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1:53 PM ET Tiger Woods is returning to the golf course at next week’s Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club outside Los Angeles, he announced Friday. It will be Woods’ first competitive rounds in an official event since he missed the cut at the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews in July. It will be

8:47 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Defending champion Scottie Scheffler took the lead into the weekend in the WM Phoenix Open, with local favorite Jon Rahm right behind at TPC Scottsdale. The second-ranked Scheffler played 25 holes Friday, completing a 3-under 68 in the first round and shooting a bogey-free 64 in the

It’s been an eventful year in golf already, and now the PGA Tour’s biggest star is set to make his 2023 debut. Tiger Woods announced on Friday that he will return to competition next week at the Genesis Invitational, an event his foundation hosts. Woods was last seen in action playing alongside his son, Charlie,

SCOTTSDALE — Joel Dahmen was just as pleasantly surprised as the rest of the golf world. In fact, when informed that Tiger Woods had announced he’d be returning next week at the Genesis Invitational, Dahmen’s reaction sounded more like the reaction of a fan than of a guy playing next week at Riviera, which he

5:38 PM ET Stephen Ames fired a 3-under par 70 to maintain his spot at the top of the leaderboard following the second round of the Trophy Hassan II on Friday in Rabat, Morocco. Australia’s Mark Hensby (67) and England’s Paul Broadhurst (70) were three strokes back at 6-under. Ames’ round followed an opening-day 67

Billy Walters is a legendary sports gambler known for decades of great bets. In a Thursday interview with Brent Musburger, however, he acted more like a poker player when the topic of Phil Mickelson came up. People hoping Walters would drop some sort of bombshell about his “six-year gambling relationship” with the six-time major champ

8:47 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Morning frost gave way to gusting wind Thursday in the WM Phoenix Open, leading to tricky scoring conditions at TPC Scottsdale. “I actually felt the best swing I made of the day was the par-3 seventh, and hit it 20 yards over the green,” top-ranked Rory McIlroy

SCOTTSDALE — Things could have easily gone off the rails for Jon Rahm on Thursday at the WM Phoenix Open. He had all the excuses in the world, too. A late start (frost delay), a rough start (three-putt bogey at No. 1), and un-Arizona-like wind gusts up to 16 mph causing chaos all over the

3:45 AM ET Stephen Ames carded a 6-under-par 67 to seize a three-stroke lead after the first round of the Trophy Hassan II on Thursday in Rabat, Morocco. Ames recorded eight birdies against two bogeys at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam to find himself with at least a share of the lead after the first

SCOTTSDALE — There’s a different vibe at major championships. There’s an uncomfortable edge to the place. Every conversation is a little more tense, and even slightly uncomfortable. Players have a job to do, and they know it. That’s not the vibe this week at TPC Scottsdale. “It feels just like another week, to be completely

4:45 PM ET Associated Press The U.S. Open has added the NCAA champion and Latin America Amateur champions to the list of exempt players, along with making slight tweaks to categories for players who don’t have to qualify. Some of the changes were due to golf coming fully out of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing for

Move over, Michael Jordan, there’s a new flu game in sports. Or, rather, an impressive food-poisoning round in golf. Andy Ogletree is among the leaders after Day 1 of the Asian Tour’s International Series Oman event, but it’s kind of amazing he even made it to the first tee. In an interview after his opening

Who does what to headline this year’s WMPO after Harry and Joel’s performance last time around? @feralgolfer Well, whatever they do, I hope it involves a lot less pasty flesh and doughy torso. The ceremonial removal of their polos by Harry Higgs and Joel Dahmen was zany fun, but some things are best not repeated.

