The USGA announced on Wednesday that current LPGA commissioner Mike Whan will succeed Mike Davis as its new CEO, becoming the eighth top executive in the organization’s history. Whan is expected to formally be seated in the position by “the middle …

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LOS ANGELES – Even the thing that once tied them together so seamlessly now seems strangely dated. When the venerated high school graduating class of 2011 arrived on the PGA Tour it felt for a time that there was no …

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The Happy Gilmore drive? Happy Gilmore first accomplished that feat no more than 25 years ago today. Yet, Adam Sandler, the actor who played Gilmore in the movie, decided to dust off the famous swing for the special anniversary. We …

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LOS ANGELES – It might not have been love at first sight for Collin Morikawa but the 24-year-old eventually got there. Morikawa was born in Los Angeles and grew up in La Cañada, which is about an hour’s drive with …

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LOS ANGELES – Playing this week at the Genesis Invitational on a sponsor exemption, Andy Ogletree was forced to withdraw from the event on Tuesday with a hip injury. According to Ogletree’s manager, the former Georgia Tech standout’s left hip started …

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Jordan Spieth has come close to winning the last two weeks on the PGA Tour. Is the third time the charm? In this Golf Central Podcast, senior writers Rex Hoggard and Ryan Lavner discuss if Riviera CC is the right …

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Rory McIlroy became the first player not born in the United States to be elected to the PGA Tour policy board. McIlroy won the player-only election for chairman of the player advisory council and the Northern Irishman will ascend to …

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With next week’s World Golf Championships event not being played in Mexico, the PGA Tour needed to find a new title sponsor for this year’s tournament. On Tuesday, the WGC-Workday Championship was announced. The event will still feature 72 of the …

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After most of them took the week off, the stars are back and well rested for this week’s Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles. All but four of the top 15 players in the Official World Golf Ranking will tee it …

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Daniel Berger is heading back home to Jupiter, Florida. Berger, who on Sunday won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am by two shots, decided Tuesday that he would not attempt to win in back-to-back weeks and withdrew from the Genesis Invitational, …

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