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A swim across an alligator-infested canal, a lost pair of boxer shorts and a foot gushing blood … last Monday at the Fountains December Classic, an event on the Minor League Golf Tour, was just another day in the life of mini-tour player Mason Carmel. The fourth hole at West Course at Fountains Country Club

It’s inarguable. This year, there was more talk about money in professional golf than at any time in the sport’s history. It was a conversation thrust upon us by the arrival of Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf, whose investment of $750 million in its first year of existence changed the way that tours and fans viewed

Augusta National announced Tuesday that it will not ban LIV Golf members from the 2023 Masters tournament. In a statement, Augusta National and Masters chairman Fred Ridley wrote that, “Regrettably, recent actions have divided men’s professional golf by diminishing the virtues of the game and the meaningful legacies of those who built it.” However, while

10:03 AM ET Augusta National Golf Club announced Tuesday that any golfer who qualified for the Masters tournament based on its previous criteria will be invited to play in 2023, including 16 players who are currently competing in the LIV Golf League. Six past Masters champions are part of the group that defected from the

MELBOURNE, Australia — The first tee at Kingston Heath is one of the most majestic spots in golf, with an endless expanse of closely mown turf stretching toward the horizon. The teeing area is so hard against the pro shop it feels like you might break the glass on your backswing. As the second annual

The good news? The USGA and R&A continue to make strides when it comes to revising and—perhaps more importantly—simplifying the Rules of Golf. The bad news? Golf is still, and will always be, a complicated game with complicated rules no matter how straightforward they are. That’s why it should come as no surprise that 2022

Playing at the 2021 U.S. Open cost Taylor Montgomery a PGA Tour card. Players who find themselves in a similar position won’t face the same dilemma. The PGA Tour Policy Board and Korn Ferry Tour Player Advisory Council formally announced a policy change on Monday that will enable Korn Ferry Tour members who earn FedExCup

The work has been done. Now comes the wait to see if, indeed, it will pay off. Since 1999, Augusta National officials have invited all those inside the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking at the end of the previous calendar year to compete in the upcoming Masters. Assuming this tradition continues, and

ORLANDO — Tiger Woods, at his best, could do unimaginable things with a golf ball. Yet when all is said and done, the defining moments of the 15-time major champion’s career have come when he was battling through his worst, claiming the U.S. Open on a broken leg or slipping on another green jacket after

6:04 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Vijay Singh and his son finally cashed in on their 16th try at the PNC Championship. For Tiger Woods, he happily settled for another great week with his son in the one tournament where no one has a bad time. “It was great being with dad after

However, the 20 pros in the field this week don’t just turn the competitive sides of their brains off just because they’re hearts are melting while playing with a dad or a son. And come Sunday, those in contention—Team Thomas (Justin and father Mike) at 15 under are leading by two shots over Team Singh

It is probably not a coincidence that Team Thomas and Team Woods played together on Saturday in the PNC Championship, and both duos now have earned their way into the lead grouping on Sunday at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando. Even on national television, there is a comfort playing with buddies—no matter how relentless

7:19 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods and 13-year-old son Charlie weren’t about to let a bad foot and a bum ankle keep them from playing together in the PNC Championship. The way they played Saturday, they might even be able to win it. The partnership Woods referred to as “Team Ice

Greg Norman says he met with Justin Thomas about LIV Golf, and that the door remains open “for everybody,” including his top critics like Rory McIlroy, to join the new league. “Our door is open for everybody,” Norman said. “We’re not the PGA Tour. We’re not like that. We exist for the players, so we

1:35 PM ET Associated Press GRAND BAIE, Mauritius — Antoine Rozner and Alfredo Garcia-Heredia credited island vibes after they moved into a tie for the lead with Sami Valimaki at the Mauritius Open on Friday. Rozner shot an 8-under 64 to join Garcia-Heredia and Valimaki in a one-stroke lead — at 10-under 134 overall —

Curiosity might cause you to carve out a few minutes of your schedule this weekend to turn on the television and watch a few holes of a frivolous exhibition golf tournament to answer a similarly frivolous question: What exactly does young Charlie Woods’ swing look like this year? For a third straight December, Tiger Woods

4:22 PM ET Tiger Woods knows playing through pain caused by plantar fasciitis in his right foot probably isn’t the best thing for his long-term recovery, but the 15-time major champion said it’s a sacrifice he’s willing to make to compete with his son in this weekend’s PNC Championship in Orlando, Florida. Woods and his

That would be Atul Khosla, chief operating officer of the Saudi-backed circuit. Khosla, 43, left his job with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to join LIV in January 2022. Khosla is a sports-business veteran; before his five years with the Buccaneers, he spent six years as COO of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club and five years

5:24 PM ET ESPN News Services The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers executive hired to be the chief operating officer of LIV Golf has resigned after one year as the Saudi-backed rival circuit moves toward a league format, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Mark Schlabach. The news was first reported by The New York Times. Atul Khosla

Barring a win with his son at the PNC Championship this week, 2022 will not go down as one of the most memorable seasons for Tiger Woods. Although he heroically made the cut at the Masters and PGA Championship, there weren’t any other on-course successes. But the 15-time major champ still made money off the

It was a block away from the Royal & Ancient clubhouse, sitting across Ziggy’s restaurant and nestled in one of those gray stone buildings that come to mind when thinking of St. Andrews. That, at least, was where the principals with LIV Golf were rumored to have set up operations during Open week in July.

December is typically the quietest month on the golf calendar. Thanks to Tiger Woods, it has become one of the more newsworthy of the season over the last few years. While Woods didn’t tee it up in the Hero World Challenge two weeks ago, he did return to action this past Saturday for The Match.

5:07 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Twenty years have passed since Padraig Harrington first faced Tiger Woods on the weekend at a major, and he has kept a close watch ever since. He doesn’t think Woods is finished. Harrington says Woods can win another major if he can just get to the final

You can’t legally bet on the PNC Championship, but if you could, Tiger Woods and Charlie Woods would certainly be one of the favorites coming off a runner-up to Team Daly last year. A last-minute wrinkle this year, however, is going to make Team Woods’ path to victory a lot tougher—and longer. On Wednesday, Golf

It’s been quite a year in golf. A dramatic one, if nothing else. And like any good drama, the stage was set with different characters, hitting their lines, playing their parts in moving the story along. So, now, with that analogy not tortured enough, let’s dive into to the key plot points of the year,

If Rickie Fowler celebrating his 34th birthday on Tuesday didn’t make you feel old, try this one on for size: Wednesday marked 10 years since Jordan Spieth announced he was leaving college to turn pro. In December 2012, Spieth was a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Texas just finishing up his fall semester when

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9:32 AM ET The LIV Golf League will stage tournaments in Arizona, Oklahoma and West Virginia as part of its expanded schedule in 2023. LIV Golf announced on Wednesday that it will host events at the Gallery Golf Club in Tucson, Arizona, on March 17-19, Cedar Ridge Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 12-14,

The biggest news of March 29, 2022, at least in the golf world, came because of a website that tracks the flights of private aircraft. Thanks to ADS-B Exchange (tagline: “serving the flight tracking enthusiast”), it’s possible to know where your favorite celebrities, athletes and titans of industry are flying at any time, provided you

The Match is a very small sample size; we’ll know a bit more after this weekend’s Father-Son. Tiger certainly looked rusty under the lights, which makes sense because he hadn’t touched a club in the preceding 2½ weeks, or so he said. But his ball speed with the driver was solid, and that to me