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5:12 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from the Hero World Challenge next week in the Bahamas so he can be better prepared for the Presidents Cup. Johnson had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Sept. 5 to repair cartilage damage. He has not played since Aug. 25 at

Dustin Johnson announced on Saturday that has withdrawn from Tiger Woods’ Hero World Challenge. Johnson, who underwent arthroscopic knee surgery following the Tour Championship, posted on Twitter that he feels he needs another full week of physical therapy before he’s able to compete. However, Johnson, who is scheduled to play for the United States at

A new year will bring a new formula for how the world’s top-ranked male and female amateur golfers are determined. And with it, officials at the USGA and R&A who oversee the World Amateur Golf Ranking hope to address those who questioned if the previous iteration of rankings properly emphasized recent results. Whether it brings

2:40 AM ET Wil Besseling carded a seven-under-par 65 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead in the blazing heat of the Alfred Dunhill Championship. The tournament’s first round marked the start of a new European Tour season, which opened with special dispensation for players to wear shorts at the Leopard Creek Country Club due

Crockett, Texas, is a speck on a map that even the eyes of Texas would have trouble locating, its historical ties notwithstanding. It took its name from the king of the wild frontier, Davy Crockett, who played through on his way to The Alamo. A remote stop on blue highways, as mapped roads less traveled

12:56 PM ET Pablo Larrazabal sunk five birdies in six holes at the start of his back nine to card a 69 and open up a three-shot lead after the second round of the European Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club Friday. The Spaniard also recorded a double-bogey on the seventh when

The opening tournament of the 2019-’20 European Tour season became notable for something other than being merely the opening tournament of the 2019-’20 season. For the first time in tour history, players were allowed to wear shorts during competition. With temperatures forecasted to reach triple digits all week at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South

Another major champion has dropped out of the 2019 Presidents Cup due to injury. On Friday, Jason Day announced that trouble with his back has caused him to withdraw from competing on the International team at Royal Melbourne in two weeks. Day had been one of Ernie Els’ four captain’s picks for the team chosen

9:18 AM ET Australian Jason Day has withdrawn from the International Presidents Cup team due to a back injury, with captain Ernie Els replacing him with South Korean golfer Ben An. Day, a former No. 1-ranked player in the world who won the 2015 PGA Championship, had been selected by Els as one of his

Sergio Garcia will be returning to the site of his infamous bunker meltdown. According to reports from the Telegraph and ESPN, Garcia is scheduled to play in the 2020 Saudi International. At last year’s inaugural event in Saudi Arabia, Garcia was disqualified when European Tour officials deemed the Spaniard had committed “serious misconduct” under Rule

8:09 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN NAPLES, Fla. — A 25-foot putt was all that stood between Sei Young Kim and a $1.5 million paycheck. After maintaining the lead for all four days of the CME Group Tour Championship, the 26-year-old South Korean saved the best for last. Hitting a 6-iron from the 18th fairway, Kim

A lot of great things happened in 2019 for which golf fans should be thankful, from Tiger Woods winning the Masters to Phil Mickelson taking over Twitter. Conversely, there were a lot of things certain players and people associated with the sport would like you to forget about. Unfortunately for them, though, this list exists!

This is what Tom Watson said about his wife, Hilary, shortly after she died just before midnight on Thanksgiving eve at the end of a two-years-plus battle with pancreatic cancer: “The void she leaves,” Watson wrote in a text, “will be filled by memories which will always remain as they leave indelible marks on our

3:31 AM ET Golfers at this week’s Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa will give their traditional trousers short shrift and dress for comfort instead, in a first for the European Tour. The governing body said it will let players wear shorts at the Nov. 28-Dec. 1 tournament at the Leopard Creek Country Club, where

There is no way to prepare for a cancer diagnosis, and it often takes time to understand where your diagnosis is on the spectrum—anywhere from a mildly inconvenient detour to a horribly painful death sentence. Believe me, your mind goes to the darkest place very quickly. In May 2015, I was diagnosed with an aggressive

1:37 PM ET Sergio Garcia is returning to the Saudi Arabia golf tournament where earlier this year he was disqualified after purposely damaging several greens during the third round of the European Tour event. Garcia, who won the 2017 Masters, will not receive an appearance fee for his participation, as part of a stipulation put

Brendon Todd’s wild late-fall run came to an end with a final-round 72 at the RSM Classic in Georgia, a small letdown after a torrid month. His solo fourth meant he fell just short of the rare third consecutive win, and an unbelievable capstone to his already unbelievable comeback from the depths of professional golf.

