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Viktor Hovland takes a slender one-shot lead into the final round of the season-ending Tour Championship, but the players stacked up behind him include the world number one and a three-time FedEx Cup winner,…
Major-championship coverage from Augusta to St Andrews, PGA Tour and LIV Golf analysis, plus the ongoing tour-wars story. Long-form pieces on McIlroy, Scheffler and the players defining 2026's competitive season.
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LIV Golf's 2026 season has ended without its planned Team Championship, and several of its players now want back into the DP World Tour fold. This article explains why Sir Nick Faldo thinks that return should…
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Jon Rahm has been asked whether he'll still be a LIV Golf player in 2027, and his answer raises more questions than it settles. This piece looks at what his careful wording, alongside a fresh Asian Tour deal…
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Sunday's final round at Royal Birkdale poses a simple question: can Sam Burns hold off a leaderboard stacked with players still hunting their first major, or does Scottie Scheffler's history chase from six…
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Tom Kim has won the Genesis Scottish Open, closing with a bogey-free 64 at The Renaissance Club to end a title drought stretching back to October 2023. This covers the final round, the two-shot margin over Min…
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Scottie Scheffler is the best golfer in the world and he has not won a tournament since January, and both of those things are true at once. He arrives at the Genesis Scottish Open a four-time runner-up this…
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An American won the US Open in America, and a large part of the gallery spent the afternoon willing him to fail. This piece looks at how Wyndham Clark held off Sam Burns and a hostile Shinnecock Hills crowd to…
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There is a difference between a leaderboard that keeps you interested and a leaderboard that keeps you up at night, and for two and a half days Scottie Scheffler had been on the wrong side of it. This piece…
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Some sporting moments defy rational explanation. This is one of them. Two friends, more than three decades of shared rounds behind them, stepped onto the same par-three green at one of golf's most storied…
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Rory McIlroy's return for the 2026 Memorial Tournament is about far more than one week in Ohio. This piece examines why the world No 2 is playing fewer events than at any point in his career, what that means…
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Aaron Rai's victory at the 2026 PGA Championship is not just a sporting result. It is the culmination of a family story rooted in sacrifice, immigrant grit, and a working-class upbringing in the West Midlands.…
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Saturday at Aronimink produced one of the most crowded major leaderboards in recent memory, with 14 players sharing the lead at various points across the day. This piece unpacks why the course set-up shift…
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With the 2026 PGA Championship entering its pivotal third round at Aronimink Golf Club, this guide maps out every Saturday pairing and UK start time you need to know. We dig into the contenders' positions,…
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With Saudi Arabia pulling the financial plug on LIV Golf after the 2026 season, the circuit's biggest names suddenly face uncertain futures. This piece examines Bryson DeChambeau's candid response to the…
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Jon Rahm's long-running feud with the DP World Tour is over, and the implications stretch well beyond one Spaniard's membership status. This piece examines what the settlement means for his Ryder Cup…
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Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund has confirmed it will stop bankrolling LIV Golf at the end of the season, sending shockwaves through the world of sport. This piece examines what that decision tells us…
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England's Mimi Rhodes has made a confident start to her 2026 Chevron Championship campaign, sitting just two shots off the pace after a composed opening round at Memorial Park in Texas. Meanwhile, compatriot…
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Matt Fitzpatrick's second RBC Heritage title in four years came the hard way: a four-shot lead vanished down the stretch before the Yorkshireman produced a composed play-off birdie to beat world No 1 Scottie…
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LIV Golf's financial foundations came under the spotlight this week as reports emerged that Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund could be withdrawing support from the breakaway tour. CEO Scott O'Neil has moved…
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Rory McIlroy has written his name into the most exclusive chapter of golf history by retaining the Masters title at Augusta National, becoming only the fourth man ever to successfully defend the Green Jacket.…