Mito Pereira’s final-hole collapse cost him the PGA Championship title last May and while it was enough to earn him an invite to this week’s Masters, the Chilean said on Monday he is under no illusion that he could slip into a Green Jacket.

As one of LIV Golf’s poster boys, Cameron Smith wasn’t sure what kind of reception he would receive when he arrived at Augusta National on Monday for his first Masters practice session -whether it would be the cold shoulder or warm embrace.

The Girmit Open Golf Tournament is set to take place over two days beginning next Friday.

Defending champion Anna Davis made a disastrous start to her Augusta National Women’s Amateur title defense on Wednesday as she began her round with a quintuple bogey after breaking course regulations.

Celine Boutier of France fired a 4-under 68 and prevailed in a one-hole playoff against England’s Georgia Hall to win the LPGA Drive On Championship in Gold Canyon, Ariz.

Proposals to limit the distance golf balls travel when struck by elite players have received the surprise backing of four-time major winner Rory McIlroy.

Proposals that would limit how far players can drive the ball at elite tournaments are “bad for the game of golf”, two-times major winner Justin Thomas said.

Golf’s longest hitters could be reeled in under new proposals to limit the distance balls struck by elite players can travel.

Scottie Scheffler ran away with the Players Championship title and along with it took the number one world ranking and the PGA Tour’s richest purse of $4.5 million.

Reduced fields and no cuts at designated events will be “tough” on players trying to make the grade on the PGA Tour but will ultimately reward good golf, according to Australian Min Woo Lee.

LIV Golf has had no issues attracting some of the sport’s top talent but snaring TV audiences will be a tougher task, as viewership for its inaugural broadcasts on the CW Network trailed far behind their rivals on the PGA Tour.

Suzann Pettersen will return as captain of the European team at the Solheim Cup in 2024, the Ladies European Tour (LET) announced on Tuesday, with the Norwegian saying the move will offer players “more consistency”.