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If Tiger Woods Returns in 2026, There’s Another Tour He Could Play

After a quiet 2025, one of Tiger Woods’s peers encouraged joining the 50-and-over Tour, Bob Harig writes. Also: Bryson and the Ryder Cup, and two top golf executives meet.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 2, 2025

Major Champion Petitions for Tiger Woods to Play PGA Tour Champions in 2026

Ernie Els believes the 15-time major winner should tee it up with his peers after turning 50, saying, "It doesn’t help him to finish 70th on the regular tour, not really getting proper reps.”

Sports Illustrated · Aug 29, 2025

The Largest Major-Championship Blowout Wins This Century

As Scottie Scheffler cruised to a four-stroke win at the British Open, we look back at the most dominant major performances since 2000.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 22, 2025

Roger Maltbie’s Call of a Great Tiger Woods U.S. Open Shot Resonates 25 Years Later

When Woods hit an improbable shot on Pebble Beach’s 6th hole during his record-setting win, NBC’s Roger Maltbie uttered words synonymous with the victory—even 25 years later.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 12, 2025

Only Four Players (Out Of 312) Have Scored Under Par For The Week In The Last Two US Opens At Oakmont. What Have The Winning Scores Been At "The Beast"?

Oakmont is known as "the beast" because of the challenge it poses - so what have the winning scores been here on the previous nine occasions?

Golf Monthly · Jun 11, 2025

Return to the Brute: Oakmont’s Unique Brand of Carnage Ready for 2025 U.S. Open

Despite zero water hazards or trees, the U.S. Open’s most frequent host has tormented the game’s best for nearly a century.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 10, 2025

Praise and dismay in South Africa over president’s meeting with Trump

Ramaphosa hailed for keeping his cool in the Oval Office, but some questioned why he would walk into an ambush

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2025

Trump’s Ramaphosa ‘ambush’: Key takeaways from heated White House meeting

Trump showed videos of South Africans singing ‘Kill the Boer,’ alleging genocide against white Afrikaners.

Al Jazeera · May 22, 2025

Past US Open Winners At Oakmont

No venue has hosted the US Open more times than Oakmont Country Club, but who has won the Major at the course?

Golf Monthly · May 22, 2025

Els And Goosen: Golfers Dragged Into Trump's Ambush Of S.Africa Leader

Former world number one golfer, Ernie Els, declared himself a "proud South African" as he was dragged into the ambush of his country's leader Cyril Ramaphosa by US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

International Business Times · May 22, 2025