CHARL SCHWARTZEL

The outcry that marked the start of the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf series’ first American stop quieted a bit on Friday, putting the focus on the play at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club.

LIV Golf’s first U.S. event was set to begin Thursday, with a group of survivors and families who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 terror attacks planning to gather at a nearby park to speak out against the Saudi Arabia-funded tour.

Four months after suggesting those who defected to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series were sellouts, Brooks Koepka explained Tuesday that he simply changed his mind.

The Saudi-funded LIV Golf series has added three more players to its roster for its second tournament.

Players who have joined the new Saudi Arabia-funded league will still be allowed to compete at the British Open next month.

The U.S. Open began with Phil Mickelson speaking without saying hardly anything.

The new LIV Golf tour pays big, but the money comes from a government with a terrible human rights record.

Sunday ahead of the U.S. Open is typically quiet, and such was the case at The Country Club.

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is blasting the Saudi-based LIV Golf league as a series of exhibitions that spends billions to recruit players without getting a return on the investment.

20 players have now defected from the PGA Tour, with Patrick Reed the latest former Masters champion confirmed on Saturday as signing up to LIV Golf.

20 players have now defected from the PGA Tour, with Patrick Reed the latest former Masters champion confirmed on Saturday as signing up to LIV Golf.

Britain Golf LIV Invitational Charl Schwartzel of South Africa plays from a tee during the final round of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St. Albans, England, Saturday, June 11, 2022. It came at a cost, though, having resigned his membership of the PGA Tour to play on the unsanctioned series without a waiver. It is the first of eight events in the first year of LIV Golf, which began against the backdrop of the PGA Tour banning players who signed up. Reed said he would make his debut on the second stop of the LIV Golf series in Portland, Oregon, on June 30-July 2. LIV Golf plays up the financial largesse.

Britain Golf LIV Invitational Charl Schwartzel of South Africa plays from a tee during the final round of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St. Albans, England, Saturday, June 11, 2022. It came at a cost, though, having resigned his membership of the PGA Tour to play on the unsanctioned series without a waiver. It is the first of eight events in the first year of LIV Golf, which began against the backdrop of the PGA Tour banning players who signed up. Reed, who has won almost $37 million in a decade on the PGA Tour, is ranked 36th. Reed said he would make his debut on the second stop of the LIV Golf series in Portland, Oregon, on June 30-July 2.

Memorial Golf Patrick Reed hits from the 18th fairway during the second round of the Memorial golf tournament Friday, June 3, 2022, in Dublin, Ohio. With Pat Perez also confirmed as joining the breakaway on Saturday, 20 players have now defected from the PGA Tour. Reed, who has won almost $37 million in a decade on the PGA Tour, is ranked 36th. Reed said he would make his debut on the second stop of the LIV Golf series in Portland, Oregon, on June 30-July 2. The 46-year-old Perez, who is ranked 168th in the world, said he wants to travel less after 21 years on the PGA Tour.

Memorial Golf Patrick Reed hits from the 18th fairway during the second round of the Memorial golf tournament Friday, June 3, 2022, in Dublin, Ohio. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (Darron Cummings)ST. ALBANS, England — (AP) — Patrick Reed is the latest former Masters champion to sign up to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series in defiance of the PGA Tour. Reed, who has won almost $37 million in a decade on the PGA Tour, is ranked 36th. Reed said he would make his debut on the second stop of the LIV Golf series in Portland, Oregon, on June 30-July 2. ___More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel has banked $4.75 million by winning the richest tournament in golf history, while the event’s Saudi backers faced renewed backlash after a 9/11 victims’ group called for American players to withdraw from the rebel series.

Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel banked $4.75 million on Saturday by winning the richest tournament in golf history, while the event's Saudi backers faced renewed backlash after a 9/11 victims’ group called for American players to withdraw from the rebel series. Schwartzel held on for a one-shot victory at the inaugural LIV Golf event outside London to secure the $4 million prize for the individual victory — along with another $750,000 from his share of the $3 million purse earned by his four-man Stinger team for topping the team rankings. Schwartzel collected more prize money from winning the three-day, 54-hole event than he had from the last four years combined.

The PGA Tour says members who are playing in the Saudi-funded league in London are no longer eligible to play tour events.

Phil Mickelson is ending his 4-month hiatus from competitive golf and is joining the Saudi-funded rival league.

Sebastián Muñoz is atop the leaderboard again at the Byron Nelson after shooting 66.

Ryan Palmer shot a 10-under 62 on Friday at the Byron Nelson for a share of the second-round lead with Sebastián Muñoz and 40-year-old tour rookie David Skinns.

Wearing his traditional Sunday red, Woods started the day 7 over for the tournament and obviously not in contention. The five-time Masters champion began the day 16 shots behind leader Scottie Scheffler. Forecasters expect a warmer day for the final round of the Masters. Scottie Scheffler takes a three-shot lead into the final round. Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama starts tied for 14th and begins at 1:10 p.m.Tiger Woods begins his final round at 10:50 a.m.___More AP Masters coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/the-mastersCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Scottie Scheffler has never been here before.

Scottie Scheffler is one round away from winning his first major at the Masters.

