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A 7-foot alligator did not deter a golfer from his game on Wednesday afternoon in Orlando, Florida. 

ATLANTA (AP) — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan didn’t think twice when President Donald Trump invited him to play golf last Saturday.

Phil Mickelson said he narrowly avoided missing his final-round tee time for the BMW Championship at Medinah on Sunday after his hotel room was “struck by lightning”.

While most Americans are spending time this summer enjoying the sun in the comfort of their houses’ yards, the New York Times is out with a new exposé on how lawn care is problematic, once viewed through the lens of social justice.

Golfing savant Bryson DeChambeau is getting lambasted in the media due to his well-documented slow play at the Northern Trust at Liberty National Golf Club near New York City.

Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the opening FedEx Cup playoff event with what he calls a mild oblique strain.

Who could forget the time Matt Kuchar paid his caddie $5,000 after winning $1.2 million, thus sparking an internet uproar, and charges that Kuchar had shortchanged his caddie?

A Michigan golf course has come under fire for polluting Lake Michigan by encouraging players to hit golf balls into the water from its 12th hole.

Golfer Jim Herman picked up a big win at the PGA’s Barbasol Championship on Sunday. What’s more, Herman gave credit for the win to a somewhat surprising source: President Trump.

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Tiger Woods turned and saluted the fans at Royal Portrush who saw him for two days at this British Open, but no more.

Tiger Woods admitted age and a troublesome back will make competing for more major titles all the more difficult after shooting a seven-over par opening round at the British Open on Thursday.

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — David Duval lost a few golf balls on his own Thursday in the British Open. It’s one that was found that brought him the wrong kind of attention with a score of 14 on one hole and a 91 when he walked off Royal Portrush.

Analysts wondered what kind of physical shape Tiger Woods would be in when he entered competition at the British Open on Thursday.

July 18 (UPI) — Rory McIlroy — the betting favorite to win the 2019 British Open — began the tournament with a quadruple-bogey on the first hole Thursday at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.

CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Michelle Wie returned to competition Thursday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship looking as if she had never left.

Pro golfer Gary Woodland won the U.S. Open this weekend, but it was his appearance at another tournament that brought one of the most heartwarming moments of the tour this year.

Jordan Spieth and his caddie might need the golf equivalent of couples counseling after this week.

Jordan Spieth was not having the best day during Thursday’s round of the U.S. Open, but he made matters worse —  at least for fans — after being heard sniping at his caddy when two shots went horribly wrong.

It’s often said that nothing in life comes easy, even when it’s easy. Phil Mickelson became the living embodiment of that maxim today at Pebble Beach by missing the chippiest of chip shots.

A quick trip to the bathroom has apparently cost a teenage golf sensation his chance of qualifying at a U.S. Open sectional.

Hank Haney took a swipe at Tiger Woods after the 15-time major champion criticized Haney’s recent comments about women’s golf that got him suspended from his SiriusXM radio commentator job.

SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio host Hank Haney does not seem to be backing away from comments about South Korean female golfers, that some deemed “insensitive.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Swing coach Hank Haney has been suspended from the SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio channel because of saying on his show that a Korean would probably win the U.S. Women’s Open and that he couldn’t name six players on the LPGA Tour.

MOBARA, Japan — President Donald Trump presented a special Trump trophy to the winner of a sumo tournament in Tokyo on Sunday as he got a taste of one of Japan’s most treasured cultural institutions.

An investigation has been launched into whether or not President Trump has been hacked and it has nothing to do with the Russians, Hillary Clinton, or Robert Mueller.

May 19 (UPI) — Brooks Koepka won the 2019 PGA Championship on Sunday for the second consecutive year as he shot 8-under par at Bethpage Black, defeating Dustin Johnson by two strokes.

The Ole Miss golf team got the wrong kind of birdie in the final round of its NCAA Regional contest in Palo Alto, California, when one of the team’s fairway hits struck a bird in midair.

The PGA Championship is well underway, and the man who won it in 1991 is still making headlines at Bethpage nearly 30 years later.

Tiger Woods endured two double-bogey disasters in the first eight holes Thursday while defending champion Brooks Koepka shared the early lead at 4-under par at the PGA Championship.

The PGA Championship makes its May debut at Bethpage Black Golf Course on Long Island with golf in a great place in the sports landscape. Tiger Woods is among the favorites after his monumental victory at The Masters in April and he has brought the casual golf fan back to the game.

The PGA Championship does not begin until Thursday, but opening shots were fired at a press conference on Tuesday when Tiger Woods burned John Daly for using a golf cart to compete in the upcoming tournament.

Tiger Woods has had an extensive layoff since winning his victory at The Masters, but with questions swirling about whether Tiger will be rested or rusted before this week’s PGA Championship, the 15-time major winner showed that he is feeling quite game.

May 13 (UPI) — Tiger Woods, his girlfriend, Erica Herman, and The Woods restaurant in Jupiter, Fla., are being sued for allegedly over-serving an employee who later died in a car crash.

May 13 (UPI) — Masters champion Tiger Woods is the betting favorite to win the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black Course in Old Bethpage, N.Y.

Tyler Duncan didn’t have a bad week at the Byron Nelson Classic, and just might walk away with a nice cash prize.  Which is good, because he’s probably going to be buying his wife some expensive gifts after hitting her in the head with a golf ball.

Trump derangement took another fascinating turn on Friday, as “details” of President Trump’s victory over the current Trump International Golf Club champion have been leaked to the press.