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NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas — When Tiger Woods told Golf Digest he’ll never play the PGA Tour full-time “ever again” and that he’ll have to “pick and choose” which events he plays, some pointed out that Woods had already been playing a limited schedule before his February 2021 accident. Yes and no. In 2018—his first year

The PGA Tour had signaled this was coming, but on Wednesday the USGA and R&A made it official. Golf’s governing bodies announced the creation of a Model Local Rule (MLR G-11), set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2022, that allows tournament organizers to require players use only approved yardage books competition. In turn the

NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas—The talk of the PGA Tour these days is the other tours. There’s Greg Norman’s LIV Golf Investments, which is pumping $200 million into the Asian Tour and made a splash by announcing they’ve enticed a few dozen of the world’s best to play a tournament in Saudi Arabia. There’s also the Premier

Moe Norman will have a feature-length movie made about his life. And another Canadian sports legend will play a key role. Wayne Gretzky and his wife Janet were announced on Thursday as co-producers of the upcoming film about one of golf’s most mythical figures. Norman, who died in 2004, has been called one of the

8:51 AM ET Associated Press FINCA CORTESIN, Spain — Suzann Pettersen, who won the Solheim Cup for Europe in 2019 with the last shot of her career, will captain the team four years later for its second straight title defense. The Norwegian’s 7-foot putt for birdie at the final hole at Gleneagles saw Europe reclaim

After a one-year hiatus due to COVID, the Hero World Challenge, hosted by Tiger Woods, returns to Albany Golf Club in The Bahamas with a small but stacked field set to play. Past major champions Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson will be joined by Race to Dubai victor Collin

11:37 AM ET Tiger Woods was optimistic about playing some limited professional golf in the future while also being realistic about the struggles ahead, given the perspective he gleaned from the serious auto accident he endured in February. “I’m lucky to be alive and also have a limb,” Woods said Tuesday in the Bahamas, where

Golf fans can expect to hear even more from David Feherty in 2022. SiriusXM announced on Tuesday the popular golf analyst is set to host a new radio show. The weekly program will feature Feherty along with fellow former pro and current SiriusXM host John Maginnes. “I can’t wait to work with John Maginnes,” Feherty

NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas — Being a PGA Tour caddie can be a pretty lucrative gig these days. With ever-increasing purses and shifting attitudes toward loopers—gone are the days of keep-up and shut-up, replaced by players talking about how well “we” executed—bagmen for the top players can bring in north of $1 million per year. Still,

2:26 PM ET Tiger Woods offered hope of a return but also a sobering assessment of his situation in his first interviews since a serious car crash in February. Speaking at his first news conference Tuesday, a day after a lengthy video conversation with Golf Digest was released, Woods expressed gratitude for being alive and

“I think something that is realistic is playing the tour one day—never full time, ever again—but pick and choose, just like Mr. [Ben] Hogan did. Pick and choose a few events a year and you play around that,” Woods said during a Zoom interview with Henni Koyack from his South Florida home. “You practice around

4:41 PM ET In his first extensive interview since a February car crash, Tiger Woods said his hope is to return to competitive golf, but that he never expects to compete again at the highest level. “I think something that is realistic is playing the Tour one day-never full time, ever again-but pick and choose,

If there ever is a movie made about the extraordinary life of Lee Elder—and there should be—it needs to open with a scene in front of the Augusta National clubhouse. It is April 10, 1975. Near the famous big oak, the camera pans the prideful, beaming faces of the Black waiters and cooks and caddies.

In his first in-depth interview since his February car accident, an upbeat Tiger Woods shed light on his traumatic injuries, recovery, and what the future might hold. “I think something that is realistic is playing the Tour one day—never full time, ever again—but pick and choose, just like Mr. (Ben) Hogan did. Pick and choose

11:20 AM ET PGA Tour pioneer Lee Elder, the first Black player to compete in the Masters, has died at age 87. The tour confirmed his death on Monday morning. Elder, a four-time winner on the PGA Tour, made his groundbreaking appearance at Augusta National in 1975. He was celebrated at the Masters this past

Normally, a roundup of rules issues needs a full season to marinate. Yet while there are three-plus months left in 2021, we’ve already got enough infractions to compile a hearty list. While they can sometimes be nauseating to report on and discuss, there is no question that the people dig rules mix-ups. They are often

