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GolfChannel.com senior writer Rex Hoggard catches up with Joe LaCava to discuss Tiger Woods’ comeback, what it’s like to caddie for the 14-time major champion and what’s in store for 2019. Check out the podcast below:

Golf notables, including Jack Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson, were at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to pay tribute to former President George H.W. Bush. Bush died Friday at age 94. In addition to being the 41st President of the United States, he was also a golf enthusiast who made significant contributions to […]

A year out, Tiger Woods is already looking at whether he can become a playing captain at the Presidents Cup. Earlier this year Woods agreed to captain the U.S. side against Ernie Els’ International squad when the biennial matches return to Royal Melbourne next December. Woods made that decision, however, before his resurgent 2018 in […]

Click:ecolchi hair mask After completing his final tournament of the year, Tiger Woods went Down Under. The American captain for the 2019 Presidents Cup returned this week to Royal Melbourne, which will host the biennial matches for the third time next December. Woods was on the American team in 1998, when the Internationals logged their […]

Braden Thornberry’s college career could soon be over. The Ole Miss senior is among the 135 players competing in the final stage of Web.com Tour Q-School, which begins Thursday at Whirlwind Golf Club in Chandler, Ariz. Thornberry, the fourth-ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and 2017 NCAA individual champion, said if he finishes T-40 […]

Golf is often billed as one of the purest meritocracies in sports. Play well, shoot low, and you’ll move up the rankings and into the biggest events. There is no head coach to woo for extra playing time, no front office to appease. No long-term playing contracts, either. But even in a system where players are […]

Just days after the PGA Tour confirmed it was developing a program to transition the top college golfers into its tours, some PGA Tour Champions pros are voicing their disapproval. Olin Browne was the first to sound off on the program, which many are referring to as a “draft.” The proposed system, according to a Tour statement, […]

More, more, more. That’s the theme behind the 2019 LPGA schedule released Thursday, but tour commissioner Mike Whan sees something else in the growth. “There’s less unpredictability,” Whan said. “I think that’s the cool thing. The schedule isn’t a big surprise. Most of our events are back again. We’re just growing our purses.” The 33 […]

Charl Schwartzel has won 11 times on the European Tour, but never his national open. Not that he hasn’t played well; he boasts a pair of runner-up finishes and four other top-5s at the South African Open. Through 36 holes of this season’s edition at Randpark Golf Club in Johannesburg, Schwartzel holds a one-shot lead […]

In this year-end edition we applaud Tiger Woods’ comeback, agonize over Phil Mickelson’s curious year and criticize trouble in the U.S. Ryder Cup team room. Made Cut The comeback. Like an iron shot from deep rough, there really was no telling where this could have gone. In retrospect, Tiger Woods had acknowledged that he had […]