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Past articles by Doug:

PGA Tour to merge with Saudis, ending LIV litigation

The agreement combines the Public Investment Fund's golf-related commercial businesses and rights — including LIV Golf — with those of the PGA and European tours. The new entity has not been named. → Read More

Scheffler turns in masterpiece at Sawgrass to win Players

Scottie Scheffler ran off five straight birdies in the middle of his round, built a six-shot lead and left all the drama to everyone else on his way to a 3-under 69 to win the richest prize on the PGA Tour by five shots. → Read More

Scheffler turns in masterpiece at Sawgrass to win Players

Scottie Scheffler ran off five straight birdies in the middle of his round, built a six-shot lead and left all the drama to everyone else on his way to a 3-under 69 to win the richest prize on the PGA Tour by five shots. → Read More

Scheffler turns in masterpiece at Sawgrass to win Players

The victory was worth $4.5 million and sent Scheffler back to No. 1 in the world. → Read More

Tiger Woods facing legal clash with ex-girlfriend as Masters nears

Attorneys for Woods’ ex-girlfriend, Erica Herman, are asking for clarity on what she can and cannot say, according to documents filed in Martin County Circuit Court in south Florida. → Read More

PGA Tour moves toward elite field with no cuts for 2024

The PGA Tour has approved sweeping changes to its 2024 schedule. → Read More

PGA Tour money makes it tough on LIV players' Ryder hopes

Players who joined Saudi-funded LIV Golf can still play in all the majors -- and qualify for the Ryder Cup → Read More

Rahm holds on to win at Riviera and return to No. 1 in world

LOS ANGELES — Jon Rahm returned to No. 1 in the world on Sunday by winning the Genesis Invitational with a performance that left no doubt who’s playing the best golf. → Read More

Tiger Woods goes viral for all the wrong reasons at Riviera

Tiger Woods had some explaining to do Friday, about a putter so cold he nearly missed the cut at Riviera, and about a chauvinist prank he played on Justin Thomas in the Genesis Invitational. → Read More

Tiger Woods opens with 69 at Riviera, trails Homa, Mitchell by 5

LOS ANGELES — The scene was similar to the last time Tiger Woods played against the world’s best. Fans packed onto every balcony on every level of the Riviera… → Read More

St. Andrews will leave 700-year-old Swilcan Bridge as it is

The bridge is regarded as the most famous landmark in golf. → Read More

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: From low scores to ‘bizarre’ conditions in opening round

Round one leader Hank Lebioda had six birdies in eight-hole stretch for an 8-under 63 on the Shore course at Monterey Peninsula → Read More

Masters invitation goes to the wrong Scott Stallings

Invitations were sent to eligible players the week before Christmas, when club chairman Fred Ridley announced the criteria would be unchanged from the previous year. Stallings said he checked his mail every day and began to wonder where his was. → Read More

Kathy Whitworth, the winningest golfer in history, dies at 83

Kathy Whitworth's 88 victories are the most by any player on a single professional tour. → Read More

Kathy Whitworth, the winningest golfer in history, dies at 83

Kathy Whitworth's 88 victories are the most by any player on a single professional tour. → Read More

Kathy Whitworth, winningest golfer in history, dies at 83

Kathy Whitworth, whose LPGA Tour victories spanned nearly a quarter-century and who became the first woman to earn $1 million for her career on the LPGA, died on Christmas Eve, her longtime partner said. → Read More

Kathy Whitworth, winningest golfer in history, dies at 83

Kathy Whitworth, whose LPGA Tour victories spanned nearly a quarter-century and who became the first woman to earn $1 million for her career on the LPGA, died on Christmas Eve, her longtime partner said. → Read More

Kathy Whitworth, winningest golfer in history, dies at 83

Kathy Whitworth, whose LPGA Tour victories spanned nearly a quarter-century and who became the first woman to earn $1 million for her career on the LPGA, died on Christmas Eve, her longtime partner said. → Read More

Kathy Whitworth, winningest golfer in history, dies at 83

Kathy Whitworth, whose LPGA Tour victories spanned nearly a quarter-century and who became the first woman to earn $1 million for her career on the LPGA, died on Christmas Eve, her longtime partner said. → Read More

Kathy Whitworth, winningest golfer in history, dies at 83

Kathy Whitworth, whose LPGA Tour victories spanned nearly a quarter-century and who became the first woman to earn $1 million for her career on the LPGA, died on Christmas Eve, her longtime partner said. → Read More