12:04 PM ET South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence and Spain’s Angel Hidalgo had a share of the lead at 6 under par before a thunderstorm suspended play for the day in the first round of the DP World Tour’s Joburg Open at the Randpark Country Club on Thursday. It was the opening day of the newly-styled

Here I go again, to LPGA Q-Series that starts this week in Alabama at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail (Dec. 2-5 and Dec. 9-12), hoping for the job security that would mean everything. To be in this uncertain position for the fifth time in eight years, and only weeks after turning 30, I should

7:35 AM ET Associated Press JOHANNESBURG — A batch of British and Irish golfers withdrew from the Joburg Open before Friday’s second round after the U.K. government announced it was banning flights from South Africa to counter the spread of a new COVID-19 variant. The inaugural season of the DP World Tour started Thursday but

PLAYER, QUALIFYING CRITERIA NUMBER(S)Abraham Ancer, 16 (WGC-FedEx), 17Daniel Berger, 17Sam Burns, 16 (Valspar, Sanderson), 17Patrick Cantlay, 16 (Memorial, BMW), 17Paul Casey, 15Cameron Champ, 16 (3M Open)Stewart Cink, 12, 16 (RSM Heritage), 17Corey Conners, 12, 17Fred Couples, 1Cameron Davis, 16 (Rocket Mortgage)Bryson DeChambeau, 2, 17Harris English, 13, 16 (Travelers), 17Tony Finau, 12, 16 (Northern Trust), 17Sergio

It has been among golfers’, professional athletes’ and the general public’s worst nightmares during the COVID-19 pandemic: traveling to a far-off place and not being able to get home. That came closer to reality on Friday for the pros playing in the Joburg Open in South Africa. The Associated Press in Johannesburg reported that more

12:45 PM ET South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence claimed a four-shot lead at the Joburg Open on Friday as imminent travel restrictions and a thunderstorm meant for a turbulent second round at the season-opening DP World Tour event. Rain and lightning halted play for over two hours, meaning half the field were yet to complete the

It’s easy to consider breathing, meditation, and relaxation as techniques that can help golfers execute shots on the course. But according to Asha Rangappa, this week’s guest on Henni & Hally Can’t Quit Golf, these exercises are also beneficial when shooting at a real target with a real gun. Rangappa does it all: she’s a

A trying situation continued for DP World Tour officials at the Joburg Open in South Africa when thunderstorms forced third-round play to be suspended on Saturday. With worsening weather coming and looming concerns over the new COVID variant surfacing in the country, officials decided to cancel the round entirely and called the tournament after 36

9:31 AM ET Associated Press South African golfer Thriston Lawrence won the Joburg Open on Saturday after the third round was abandoned because of bad weather, meaning the result was called after 36 holes of the inaugural event on the DP World Tour. The event had been reduced to a 54-hole tournament late Friday to

“Tough to draw it out of the bark,” Phil Mickelson said, just before Bryson DeChambeau took his second shot of The Match in Las Vegas, and that was not nearly the weirdest thing that was done or said on the first hole of the 12-hole showdown between DeChambeau and his tormentor, Brooks Koepka. It started

7:06 PM ET The match between Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka turned into a rout on Friday, as Koepka throttled his rival in a 4-and-3 victory in a 12-hole match at the Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas. Koepka, a four-time major winner, had four birdies in the match for charity, while DeChambeau didn’t have

Advantage, Brooksy. If a sporting conflict can only be properly settled on the field of competition, we have no option but to deem Mr. Koepka the winner of the beef that dominated golf discourse in 2021. The four-time major winner—whose eye roll tweeted ‘round the world threw gasoline on a simmering mutual disdain—embarrassed his rival

There are a handful of names golf fans might recognize in the field at this week’s Blue Canyon Phuket Championship in Thailand, the first official Asian Tour event held in 20 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And one name they might want to potentially remember. American John Catlin, a three-time winner on the European

2:11 PM ET After months of feuding, trading jobs during interviews and on social media, then seemingly making up at the Ryder Cup — there was even a bro hug! — until that unraveled earlier this week, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka are finally taking this rivalry to the golf course. Today, in the latest