3:42 PM ET Rory McIlroy is ranked No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Spain’s Jon Rahm, who is ranked third, is on his heels and has performed just as well this season. When a reporter asked McIlroy on Wednesday whether he’s still the best player in the world, he didn’t hesitate in answering

2:18 PM ET The LIV Golf League might claim to be “golf but louder,” but there is perhaps no place in the sport more raucous than the par-3 16th hole of the Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale, the site of this week’s WM Phoenix Open. The scene figures to be even more raucous with NFL

SCOTTSDALE — To the surprise of no one, CBS’s new one-hole “mic’d up” segments on each of its last two PGA Tour broadcasts have been a smash hit among ardent and casual golf fans alike. It helps that the first one featured Golf Twitter favorite Max Homa on the 13th hole at Torrey Pines, and

Feb 6, 2023 The 2023 PGA Tour continues with the WM Phoenix Open, which begins Thursday. The tournament will be held in Scottsdale, Arizona, after three straight PGA events in California. The WM Phoenix Open will be played at the TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course, a par-71 course. The purse is $20 million, more than double

Bryson DeChambeau’s 2023 got off to a rough start with a missed cut in Saudi Arabia on Friday. By Monday, he fell to his lowest spot in the Official World Golf Ranking since before he was a PGA Tour winner. DeChambeau is down to No. 102, falling out of the top 100 for the first

New Zealand’s Steven Alker, a long-time journeyman golfer, enjoyed a remarkable career renaissance on the PGA Tour Champions in 2022. The 52-year-old’s dream season included four wins and 18 top-10 finishes in 23 starts, which ultimately earned him the year-end Charles Schwab Cup. On the course, Alker shared that experience with his caddie Sam Workman.

Feb 6, 2023 Associated Press An arbitration hearing that will determine the future of players involved in the breakaway LIV Golf tour began in London on Monday. A three-member panel will hear five days of arguments from lawyers for a group of 13 LIV Golf players and those representing the DP World Tour in an

Feb 6, 2023 Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Justin Rose had a different set of goals at the start of the year. His back was starting to become bothersome. His world ranking sank to its lowest point in 13 years. And he had reason to wonder if he would spend the first full week

The WM Phoenix Open was already the most highly attended event on the PGA Tour. But the fan frenzy at TPC Scottdale will only increase in 2023, as this year’s tournament is the tour’s first full-field event to have “designated” status, bringing with it stacked field playing for a purse of $20 million with a

10:42 AM ET As the LIV Golf League prepares to start its second season in Mexico later this month, the circuit being financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is generating virtually no revenue, according to federal court documents. The LIV Golf League’s attorneys made that admission in a motion filed with the U.S. District

Over two bright and blustery days in early February, the UCLA and USC women’s golf teams squared off in a match-play duel to see which proud program would claim the inaugural Victory Bell trophy. The Battle for the Bell, as the match was coined, delivered high-caliber golf and a chance to get a deeper look

Attorneys representing the PGA Tour in its lawsuit against LIV Golf are seeking a new, later trial date along with an extension to the document discovery process. The tour’s request, filed Sunday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, cites the additions of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and its governor Yasir

8:40 PM ET On a weekend in which there was no professional (tackle) football to compete with for TV viewers, men’s professional golf seemed to miss its chance. Rain, wind and hail interrupted the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which many of the PGA Tour’s top players skipped ahead of this week’s elevated WM Phoenix Open,

3:28 PM ET St. Andrews Links Trust announced on Monday that it will remove stone walkways it had recently added to the sides of the iconic Swilcan Bridge on the 18th hole of the Old Course in Scotland. Photographs had emerged on social media on Sunday of work being done to the paths leading to

Given the seaside nature of Pebble Beach Golf Links, and the fact that wind and inclement weather seem to always factor heavily into the AT&T Pro-Am each year, you’d think it would be a home away from home for European-born players. Hell, it’s even got “links” in the name. It’s actually been anything but, however.

In the mood for some bonus golf? Well, it’s the one good thing to come of the wet weather that turned the schedule at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am upside down. With the final round at Pebble Beach Golf Links spilling into Monday, there’s more golf to be watched for the PGA Tour faithful. Play

10:19 AM ET Attorneys representing the PGA Tour plan to ask a federal judge to consider pushing back the discovery deadline and scheduled start of an antitrust lawsuit involving LIV Golf’s claims that the PGA Tour is using monopoly powers to squash competition and has discouraged vendors, media partners and others from working with LIV