David Ford reacts after completing the second round of stroke play on the 18th hole during the 2024 US Amateur at Hazeltine National Golf Club. David Ford goes to Dubai. The North Carolina senior earned an exemption into the DP World Tour’s 2025 Hero Dubai Desert Classic, scheduled for Jan. 16-19 at Emirates Golf Club. … Read more
American players will receive more money to compete in the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. The PGA of America announced Monday that it would increase the player stipend amount to $500,000, an increase of $300,000 from previous years. In the current version, the boost allows players to have money to donate to a charity … Read more
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – As PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan handed a PGA Tour card for the 2025 season to Alejandro Tosti, he leaned over and said, “You know who looks down on you, don’t you ? Tosti smiled and didn’t hesitate to say the name of their mutual friend, Pete Fox. “I thought … Read more
Masen McKain of the Eastern Florida State College golf team, which won the 2024 Platinum Coast Championship, tees off on the first hole at Rockledge Country Club on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. East Florida golf team sophomore Masen McKain shot a final-round 2-over-par 73 to win the 2024 Platinum Coast Invitational at Rockledge Country Club … Read more
“The Match” has been a staple of golf events since it aired in 2018. It has featured A-list athletes, media personalities and, of course, many elite golfers. The 2024 edition of the made-for-TV tournament, however, will be the first of its kind, featuring a quartet of golfers representing different brands. Bryson DeChambeau, the 2024 US … Read more
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lanto Griffin holed a 40-foot putt for eagle on his first hole that sent him to a 7-under 63 in the final round of Q-school, the leader of the six players who have won the PGA. Tour maps for next year. Griffin was a 9-under medalist (271), but all … Read more
NAPLES, Fla. — Patty Tavatanakit holed a 25-foot birdie putt and Jake Knapp gave them the lead on the next hole with a tough putt to set up a birdie as the UCLA duo combined for a 7 -under 65 on Sunday for a one-shot victory at the Grant Thornton Invitational. They won on their … Read more
The Grant Thornton Invitational provides a rare opportunity for many of the top players on the LPGA and PGA Tours to see each other’s matches up close. It’s a week of mutual admiration and, in many cases, an opportunity to learn something new. With so many different teams on the field this time around – … Read more
Lanto Griffin said it’s a different kind of pressure than winning on the PGA Tour, and certainly not easier — all evidence to the contrary with the 63 he shot Sunday at TPC Sawgrass Dye’s Valley. But the Jacksonville Beach resident, by way of Mount Shasta, Calif., and Virginia Commonwealth University, breathes easy knowing he … Read more
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Lanto Griffin didn’t need any extra motivation, but the email that arrived in his inbox Wednesday night didn’t hurt. After finishing outside the top 150 in FedExCup points this season, Griffin thought his status for next year wouldn’t be great. He was shocked, however, to read that he had no … Read more