Golf Armies

7:55 AM ET Given the lack of tournament preparation, it doesn’t say much for Tiger Woods’ confidence in his own body that he is not in Memphis, Tennessee, this week in advance of next week’s PGA Championship. Sure, there are other compelling explanations to skip the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, chief among them the fact

After a successful two-week stint on Matthew Fitzpatrick’s bag, Jim (Bones) Mackay will make a caddie cameo for another one of the world’s best golfers. Golf Channel’s Chantel McCabe reported on Wednesday that Justin Thomas has hired the longtime looper for the next two weeks. And they are a big two tournaments at that with

12:37 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Former world No. 1 golfer Brooks Koepka, who will try to defend his WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational title this week and then become the first three-peat winner in the stroke-play era of the PGA Championship next week, said he still has pain in left knee, but won’t decide whether

As the LPGA Tour commences competition after a long pause due to the global spreading of COVID-19, one player came out of mandatory testing with a positive result. Gaby Lopez, who won the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions in January, has withdrawn from the Drive On Championship at Inverness in Toledo, Ohio, and will begin

With two of the top 100 golfers in the world—Eddie Pepperell and Joost Luiten—in attendance, this week’s Hero Open is a long way from boasting the strongest field in European Tour history. But for at least two of the 132 competitors at the Forest of Arden in the English Midlands the €1 million event is

1:08 PM ET The 120th U.S. Open will be played in September without fans at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, the United States Golf Association announced on Wednesday. Spectators also won’t be allowed at next week’s PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco because of the coronavirus pandemic. “Following months

On the surface, most will easily pass on DJ’s chances, following his first-round 78, a reported back injury, which came after back-to-back rounds of 80s at the Memorial Tournament. But the long-hitter did just win the Travelers Championship less than a month ago, and his odds were similar that week. And before this event became

3:07 PM ET The PGA Tour has made a modification to its health and safety policy that will allow players and caddies who test positive for COVID-19 and have symptoms — but have gone 24 hours without a fever — to return to competition after 10 days. They also will be allowed to use the

Davis Love III announced on Tuesday he will no longer be working for CBS Sports. In a statement on Twitter, Love thanked CBS for the opportunity but said he wanted to return his primary focus to playing. “Since golf returned in June, CBS has allowed me time to focus on my family, play a few

There will no longer be COVID-19 pairings on the PGA Tour for players who continue to test positive for the virus after 10 days of isolation and 72 hours without any fever or respiratory symptoms. The PGA Tour Policy Board approved the change to the tour’s health and safety policy on Monday and players were

9:27 AM ET The PGA Tour announced Tuesday it is expanding its relationship with DraftKings, making the betting site its official betting operator. DraftKings had previously become the official daily fantasy game of the PGA Tour in 2019, but this agreement now gives the company the rights to use PGA Tour trademarks, the rights to

The next step in the PGA Tour’s more aggressive embracing of sports betting will be announced on Tuesday. The deal follows movement of other professional sports leagues like the NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL that have official partnerships with sportsbook operators. Though golf may have acted slower than other sports, the PGA Tour has accelerated

8:25 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Golf Australia said Tuesday that the Australian Open tournament will be postponed indefinitely and if played will not be held until early 2021. The tournament was scheduled for Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, which has been in lockdown due to a large increase in COVID-19 deaths

Unfortunately for the affable Finau, it was another frustrating high finish without a win. And if it seems like he’s had a lot of those lately, that’s because he has. As CBS pointed out during the broadcast, thanks to a closing birdie that vaulted him up to T-3, the 30-year-old now has 30 top 10s