The PGA Tour says it will not give its players permission to compete in the Saudi International beginning next year, according to a report by Golfweek. Tour players are required to get a waiver to compete on other tours, and now that the Saudi event is no longer part of the European Tour, the PGA
6:29 AM ET Rory McIlroy made clear his feelings before embarking on his first Olympic men’s golf tournament, which begins this week at the Tokyo Games. An event without spectators and lacking buzz will also be without a highly motivated McIlroy. “I am not a very patriotic guy,” McIlroy said after the final round of
Solheim Cup captains Catriona Matthew and Pat Hurst are paired together at this week’s U.S. Senior Women’s Open for the first two rounds. They won’t be lacking for topics to discuss as the European and American team pictures sharpen into focus. Only three events — the ISPS Handa World Invitational, the Trust Scottish Open and
Thirteen years since retiring from the LPGA Tour, Annika Sorenstam is still one of the most recognizable names in the game of golf. The decision to spend time with her family and chase other pursuits in the sport hasn’t prohibited the 72-time LPGA winner from maintaining her upper echelon status from outside the ropes. The
6:20 AM ET Seven of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking may not be competing in the men’s tournament at the Tokyo Olympics this week, but that doesn’t mean England’s Tommy Fleetwood and others aren’t having the time of their lives. Australia’s Cameron Smith is showing his national pride in an
What could golf possibly have in common with professional basketball? As Tiger Woods and former Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade conclude in this episode, there’s a lot. The 13-time NBA All-Star and Olympic Gold medalist has doubled down on golf since turning to broadcasting after a celebrated 16-year career at the top of the
Learn more about the Vertical Line Swing: https://www.verticallinegolf.com/ Your golf setup should not be the same as a senior golfer as it was when you were younger. We are going to walk through 3 senior golf swing tips you can do in your setup to get some more golf swing rotation and length to your
Down on golf in the Olympics? No interest in the Olympics in general? Don’t feel like staying up until 3 a.m. to watch golf this week? These are very normal feelings to have for these 2020 Tokyo Games. Though our experts are mostly split on who is taking home the gold, a few of us
1:05 PM ET Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Australian golfer Minjee Lee won a sudden death playoff against overnight leader Jeongeun Lee6 to clinch the Evian Championship on Sunday for her first major title. Lee6 had to take a drop shot when her second shot on the first extra playoff hole flew into a pond,
Last Friday, Hank Lebioda withdrew from the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, citing no reason as to why. At the time, without context, it was a head-scratcher, as Lebioda was safely inside the cut line and in position to challenge for a fourth consecutive top-10 finish. On Tuesday, Lebioda provided an update on his
6:19 AM ET Golf is back in the Olympics for the second time after a 112-year absence, following a successful return in Brazil in 2016, when England’s Justin Rose captured the gold medal. Rose held off Sweden’s — and then-reigning Open champion — Henrik Stenson. American Matt Kuchar finished third to win the bronze. None
This is a very special couple of weeks on the golf calendar. For just the second time in nearly 117 years, golfers will have a chance to compete at the Olympics—as the men’s tournament commences on Thursday (Wednesday evening for North American viewers) and the women’s event coming the following week. Americans hold three of
Driver Golf Lesson with Denis Pugh, Andrew Rice and Mark Crossfield. Watch as Mark Denis and Andrew Rice talk drivers and how you could improve your golf swing with some simple but very effective golf swing advice around the driver.
Modern Release Vs Old School Release!! Train your club face correctly! This is huge, and not doing this correctly will have massive impacts on the direction the golf club goes. This is super easy and simple to do, and PGA Alex Elliott Golf has some brilliant demonstrations for you to see, which means you can
Check out the best shots of the day from Round 4 of the 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic, featuring Cam Davis, Joaquin Niemann and Troy Merritt. SUBSCRIBE to PGA TOUR now: http://pgat.us/vBxcZSh The PGA TOUR heads back to Detroit for the third edition of the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. The tournament was one
A Japanese golfer will hit the opening tee shot of the 2021 Olympic men’s golf tournament. Just not the Japanese golfer you might have expected. The International Golf Federation has given the honor to Rikuya Hoshino when the men’s event begins on Thursday at Kasumigaseki Country Club at 7:30 a.m. local time (6:30 p.m. Wednesday
3:11 PM ET SUNNINGDALE, England — Stephen Dodd birdied the final hole to win the Senior British Open by one stroke on Sunday, holding off challenges from Miguel Angel Jimenez and Darren Clarke to secure his first major title. The 55-year-old Welshman closed with a 2-under 68 at Sunningdale for a four-day total of 13-under
Standout amateurs Rose Zhang, Rachel Heck and Allisen Corpuz became the first official members of the 2021 U.S. Curtis Cup team on Monday. The trio earned their spots via automatic qualifying thanks to being the top three Americans in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking as of last week. The U.S. faces its rivals from