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VIRGINIA WATER, England — Quite apart from the destination of the BMW PGA Championship title, the prestigious trophy and the €1,123,300 ($1,329,376) winner’s check, there’s a lot going on at Wentworth this week. Too much, in the opinion of at least two influential figures involved with the European Ryder Cup team that will travel to

VIRGINIA WATER, England—How volatile has the qualification process for the European Ryder Cup side become? When Shane Lowry dropped a shot at the par-4 15th hole in the third round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Saturday, the former Open champion was suddenly not one of the top-nine automatic qualifiers. He was out

7:33 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Ken Tanigawa had two front-nine eagles in a 6-under 65 for a share of the second-round lead with Doug Barron in the PGA Tour Champions’ inaugural Ascension Charity Classic. Tanigawa eagled the par-5 second and eighth holes in a front-nine 30 on Norwood Hills’ West Course, the

3:08 PM ET Italy’s Francesco Laporta shot three birdies and an eagle en route to a solid three-under 69 that gave him a one-shot lead after the third round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Saturday. Laporta began in third place at 11-under and quickly seized the lead, hitting a brilliant second shot

VIRGINIA WATER, England—Fourth last week at the Italian Open, the unlikely figure of Francesco Laporta now has an opportunity to go three places better at the BMW PGA Championship. The 30-year-old Italian’s third-round 69 over the Burma Road course at Wentworth on Saturday has him 14 under par after 54 holes and one shot clear

In the annals of professional golf, the short-lived Pennsylvania Classic was barely a blip on the radar, existing for only seven years with a series of title sponsors, held at several venues and largely won by a roster of passersby among the PGA Tour ranks. Except for one year—and we are not talking about the

It is a pop-up professional golf tour with an odd name. It would be understandable if even the most ardent golf fan hasn’t caught on to what it actually is. But know this: It’s one more tour that is changing peoples’ lives. The Forme Tour—sponsored by an athletic clothing company—only came into existence in 2021

7:16 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Paul Goydos, Doug Barron and Marco Dawson each shot 5-under 66 on Friday to share the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ inaugural Ascension Charity Classic. Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh, Wes Short Jr., Steve Flesch and Cliff Kresge were a stroke back on Norwood Hills’ West

There is not a segment of American society that wasn’t touched by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and golf’s connection runs deep. From the many golfers who perished on 9/11, to the way the game ground to a halt both at the professional and club level, to the shift in priorities many golfers cite

4:52 PM ET Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat maintained his lead at the BMW PGA Championship with another impressive round at Wentworth as the battle for last-ditch automatic qualification for the European Ryder Cup team intensified on Friday. Aphibarnrat followed his eight-under 64 on Thursday with a 68 to reach 12 under at the halfway point of

VIRGINIA WATER, England — Tommy Fleetwood has some work to do if he wants to win the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. On five under par, the hirsute Englishman is likely to be in the lower half of the top 20 going into the weekend. So nothing less than some sensational golf over the next

VIRGINIA WATER, England — Of the 25 men who claimed PGA Tour cards via the Korn Ferry Tour Finals last week, five are in the field at Wentworth for the BMW PGA Championship. And two of those – Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Christiaan Bezuidenhout – are leading. At either ends of a long day on the

12:55 PM ET Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat produced a scorching 8-under-par opening round at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Thursday to take a share of the lead alongside South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout while those vying for Ryder Cup spots experienced mixed fortunes. Aphibarnrat and Bezuidenhout carded rounds of 64, handing them a one-stroke lead

3:09 PM ET Steve Stricker’s at-large picks for his U.S. Ryder Cup team did not include Patrick Reed, one of the few American players with a winning record in the competition that has frustratingly seen Europe capture nine of the last 12 events. The decision drew plenty of complaints on social media and a good

The Tour Championship is over, Patrick Cantlay is $15 million richer and the 2021-22 PGA Tour season awaits. Before we dive fully into the fall schedule (much less into the Ryder Cup), let’s take a moment to look back at the “super” season that was and pay homage to a few spectacular, impressive and even

The early look at the incredible Wisconsin venue should accomplish two goals: 1. familiarizing the players with the course, and 2. getting a feel for which pairings might work prior to the opening tee shot on Sept. 24. Those decisions will ultimately be Stricker’s, with some help from vice captains Phil Mickelson and Fred Couples.

