The PGA of America announced that Congressional Country Club will host a number of its biggest events over the next two decades, including the 2031 PGA Championship and 2036 Ryder Cup. Located near Washington, D.C., Congressional hosted the 1976 PGA Championship when Dave Stockton won. But it’s perhaps more well known in recent years as […]
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Parents of Montana high school golfers can once again watch their kids during matches – for a price. Late last year the Montana State High School Association enacted a rule banning spectators from watching high school golf “except for certain locations.” That led to an uproar from local parents, who pointed out that parents of […]
Former Iowa State golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena was found dead Monday after police said she was fatally assaulted at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames, Iowa. She was 22. Police said that 22-year-old Collin Daniel Richards has been charged with first-degree murder. Richards was booked early Tuesday morning in the Story County Jail and held without bond. […]
Holding the No. 1 seed comes with some perks. After winning two of the first three playoff events, Bryson DeChambeau will start the Tour Championship as the man to beat. But because of the points reset before the season’s final event, each of the 30 participants will have a mathematical chance to win the FedExCup […]
The top 30 players have made it to East Lake for the Tour Championship and a shot at the FedExCup title. Here are the scenarios for all 30 players to win the season-long points race. 1. Bryson DeChambeau • Wins the Tour Championship, wins the FedExCup • Has a chance to win with a top-six […]
With the PGA Tour arranging early-round groups based on FedExCup standing for the fourth straight event, Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Rose will play together for the first round of the Tour Championship. DeChambeau won both The Northern Trust and Dell Technologies Championship, and as a result he’ll begin at East Lake as the No. 1 […]
Major championships are too important to contrive. There’s more to creating major-championship tradition than jacking up the purse, renovating a course and draping the winner in her country’s flag after it came flapping from the heavens under a skydiver’s parachute. It takes Sundays like the one Angela Stanford delivered at Evian this past week. It […]
The PGA Tour announced Monday that it will provide free Tour Championship tickets for individuals from North Carolina and South Carolina who were impacted by Hurricane Florence. Residents can receive a complimentary grounds ticket to Wednesday’s practice round by presenting a valid driver’s license from either state at the main tournament entrance. The top 30 […]
Tiger Woods’ year-long probation stemming from last year’s DUI arrest has been terminated a month early. According to Sam Smink of WPTV, Woods, 42, was let off probation early for successfully completing all regular and special conditions of his probation after pleading guilty to reckless driving and entering a diversion program last October. Under the […]
ATLANTA – Even players who have known the details of the PGA Tour’s plan to dramatically change the way it crowns a FedExCup champion were still digesting the details on Tuesday at the Tour Championship. “I think it’s maybe easier to follow for people at home. Kind of definitely strange and very different to be […]