If anyone should get a say in whether The Players should be anointed as golf’s fifth major championship, it’s a guy who’s won each of the four actual majors, plus the PGA Tour’s flagship event at TPC Sawgrass.
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DeChambeau said during Tuesday’s LIV Golf preview day that he was contracted through 2026 with the Saudi-backed tour and that while he can’t predict the future beyond that, he would not be joining the PGA Tour this year.
PGA Tour rules chief Steve Rintoul goes over “procedural” changes golfers and fans can expect ahead of the 2026 season. Rintoul believes that viewers won’t see “anything substantially different” when watching the Sony Open in Hawaii this weekend.
Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee discusses the challenges of Brooks Koepka’s reintegration to the PGA Tour, but says it’s a “great day for golf.”
Billy Horschel is no stranger to sitting outside the top 50 rankings when the calendar flips. Two years ago, he went from No. 63 in the world in January to Open Championship runner-up that summer.
Jordan Spieth’s last trip through Waialae Country Club saw the Texas native tie for a first-round lead before posting six bogeys and missing the cut. The former world No. 1 sits outside the top 50 after missing fall events.
Billy Horschel knows that some players might want “more skin” from any possible LIV Golf returnee, but says their presence would only make the PGA Tour a better product.
Brooks Koepka is expecting a nervous energy when he returns to a regular PGA Tour event for the first time in four years at the Farmers Insurance Open. Only some of that pertains to his golf.
What do PGA Tour players think about the breaking news Monday that the Tour will allow select LIV Golf members back in the fold, starting with Brooks Koepka? George Savaricas talks to some of the big names at the Sony Open.
Hudson Swafford was among the first Tour players to defy the circuit’s regulations and play a LIV event. His path back to the Tour was not nearly as tidy as Brooks Koepka’s is now.
GolfChannel.com senior writer Ryan Lavner says that Brooks Koepka’s return “makes the PGA Tour a stronger product.” He adds that the Tour’s offer is a “mulligan” to a few other LIV stars.