Golf

In a memo late Monday night to players, Monahan said the player directors on the PGA Tour Enterprises board met with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of the Public Investment Fund that provides the money behind rival LIV Golf.
Charlie Woods took a 12 on one hole and shot 86 Thursday at Lost Lake Golf Club, one of four pre-qualifier sites for the Cognizant Classic.
Woods and Nike ended 27 years together at the end of last year. He wore the swoosh on his shirt for the final time at the PNC Championship that he played with his son, Charlie.
Burke, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, also won the PGA Championship and was equally skilled as a teacher.
Woods in a social media post thanked Nike co-founder Phil Knight for his “passion and vision” that brought Nike and the Nike Golf partnership with Woods together.
Diana Llamas was a caddie at Ridgemoor Country Club last year when pro golfer Viktor Hovland sank a hole-in-one at the BMW Championship. His feat opened her door to U of I.
Hovland made seven birdies on the back nine, including on the 17th and 18th holes, the two hardest on the course.
Scheffler and Fitzpatrick were at 11-under 199, one shot clear of British Open champion Brian Harman, who had to settle for a 67. The top 10 players are separated by four shots going into the final round.
Homa made 10 birdies in his round of 8-under 62 that gave him a two-shot lead over Kirk (66) going into the weekend of the FedEx Cup postseason event that determines who goes to Tour Championship.
The BMW Championship is the final event that decides who reaches the FedEx Cup finale. It’s also is the final qualifying event for Americans to earn the six automatic spots on the Ryder Cup team.
Tiger Woods has joined the PGA Tour policy board, giving the players a greater voice as the tour tries to complete its business partnership with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf.
American led the last 51 holes and never gave anyone a chance.
The tournament will be held Monday at Jackson Park and South Shore golf courses
Closes with an even-par 70 to beat Rory McIlroy by one shot
We also asked for your thoughts on the PGA Tour’s controversial partnership agreement with Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf.
Its partnership with bloodstained LIV Golf shows that it will do anything to survive.
“I still hate LIV. I hate them. I hope it goes away. We just can’t welcome them back in,” he said.
In less than a year, the Saudis went from disruptors to forcing a complete capitulation that laid the PGA Tour’s moral high ground to waste. From top to bottom, they own professional golf now.
Still to be determined is how players like Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson, who defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf for nine-figure bonuses, can rejoin the PGA Tour after this year.
Koepka ran off three quick birdies early, never lost the lead amid a gritty fight from Viktor Hovland and closed with a 3-under 67 for a two-shot victory.