Category: Blog
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Prize money, full field, starting strokes format for 2024 Tour Championship at East Lake
The 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs come to a close this week at the Tour Championship, where the winner will take home $25 million in bonus money. That’s an increase of $7 million from a year ago. In 2019, the first year of the current format, the top prize was $15 million. The money earned this…
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Save Big With Our Labor Day Sale
Get ready to tee off in style with our Labor Day Sale! Enjoy 30% off everything in the Fieldstone Golf Shop from Saturday, August 31st to Monday, September 2nd. That’s right! 30% off everything in the golf shop! (Excluding golf balls and gloves) Upgrade and stock up on your favorite golf gear! This is the…
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Major League Baseball player tells hilarious story of how his manager let him play 27 holes with Tiger Woods
Former Major League Baseball outfielder Jeff Francouer shared a Tiger Woods story from back in the 2005-06 timeframe when Woods was an absolute menace on the golf course and arguably the biggest name in pro sports. “I’ve met President Bush and Obama and I was not nearly as starstruck as when I met Tiger Woods…
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Here’s why Matt Kuchar curiously elected to be the only player to finish final round on Monday at Wyndham Championship
GREENSBORO, N.C. — There will be a Monday finish on the PGA Tour after all. That’s because Matt Kuchar elected to mark his ball in the pine straw 212 yards from the flag on the 18th hole and wait to finish his round at the Wyndham Championship on Monday due to darkness. That means the…
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Scottie Scheffler wins gold medal behind record-tying final round at 2024 Olympics
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — The legend of Scottie Scheffler keeps growing, and the latest addition is golden. World No. 1 Scheffler caught fire on the back nine at Le Golf National, coming from off the pace to swipe the gold medal for Team USA from a group of elite contenders in the final holes of a…
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After NCAA settlement agreement, these big changes are coming to college golf
It won’t happen immediately, but there are major changes coming to college golf soon. The NCAA, the Power Five conferences and lawyers for the plaintiffs in three antitrust cases concerning the compensation of college athletes on Friday filed documents asking a federal judge in California to provide preliminary approval of a proposed settlement that would include a nearly…
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Xander Schauffele wins 2024 British Open at Royal Troon for second major of year
TROON, Scotland – After Xander Schauffele won his first major championship at the PGA Championship in May and finished all of his media obligations, he and his caddie and wife and some close friends gathered to celebrate. Nothing was open at that hour so they found two bottles of whiskey and nearly polished them off…
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Ernie Els wins first senior major at 2024 Kaulig Companies Championship
Ernie Els has been coming to Firestone Country Club since he was 22 years old. That was 32 years ago. That’s 32 years, 32 tournaments, 32 tries — and, now, one win. Els raised the 2024 Kaulig Companies Championship trophy on the 18th green Sunday afternoon at Firestone after firing a final-round 68, which put him at 10 under for…
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Keegan Bradley named 2025 Ryder Cup captain by PGA of America
Forget about Tiger Woods taking the wheel of the captain’s cart at the 2025 Ryder Cup. The PGA of America announced Monday that Keegan Bradley – snubbed as a player for last year’s Ryder Cup in Rome – will instead be handed the keys as U.S. captain in New York. The winner of the 2011…
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Seth Waugh stepping down as CEO of PGA of America
Seth Waugh is stepping down from the PGA of America after electing not to renew his contract, which expires on June 30. A national search for a new CEO, which will include internal and external candidates, is underway. During the transition, Chief Championships Officer Kerry Haigh will serve as interim CEO. Haigh will not be…