Nation Nov 19 Trump meets with PGA Tour commissioner after saying he can fix professional golf’s division By Doug Ferguson, Associated Press
Nation Aug 09 Chi Chi Rodriguez, Hall of Fame golfer and among the sport’s most popular players, dies at 88 Rodriguez said he learned to play golf by hitting tin cans with a guava tree stick and then found work as a caddie. By Doug Ferguson, Associated Press
Nation May 26 Parents of Grayson Murray say the two-time PGA Tour winner died of suicide Grayson Murray's parents said Sunday their 30-year-old son took his own life, just one day after he withdrew from a PGA Tour event. The family asked for privacy and that people honor Murray by being kind to one another. By Doug Ferguson, Associated Press
Nation May 25 PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray dies at age 30 a day after withdrawing from Colonial Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial. By Doug Ferguson, Associated Press
Nation Apr 13 Watch 10:28 How Charlie Sifford broke the PGA’s color barrier and changed the course of golf Charlie Sifford was the first Black player to get a PGA card, qualifying him for the professional golf tour. It came in 1961, a full decade after the color barrier had fallen in professional football, baseball and basketball. John Yang… By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Juliet Fuisz, Harry Zahn
Aug 01 Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour board and endorses Commissioner Jay Monahan By Doug Ferguson, Associated Press In a statement, Woods said the players will do their best to assure any changes in tour operations are in the best interests of everyone. Continue reading
Jul 11 WATCH: Senate panel examines merger between PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf By Associated Press The negotiators of a business deal between the PGA Tour and the Saudi funders of LIV Golf discussed ousting LIV chief executive Greg Norman and giving Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy their own LIV teams. Continue reading
Jun 06 Surprise merger announcement ends feud between PGA Tour and LIV Golf By Doug Ferguson, Associated Press The PGA Tour ended its expensive fight with Saudi Arabia's golf venture and now is joining forces with it. Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch 6:52 Saudi-backed tournament creates hazard for professional golf The intersection of sports and geopolitics continued to play out Saturday during the first-ever LIV Golf series in London. The new competition is backed by the Saudi government and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman amid heavy criticisms of the country's… Continue watching
Apr 10 Scottie Scheffler wins the Masters, taking his first major championship By Doug Ferguson, Associated Press Two months after Scheffler finally broke through for his first PGA Tour victory, he capped off a most incredible 56-day stretch by making his fourth win the biggest of them all, the Masters by three shots over Rory McIlroy for… Continue reading