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Record day of scores at Players ends with Scottie Scheffler leading

Scottie Scheffler has a chance to return to No. 1 in the world. Standing in his way are the year's toughest field and 18 tough holes.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press March 11, 2023

AP photo by Chaerlie Neibergall / Scottie Scheffler hits from the 18th fairway on the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass during the third round of The Players Championship on Saturday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Storms delay second round at The Players Championship

Chad Ramey became the only player to reach double digits under par at The Players Championship. The course, as usual, had the final say.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press March 10, 2023

AP photo by Eric Gay / Spectators leave TPC Sawgrass in the rain Friday afternoon with the second round of The Players Championship suspended because of the weather.

The Players Championship delivers another surprise as Chad Ramey leads

Chad Ramey managed to avoid stress and bogeys Thursday in The Players Championship for an 8-under-par 64.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press March 9, 2023

AP photo by Eric Gay / Chad Ramey putts on the 18th hole of the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass during the first round of The Players Championship on Thursday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

PGA Tour’s big show has LIV’s shadow hanging over it this year

Cameron Smith, or at least his absence at The Players Championship this week, is a reminder of the current fractured state of professional golf.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press March 8, 2023

AP photo by Charlie Neibergall / Golf fans walk towards the 18th green of the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass during Wednesday's practice round for The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend seeks to nullify nondisclosure agreement with golfer

Tiger Woods' ex-girlfriend wants to nullify a nondisclosure agreement after a six-year relationship with the professional golfer.

By The Associated Press March 8, 2023

AP photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta / From right, Tiger Woods, his girlfriend Erica Herman, his daughter Sam Alexis Woods and his son Charlie Woods, obscured, are shown at the White House in May 2019, when the pro golfer received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Golf roundup: Kurt Kitayama breaks through in wild finish at Arnold Palmer Invitational

Kurt Kitayama got the result he desperately wanted in a fashion he never imagined.

By The Associated Press March 5, 2023

AP photo by John Raoux / Kurt Kitayama holds his trophy after winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday at Bay Hill Club in Orlando, Fla. It's the first PGA Tour victory for the 30-year-old American.

Golf roundup: Former UGA standout Chris Kirk wins Honda Classic to end victory drought

Chris Kirk waited nearly eight years to win a PGA Tour event again. Waiting one more hole on Sunday was no problem.

By The Associated Press February 26, 2023

AP photo by Lynne Sladky / Chris Kirk hits from a bunker and onto the third green at PGA National during the final round of the Honda Classic on Sunday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

LIV Golf’s second season will highlight team game

The first of 14 tournaments for the 2023 LIV Golf League schedule tees off Friday in Mexico. So what's new about the second season for this series?

By The Associated Press February 23, 2023

LIV Golf photo by Matthew Harris via AP / James Piot of the HyFlyers watches his shot from the 10th tee Thursday during the pro-am ahead of this week's LIV Golf League tournament at El Camaleón in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

Ferguson: LIV resumes after break that was anything but loud

LIV Golf decides when to hold tournaments by avoiding what its leader, Greg Norman, calls heritage events. That's another way of saying it will find holes in the PGA Tour schedule with weak fields or marginal interest.

By Doug Ferguson February 21, 2023

FILE - Yasir Al-Rumayyan, left, governor of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Majed Al-Sorour, CEO of Golf Saudi, center, and Greg Norman, CEO of LIV Golf, watch at the first tee during the second round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., on July 30, 2022. A federal judge has ruled the head of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the financial backer of LIV Golf, must sit for depositions and produce documents in LIV Golf's antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Lawyers for the Public Investment Fund and its governor, Yasir al-Rumayyan, had sought to quash subpoenas claiming sovereign immunity. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Tiger Woods sightings are rare as he enters semiretirement

The vantage point was as good as any at Riviera for a clear view of Tiger Woods, and considering how little he plays, Tiger sightings are rare these days.

By Doug Ferguson February 20, 2023

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