Golf

5:48 PM ET The PGA Tour will return in a big way next week with a blockbuster field at the Charles Schwab Challenge, where 16 of the top 20-ranked players in the world have entered the event. Tiger Woods is not among them, but each of the top five players, including No. 1-ranked Rory McIlroy,

3:38 PM ET The Memorial Tournament will be the first PGA Tour event to allow spectators when it is played at Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village Golf Club next month in Ohio. The tournament announced via Twitter that “thanks to state approval & support from the PGA Tour, patrons will be permitted to attend the 45th

Just over a year ago, Matthew Wolff was finishing up his sophomore season at Oklahoma State by becoming the ninth Cowboy to win an individual national title with a five-shot victory at the 2019 NCAA championships. A week later, California-Berkeley senior Collin Morikawa qualified for the U.S. Open at a sectional qualifier in Columbus, Ohio.

8:51 AM ET A decision on whether to go ahead with the Ryder Cup looms, and Steve Stricker is not in favor of playing the event without spectators. The U.S. captain — who is a native of Wisconsin, where the matches are scheduled for Sept. 25-27 — said playing without a crowd at Whistling Straits

7:34 AM ET As nearly 5.8 million people tuned in to watch The Match between Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady against Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning, Mickelson confidently strolled up to the first tee and gave everyone at home a glimpse of what they were hoping to see — his calves. The man who has

11:49 AM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour has announced a deal with Sanford Health to conduct coronavirus testing of players, caddies and essential personnel five days before the season resumes. That applies to every stop on the PGA Tour, PGA Tour Champions and the developmental Korn Ferry Tour. Sanford Health is based in South

9:21 AM ET The Official World Golf Ranking will resume next week as the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tours restart their schedules in the United States. The OWGR was frozen in March following week 11 of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and its shutdown of all of the major golf tournaments. The rankings

8:16 AM ET Associated Press The chief executive of the European Tour says the fate of this year’s Ryder Cup will be decided by the end of the month. Keith Pelley says in an extensive interview with the McKellar Journal podcast that the European Tour and the PGA will have “conversations” about the Ryder Cup

2:37 PM ET The PGA Tour has sent a memo to players saying that a second event in the Columbus, Ohio, area will take the place of the John Deere Classic, which decided last week that it would cancel its tournament this year. The July 9-12 event will be played at Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village

7:30 AM ET Only a few years ago, Derrick Mains and his staff were fighting an uphill battle trying to pitch golf courses on the idea of a single-rider golf cart. The president at Phat Scooter, which produces a golf-specific scooter meant for one rider, Mains remembers going to the PGA Merchandise Show three years

11:13 PM ET Associated Press Tiger Woods is speaking out for the first time since George Floyd’s death, saying his heart goes out to Floyd, his family and everyone who is hurting right now. The 44-year-old golfer broke his silence with a statement on his Twitter account Monday night. “I have always had the utmost

6:11 PM ET Organizers of the FedEx Cup playoff event near Chicago understandably took pause last week when their Illinois neighbor, the John Deere Classic, opted to cancel this year’s tournament rather than play without spectators. “When Deere canceled, we were surprised that happened; it’s unfortunate,” said John Kaczkowski, president and CEO of the Western

7:47 AM ET At 9:04 a.m. Pacific Time, on Thursday, March 19, an email arrived in the inboxes of Seamus Golf’s 40,000 subscribers with the subject: “We are still here.” The message began with an update on the steps that the small company from Oregon that specializes in making high-end, handcrafted, hand-forged and hand-sewn golf

1:39 AM ET ESPN News Services Vijay Singh, a three-time major winner and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, has withdrawn his name from a tournament on the developmental Korn Ferry Tour. Singh, 57, who has won 34 titles across his PGA Tour career, had drawn criticism after registering for the KFT Challenge

4:42 PM ET The chances of playing the U.S. Open in New York in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic seemed remote in April, when the tournament was rescheduled from June to September. But the United States Golf Association is now optimistic about keeping the championship at Winged Foot Golf Club in suburban New York

7:36 AM ET Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have always made it clear this new partnership in made-for-TV matches would not be a one-time thing. On Sunday, they gave us the second installment, adding Tom Brady and Peyton Manning to the mix for The Match: Champions for Charity, which raised $20 million for coronavirus relief.

2:38 PM ET Associated Press Texas will soon allow outdoor pro sports events to have spectators, but their numbers will be strictly limited. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has revised a decision to let pro sports leagues host events without fans starting in June as part of the states’ move to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.

1:35 PM ET The John Deere Classic, scheduled to be the fifth tournament as part of the PGA Tour’s revised schedule, will be canceled this year, with hopes of replacing it with another event. The PGA Tour announced that the long-time tournament, scheduled for July 9-12, will not be played this year due to restrictions