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Between Phil Mickelson hitting a ball in motion, Joel Dahmen calling out the motivation of Sung Kang and Tiger Woods’ non-double hit at the Hero World Challenge, 2018 was a banner year for rules controversies. Surely, with the new, simplified Rules of Golf, 2019 had no chance at providing as much rules drama as the

4:09 AM ET Associated Press Lucas Herbert and Brett Rankin shared the first-round lead at the Australian PGA Championship after carding 5-under 67s on Thursday at Royal Pines. The Australian pair were one clear of a group of five players including New Zealander Ryan Chisnall, while Adam Scott and Stewart Cink were three back after

Hank Haney has filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour, alleging the tour has harbored a “vendetta” against him. Haney, who was suspended by the PGA Tour and SiriusXM earlier this year for comments deemed racist and sexist on his eponymous radio program, filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District

1:10 PM ET Tiger Woods surprisingly sat out all of Saturday’s competition at the Presidents Cup because he didn’t feel right physically, according to assistant captain Fred Couples. Woods at the time said “you have to do what is best for the team, and I’m getting ready for singles tomorrow.” But Couples, on his Sirius

Discovery announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Latin America Golf, which operates Golf Channel Latin America. Launched in 2006, Golf Channel Latin America is a PGA Tour platform, offering 36 exclusive live events per year. The network reaches 17 countries and boasts reporting, analysis and coverage of the sport on its digital side, along

Four months later, Vince India finally exorcised whatever demons might have been lingering from one of golf’s most heartbreaking stories of 2019. On the 16-hour drive from central Florida back to his home in Chicago, he could breathe easy and know a good night’s sleep was ahead. It’s been a long few months for the

6:23 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Brendon Todd and Billy Horschel shot a 6-under 66 in modified alternate shot Saturday for a share of the second round lead at the QBE Shootout. Rory Sabbatini–Kevin Tway (67), Harold Varner III–Ryan Palmer (70), Jason Kokrak–J.T. Poston (68) and Charles Howell III–Bubba Watson (66) also were

Harold Varner III wasn’t the only golfer to suffer a painful finish at a major championship in 2019. But we’re guessing he’s the only one who called Michael Jordan to talk about it. The engaging 29-year-old joined the Golf Digest Podcast to talk about his relationship with the basketball legend, that hectic Sunday at Bethpage

10:01 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Tiger Woods did his best to lead by example at the Presidents Cup, winning all of his matches and capping his playing week with a singles victory over Abraham Ancer. Woods, 43, never trailed in the match at Royal Melbourne, building a 3-up lead through 15 holes and then

Pebble Beach’s nine-hole par-3 course, Peter Hay, has always been a bit pedestrian in nature. But that’s about to change. The resort announced on Tuesday that Tiger Woods’ design firm, TGR Design, will start reconstruction of the rather mundane layout in 2020, rethinking the previous routing to include a second hole that will replicate Pebble

Suzann Pettersen can boast of having one of the most epic retirements an athlete could imagine. Chosen, controversially, as a captain’s pick for the 2019 European Solheim Cup team, the 38-year-old Norwegian got her game back in shape after taking nearly two years away from competitive golf. During that time, she and her husband welcomed

12:02 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — There were high emotions and fierce hugs from Tiger Woods, this time as a winner both ways in the Presidents Cup. Woods capped off a big year that began with his 15th major at the Masters by playing and leading his U.S. team to another victory in

The PGA Tour is finalizing new television deals with current partners CBS and NBC, according to a Sports Business Journal report. SBJ’s John Ourand writes that the framework is in place for a nine-year deal, with an official announcement coming in 2020. The PGA Tour could take in $700 million per year with the signing,

8:24 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The words came out confidently, and without rancor. All was positive, and there would be no going down any dark mine-filled roads. Patrick Reed had enough of that. He let his clubs do the talking on Sunday. Playing good golf typically puts a smile on the face of a

Jack Miller calls from a war zone. Well, technically it’s a mini-mart in Massapequa, N.Y., but anyone who’s encountered Long Island holiday shoppers—with egg nog on the breath, fury in the heart—knows that’s not a stretch, and the noise emitting from the background does little to quell the comparison. You try to make it to

Golf World’s “Newsmakers of the Year” package is always one of our favorite projects to work on. Treating readers to a comprehensive review of the previous 12 months allows us vicariously to rewind through the year’s highs and lows, and re-live some of the game’s special moments. The package dates back more than two decades

2:00 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — As he played the Royal Melbourne course again on Sunday, leading his U.S. Presidents Cup team to victory first as a player before settling in his captain’s role, it was difficult not to yearn for a circumstance in which Woods could play this Sandbelt gem in a stroke-play tournament.

