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Ryder Cup captains back postponement

Ryder Cup captains back postponement

Padraig Harrington and Steve Stricker have welcomed the event's postponement for 12 months. 9 Jul 2020
Ryder & Presidents Cups to be postponed

Ryder & Presidents Cups to be postponed

This year's Ryder Cup has reportedly been postponed to 2021 and next year's Presidents Cup moved back by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. 8 Jul 2020
PGA Tour scraps fans for Memorial

PGA Tour scraps fans for Memorial

Next week's Memorial Tournament, which was supposed to be the first since the US Tour's return from its three-month COVID-19 hiatus to include spectators, will instead be held without fans. 7 Jul 2020
R&A to broadcast virtual ‘Open for The Ages’

R&A to broadcast virtual ‘Open for The Ages’

The R&A is inviting golf fans around the world to take part in a very special celebration of golf’s original championship following the cancellation of The Open this year. 7 Jul 2020
Johnson hangs on to win 21st PGA Tour title

Johnson hangs on to win 21st PGA Tour title

A delay for lightning could not derail Dustin Johnson as he secured victory at the Travelers Championship for his first win on the PGA Tour in 16 months. 29 Jun 2020
Hughes makes hot start at Travelers Championship

Hughes makes hot start at Travelers Championship

Canadian Mackenzie Hughes has fired an error free 10-under 60 to take the first-round lead at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, putting him three shots clear of World No.1 Rory McIlroy. 26 Jun 2020
Simpson savours Harbour Town win on Father's Day

Simpson savours Harbour Town win on Father's Day

Webb Simpson has celebrated another victory on Father's Day, this time with a tartan jacket instead of a US Open trophy, as he stormed home to win the PGA Tour's RBC Heritage. 22 Jun 2020
Simpson leads at COVID-hit Hilton Head

Simpson leads at COVID-hit Hilton Head

Webb Simpson and Bryson DeChambeau were trading birdies with vastly different games, Rory McIlroy ran off enough birdies to make the cut and the biggest move of the day at the RBC Heritage belonged to a player who made it to the course, but not the tee. 20 Jun 2020
Watney withdraws after PGA Tour’s first positive test

Watney withdraws after PGA Tour’s first positive test

American golfer Nick Watney has withdrawn from the RBC Heritage in South Carolina ahead of the second round after he became the first PGA Tour member to test positive for COVID-19. 20 Jun 2020
Opinion: DeChambeau the agent of change

Opinion: DeChambeau the agent of change

From all the talk amongst players, commentators and on social media, the ground shook at Colonial Country Club in Texas last week. 18 Jun 2020
US PGA Championship won't have fans

US PGA Championship won't have fans

The silence that greeted the return of the PGA Tour at Colonial will be a familiar sound for the first major of the year, the US PGA Championship. 16 Jun 2020
McIlroy rues missed chance at Colonial

McIlroy rues missed chance at Colonial

Rory McIlroy came into the PGA Tour's first tournament back from a three-month COVID-19 break as the favourite but after a number of miscues in the final round on Sunday he was not even the highest-placed Rory in the field. 15 Jun 2020
Berger wins playoff in PGA Tour's return

Berger wins playoff in PGA Tour's return

Daniel Berger emerged from a tightly-bunched leaderboard to win the PGA Tour's first tournament back after a three-month COVID-19 break with a playoff victory at the Charles Schwab Challenge. 15 Jun 2020
McIlroy & Koepka to resume No.1 rivalry

McIlroy & Koepka to resume No.1 rivalry

World No.1 Rory McIlroy will tee up at the Charles Schwab Challenge on Thursday as a star-studded field looks to mark the PGA Tour’s resumption from a three-month suspension in style. 11 Jun 2020
So-called expert golf tips for this week

So-called expert golf tips for this week

Tournament golf is back on the biggest stage this week, as the PGA Tour heads to Texas for the first event since going on hold due to COVID-19. See who our so-called experts think are going home with the trophy this week. 10 Jun 2020
Thomas: PGA Tour return will 'be a little weird'

Thomas: PGA Tour return will 'be a little weird'

Tiger Woods and the fans will be missing when competitive golf returns this week after a three-month hiatus due to coronavirus. 10 Jun 2020
Leishman excited as stars return to PGA Tour

Leishman excited as stars return to PGA Tour

The fields of golf-starved stars are so strong as the PGA Tour returns that early tournaments will feel like major championships, says Marc Leishman. 9 Jun 2020
Morri: Outspoken Koepka good for golf

Morri: Outspoken Koepka good for golf

There are few things in life more humbling – or more important – than being wrong. 9 Jun 2020
Stricker: Ryder Cup a yawn without fans

Stricker: Ryder Cup a yawn without fans

Holding the Ryder Cup later this year without fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic would almost make the event a "yawner", US captain Steve Stricker has said. 4 Jun 2020
McIlroy tips Ryder Cup reschedule for 2021

McIlroy tips Ryder Cup reschedule for 2021

World No.1 Rory McIlroy does not think the Ryder Cup will be played this year. 27 May 2020
TV ratings soar with charity match

TV ratings soar with charity match

Two of the biggest names from the PGA Tour and the NFL proved to be must-see TV when they played alongside each other in a golf charity match on Sunday. 26 May 2020