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The PGA Tour's revamped summer schedule won't include the John Deere Classic.Tournament officials announced Thursday that the event, slated for July 9-12 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois, will not be played this year."Because of the ongoing health and safety concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic, the difficult decision was made to cancel the 2020 John Deere Classic," tournament director Clair Peterson said in a statement. "While we considered several alternatives to the Classic, this

The PGA Tour's revamped summer schedule won't include the John Deere Classic.Tournament director Clair Peterson confirmed to GolfChannel.com that the event, slated for July 9-12 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois, will not be played this year.The tournament was expected to be the fifth Tour event following a three-month hiatus stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and was penciled in as the first that could have potentially included fans. Instead, the event won't be played at all because of

Thursday’s announcement that the European Tour would resume its schedule in late July brings the competitive calendar into focus, but it remains unclear when the Official World Golf Ranking will resume.When the COVID-19 pandemic halted golf in March, the OWGR was quick to respond of the world’s professional tours and the ranking was frozen.With the PGA Tour’s scheduled return to competition next month at the Charles Schwab Challenge now becoming more of a re

Thursday’s announcement that the European Tour would resume its schedule in late July brings the competitive calendar into focus, but it remains unclear when the Official World Golf Ranking will resume.When the COVID-19 pandemic halted golf in March, the OWGR was quick to respond of the world’s professional tours and the ranking was frozen.With the PGA Tour’s scheduled return to competition next month at the Charles Schwab Challenge now becoming more of a re

On Tuesday, Rory McIlroy said it is his “personal hunch” that the Ryder Cup would be postponed until 2021, and Thursday’s announcement that the European Tour would resume its schedule in late July didn’t include any update.European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley declined to discuss the status of the matches, whether the event might be played without fans or how the points system would work based on the revised tour schedule.European Tour to resume in July with six-even

The European Tour has released its plan to resume play, with the schedule set to restart in late July and begin with a United Kingdom swing of six events in England and Wales.The plan calls for play in clusters to limit travel and mitigate risks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The British Masters from July 22-25 is the first tournament and will be followed by five new events in August. The schedule currently concludes with four Rolex Series events in Scotland, England, South Africa and the Unit

Sergio Garcia has won 25 times in the U.S. and Europe, including 10 PGA Tour titles highlighted by the 2017 Masters. But in the eye of Hall-of-Famer Tony Jacklin, that haul pales in comparison to what might have been.Jacklin won two majors during his playing career, the 1969 Open and 1970 U.S. Open, and captained the European Ryder Cup team four times in the 1980s. Speaking to Golfweek, the Englishman picked Garcia when asked to name the biggest underachiever in golf he had ever seen."He's been

Days after peeling back the curtain during a charity exhibition match, Phil Mickelson shared that he is open to wearing a microphone to give TV viewers additional insight during regular PGA Tour competition.Mickelson teamed with NFL quarterback Tom Brady during the Champions for Charity match, coming up short against Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning on the 18th hole. But the exhibition featured all four players wearing microphones and offered a glimpse into the on-course discussion between both te

The first tee shot of the PGA Tour’s restart is still two weeks away, but players are being advised to start their preparations now for the Charles Schwab Challenge.In a memo sent to players on Wednesday, tournament director Michael Tothe outlined many of the protocols that will be required when play resumes on June 11 at Colonial including the four Fort Worth, Texas, hotels that will create the foundation of the circuit’s “bubble” for the week.Will the PGA Tour's fine li

Two months ago, Olivia Mehaffey and her Arizona State team had just stepped off the ferry at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Honolulu when their phones started buzzing.The NCAA had canceled the rest of the season and effectively ended the career of Mehaffey, the Sun Devils’ lone senior.“We’re at Pearl Harbor, so it was already somber to begin with, but when we got the news, we all just stood there, huddled, and just broke down in tears,” Arizona State coach Missy Fa

Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning hung on to defeat Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady, 1 up, to win The Match: Champions for Charity.In a match delayed by nearly an hour because of rain and played in sporadically wet conditions, Woods and Manning teamed to dominate the best-ball portion of the competition at Medalist Golf Club. They won three of the first six holes, including a lengthy birdie make from Manning on No. 4, to build an early advantage. Mickelson and Brady both struggled to get on track earl

Tom Brady says he’s an 8.1 handicap – just like JaMarcus Russell claimed to be an NFL quarterback.Technically, both statements hold truth, but Brady looked more Russell than G.O.A.T. on the golf course Sunday.Brady, teaming with Phil Mickelson against Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning in The Match: Champions for Charity, started horribly on the front nine at Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida.Brady was playing so poorly in the better-ball format, that Medalist member Brooks Koepk

Rolex world No. 1 Jin Young Ko and No. 3 Sung Hyun Park split their Hyundai Card charity skins game match in Incheon, South Korea, on Sunday.Ko rolled in a 16-foot birdie putt at the final hole that actually made both players’ wishes come true.“I think the match played out exactly the way we wanted,” Park said in a Yonhap News Agency story. “We talked before the match about how we should take the same amount of money, and it's pretty amazing that we got the result we want

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson held off a late charge by Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady to win The Match: Champions for Charity on Sunday at Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida.Woods and Manning built a 3-up lead after nine holes of best ball, but Brady, who had the highlight of the match with a hole-out birdie at the par-5 seventh, and Mickelson clawed back in modified alternate shot to 1 down with four holes to play.But in the end, Woods and Manning closed out the 1-up victory on the final

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are at it again, this time with two of the best quarterbacks in NFL history.The Match: Champions for Charity, also known as The Match II, will match Woods and Peyton Manning against Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady at Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida.The format for the match will be four-ball on the front nine, with the fifth hole being a one-club challenge, while the back nine will be played using modified alternate shot in which the teams select the best dri

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