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The Real PGA Tour Money List for 2023: Rahm, Hovland, McIlroy & More

Scottie Scheffler topped the traditional money list, but that was before $75 million in FedEx Cup payouts — find out who’s truly No. 1 in 2022-23.

Entering the 2023 Tour Championship — the finale of the FedEx Cup Playoffs and by extension this year’s PGA Tour campaign — Scottie Scheffler was on the doorstep of golf history. Already the Tour’s record-holder for single-season tournament winnings at just over $21 million, he had a chance to score some serious style points and nearly double his financial haul.

Due to FedEx Cup regulations, his status as playoff points leader meant that he even got to start out the Tour Championship at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club at -10, two strokes ahead of the No. 2 competitor on the leaderboard.

When the dust had settled on Aug. 27, however, Scheffler finished just sixth, though he nonetheless earned a $2 million FedEx Cup payout that wasn’t so far off from the handsome $2.7 million he received for winning The Masters in 2022.

Viktor Hovland, meanwhile? The No. 3 money winner from the regular PGA Tour season increased his annual on-course earnings by an incredible 127% in outlasting the Tour Championship field and claiming the FedEx Cup’s eye-popping $18 million top prize.

That’s a lot to process, to say the least. So, what does the “real” year-end PGA Tour money list look like when a full $75 million in playoff bonuses gets factored in?

We went ahead and crunched the numbers for you — check out Boardroom’s full 2022-23 PGA Tour earnings rundown that combines the traditional money list with the final FedEx Cup payout numbers.

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NOTE: Additional bonus money will be handed out to top players later this year when the PGA Tour announces the top finishers for its Player Impact Program, which seeks to rank the most popular golfers on the Tour regardless of tournament performance.

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The list of the top career money winners in every current PGA Tour event is more bizarre than you'd think

As the Sony Open in Hawaii's all-time career money leader, Charles Howell III is among several surprise players to boast being the top-earner in a PGA Tour stop.

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Charles Howell III is missing this week’s Sony Open in Hawaii for the first time in 22 years, a consequence of his decision last July to join the LIV Golf circuit and leave behind his history on the PGA Tour . That means the 43-year-old won’t be able to add to the notable career money haul he’s enjoyed at Waialae Country Club.

In 21 career appearances in Honolulu, Howell has made $3,062,191.91 in prize money payouts, making him the tournament’s career money leader. It’s an impressive feat when you consider that Howell never won the event, but rather made the cut all 21 times, with two second-place finishes, two thirds and 10 top-10s.

MORE:  You won’t believe how many golfers have earned $10M on the PGA Tour without a win

As it turns out, Howell is one of 35 tour pros who are the career money leaders in at least one of the PGA Tour’s 47 events on the 2022-23 schedule. Not surprisingly, there is one player who holds the top spot in several tournaments: Tiger Woods is the money leader at eight tour stops (it was at nine, but the WGC-Championship event, played over the years at Doral Resort and in Mexico, is no longer on the PGA Tour schedule). Six other players can boast that they’re No. 1 at two tournaments:

Sam Burns: Valspar, Sanderson Farms Tony Finau: Rocket Mortgage, 3M Open Jim Furyk : RBC Heritage, RBC Canadian Open Dustin Johnson: Sentry TOC, WGC-FedEx St. Jude Phil Mickelson : Waste Management Phoenix Open, AT&T Pebble Beach Jon Rahm: Sentry Tournament of Champions, Mexico Open

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A deeper dive into the list of golfers who are the all-time money leaders at current PGA Tour stops reveals a fair number of names that might surprise you. For instance, would you have guessed that Michael Bradley is No. 1 in earnings at a tour stop? (The folks at the Puerto Rico Open would.) How about Aaron Baddeley (Barbasol Championship) or J.J. Henry (Barracuda Championship)? Or that Ernie Els still tops the all-time earnings in a major championship (The Open)?

Since the last time we published this list in January 2022, eight tournaments have seen their top earner change: K.H. Lee (AT&T Byron Nelson), Max Homa (Fortinet), Burns (Valspar), Rickie Fowler (Honda Classic), Finau (Rocket Mortgage, 3M Open), Seamus Power (Butterfield Bermuda) and Rahm just this past weekend at the Sentry TOC .

