ATLANTA -- Viktor Hovland played the best golf of his life in the final two weeks of the PGA TOUR season, and it paid off Sunday with the biggest trophy of his career -- a FedExCup title along with the $18 million bonus. Staked to a six-shot lead, Hovland didn't flinch under a relentless challenge from Xander Schauffele. The 25-year-old Norwegian stayed on the … [Read more...]
FedExCup Standings Update: Scheffler takes No. 1 spot into FedExCup Playoffs
ATLANTA – The FedExCup Playoffs begin this week, with the PGA TOUR’s top 125 players qualifying for the opening event of the three-week stretch that will conclude at East Lake Golf Club and the TOUR Championship. Scottie Scheffler, who owns a 1,200-point lead over Australia’s Cameron Smith thanks to four victories on the season, will take the No. 1 spot into this week’s FedEx … [Read more...]
English Named To U.S. Ryder Cup Team
ATHENS, Ga. --- Georgia alum Harris English was named to the United States Ryder Cup Team on Wednesday. English earned one of Steve Stricker’s captain’s picks for the event, which will take place Sept. 24-26 at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisc. He will be joined on Team USA by Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Cantlay, … [Read more...]
2021 TOUR Championship: Final Field and Starting Leaderboard
ATLANTA – The field is set for the 2021 TOUR Championship with the top 30 players in the FedExCup standings qualifying following the BMW Championship. Patrick Cantlay captured his fifth PGA TOUR title and third of the season in a thrilling six hole playoff over Bryson DeChambeau. Cantlay will be paired with Tony Finau in Thursday’s opening round. Finau captured the first … [Read more...]
FedExCup Standings Update: Finau takes standings lead with win in Playoffs opener
ATLANTA – With his first win in five years, Tony Finau is the new FedExCup standings leader after capturing the FedExCup Playoffs opener on Monday at THE NORTHERN TRUST. Finau outlasted Australia’s Cameron Smith in a playoff to move from No. 23 to the top of the standings with the second of three Playoffs events set to get under way on Thursday at the BMW Championship. World … [Read more...]
FedExCup Standings Update: Phil Mickelson up to No. 45 with historic PGA Championship win
ATLANTA – Following a historic triumph at the PGA Championship that saw Phil Mickelson become the oldest major winner in PGA TOUR history, the 50-year-old has vaulted up the FedExCup standings from No. 168 to No. 45 in search of his 10th career TOUR Championship appearance and first since 2018. The TOUR Championship will once again serve as the culminating event of the … [Read more...]
Almost Everything Will Be Different as Masters Moves to November
For both players and golf fans viewing at home, this week’s Masters will look different and sound different from every Masters previously played. Because of the changes to the PGA Tour schedule resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 Masters will be played in November for the first time, with no spectators on the grounds of Augusta National. Other than a smattering … [Read more...]
3 Former Bulldogs Among Players in Field for Tour Championship at East Lake
Spectators will not be all that’s missing from the 2020 Tour Championship. The event returns to East Lake Golf Club this week for the 20thtime, and will be unlike the previous 19 Tour Championships held at the historic Atlanta club. Like the previous 13 PGA Tour events played this year after the three-month cancellation of tournaments due to Covid-19, the Tour Championship will … [Read more...]
Rory McIlroy Wins for Second Time at East Lake; Takes Home $15 Million Bonus
For the sixth time since 2012, Rory McIlroy entered Sunday’s final round of the Tour Championship at East Lake with an opportunity to take home a nice trophy and an exorbitant check. McIlroy converted just one of his first chances, a .200 batting average that placed him squarely on baseball’s Mendoza line, a benchmark for light hitting utility infielders. Three times he shot … [Read more...]