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Everybody is looking to begin the new PGA Tour season on a high note at the Fortinet Championship, but few might benefit more from a good start than Justin Lower, who finds himself the unlikely 54-hole leader at Silverado Resort & Spa in Napa, Calif. In his last PGA Tour start, the Wyndham Championship in

9:35 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Justin Lower weathered the wind and birdied the 18th hole Saturday to take a 1-shot lead into the final round of the season-opening Fortinet Championship. Lower shot a 3-under 69 to get to 13 under at Silverado Resort & Spa, with his fifth birdie of the round

Not every PGA Tour player despises LIV. Danny Willett, if he’s being honest, is probably thankful the newly formed golf league exists. After all, while Willett has a Masters green jacket that can never be taken away, he was staring at losing his PGA Tour card again, finishing the 2021-22 season in 141st place on

2:57 PM ET Associated Press GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Even the wind couldn’t thwart U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick at the Italian Open. Fitzpatrick will head into the final round in the lead and aiming to go one better than three years ago after coping with challenging conditions on Saturday to post an impressive 2-under

Matthew McClean is an optometrist by trade, whose expertise nonetheless could not have enabled anyone to have seen this coming, a U.S. Mid-Amateur final between two friends, both Irishmen, 3,600 miles from home, on a Wisconsin golf course that pays homage to Ireland. Erin Hills in Hartford, Wisc., was the site, Erin an old name

Dustin Johnson has clearly been LIV Golf’s best player in its inaugural year. In four events leading into this week, he had a win, a runner-up and a third-place finish. He also easily owns LIV’s single-biggest highlight moment so far when he drained a 35-foot eagle putt in a playoff two weeks ago in Boston

10:31 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Max Homa moved into position to defend his title at the Fortinet Championship, shooting a 5-under 67 on Friday to share the 36-hole lead with Danny Willett at the PGA Tour’s season opener. Homa, a two-time winner last season and a captain’s pick for next week’s Presidents

Max Homa is, so far, defending his Fortinet Championship, and he looks to be having a great time doing so. The 2021 champion is back in Napa, laughing his way to a share of the 36-hole lead at 12 under, alongside Danny Willett. Playing in a comfortable grouping with Cameron Champ and fellow Cal Bear

3:15 PM ET Associated Press Rory McIlroy and U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick are getting quite comfortable on next year’s Ryder Cup course. Europe captain Luke Donald, meanwhile, made a novice’s error after hitting into the thick rough at the Marco Simone club outside Rome and then hitting the wrong ball, earning himself a two-stroke

Editor’s Note: Golf Digest contributor Shane Ryan’s book, The Cup They Couldn’t Lose: America, the Ryder Cup and the Long Road to Whistling Straits came out earlier this summer (Hachette Books, $29 hardcover). The book explores the modern history of the matches between the U.S. and Europe that led to the showdown at Whistling Straits

A U.S. Mid-Amateur champion was supposed to emerge from the gloaming at Wisconsin’s Erin Hills Golf Club on Thursday. But Mother Nature had other ideas. Torrential rain on Sunday—upwards of five inches to be precise—washed out the second round of stroke-play qualifying, and more delays on Monday meant the task of winnowing down the original

12:52 AM ET Associated Press SUGAR GROVE, Ill. — Bryson DeChambeau insisted he has no regrets about his decision to jump from the PGA Tour to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series. “I couldn’t be happier to be over here,” he said. “I have no buyer’s remorse.” The 2020 U.S. Open champion called it the biggest

Two weeks after a tumultuous PGA Tour season ended in Atlanta, Ga., a new one began in Napa, Calif., for the Fortinet Championship. Several interesting storylines emerged after an interrupted first day’s play at Silverado Resort, although none more compelling than the leader, Justin Lower. Last month, Justin Lower had one of the more crushing

10:17 AM ET SUGAR GROVE, Ill. — As LIV Golf prepares to stage its fifth tournament, which is outside of Chicago this week, CEO and commissioner Greg Norman said the upstart circuit has no desire to talk with the rival PGA Tour about a truce. LIV Golf, financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, has

