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Four days after the Masters was postponed, the second men’s major on the calendar was also put off. More

The 2020 Masters tournament, golf’s first major championship and a signature, springtime event in American sport, was postponed Friday morning by the Augusta National Golf Club, the hosts of the event. The tournament, which takes place in Augusta, Ga., was scheduled for Apr. 9-12. The club said it hoped it could play the event at […] More

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The PGA Tour responded to the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday night by canceling the remainder of the Players Championship, its signature event, and shutting down all of its events until at least April 9, the start date of the Masters. The cancellation of the Players Championship came roughly 10 hours […] More

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — It was 2009 and Rory McIlroy, then 20, was making his first appearance at the Players Championship, the tournament considered nearly as prestigious as a major golf championship. McIlroy, a floppy-haired wunderkind at the time, recalled this week that his commitment to the 2009 event was at best scattered. He […] More

In another sign that the value of sports media rights is still growing rapidly, the PGA Tour is expected on Monday to announce a lucrative new media rights agreement through 2030. Golf tournaments will remain on CBS, NBC and the Golf Channel — where they have been shown since the mid-2000s — while ESPN will […] More

ORLANDO, Fla. — A year ago at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Tyrrell Hatton of England hit a golf shot so crooked and so wayward that he turned to his caddie, Mick Donaghy, and asked, “Have you seen a worse golf shot?” Donaghy, lugging a bag professionally for more than three decades, stayed mute until Hatton […] More

ORLANDO, Fla. — Even after his stunning victory at last year’s Masters, Tiger Woods warned he would remain ever cautious with his surgically repaired back for the rest of his career. In that context, as Woods played only 12 tournaments in 2019, the decision was viewed as sensible and raised few eyebrows. Less than three […] More

This article is part of our International Homes special section, which takes a look at homes and golf, from planned communities and sustainability to course designers and where they live. Pete and Alice Dye were known for creating excruciatingly challenging PGA Tour courses. T.P.C. Sawgrass in Florida and PGA West in California — both with […] More