Thursday.,"Usually you know who won the year before a...
Rory McIlroy favors unifying PGA Tour and LIV Golf
SAN DIEGO -- Superstar golfer Rory McIlroy, once a leading critic of LIV Golf, said Wednesday that it's time for the Saudi-owned league and the PGA Tour to reunite.,The world's No. 3-ranked golfer, speaking on the eve of the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines Golf Course, said professional golfers...
Wet, windy conditions await relocated Genesis Invitational
The Genesis Invitational has arrived this week at Torrey Pines Golf Course, along with the one thing that might have kept it from being here in the first place: rain.,The PGA Tour Signature Event was moved about 125 miles south from its usual home at Riviera Country Club due to the tragic wildfires ...
LIV CEO backs President Trump's involvement in PGA Tour talks
The chief executive officer of LIV Golf is in favor of President Donald Trump getting involved in negotiations to bring about an alliance with the PGA Tour.,"If the leader of the free world is spending his time on golf, [then] I am very happy," LIV's Scott O'Neil said in an interview with Al Arabiya...
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...
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...
Nick Dunlap: Rookie year on PGA Tour ‘eye-opening’ and ‘humbling’
For any player that wins on the PGA Tour, returning the next year to defend your title is a special endeavor.,For Nick Dunlap, it goes even further. By returning to La Quinta, Calif. for the American Express, he's back where a historic victory changed the course of his life.,Dunlap became the first ...
Report: PGA Tour discussing bracket-style championship
Just call it August Madness.,The Athletic reported Friday that the PGA Tour is in "advanced discussions" that could lead to the season-ending Tour Championship being played bracket-style, like the NCAA Tournament. Per the report, the Tour Championship -- the final event of the three-tournament FedEx...
Elite field opens season at The Sentry, with a notable absence
Will Scottie Scheffler continue his extended run of excellence into 2025?,The answer to that question will have to be put on hold.,The 2025 PGA Tour season begins Thursday at the Plantation Course at Kapalua, Hawaii, as 60 players tee off at The Sentry. The field is reserved for the top 50 players f...
Nick Dunlap named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
Nick Dunlap has earned the Arnold Palmer Award as the PGA Tour's Rookie of the Year for 2024.,Dunlap became the first player in Tour history to win as an amateur and a professional in the same season.,At 20 years old, the Alabama native is alo the youngest rookie award winner since Jordan Spieth in ...
17-year-old Blades Brown turning pro, won't play college golf
High school junior Blades Brown, the top-ranked golfer in the Class of 2026, announced Tuesday that he's turning pro.,In a lengthy post on Instagram, Brown said he won't play college golf and will make his PGA Tour debut at The American Express at La Quinta, Calif., in January.,"I am ready to begin ...
PGA Tour announces fall schedule without stop in Las Vegas
The PGA Tour announced its 2025 FedEx Cup Fall schedule on Tuesday, and a trip to Las Vegas is not on the slate for the first time since 1982.,The seven-tournament stretch begins two weeks after the Tour Championship with a date at the Procore Championship on Sept. 11-14 in Napa, Calif. The schedule...
Ahead of Showdown, Brooks Koepka envisions LIV v. PGA 'Ryder Cup style'
Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau are ready to up the stakes of the "The Showdown," an exhibition being staged Tuesday in Las Vegas between the LIV Golf pairing and PGA Tour powers Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy.,"All of us can align and bring something bigger and better so we can have a coupl...
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....
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...
PGA Tour Policy Board approves eligibility, field size changes
The PGA Tour Policy Board approved several changes to field sizes, eligibility and the FedEx Cup points system Monday that will be introduced over the next two years.,Perhaps the most notable change involves a reduction in fully exempt players on tour in a given season. Beginning in 2026, players wh...
Lucas Glover: PGA Tour Policy Board 'think we're stupid'
Former major champion Lucas Glover called out what he labeled the "cool kid meetings" in criticizing the proposed changes to field sizes beginning in 2026.,The PGA Tour Policy Board was set to meet Monday to discuss several changes, with the most controversial being the reduction of some field sizes...
Rory McIlroy: Trump win 'clears way' for LIV-PGA Tour resolution
Rory McIlroy said Donald Trump's return to the White House "clears the way" for a deal between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.,Trump recently said on the "Let's Go!" podcast that he could negotiate a deal between the two sides in about "15 minutes.","He might be able to," McIlroy said Wednesday when aske...
Reduction in field sizes among proposed PGA Tour changes
In a 23-page document sent to players on Tuesday, the PGA Tour Player Advisory Council outlined proposals that intend to improve the tournament experience while amending the FedEx Cup points system, multiple outlets reported.,In potential changes that would not go into effect until the 2026 season, ...
The Showdown is set: PGA-LIV exhibition on Dec. 17
Four superstars from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf will tee off Dec. 17 in Las Vegas in what has been dubbed The Showdown.,The exhibition match will pit World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 3 Rory McIlroy on the PGA side against LIV golfers Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka. All four are multiple maj...