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LIV Golf Talks a Big Game to the Global Elite. Now Come the Majors.

Despite setbacks, LIV’s executives insist the Saudi-backed league is soaring. For many fans, the rhetoric is less important than results at events like the Masters…

Forged After a Tumultuous Era, World Golf Championships Fade in Another

A match play event in Texas may be the last W.G.C. event, ending an international competition that preceded golf’s high-rolling present.

USGA and R&A Propose Changes to Golf Balls to Limit Driving Distance

Driving distance has been steadily increasing, and a proposal on Tuesday by the U.S. Golf Association and the R&A could affect elite players within three…

A Title IX Legacy Beyond the United States: More Olympians For Canada and Europe

A federal law opened doors for millions of American women. It also made the United States an incubator for women’s national teams worldwide.

PGA Tour Can Depose Saudi Wealth Fund’s Leader, Judge Rules

The decision in a case involving the LIV Golf series could open a rare window into the operations of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

Tiger Woods Is Back. He’s Still a Work in Progress.

Woods shot a two-under-par 69 on Thursday at the Genesis Invitational in Southern California. Every stroke amounted to research for the bigger ambitions that still…

Tiger Woods at the Genesis Invitational: How to Watch

Woods, who is expected to play alongside Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas on Thursday and Friday, will be competing in a traditional event for the…

PGA Tour Payouts Soar as Saudi-Backed LIV Golf Rains Down Riches

A $20 million purse is on the line in Arizona this week — matching, for about a month, a PGA Tour regular-season record.

On Second Thought, St. Andrews Steps Back From Remodel by Swilcan Bridge

Want a patio-like surface by a bridge that’s perhaps more than 700 years old? St. Andrews did, but many others most definitely did not.

Power to Punish LIV Golfers Faces a Legal Test in Europe

An arbitration panel will meet next week to weigh whether the European Tour may penalize the men who played on the Saudi-backed circuit.