Rory McIlroy’s wait to complete the career Grand Slam will extend into at least 2023.

Greg Sissel of Denver is at the Masters for the third time this week, and Saturday he made a lasting memory after a spectacular shot by Charl Schwartzel

Despite big trouble on the 18th hole, Scottie Scheffler has salvaged a 1-under 71 that keeps him on top heading to the final round of the Masters.

The weekend couldn’t come soon enough for players at the Masters.

Tiger Woods has made it to the weekend at the Masters in his first official start in 508 days.

He managed three birdies against five bogeys to slip into a tie with Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters champion. Former Masters champion Danny Willett also is at 3 under as he gets to the turn. The five-time Masters champion is off to a rocky start in the second round. The five-time Masters champion hit his tee shot on the par-4 first into a bunker. The 2020 Masters champion birdied the par-3 fourth hole to move to minus-4, one shot behind Sungjae Im.

Johnson put together a tidy 3-under 69 in the opening round on Thursday. His began the second round with three straight pars before hitting an iron to within 5 feet at the fourth before making the putt. Nineteen of the 90 players in the field posted scores of par or better during the opening round. ___8 a.m.Tiger Woods is right where he wants to be heading into the second round of the Masters. Im and Johnson are early starters in the second round with stronger wind in the forecast.

Masters Golf Charl Schwartzel, of South Africa, hits out of a bunker on the second hole during the second round at the Masters golf tournament on Friday, April 8, 2022, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) (Matt Slocum)AUGUSTA, Ga. — (AP) — The Latest on the Masters (all times local):9:20 a.m. The wind is expected to rise during the second round at the Masters, and there's a good chance the scores will rise right along with it. Nineteen of the 90 players in the field posted scores of par or better during the opening round. ___8 a.m.Tiger Woods is right where he wants to be heading into the second round of the Masters. Im and Johnson are early starters in the second round with stronger wind in the forecast.

There are times when Rory McIlroy sounds like an old man.

3M Open Golf Cameron Champ celebrates after sinking a putt on the 18th hole to win the 3M Open golf tournament in Blaine, Minn., Sunday, July 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig) (Craig Lassig)BLAINE, Minn. — (AP) — Cameron Champ fended off dehydration and crisply putted his way to a 5-under 66 on Sunday, winning the 3M Open by two strokes for his third career victory. The 26-year-old Champ had five birdies in a bogey-free round to finish at 15-under 269 at TPC Twin Cities. Champ had the best putting performance of the entire field, with an average of 8.48 strokes gained. ___More AP golf coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/golfCopyright 2021 The Associated Press.

Cameron Champ fended off dehydration and crisply putted his way to a 5-under 66 on Sunday, winning the 3M Open by two strokes for his third career victory.

Byron Nelson Golf Sam Burns reacts after his putt on the 18th green during the third round of the AT&T Byron Nelson golf tournament, Saturday, May 15, 2021, in McKinney, Texas. Burns shot a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke lead over K.H. Lee, who had a 67 and briefly pulled even before Burns missed by inches matching Spieth's eagle on 18 and tapped in for birdie. Burns, trying to become first player since Camilo Villegas in 2008 to get his first two PGA Tour victories in consecutive events, had his first bogey of the tournament on No. “I had a bunch of opportunities,” said Schwartzel, whose other PGA Tour victory was the Valspar five years ago.

Sam Burns still has the lead going into the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson despite more magic on 18 from local favorite Jordan Spieth.

Sam Burns is rolling again with the second-round lead at the AT&T Byron Nelson in his first start since getting his first PGA Tour victory.

Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman outlasted Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel to win the Zurich Classic in a playoff that capped a tight and tense final round Sunday.

Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel birdied six of their final eight holes Saturday to shoot a 9-under 63 and take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Zurich Classic.

Hideki Matsuyama shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday and was three shots clear of the field at 11 under when he finished the third round of the Masters.

Herman Keiser won a green jacket after the Masters went four years without being played because of World War II.

He has not made it to the Tour Championship since 2017, the year of his last victory. CLUTCH PARFormer Masters champion Charl Schwartzel had reason to celebrate on Friday without ever being in the hunt at the PGA Championship. That got the attention of the PGA of America, which gave him an exemption into the PGA Championship. The LOCALiQ Series for players on the Canadian, China and Latin America circuits for the PGA Tour now has a conclusion. STAT OF THE WEEKIn the last five years of the PGA Championship, players have posted all four rounds in the 60s without winning 16 times.

Michael Thompson chips on the 9th hole of the during the first round of the 3M Open golf tournament in Blaine, Minn., Thursday, July 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton- King)BLAINE, Minn. Richy Werenski birdied three of the last four holes Saturday to erase a four-stroke deficit and catch Michael Thompson for the 3M Open lead. After sharing the halfway lead, Thompson and Werenski traveled on vastly different paths to each shoot 3-under 68 before walking together to the clubhouse even again. Charl Schwartzel shot a 66 in the third round, pulling even with Tony Finau for third place at 13 under. Werenski, whose 63 in the first round is tied for the low score of the tournament, birdied that hole.