Based on the money at stake alone, Will Zalatoris suffered one of the most costly injuries in golf history last month. But that doesn’t mean the PGA Tour star is feeling sorry about his bank account. After finally claiming an elusive first victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship to take the lead in the

Since the birth of his second child on Aug. 10, Jon Rahm has sent just two tweets, one of them a highlight package of some of his shots at the BMW PGA Championship. He’s not much of a social media guy, which, in the year of our lord 2022, is to be commended. The second

2:38 PM ET No gambling. No doping. Only moderate alcohol consumption at post-tournament parties. The new LIV Golf circuit might look like a lot of fun (and money), but the Greg Norman-fronted tour also has plenty of rules and regulations. The rules and regulations were among the unsealed documents that were released by a federal

With the arrival of LIV Golf and the PGA Tour’s need to respond to the riches being offered by its new Saudi Arabia-backed rival, greater scrutiny of the U.S.-based circuit’s finances has logically followed. After all, Commissioner Jay Monahan already has acknowledged that the PGA Tour could not prevail against LIV if the competition for

11:43 AM ET Associated Press GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — For Rory McIlroy, it’s a flat-out “no.” U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick is open to having LIV Golf players on Europe’s team at next year’s Ryder Cup because, he said, “I just want to make sure that we win.” Europe captain Luke Donald, meanwhile, is toeing

Just two weeks removed from the craziest season in PGA Tour history a new season resumes at this week’s Fortinet Championship. But the ripple effects of everything that happened this year—including a repossessed parking spot—are just beginning to be felt. The schedule will be different. The stakes will be different. Heck, the criteria for earning

It was all oh-so clear. Given the depth of young American talent—eight players in their 20s delivering the punishing defeat in Wisconsin—Team USA would surely dominate the biennial transatlantic contest for the foreseeable future and probably beyond. Normal service would be resumed, a flurry of star-spangled banners adorned with victories fluttering in the breeze. After

1:01 PM ET Associated Press Annika Sorenstam now has her own LPGA Tour event in Florida. The LPGA and the Pelican Women’s Championship said Tuesday that Sorenstam will be host of the November tournament in the Tampa Bay area starting in 2023. Its official name will be The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican. The

Hope you got your Labor Day barbeques in and were able to get outside for a few days because it’s time to seat yourself back in front of the TV for the return of the PGA Tour. After a two-week break following Rory McIlroy taking home the FedEx Cup trophy at East Lake, the tour

3:36 PM ET Golfers will compete for $50 million, the richest purse in the sport’s history, in LIV Golf’s season-ending team championship, which is scheduled to be played at Trump National Doral Miami from Oct. 27-30. Twelve four-man teams will compete for a $16 million first-place prize. The teams will be seeded one through 12.

Taylor Lowe walked on to his college golf team at Sonoma State in California, but never played a competitive round. He sold wine, took a five-year break from competing and worked in the cart barn at El Macero Country Club outside of Sacramento. And on that same course on Monday, Lowe, rather improbably, qualified to

When I began this journey, I was aflame with a sense that injustice prevailed in the game of golf—a specific injustice, regarding lost balls and out of bounds—and that perhaps I could shine a sliver of light into the dark with a one-man crusade. I was obsessed by order, by what was “right.” In time,

2:03 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State senior golfer David Puig announced his decision to skip his senior season and turn pro through an Instagram post Monday. He didn’t include which professional tour he would be joining or when he would begin his pro career in the post, but he’s listed on the LIV

A nagging injury to the left wrist of Jin Young Ko is leaving the door open for a change atop the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings for the first time since January. A member of the World No. 1’s team told Golf Digest on Monday that Ko is not defending her title at this week’s

Sep 11, 2022 Ireland’s Shane Lowry produced a masterful third round to win the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday, his first title since winning the 2019 Open. Lowry found a birdie on the par-5 18th at Wentworth for a blemish-free 65 to reach 18-under for his three rounds, 1 stroke ahead of Spaniard Jon Rahm,

One of the top players in college golf over the past two seasons has decided to turn professional just before the start of his senior season and join LIV Golf. David Puig, a Spaniard from Arizona State, announced his decision on Instagram on Monday and will be making his professional debut at LIV Golf’s event