MELBOURNE — Well, that was … Dramatic. Intense. Chippy. And close! The 2019 Presidents Cup exceeded expectations, delivering an action-packed week that kept golf fans Ryder Cup-level glued to their televisions. Here are 18 parting thoughts from a pleasantly surprising stay Down Under. 1. We begin with a thought about this Presidents Cup, and Presidents

5:53 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print NAPLES, Fla. — Rory Sabbatini and Kevin Tway won the QBE Shootout on Sunday, birdieing the final two holes in best-ball play for a 12-under 60 and a two-stroke victory. Part of a five-way tie for the second-round lead, Sabbatini and Tway finished

We thought Tiger Woods’ most boss move of the Presidents Cup was him lifting his hat off before his winning putt dropped against Abraham Ancer. Turns out, Woods was just getting started. RELATED: Tiger Woods’ playing captain journey ends as most Tiger stories do—in victory Last month, at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Ancer’s home

MELBROUNE — With a few high-profile exceptions, team-play captaincies generally come and go without much fanfare. The process usually looks something like this: a past-his-prime major winner, no longer a significant factor on tour but not yet irrelevant, is tipped for the job. It’s typically a reward for a distinguished playing career. The selection spends

3:39 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — This one really hurt for the Internationals. The Presidents Cup has long been the domain of the Americans and they came to Royal Melbourne heavy favourites to triumph easily once again. But first-time captain Tiger Woods and his U.S. team was instead forced to produce a singles rally to

Tiger Woods had one of his most iconic reactions at the 2009 Presidents Cup, twirling a long iron and then holding it off to the side as he strutted toward the 18th green at Harding Park. A decade later in the same event, he may have topped it. RELATED: Tiger Woods waited nearly 20 years

12:28 PM ET So many times over three days it appeared as if the Presidents Cup, the first event in which Tiger Woods had served as a captain, was headed for an embarrassing, blowout defeat. Instead, each time, the Americans found a way to inch closer, to stay within reach. And so a surprisingly close,

For fans of match play, this is one of the best days on the golf calendar every year. Mano e mano to determine the outcome of a hotly contested, overly emotional Presidents Cup, one of the most memorable of these biennial matches. Prime-time Saturday golf at one of the world’s best venues—with the outcome up

MELBOURNE, Australia – The United States was bound to put together a run at some point in the 13th Presidents Cup. The Americans did so without Tiger Woods winning a point. But the plucky International team flipped the script a bit at the very end just as it appeared the Americans were on the verge

4:54 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia – Tiger Woods wasted no time in putting himself back to work, grabbing the first spot for the Americans in Sunday singles at the Presidents Cup. Woods, the U.S. playing captain, sat out both sessions on Saturday after going 2-0 in his matches and watched his team rally from a

MELBOURNE — The man formerly known as Captain America has been benched. Patrick Reed, once the fiery heart of American teams, will sit out Saturday afternoon’s foursomes after losing for the third straight time alongside Webb Simpson. The morning four-ball session felt like the low point of a disastrous two weeks for Reed, who is

9:08 AM ET Welcome to the marathon session of the Presidents Cup. While the first two days were simple — one session, five matches each — the real grind and strategy arrives now at Royal Melbourne. There are two sessions, with four matches in each session — the first one is better ball, the second

Women’s golf will make its way to Saudi Arabia in 2020. A year after the European Tour debuted the Saudi International to the sport, the Ladies European Tour announced on Thursday the creation of a 72-hole event to be held in March. The tournament will feature a $1 million purse, one of the highest payouts