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The vacillations of the Official World Golf Ranking were in play again this week, and they allowed Brooks Koepka to return to world No. 1 without hitting a shot. Koepka and Justin Rose were both out of action last week, but Koepka dropped an old event when the two-year revolving window lurched forward a week. It […]

Lexi Thompson will reportedly head into this week’s LPGA season finale with a fresh face on the bag. According to a Golfweek report, Thompson has parted ways with caddie Kevin McAlpine in advance of the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla. McAlpine has been caddying for Thompson since March 2017, having shepherded her through […]

Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf.  RISING Westy (+9%): There’s still some life in the old dog, winning his 24th European Tour title, at age 45, after a spectacular Sunday 64 in South Africa. It seemed as though Westwood was on […]

When Lee Westwood captured the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa, he did so with his girlfriend, Helen Storey, on the bag. According to a report from the U.K. Telegraph, the on-course pairing is here to stay. Westwood, 45, will reportedly keep his girlfriend on the bag moving forward, including this week at the DP […]

Rory McIlroy will focus on the PGA Tour in 2019 – which may mean that he forfeits his European Tour membership. Speaking to reporters Tuesday at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, McIlroy said that he wants to play the best competition week-in and week-out, and “for the most part of the season, that is […]

Ryder Cup partners Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood are the only players who can walk away with the season-long Race to Dubai title on Sunday. Five players were in the hunt heading into last week’s Nedbank Golf Challenge, but Haotong Li, Lucas Bjerregaard and Rory McIlroy could not earn enough points to tighten the race. So […]

A rough month got even worse this week for European pro Tom Murray. The Englishman played this year on the Challenge Tour, the Web.com Tour equivalent in Europe. With 15 players earning promotion to the European Tour for 2019, Murray finished the regular season at No. 16 – missing out on a card by only […]

Geoff Ogilvy takes pride in his Australian Open title, but he also views the current state of the tournament as one in dire need of improvement. Ogilvy lifted the Stonehaven Cup in 2010 at The Lakes in Sydney, where the tournament returns this week. While it remains the biggest event of the Australian golf summer, […]

Rory McIlroy won’t be watching the upcoming Match – even after Phil Mickelson offered to cover the $19.99 pay-per-view fee.   McIlroy told reporters Tuesday at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai that he initially contemplated buying the PPV of the $10 million showdown between Tiger Woods and Mickelson in Las Vegas. At one […]

The USGA and R&A jointly announced Tuesday that a world ranking for golfers with disability will launch beginning in 2019. The new rankings will begin Jan. 1, and will be administered in tandem with the World Amateur Golf Ranking for both men and women. The two governing bodies will take over the ranking following an […]