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Once again a Donald Trump property will host a Saudi-backed golf event. According to reports from the New York Times and Washington Post, the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx will be the site of the next Aramco Team Series competition. The ATS is a five-tournament schedule backed by the Ladies European

6:13 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — This year it became easy to overlook Rory McIlroy‘s four majors, 30 wins on four continents and two years at No. 1 in the world. He has been viewed mostly as the strongest voice and staunchest defender of the PGA Tour in its battle against Saudi-funded LIV

Cameron Young said he’s staying with the PGA Tour. He also sounded like a man who was close to jumping ship. Young turned in one of the more impressive freshman campaigns on tour in recent memory. He posted seven top-three finishes in 25 starts—including a runner-up at the Open Championship and a T-3 at the

7:16 PM ET Associated Press KETTERING, Ohio — Jill McGill won the U.S. Senior Women’s Open on Sunday for her third U.S. Golf Association title, closing with an even-par 73 for a one-stroke victory over Leta Lindley. The 50-year-old McGill finished at 3-under 289 on NCR Country Club’s South Course. She also won the 1993

ATLANTA — For Rory McIlroy, playing golf has been the easiest part of a truly tumultuous 2022. Being the standard bearer for the PGA Tour in its battle with LIV Golf has been the challenge. That’s why the Northern Irishman looked content at East Lake Golf Club, where he began the Tour Championship with a

8:40 PM ET ATLANTA — Late Sunday afternoon, as Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler prepared to play the final hole of the Tour Championship, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan stood on a balcony of the East Lake Golf Club clubhouse, overlooking the 18th green. Monahan, who has had a difficult summer if you haven’t heard,

It’s here. After a tumultuous season that featured Scottie Scheffler’s ascendance, a younger generation making its mark and just a bit of chaos stemming from LIV Golf’s emergence, the 2021-22 PGA Tour season concludes this week at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta for the Tour Championship. After another BMW Championship victory, defending champ Patrick

12:58 PM ET Associated Press Thriston Lawrence won the European Masters in Switzerland following a play-off with England’s Matt Wallace on Sunday, claiming his second win on tour this season. The South African finished the tournament tied at 18 under with Wallace before taking victory in a play-off. “It’s a privilege to be able to

ATLANTA — If you’re a Jordan Spieth fan—and there are a lot of you—the following will be music to your ears. “Going into next year, I should putt a lot better,” Spieth told Golf Digest on Saturday after finishing his third-round 69 at the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club. “I found some key

2:06 AM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — Hye-Jin Choi shot a 5-under 66 to join fellow South Korean rookie Narin An atop the leaderboard Saturday in the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. Choi matched second-round leader An at 16-under 197 at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. In July in Michigan, An and Choi teamed to

ATLANTA — The only thing Scottie Scheffler was confused about on Saturday evening was the order in which he was to have dinner and go to bed before playing the last 23 1/2 holes of his epic PGA Tour season. The actual golf seems pretty straightforward. The FedEx Cup leader, at 19 under par, held

10:38 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Justin Thomas was a tap-in away from polishing off a 7-under 63. And then the horn sounded Saturday signaling a stop in play because of storms near the Tour Championship. He had to wait until Sunday to not only finish, but to figure out where it left him

ATLANTA — The PGA Tour announced significant changes to its structure this week that provided a lot of certainty over which tournaments the game’s biggest stars will play next season. It was seen as a significant step towards victory in its battle against LIV Golf. Among the questions that remain for European players on the

1:56 PM ET Associated Press Saudi-funded LIV Golf has joined the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour in an amended complaint in which four players have removed their names. That leaves seven players, most notably Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau, along with LIV Golf as plaintiffs in the lawsuit. The four who withdrew their names

According to a press release posted Wednesday on the Freedom Watch website that he owns, attorney Larry Klayman gave the courts in Florida’s Palm Beach County notice that he would subpoena for deposition Woods and McIlroy in regards to the players-only meeting that was held prior to the BMW Championship in Wilmington, Del., on Aug.

