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When the USGA and R&A modernized the Rules of Golf in 2019—the most comprehensive update in decades—the governing bodies challenged the stereotype that they’re resistant to change. They’re set to do that again with the launch of the World Handicap System, which starting in 2020 will consolidate the half dozen handicap calculations previously used around the...

Michelle Wie and Trevor Immelman are joining CBS Sports, as the network continues to retool its coverage for 2020. CBS announced a flurry of moves on Tuesday morning, weeks after parting ways with mainstays Peter Kostis and Gary McCord, and adding Davis Love III, with Wie the biggest name in the announcement. Though her role is...

Brooks Koepka announced on Wednesday that he has dropped out of the 2019 Presidents Cup. Koepka, who finished first in the points standings for the American team during the official qualifying period, underwent a painful knee procedure after the Tour Championship in August, and re-injured the knee at the C.J. Cup in September after slipping on wet concrete....

Tiger Woods joined Australian radio show “Triple M’s Hot Breakfast” on Tuesday, and the 82-time PGA Tour winner was feeling so loose, he quite uncharacteristically (at least in an interview setting) dropped an F-bomb.   Woods called into the show at the 50-minute mark and chatted with hosts Luke Darcy and Wil Anderson for just under 10 minutes...

The rules have changed since Lee Ann Walker lasted played competitive golf. She found out the hard way. Walker shot rounds of 85 and 74 at the Senior LPGA Championship at French Lick Resort in Indiana. That was before she realized players no longer can putt when their caddies have been standing directly behind them....

Golf legend Tiger Woods has promised to give his “definitive story” after confirming he has signed a deal to write a memoir about his career.   The reigning Masters champion has often cut a controversial figure in the past, particularly given revelations about his private life in recent years.   “I’ve been in the spotlight...

A discounted round and the lack of a $5 fee prevented Minnesota golfer Matt Dorgan from cashing in a $10,000 prize after making a hole-in-one.      Dorgan fired the ace using an 8-iron on the par-3, 16th hole at Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo in August. His shot found the green, hit...

Let’s face it: the game we love has tons of things we’d love to see tweaked a little to make it more enjoyable. Slow play is obviously at or near the top of the list, but there’s other stuff that chaps us, too, like when you bust a perfect drive down the middle, but it...

There was $45 million on the line this week at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Yes, you read that correctly. Thirty golfers battled it out for the 2019 Tour Championship with a total of $45 million on the line and the winner taking home an almost preposterous $15 million. It's considered the largest prize...