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He walked onto the golf course a man and left as an undisputed legend. One golfer has bragging rights over all his friends after calling his own hole-in-one moments before hitting it. And if you doubt any of this happened, don’t worry, there’s video. The clip begins with the man ready to take his swing.

The PGA Championship, golf’s second major championship of the season, is just a week away. Before the world’s best players tee it up at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, a handful of the game’s elite are competing in the AT&T Byron Nelson outside Dallas this week. The LPGA Tour returns to the

USATSI When the 2023 PGA Championship begins on Thursday, May 18 at Oak Hill Country Club, golfers will find out if 13 is an unlucky number. The par-5, 625-yard, 13th hole on the East Course earned the nickname “Hill of Fame” and plays 20 yards further since the course restoration in 2022 in preparation for

An aerated green like the one that cost Tommy Kuhl dearly. (Getty Images) Major stories out of the world of golf in recent months have focused on the game’s darker elements: greed, self-interest, divisiveness. But at its best, golf is a sport where honesty and fair play reign. Here’s a story about doing the right

Associated Press May 9, 2023, 08:28 AM ET CAPE TOWN, South Africa — John Bland, a South African golfer who won twice on the European tour along with eight senior titles in a professional career that spanned more than 40 years, has died. He was 77. Bland’s death was announced by South Africa’s Sunshine Tour

Tiger Woods and his attorneys filed a motion to dismiss his former girlfriend Erica Herman’s lawsuit against him Monday, marking the latest step in their complicated separation. Woods and his attorneys claimed in the filing obtained by Yahoo Sports that Herman both willingly agreed to sign a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) and she agreed to settle

Getty Images For its first designated event in a two-week stretch, the PGA Tour welcomes some of the biggest names in the game to Quail Hollow Club for the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship. While Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler, the top two players in the world, will not be making the trip to Charlotte, North

Associated Press May 6, 2023, 06:29 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wyndham Clark shot an 8-under 63 in the Wells Fargo Championship on Saturday, putting him in position for his first PGA Tour win. The 29-year-old Clark has a 2-shot lead going into the final round. The Denver, Colorado, native is at 16-under 197 for

Former President Trump at a LIV Golf event in 2022. (Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via Getty Images) Former President Donald Trump’s dealings with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour have come under Justice Department scrutiny as part of a wider inquiry into Trump’s handling of classified documents, according to a new report in the New York Times.

Former President Trump at a LIV Golf event in 2022. (Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via Getty Images) Former President Donald Trump’s dealings with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour have come under Justice Department scrutiny as part of a wider inquiry into Trump’s handling of classified documents, according to a new report in the New York Times.

Rory McIlroy hasn’t held back when criticizing those who left for LIV Golf. While his feelings about the controversial Saudi Arabian-backed league haven’t changed, McIlroy isn’t happy that some of the best European golfers out there are now ineligible to be future Ryder Cup captains. Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter, along with Richard

Getty Images After a two-week stretch without a designated event, the PGA Tour welcomes some of the biggest names in the game to Quail Hollow Club for the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship. While Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler, the top two players in the world, will not be making the trip to Charlotte, North Carolina,

9:33 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Another week, another designated event on the PGA Tour. The Wells Fargo Championship returns to Quail Hollow Club this week, after a one-year hiatus while the club prepares to host the 2023 Presidents Cup. As a designated event on the revamped PGA Tour schedule, the tournament will have a

Rory McIlroy returned to the PGA Tour this week after a three-week absence following a disappointing run at Augusta National. McIlroy withdrew from the RBC Heritage after missing the cut at the Masters, which marked his second missed designated event of the season. He told Barstool’s Dan Rapaport on Tuesday that he did so because

Golf Hulk is no more! Bryson DeChambeau, hailed for the last few years as golf’s beefy basher, is showing up at LIV events looking flat-out skinny. The change is shocking for a guy who spent the better part of three years trying to pound golf balls into orbit. If you haven’t seen a LIV Golf

6:53 PM ET Associated Press VALLARTA, Mexico — Tony Finau never gave Masters champion Jon Rahm or anyone else much of a chance Sunday, closing with a bogey-free round of 5-under 66 that gave him a 3-shot victory in the Mexico Open. Finau earned a small measure of redemption at Vallarta Vidanta, where last year

The PGA Tour makes its way south this week for the 2023 Mexico Open at Vidanta. Headlined by defending champion and current Masters champion Jon Rahm, the Mexico Open proved in its inaugural edition to be a launching pad for a number of the game’s elites. Just last season, Rahm arrived in Mexico amid a

Getty Images VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Austin Smotherman already has his name on the Mexico Open trophy. He finished his round Thursday as though he’d love to see it on there again, closing with four straight birdies for an 8-under 63 and a one-shot lead over Erik van Rooyen and Tano Goya. Masters champion Jon