10:20 AM ET U.S. Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker filled out his 12-man team on Wednesday by adding Tony Finau, Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth, Harris English, Daniel Berger and Scottie Scheffler. Stricker made the announcement at Whistling Straits Golf Club in Haven, Wisconsin. The 43rd Ryder Cup begins at the site Sept. 24. Former U.S.

On Tuesday, the PGA of America announced that Jon Rahm had won its Player of the Yearr award. This was hardly a surprise since the PGA of America honor is based strictly on a points system, and Rahm’s numbers were pretty overwhelming. The 26-year-old Spaniard only won once during 2020-21 PGA Tour season, but that

5:40 PM ET Tiger Woods won’t be one of Steve Stricker‘s assistants at the Ryder Cup, but the U.S. captain, who has been in touch with the golfer, gave the most optimistic update since Woods was involved in a serious car accident on Feb. 23. Speaking to SiriusXM Radio after making his six picks for

2:01 PM ET Steve Stricker called himself old school. He is, after all, a big part of the U.S. Ryder Cup effort over the past decade. Davis Love III, Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Stricker have been a constant in just about all of the U.S. team competitions for the better part of

Another successful Solheim Cup—Europe pulling off the 15-13 road upset of the Americans at Inverness Club—highlighted once more the intrinsic drama and excitement that comes with team events and playing for one’s country. It’s easy to make the argument that the 31-year-old matches represent the most impactful event on the LPGA calendar, when combining player

6:23 AM ET Associated Press The Open Championship is heading back to Royal Portrush in 2025, the R&A announced on Wednesday. The world’s oldest major championship will return to the Northern Irish venue after a successful staging of the event there in 2019 when Irish player Shane Lowry won by six shots. That marked the

Steve Stricker has made his captain’s picks. And Stricker is going with youth. The United States Ryder Cup captain named Jordan Spieth, Tony Finau, Xander Schauffele, Harris English, Daniel Berger and Scottie Scheffler as his six captain’s picks Wednesday morning. The six join automatic qualifiers in Collin Morikawa, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas, Patrick

9:44 AM ET Associated Press The LPGA Tour is returning to Cincinnati for the first time in more than 30 years with the first new tournament announced since Mollie Marcoux Samaan took over as commissioner. The Kroger Queen City Championship is scheduled for Sept. 8-11 in 2022 at Kenwood Country Club with a $1.75 million

Fifty events, 43 winners, 14 playoffs, 641 players competing in total, 1.3 million strokes taken, 58,000 miles traveled. These are just some of the numbers the PGA Tour compiled to help provide context to the 2020-21 campaign that wrapped up at the Tour Championship. It was a season unlike any other, given the additional events

5:09 PM ET Associated Press Turns out that birdie Jon Rahm made on the final hole of the Tour Championship earned him a trophy. Rahm won the points-based player of the year award from the PGA of America, and it was that birdie putt on the 18th hole at East Lake that made the difference.

JJon Rahm finished second to Patrick Cantlay at East Lake on Sunday, but two days the World No. 1 is back on top. On Tuesday the PGA of America announced Rahm as its Player of the Year. Unlike the PGA Tour, which awards POY based on player voting, the PGA of America uses a year-long

8:09 AM ET ATLANTA — One golf tournament should not make a player’s bid for a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Then again, with the flexibility of having six at-large picks, shouldn’t U.S. captain Steve Stricker be looking at more subtle reasons for putting together the last pieces of his team? And more

A European player could win on the LPGA Tour during a Solheim Cup year and still not make the Solheim Cup team. Sounds strange, right? But it almost happened this year, to the player who ultimately sunk the putt that retained the cup for Team Europe. Matilda Castren captured the LPGA Mediheal Championship in June,

6:00 PM ET Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio — Europe retained the Solheim Cup on Monday, clinching just its second victory on U.S. soil when Matilda Castren closed out Lizette Salas 1 up to give the visitors the decisive point in a 15-13 victory. Castren calmly curled in a 10-foot par putt on the 18th to