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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

Bailey Tardy didn’t plan on playing LPGA Tour Q School. It was only after a conversation with her coach that the 26-year-old former college All-American at Georgia agreed not to let frustration win the day and signed up. It’s a good thing she did. Tardy was one of 46 players to get LPGA Tour cards

It isn’t known how far along the PGA Tour had progressed towards its initiative to counter the LIV Golf Series with an expanded program of “elevated” high-dollar tournaments prior to the Aug. 16 players-only meeting in Wilmington, Del. But with four months’ worth of hindsight, it appears the gathering of nearly two dozen high-profile tour

Much as the outside world might define the golf world narrowly, we know it to cover a fairly broad spectrum. Golf Digest’s two podcast offerings speak to this better than anything. Our narrative podcast, Local Knowledge, applies a magazine sensibility to a half-hour audio documentary format, with subject matter as varied and nuanced as the

Roger Maltbie is returning to television in a limited role next year while Gary Koch is planning “to move onto the next stage of my life after two successful careers.” Both, however, are making their respective swan songs at NBC Sports at this week’s PNC Championship in Orlando. The two mainstays of the NBC golf

Confidential documents reviewed by the New York Times reveal a proposal put together by an outside consulting firm set fantastical, and borderline unrealistic, assumptions needed for Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf to achieve financial success. A 2021 plan called “Project Wedge” from the firm McKinsey & Company outlined a number of scenarios for the Saudi Arabian

12:30 PM ET Associated Press MALELANE, South Africa — Ockie Strydom claimed his first DP World Tour title with a 2-shot victory at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa on Sunday. Strydom made four birdies in his first five holes after the turn to seize the outright lead and finished with a 3-under 69

Sahith Theegala swears he had just one goal for 2022 as he played his rookie season on the PGA Tour—keep his card. No more, no less. The 25-year-old former national college player of the year at Pepperdine assured himself of that early in the year as he contended late into Sunday at the Waste Management

5:04 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Sahith Theegala made a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday as he and Tom Hoge closed with a 10-under 62 in fourballs and became the first rookie team to win the QBE Shootout in 11 years. Ryan Palmer and Charley Hoffman each missed birdie putts

Going low isn’t just recommended at the QBE Shootout, a two-player team event, it’s a requirement. A year ago the winning team of Jason Kokrak and Kevin Na made three bogeys for the entire 54-hole event (amazingly the most of all 20 teams) yet won thanks to their 12 birdies on the last 13 holes.