POTOMAC, Md. – On his way to TPC Potomac earlier this week, Rory McIlroy glanced across Persimmon Tree Road and caught a glimpse of Congressional Country Club. The famed Blue Course has been dramatically transformed since McIlroy’s major breakthrough at Congressional during the 2011 U.S. Open, but he was immediately transported back to that magical week. “I was driving in…

After its efforts to lure the top professionals in the world backfired, the new Saudi-funded startup league is going after the world’s best amateurs. According to a Telegraph report, the top six players in the World Amateur Golf Ranking have been extended one-year invites to compete in all eight events of this year’s inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series, which begins…

Brandon Matthews started developing his driving distance more than two decades ago, around the age of 4 or 5, when most kids are lucky to be out of pull-ups and preparing for kindergarten. This week, he’ll showcase what has become one of the longest drives in the world in his second PGA Tour start at the Wells Fargo Championship. Picture…

Lee Westwood confirmed Wednesday what has long been suspected – that he has asked the PGA and DP World tours for a conflicting-event release to play in the first LIV event next month in England. “It’s an opportunity to play in a big tournament against some of the best players in the world in England,” he said in an on-camera…