It was inevitable that Patrick Reed, who is playing at the WGC event in Mexico City this week, was going to be asked about the latest comments from Bob Kostis and Brooks Koepka. Talking after Thursday’s first round he managed to dance around the question.
Brian Gay rolled in his long birdie putt at the first playoff hole at the Bermuda Championship to beat a man almost half his age and become the oldest winner on the PGA Tour since Davis Love III in 2015. "Well, this is absolutely insane," said Gay after his round. "I’ve been playing awful since Covid… it’s been a struggle. I’ve been trying to work hard and get back."
South Korea's In Gee Chun went wire-to-wire to win the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. The one-shot victory over Lexi Thompson and Minjee Lee gave the 27-year-old a third major victory and her first in six years.
The HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour will pay a £250,000 bonus if a player can win four tournaments on the 2017 schedule.
It seemed that no one wanted to win the Wyndham Championship as one by one the contenders failed to reach the magic sixteen-under total that would have secured the victory. In the end, it came down to the PGA Tour's first six-way play-off and it was Kevin Kisner who held his nerve best to win at the second extra hole.
Golf is entering a new frontier in its history following the merger between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour. The breakaway LIV series stunned the world as several leading players were lured away by the riches of the competition. Although there was resistance between the two organizations, the PGA Tour has now combined with LIV to reunite the sport.
America's brilliant Billy Horschel finished the 2nd and last play off hole with an eagle 3, to beat Rory McIlroy at Wentworth to become this years BMW PGA Champion.
Scotland's Martin Laird held his nerve in a three-man playoff at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open to grab his first PGA Tour victory for over seven years. A birdie at the second extra hole saw off the challenge of Americans Austin Cook and Matthew Wolff earning Laird the $1.26m winner's cheque. Mexico's Abraham Ancer finished in outright fourth place on 20 under par after a closing 67.
Titleist's brand new driver hits the PGA Tour this week. Say hello to the 917.
The Shriners Open was won by our new favourite name in golf, Smylie Kaufman. The 23 year old with the Happy Gilmore-esque name shot a ridiculous 61 final round to post an early number that nobody else could match.
68-year old Tim Finchem, the commissioner of the PGA Tour, has again raised the idea of one organisation to control professional golf in the US and Europe. But Keith Pelley's having none of it.
We thought it was a joke but apparently not. According to , the PGA Tour will hand $40 million via its Player Impact Program to the world’s top players in bonuses. The program has been set up to “recognize and reward players who positively move the needle.”
