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Oklahoma senior Ryder Cowan began his long day with a birdie in a playoff to advance to match play and ended it by chipping in for par on the 17th hole at Merion to take down Miles Russell on Wednesday in the U.S. Amateur.
The PGA Tour's annual event in Greensboro, N.C., is moving to the top-tier Championship Series in 2028 with Raymond James as the new title sponsor for the event.
The PGA Tour postseason starts with a $20 million tournament, with only a 69-man field, and with a sense of urgency for only about half of the players at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Rory McIlroy said he's confident he'll reach a compromise with the PGA Tour to fulfill his minimum qualification of 15 events to maintain his dual membership.
The playoffs start in Memphis with spots in the Tour Championship on the line. Who is on the bubble to advance and what can we expect from Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler?
Any notion that players lured away by the Saudi Arabia riches of LIV Golf would never return to the PGA Tour doesn’t hold much water these days. Five months from now, there could be as many as five ex-LIV players teeing it up at the season opener in California.
Jordan Spieth reached the PGA Tour postseason for the 14th consecutive year, this time with a most curious achievement. He finished the regular season at No. 54 in the FedEx Cup despite not finishing in the top 10 in any of his 21 tournaments.
Three Canadians will move on to the playoffs on the PGA Tour after the regular season ended Sunday with the conclusion of the Wyndham Championship, Bob Weeks writes.
The first of three PGA Tour playoff events tees off on Thursday as the FedEx St. Jude Championship gets underway from TPC Southwind in Memphis.
Frankie Harris made an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 12-under 59 and won the Pinnacle Bank Championship on Sunday with a par on second playoff hole for his first Korn Ferry Tour title in only his sixth start this year.
California teenager Asterisk Talley picked up her biggest win yet Sunday when she surged past Anna Iwanaga of Japan for an 8-and-6 victory to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur.
Michael Brennan had another Sunday opportunity and delivered in a big way. He made five straight birdies to pull away from Beau Hossler and close with a 6-under 64 to win the Wyndham Championship and reach the PGA Tour’s lucrative postseason.
Canadians Taylor Pendrith and Mackenzie Hughes each went low Sunday at the Wyndham Championship in the PGA Tour’s regular-season finale but won’t finish high enough to gain entry into the FedEx Cup Playoffs next week.
Beau Hossler handled a half-dozen tough par putts and two rain delays Saturday for a 4-under 66 that gave him a share of the lead with Michael Brennan going into the final round of the Wyndham Championship with postseason berths at stake.
Beau Hossler made an 11-foot birdie putt on his final hole Friday for a 3-under 67 that gave him a one-stroke lead in the Wyndham Championship, which might have been the least consequential development in the final event of the PGA Tour’s regular season.
Mackenzie Hughes, Nick Taylor and Taylor Pendrith will each play the weekend in Greensboro, N.C., while A.J. Ewart, Ben Silverman Adam Svensson are all headed home for the rest of the Tour season.
Turns out Jackson Koivun isn’t the only player trying to go from college to the PGA Tour postseason. Virginia grad Ben James made eagle on both the par 5s on Thursday and only a soft finish with a pair of bogeys kept from sharing the lead with Beau Hossler in the Wyndham Championship.
The final week of the PGA Tour’s regular season is here as the Wyndham Championship tees off from Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC. Three Canadians have already booked their spots at next week’s playoff opener, the FedEx St. Jude Championship, but five others enter play at the Wyndham with a chance to get inside the top 75 on the season-long points list for a postseason berth.
The PGA Tour confirmed Wednesday the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the leadoff postseason event since 2022, would not be part of the top-tier Championship Series in 2028.
The Corning Classic is returning to the LPGA Tour schedule in 2027 after an 18-year absence, going from a popular small-market event in western New York to offering a $5 million purse that ranks among the richest outside the majors.
Golf league given a new lease on life by an unnamed investor but many questions remain, Bob Weeks writes.
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