The final tune-up for the U.S. Open is in full swing in Memphis, and you can catch second-round coverage live on Yahoo Sports. Yahoo will stream PGA Tour Live’s featured holes coverage of the second round from 4-7 p.m. ET Friday on our Golf page. [Related: FedEx St. Jude Classic leaderboard] Phil Mickelson, who won’t compete […]
Ian Poulter, Brian Gay regain PGA Tour status after FedEx Cup points flub
Ian Poulter is a happier man. (Getty Images) Ian Poulter had seemingly lost his PGA Tour card when he missed the cut at the Valero Texas Open last week, falling short of earning enough money or FedEx Cup points as laid out by the Tour to fulfill a major medical extension. However, a week later, […]
PODCAST: What's the point of golf after the FedEx Cup playoffs?
Rory McIlroy headlines the WGC-HSBC Champions. (Getty Images) As the PGA Tour wraparound season starts, it seems like the golf year is dragging. So why do pro golf tours insist on playing tournaments when the audience is so small? Also, we talk about the possibility of a total shakeup in the world of golf equipment. […]
Jordan Spieth gunning for Ryder Cup over FedEx Cup defense
We all tend to want what we don’t have, not more of what we’ve already got – including Jordan Spieth. Spieth enters this week’s PGA Tour season- and playoff-ending Tour Championship with a chance to become the first player to successfully defend the FedEx Cup title. He can’t guarantee a second $ 10 million haul […]
Jim Furyk's FedEx Cup playoff run is over, left to wait for Ryder Cup pick
Jim Furyk is out of the FedEx Cup playoffs. (Getty Images) Jim Furyk’s truncated PGA Tour season ended on Monday, with the 2003 U.S. Open champion failing to finish high enough in the Deutsche Bank Championship to advance to the next stage of the FedEx Cup playoffs. With Furyk outside the top 70 in points, […]
Watch FedEx St. Jude Classic featured holes on Yahoo Sports
The PGA Tour is in Memphis, Tenn., this week for the final event before the U.S. Open. The FedEx St. Jude Classic welcomes the likes of Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and defending champion Fabian Gomez to take on TPC Southwind. Yahoo Sports will stream PGA Tour Live’s featured holes coverage from TPC Southwind […]
Jordan Spieth wins Tour Championship by four, takes FedEx Cup
If there was any debate as to who should win the PGA Tour’s peer-voted Player of the Year award, Jordan Spieth made the closing statement on Sunday that ended the race. Spieth won the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta by four shots and, in the process, clinched the 2014-15 FedEx Cup, […]
Spieth one round away from FedEx Cup and Tour Championship
Jordan Spieth is one round away from ending the season by ending the discussion. Spieth carries a one-shot lead over Henrik Stenson into the final round of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, and, if he can finish off his fifth PGA Tour win of the season on Sunday, he’ll win […]
Henrik Stenson in good shape to win FedEx Cup without a single season title
In each of the last five seasons, the winner of the FedEx Cup has won the Tour Championship to do it, and in all eight prior seasons of the FedEx Cup, the winner has won at least one tournament in that season. Henrik Stenson could be the player to end both of those streaks this […]
Should the FedEx Cup playoffs end sooner? (Podcast)
The FedEx Cup playoffs resume this week with the first of the final two events at the BMW Championship. But should the playoffs, and season, end sooner? We discuss. Also, we make the case for the Web.com Tour needs bigger purses and a grander stage, seeing as though it’s billed as the future of the […]