Golf

10/24/2025 |  Americans win fourth straight fourball match at the LPGA’s International Crown team event (Associated Press (AP)) GOYANG, South Korea (AP) — The United States stayed perfect at the LPGA’s International Crown tournament on Friday, winning its third and fourth fourball matches and ending No. 1-ranked Jeeno Thitikul’s unbeaten record in the team competition.
Americans Yealimi Noh and Angel Yin beat Thitikul and Pajaree Anannarukarn 5 and 4, handing Thitikul her first loss after six consecutive match wins in the event. Lilia Vu and Lauren Coughlin later won the second fourball match for the Americans, beating Chanettee Wannasaen and Jasmine Suwannapura 3 and 2 at the New Korea Country Club.

10/22/2025 |  Golf legend Jack Nicklaus wins $50M verdict in defamation lawsuit against former business partners (NBC Sports) MIAMI — Professional golf legend Jack Nicklaus has won a $50 million verdict in a defamation lawsuit filed in Florida against his former business partners.
A six-person jury in Palm Beach County found Monday that the Nicklaus Companies had damaged the 18-time major champion’s reputation and exposed him to ridicule, hatred, mistrust, distrust or contempt. Nicklaus Companies owner and executive chairman Howard Milstein and executive Andrew O’Brien were also named individually as defendants, but jurors did not find them personally liable.

10/22/2025 |  PGA Tour Cancels $20M Season Opener After Moving Out of Maui (Front Office Sports) The PGA Tour has canceled its $20 million season-opening event, one month after announcing The Sentry would not be played at its longtime Maui home, due to ongoing drought conditions and water conservation requirements.
Formerly known as the Tournament of Champions, The Sentry was originally set to tee off the 2026 PGA Tour schedule, as it does every year, Jan. 8–11 at the Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort. 

10/22/2025 |  YouTube Stars Help Bring Back Golf Channel’s ‘Big Break’ (Front Office Sports) The growth of YouTube/influencer golf has helped revive a defunct Golf Channel competition reality TV series.
In 2026, Big Break will return for its 24th season, following an 11-year hiatus. 

10/20/2025 |  TaylorMade Golf to Open Fitting Room in U.K.’s The Grove (SGB UPDATE) TaylorMade Golf Company has entered a new partnership with The Grove to open a testing and fitting facility at the resort hotel in Hertfordshire, England. Called The Kingdom at The Grove, the site references TaylorMade’s The Kingdom fitting complex at the brand’s headquarters in Carlsbad, CA.
Scheduled to open in Spring 2026, The Kingdom at The Grove will create an immersive experience for all levels of players. Customers will have access to skilled employees well-versed in the use of the company’s Trackman, Foresight, Gears, and Quintic technologies, and will be able to showcase the full range of TaylorMade products for testing, replicating many of the offerings found at the brand’s U.S. headquarters.