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2023 Masters: Golf Balls and Groupings

The talk at the Masters Tournament is about possible changes to the ball, the week’s stormy forecast and the par-3 course’s face-lift.

LIV Players Excluded From World Golf Rankings For Now Or Forever?

The Official World Golf Ranking is a dividing line between LIV Golf and the sport’s establishment. Since the metric helps determine access to major tournaments,…

Bubba Watson Knows People Are Mad. He Loves LIV Golf Anyway.

The two-time Masters Tournament winner talked with The Times ahead of his return to Augusta National Golf Club, where every member of his LIV team…

2023 Masters: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson Are Back

Plus, Rose Zhang won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in breathtaking fashion.

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…