Essentially, it’s an exhibition before an exhibition. Tiger Woods will host a six-man competition on Monday, Dec. 2 to serve as the kick-off for his Hero World Challenge. The “Hero Shot at Baha Mar” will feature Woods, Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth, Bryson DeChambeau, Gary Woodland and Henrik Stenson in a made-for-streaming event. All six players

4:34 PM ET Tiger Woods will be part of a six-man exhibition Monday to kick off the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. The “Hero Shot at Baha Mar” will see the players hit a 100-yard wedge shot to a moving target in a pool at the Baha Mar hotel, starting at 4 p.m. ET.

There’s a rule on the PGA Tour that states if a regular member plays fewer than 25 tournaments in a season, he has to add an event to his schedule he hasn’t played the prior four seasons. Perhaps, this should be a requirement of golf writers as well. Tasked with covering a fall event for

8:11 PM ET Associated Press The Ladies European Tour approved a plan to partner with the LPGA Tour with hopes of expanding the women’s game in Europe and beyond. The tours keep their identities in the 50-50 joint venture. Players from the LET will not have immediate access to the LPGA Tour, although LPGA Tour

The LPGA and Ladies European Tour (LET) have announced a joint venture, with the goal of revitalizing the LET. The LET has been struggling with purse size and number of events on its schedule for several years. The partnership with the LPGA will address those issues as well as provide a straighter line of access

6:56 PM ET Golf season needs an offseason, one longer than the blur between the end to one and the start to another, a chance to appreciate what just occurred while taking time to soak in what will be new. Fans need a chance to miss the game to truly appreciate it. That said, if

Butch Harmon has given a gazillion golf lessons. This time, he took one. Harmon had been watching from afar the way George Gankas operates: the impromptu videos on social, his star student Matthew Wolff’s loop-de-loop swing, the lessons in Gucci slides and a flat brim. Butch liked that Gankas was pushing golf’s traditions, and he

There was disappointment in the voice of Webb Simpson when speaking to the media on Sunday at the RSM Classic. That would be understandable considering he’d just lost in a playoff to Tyler Duncan, meaning Simpson had now had four runner-up finishes since his last victory on the PGA Tour at the 2018 Players Championship.

1:37 PM ET Phil Mickelson is expanding his role with the long-time Palm Springs, Calif., area golf tournament now known as the American Express by signing on to become the tournament host. Mickelson, 49, a World Golf Hall of Famer and frequent participant in the event, joins Tiger Woods and Davis Love III as active

Thanksgiving is a holiday traditionally dominated by football. But before you slip into a tryptophan-induced coma this week, FOX is treating viewers to an afternoon serving of golf. FOX Sports, in association with the USGA, will air a documentary on the 2019 U.S. Open following the Chicago Bears-Detroit Lions game. The show will center on

3:55 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — With the richest prize in women’s golf history riding on the outcome, Sei Young Kim delivered the ultimate money putt. Even if she didn’t even know the score. Kim was tied for the lead going to the final hole Sunday at the CME Group Tour Championship. The

The fall is golf’s “offseason,” a soft spot in the schedule when fans can divert their attention to other sports and not miss much. Right? Wrong. The 11 tournaments since the Tour Championship (and the first 11 events of the 2019-’20 PGA Tour season) delivered a host of juicy storylines. With completion of the RSM

From the professional tours to trending news and social-media headlines, here are some golf-related things you might have missed from the weekend. Duncan earns breakthrough The PGA Tour is now on holiday break. And it’s going to be a mean Thanksgiving spread at the Duncan household. With a birdie on the second hole of sudden