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Pierceson Coody still on top at ISCO Championship

Pierceson Coody carded a 4-under 68 on Saturday to remain atop the leaderboard after three rounds of the ISCO Championship in Nicholasville, Ky. ,Coody led after the first and second rounds before collecting one eagle, five birdies and three bogeys on Saturday to move to 20-under 196 for the tournam...

Report: Tiger Woods passes on Ryder Cup captaincy

The PGA of America will announce the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain at noon ET on Tuesday in New York, and it reportedly will not be Tiger Woods.,Woods was considered the leading candidate for the post, but the Telegraph reported Monday that he has declined.,Woods, 28, was looking for a reduced role to...

Seth Waugh steps down as PGA of America CEO

Seth Waugh is stepping down as chief executive officer of the PGA of America, the organization announced Wednesday. ,Waugh, who had been in the position since August 2018, plans to fill an advisory role. ,"On behalf of the more than 30,000 PGA of America Golf Professionals, we are grateful for Seth'...

Keegan Bradley returns home, looks to repeat as Travelers champion

Back close to home, Keegan Bradley looks to defend his Travelers Championship title when he tees off this week at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn.,The Woodstock, Vt., native carded an event-record 23-under finish to earn his sixth and most recent PGA Tour win here in 2023.,"I have great memori...

Loaded field prepares to tackle Travelers Championship

The PGA Tour will stage its final signature event of the regular season at the Travelers Championship, beginning Thursday at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn.,It's one last opportunity for the best players on tour to compete for a $20 million prize pool without a 36-hole cut, but the biggest st...

Scottie Scheffler chasing another title at Travelers

After snapping his streak of 11 straight top-10 finishes, Scottie Scheffler looks to return to the top of the leaderboard this week at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.,The World No. 1 tied for 41st place and finished 14 strokes behind U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau last week at Pine...

Tiger Woods: LIV talks promising, ready for U.S. Open test at new-look Pinehurst

Tiger Woods agrees with Rory McIlroy that there is light at the end of the tunnel in PGA and LIV Golf negotiations following a meeting with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.,"We're closer to that point than we were pre-meeting. We discussed a lot of different ...

Xander Schauffele shoots 62 to sit atop packed PGA leaderboard

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Xander Schauffele capitalized on advantageous early-morning scoring conditions in the first round of the 106th PGA Championship on Thursday at Valhalla Golf Club.,On a rain-softened course, Schauffele shot a 9-under-par 62 to break both the PGA Championship and course records. ,It...

PGA Championship: Schauffele starts strong, Scheffler eagles opening hole

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - For the second consecutive year, Xander Schauffele shot a 62 in a major championship.,Schauffele had the latest record-setting round on Thursday at Valhalla Golf Club, firing a 9-under 62 to break the PGA Championship record and to set a new competitive round record at Valhalla.,On...

Rory McIlroy files for divorce from wife Erica Stoll

Rory McIlroy has filed for divorce from Erica Stoll, his wife of seven years.,McIlroy, 35, is preparing to play in the opening round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday. The divorce petition was filed on Monday on McIlroy's behalf in Florida.,That was the da...

Tiger, Rory in back-to-back groups at PGA Championship

Pairings for the first and second rounds of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., include back-to-back groupings featuring Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, who are among past Wanamaker Trophy winners on this course.,Woods' group hits the first tee box, starting at No. 10, at 8:...

PGA and LIV Golf merge, women lose

PGA and LIV merging, proving there's nothing Saudi Arabia can't buy

In a bigger shocker than Ben Curtis winning the 2003 British Open, the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf will merge to form one yet-to-be-named entity, according to CNBC. The deal between the sides is expected to be announced Tuesday and would end all litigation between the parties. The PGA a...

Oh, wow, a sport obsessed with stats finally realizes numbers are marketable

If you’re reading a post about baseball to start your Thursday morning procrastinating there’s a good chance that at some point in your life you’ve been at a bar with one of those punching bag machines. You know what I’m talking about, it looks like a huge speed bag and you put in a dollar or whatev...

Say it ain’t so, D.J.

Dustin Johnson has defected. Only a few months after his statement of allegiance to the PGA Tour among all that Phil Mickelson-LIV Golf drama, the promise of what is rumored to be in the $100 million-plus range proved too tempting to turn down, moral compass be damned....

Trump angrier about losing Bedminster PGA Championship than looming impeachment [UPDATED]

Updated on Jan. 11 at 5 p.m. EST: Trump is facing a second impeachment, he just lost his beloved twitter account, he inspired his supporters to terrorize the Capitol, but he is reportedly “gutted” by the recent PGA decision. Yes, he’s whining about golf instead giving a single shit about our democra...

We’ve Lived with 'The Masters' Name Long Enough

If you haven’t noticed, this country is changing by the day....

Major Golf Events Are Being Cancelled Everywhere, But States As Hard Hit As N.Y. Still Think It's Safe For Courses To Remain Open

Like every other sport realizing its proper place in a society in crisis, the PGA and professional golf around the globe is undergoing major shifts in its schedule. Today, the British Open was canceled for the first time since 1945, while tournaments over on this side of the pond have been shifted t...

Lightning Strike At PGA Tour Championship Injures Six Spectators

Six people were injured at East Lake Golf Club on Saturday when lightning struck a tree near the south end of the course. The incident occurred less than 30 minutes after the third round of the PGA Tour Championship had been halted due to weather concerns....

You’re Not Sticking To Sports When You Stick To Sports

We live in an age of mass cowardice, and so it’s unsurprising that the PGA—that famed bastion of sporting tolerance—would not only charge ahead with staging a major tournament at a Trump-owned golf course, but also that they would limply try to have it both ways by consigning the President’s flagran...