Fellow Players Champ Winner Backing McIlroy On Calls The PGA Event Not Be Designated A Major.
Fellow Players Championship winner Justin Leonard is backing defending and also double-winning TPC Sawgrass champ Rory McIlroy when it comes to suggestions the tournament be officially honoured as golf’s fifth major.
McIlroy was asked earlier in the week his thoughts of talk of making The Players a major championship but would have nothing to do with it.
Indeed the World No. 2 politely commented: “I’m a traditionalist, I’m a historian of the game. We have four major championships. ...
EXCLUSIVE .. Double Winning European Ryder Cup Captains Call On Donald To Remain In Charge For Adare Manor.
Dual winning European Ryder Cup captains Thomas Bjorn and Bernhard Langer agree Luke Donald should retain the European Ryder Cup captaincy reins heading into next year’s 100th anniversary hosting of the biennial event in Ireland.
Donald remains undecided if he’ll accept the 2027 Adare Manor captaincy and, if so, become just the fourth either GB&I/European team captain in succession to accept the leading role for a third straight Ryder Cup.
Bjorn captained Europe to a stunning seven-point ...
Aussie On Top Sharing Two-Shot Lead ‘Down Under’
Aussie Marc Leishman enjoys fond memories of Ripper GC winning on home soil two years ago at LIV Golf Adelaide. He’d love to see what it feels like to hold aloft the individual trophy this week at The Grange in the South Australian capital.
Leishman, the elder statesman of the all-Australian Rippers, produced the opening round’s only bogey-free score, a 6-under 66 that left him sharing the lead with Bryson DeChambeau.
The Crushers GC captain created his own memorable moment Thursday ...
Play Famed Augusta Course Three Days After The Masters For Only $25.
As true golf fans will know, the chances of ever teeing-up to play Augusta National are near impossible.
Even attempting to approach anywhere near the Augusta National front gates facing Washington Road and you know you’re going to be ‘hassled’ by security personnel.
Though there is one golf course in sleepy Augusta, Georgia where you area warmly welcomed and where you can play golf even on the Wednesday afternoon of Masters week when the famed Masters host course at Augusta National ...
Gotterup Matches Reed As Matsuyama Loses Out Joining Arnie
Final-Round Notes – Sunday, February 8, 2026
Superbowl LX was just underway when Chris Gotterup made it two PGA Tour victories in three starts in 2026 denying Japan Hideki Matsuyama who had bogeyed the 72nd hole to send the WM Phoenix Open in a play-off.
Gotterup had posted a closing round 64 and watched as Matsuyama, and looking to join Arnold Pamer as a three-time WM Waste Management Open champion, bogeyed the last the send the event into play-off.
Then at the first extra hole Gotterup holed ...
Reed The Hottest Player In Golf – Two Wins & A Second In Last Three Starts
Patrick Reed is currently unchallenged as the hottest golfer on the planet, winning for a secomd time in three events as Scot Calum Hill stormed his way to a second-place result in as many weeks at the Qatar Masters.
Despite the early loss of a two shot overnight lead, Reed displayed his enormous class regrouping in posting a closing day 70 to win by two shots at 16-under on the host Doha course.
Reed’s 13th pro career win and a fifth on the DP World Tour comes a fortnight after capturing ...
Matsuyama Looking To Join Arnie In WM Phoenix Open History Books
Third Round Notes – 2026 WM Phoenix Open
Weather: Mostly sunny. High of 82. Wind SW 4-8 mph.
Third-Round Leaderboard
Pos.
Player
R1
R2
R3
Total
1
Hideki Matsuyama
68
64
68
200 (-13)
T2
Nicolai Højgaard
66
70
65
201 (-12)
T2
Maverick McNealy
67
69
65
201 (-12)
T2
Si Woo Kim
73
62
66
201 (-12)
T2
Ryo Hisatsune
68
63
70
201 (-12)
Hideki Matsuyama (1st/-13)
2016 and 2017 WM Phoenix Open champion cards a third-round 68 and holds a one-stroke lead over four players
Has 12 ...