7:47 PM ET ATLANTA – The New England Patriots don’t start the Super Bowl with a 14-point lead. Alabama doesn’t have a 10-point advantage at kickoff in the college football national championship game. The Golden State Warriors didn’t start the NBA Finals with a 15-point cushion. PGA Tour player Max Homa wonders whether the FedEx

ATLANTA — On the eve of the Tour Championship, the PGA Tour announced several changes to its Player Impact Program. The PIP, created last year to financially reward the game’s biggest stars, was expanded from 10 to 20 players and from $50 million to $100 million. That was in direct response to the growing threat

8:45 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — Na Rin An shot a 6-under 65 on Friday to top the leaderboard Friday in the suspended second round of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. An had her second straight bogey-free round at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club after opening with a 64 on Thursday. An LPGA

7:40 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler might have had a roller coaster of an opening round Thursday at the Tour Championship if only he had been paying attention to the scoreboards. Scheffler started with a 2-shot lead as the No. 1 seed in the FedEx Cup. He led by as

ATLANTA — Phil was right. Of course, Monsieur Mickelson went about things in entirely the wrong way, which is typical of a complex, contradictory character who so often has been his own worst enemy. Now that his former place of business, the PGA Tour, has undergone a sweeping transformation in an effort to thwart the

ATLANTA — Two days after Cameron Smith won the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews, he fielded a call from Rory McIlroy. The Northern Irishman, who finished third behind Smith at St. Andrews, had watched him being quizzed by a reporter in his victorious press conference about whether the Australian would join LIV Golf at

6:04 PM ET ATLANTA — Former world No. 1 Lee Westwood said he only could laugh at the sweeping changes the PGA Tour announced Wednesday in response to the growing threat of LIV Golf. Westwood, who was among the first PGA Tour members to defect to the Saudi Arabian-financed LIV Golf Invitational Series, said his

ATLANTA ­— Sahith Theegala knows the PGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year award competition is all but over. Cameron Young, the only other rookie to have made the Tour Championship at East Lake, has one hand firmly on the PGA Tour’s Arnold Palmer Award. Posting five runner-up finishes in your debut season, including at the

8:21 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — Paula Reto shot a course-record 9-under 62 on Thursday at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club to take a 2-stroke lead in the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. “It’s not something I’m familiar with,” Reto said about the low score. Winless on the LPGA Tour, the 32-year-old South African

Tiger Woods hasn’t hit a competitive golf shot since the second round of the Open Championship last month at the Old Course in St. Andrews. But his name appeared in headlines on Thursday for the second consecutive day for launching new initiatives. PopStroke was founded in 2018 and each location features two 18-hole putting courses

The field is set for the 2022 Tour Championship, as the original 125-player FedEx Cup playoff roster now sits at just 29 contenders. An $18 million purse awaits the winner of the season-ending event at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Main feed: Primary tournament coverage featuring the best action from around the course. Featured

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The atmosphere on the practice range at Ohio State University Golf Club late Wednesday morning was more lively than usual, the air filled with the sound of excited chatter and laughter mixed with the sound of clubs connecting with golf balls. Korn Ferry Tour players who already feel like they have hit

11:59 AM ET ATLANTA — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are launching a tech-infused golf league in partnership with the PGA Tour that will have players competing on six three-man teams in 15 regular-season matches and a playoff starting in January 2024. The new league, TGL, will feature two-hour, 18-hole matches on a virtual course.

ATLANTA — Trevor Immelman has been working the phones for months trying to learn the latest happenings with LIV Golf. It’s not that the captain of the International Presidents Cup team cares about the success or failure of the Saudi-backed circuit, but rather what any defections mean for his roster as he prepares for next

ATLANTA — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced another series of sweeping and lucrative changes Wednesday ahead of the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club. In its ongoing battle with LIV Golf for the best players in the world, the PGA Tour committed another $146 million to its players in an attempt to