The Official World Golf Ranking won’t be awarding points to LIV Golf events this year, denying the MENA Tour’s request to immediately add the Saudi-funded series to its schedule. The OWGR said in a statement Thursday the MENA Tour did not give it sufficient notice and there would not be time to finish the review…
LIV Golf Trying to Get World Ranking Points via Small MENA Tour
LIV Golf’s latest bid to get world ranking points is by aligning itself with a little-known tour that offers $75,000 purses and has not held a tournament since early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The MENA Tour—Middle East and North Africa—announced Wednesday a strategic alliance that will result in MENA sanctioning LIV Golf Invitational events and…
US Captain Johnson: Tiger Woods Will Have Role With Ryder Cup Team
ROME—Whether Tiger Woods makes it to Italy or not for next year’s Ryder Cup, he’ll be an integral member of the U.S. team, captain Zach Johnson said Tuesday at the year-to-go ceremonies. “Given who he is and what he’s all about, I can tell you right now, I don’t know if he’ll be here next…
Charley Hull Wins Second LPGA Tour Title at the Ascendant LPGA
English golfer Charley Hull fired a 7–under final-round 64 to hold off all challengers and secure her second career LPGA tour championship at The Ascendant LPGA in The Colony, Texas on Oct. 2. The 26-year-old scored a bogey on Hole 8, but more than offset that hole with eight birdies elsewhere to secure the one-stroke…
Mackenzie Hughes Wins Sanderson Farms Championship in Playoff
Mackenzie Hughes birdied the second playoff hole on Sunday, Oct. 2, to defeat Sepp Straka and win the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss. The Canadian won his second PGA Tour title and his first since 2016. Hughes began the day one shot off the pace set by Mark Hubbard. Hughes’ final-round 69 got him…
SoCal’s Andrea Lee Captures First LPGA Win—Kang, Vu Contending
Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) members from Southern California have surged to the top of the leaderboards—including Andrea Lee’s first LPGA Tour win at the AmazingCre Portland Classic on Sept. 18, Danielle Kang’s return from treatment for a tumor to finish second at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Sept. 25, and Lilia Vu in contention in both…
PGA Tour Files Countersuit Against LIV Golf
The PGA Tour has filed a countersuit against the LIV Golf Series, claiming the new circuit interfered with contracts the Tour had with its players. The Tour filed its countersuit Wednesday. It’s a response to LIV’s federal antitrust lawsuit filed in August, claiming the PGA Tour illegally suspended players for choosing to play LIV events….
Phil Mickelson, 3 Others Take Names Off LIV’s Antitrust Suit
Phil Mickelson, the driving force among PGA Tour players in the rival LIV Golf series, and three other players asked a federal judge Tuesday to remove their names from the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Ian Poulter filed separately to have their names removed. That leaves only three players—Bryson…
Atthaya Thitikul Beats Danielle Kang in Playoff to Win in Arkansas
LPGA rookie Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand sank a birdie putt on the second playoff hole to defeat Danielle Kang and win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday, Sept. 25, in Rogers, Ark. Thitikul and Kang were tied at 17–under 196 at the end of the 54–hole event. They began the playoff by parring the…
Olympic Champion Schauffele Clinches Presidents Cup for US
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The United States was forced to work harder than expected to earn a ninth consecutive Presidents Cup on Sunday, taking down a scrappy International team that vowed to fight until the final bell. Robbed of top players who defected to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series, the depleted Internationals were expected to be easy pickings…
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