The 239 days that have elapsed since June 6 proved the Framework Agreement between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund was more armistice than peace accord, so it’s tempting to interpret the announcement that a group of sports industry titans have invested $3 billion in the newly-formed PGA Tour Enterprises as…
For the first time since 2019, Rory McIlroy is back on the hallowed grounds of Pebble Beach Golf Links. He hasn’t been to the Monterey Peninsula since the U.S. Open, a tournament at which he tied for ninth. This time around, he’s hoping to carry some early-year momentum into the PGA Tour’s second signature event…
The buzz of the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla. returned January 23-26, 2024 to a level not seen in a half-decade with plenty of Canadian connections at the annual kick-off to the golfing year. There were a few questions about the longevity of the show, especially in the years following the emergence of COVID-19….
The PGA Tour swings north from Torrey Pines up the California coast to the oceanside majesty of Pebble Beach Golf Links on the Monterey Peninsula. The 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am field is set, and it’s a doozy. With the tournament’s elevation to a signature event, not to mention more than doubling the purse, this…
The PGA Tour’s Signature Events in 2024 refer to the eight limited-field events featuring top players with increased prize money and FedExCup points with 700 points going to the winner. These tournaments had been referred to as “Designated events” in the 2023 season. The three player-hosted Signature Events feature a 36-hole cut to the top…
HELD at Brisbane City Hall during the week of the Fortinet PGA Championship, the annual PGA Awards celebrated excellence not only amongst the tournament professionals. While Minjee Lee walked away with the Greg Norman Medal for a record third time, the event also acknowledged the extensive contribution of PGA Professionals who have achieved great success…
Keegan Bradley, left, talks to Tiger Woods on the 17th fairway during a practice round for the Masters. Woods was the source of one of Keegan Bradley’s “Welcome to the PGA Tour” moments during his rookie season at Torrey Pines. “I was on this putting green out here and I was still in awe of…
For many, this week is the unofficial start of the golf season. The PGA Tour is back at Torrey Pines in San Diego, California, for the 2024 Farmers Insurance Open. The property’s North and South courses will be used for the first two rounds before the final 36 are played on the South Course on…
An amateur won on the PGA Tour for the first time in 33 years on Sunday. In other words, Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm, the last two Masters champions, had not yet been born when Phil Mickelson won the 1991 Tucson Open as a 20-year-old Arizona State student. Nick Dunlap, a 20-year-old Alabama sophomore and…
Another future star is chasing a place in the record books. Tom Kim can relate, as can Ludvig Aberg. Now it is the turn of Nick Dunlap. The American’s score of 12-under-par in the third round of The American Express was just the second-ever 60 an amateur has shot on the PGA Tour. He has…
