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A text message arrived last week in the guise of a birthday greeting. Was it welcome? I guess it was, even though it was a putting tip. What can I say? Friends care about my golf game. Here’s the message from a friend of mine named Evan who I suspect is overwhelmed with tips. Evan gets around in planet golf. “As Gary Player said to me: ‘I’ve been trying to keep my head still for 75 years.

Drew Nesbitt went from being an alternate on Monday, with short odds of even getting into the Korn Ferry Tour’s Memorial Health Championship, to the man in the winner’s circle come Sunday. The 30-year-old from Horseshoe Valley, Ont., opened the tournament with an 11-under 60 and followed that with rounds of 67-65-66 to win by one shot over American Cole Sherwood. It was the rookie KFT member’s first victory on the Triple-A circuit and moved him 122 spots up the points list to 22nd.

Change is coming for the PGA Tour. On Tuesday morning, the PGA Tour announced a new two-tier competition structure that will go into effect in 2028. The new format includes a Championship Series (Track 1) for the game’s top players and a Challenger Series (Track 2), which will serve as a feeder series to the top flite Also, a reimagined postseason (which will feature match play), a shorter overall schedule and promotion and relegation elements are all part of the PGA Tour’s new competitive model.

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — The PGA Tour has approved a major shakeup to its model that effectively creates two tours, expanding the field for the elite tier and cutting in half prize money for the secondary tier.

Founded and operated by Lisa Meldrum, a PGA of Canada professional and 2024 Canadian Golf Hall of Fame inductee, the state-of-the-art golf and learning facility combines a premium private-club experience with an open-to-the-public suite of year-round lessons, academy programming and club-fitting services in a world-class studio environment.

Wyndham Clark avoids collapse to win U.S. Open Wyndham Clark survived a tense Sunday at Shinnecock Hills to capture his second U.S. Open title in four years. The 32-year-old closed with a 3-over 73 to finish at 4 under par and edge Sam Burns by a single shot. The American began the day with a commanding six-shot lead, but the margin quickly dwindled.

The time has come for the PGA Tour to step up to the plate, roll up its sleeves, leave its ego at the door and take the lead on a set of equipment rules to govern the professional game worldwide. That’s right. I’m taking this right off the USGA and R&A’s plate and throwing it straight into Brian Rollap’s, well, lap. For far too long the PGA Tour has gotten away with riding the governing bodies’ rules-making coattails without so much as a lick of repercussions. Pretty convenient, don’t you think?

Get ready to dissect, discuss, debate, brag, boast, bemoan and more: Our 2026 Top 100 Golf Courses in Canada ranking, this year presented by BDO Canada, is coming soon. Will the top of the list stay the same? Which courses will move up? Which will move down? Which will climb onto the list? Which will fall off? Find out next month.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Now that LIV Golf is flailing and the sport has pulled itself out of what once felt like a day-to-day crisis cycle, Rory McIlroy sees the future — and the past — a little differently. “You start to realize that the way the tour was before LIV came along was actually pretty good,” McIlroy said Tuesday, as he prepared for the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.

The U.S. Open has a reputation unlike any other major championship. While the Masters is synonymous with Augusta National Golf Club and The Open Championship is defined by links golf and the PGA Championship is defined by, well, nobody seems to know, the U.S. Open prides itself on being golf’s toughest test. Thick rough, firm and fast greens and a premium placed on grinding out pars rather than chasing birdies.