Below is the complete list for the curious. We’re guessing you’ll get the same kick that we did out of the members of this unusual club. And stay tuned for more movement in 2023. No doubt that will be a byproduct of the substantial purse increases in 13 “elevated” events (up to $20 million being paid out in each)  on tap for the tour in the new year.

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The saudi-backed liv golf tour has supercharged the earnings of the sport’s top players—including two who earned more than $100 million over the past year. what will the shotgun marriage with the pga tour mean for 2024 more players going for the green., by justin birnbaum, forbes staff.

D ustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson received nine-figure guarantees to leave the PGA Tour last year for LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed upstart league with deep petrodollar pockets that’s mired in political controversy. Even after Tuesday’s surprise announcement of a partnership between the warring tours, there still appears to be some risk, with many PGA golfers criticizing the Tour’s leadership and regulatory concerns looming.

While many of the details about how the reimagined tours will look remain unclear, it appears that the gamble has already paid off for Johnson, Mickelson and their LIV compatriots. The PGA Tour announced its intention to work with LIV to establish a “a fair and objective process” for reinstatement into its ranks, presumably ending the ban of defectors. And it seems likely that they will get to keep their lofty paydays, too.

“Everything that the Saudis and the LIV staff had done from the beginning negotiations to signing, to all the drama with the PGA Tour and everything, they've always kept their word,” an agent who represents multiple LIV golfers tells Forbes . “Going forward, I expect not just my players, but all LIV guys to continue getting the same treatment and everything be honored.”

In addition to starting an uncivil war in the sport, the astronomical signing bonuses have also realigned the fortunes of the top players. Upfront payments from LIV boosted the earnings of the 18 highest-paid golfers by more than $500 million, with hundreds of millions more coming on the backend if the guarantees are fully paid out. In total, the combined haul of golf’s most dominant earners reached just shy of $1.1 billion, Forbes estimates. The value of the top 10 rose 16% over the past year, though some of the LIV signing bonuses were also reflected on Forbes ' 2022 list of the highest-paid golfers and are included here for a fair comparison of golfers' total compensation.

The PGA Tour countered LIV’s bottomless bunker of money —it’s backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, which controls $620 billion in assets— by increasing its total prize money, 25% to $538 million for this calendar year, more than doubling the Player Impact Program bonus pool to $100 million and trimming the field for the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

But the PGA’s hardline stance against LIV and shocking reversal, led by commissioner Jay Monahan, has left many players who had the opportunity to cash in big with LIV, looking like suckers. Tiger Woods was reportedly offered around $800 million to defect and Rory McIlory, who became the PGA Tour’s staunchest supporter through the saga, was believed to have received a substantial offer as well, a notion he refuted this week ahead of the RBC Canadian Open.

“It’s hard for me to not sit up here and somewhat feel like a sacrificial lamb,” McIlory told reporters, when asked if players who turned down massive LIV money should be made whole financially by the PGA Tour. “I’ve put myself out there and this is what happens.”

Assuming golf’s shotgun marriage passes regulatory scrutiny—and final terms will be ironed out over the next few months—there’s plenty to sort out in the sport’s new world order. Primarily, how much control will rest in the hands of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which will become a “premier corporate sponsor” of the PGA Tour and a large co-investor in the newly formed entity. The future of LIV itself is up in the air, although CEO and Commissioner Greg Norman reportedly told his staff that the league will continue .

One thing is certain: Much more money will flow into the sport, which means that players who learned to drive for show and putt for dough will soon be playing a whole new game.

Additional reporting by Brett Knight .

THE WORLD’S 18 HIGHEST-PAID GOLFERS 2023

#1 • 111 Million

Dustin johnson, on-course: $106 million | off-course: $5 million | age: 38.

Dustin Johnson's sponsor portfolio significantly evaporated when he became the first major star to jump to LIV Golf, but the move has only boosted his earnings. The captain of LIV’s 4Aces GC reportedly netted a $125 million guarantee from the breakaway Saudi golf series, half of which was believed to have been paid upfront. DJ then won LIV’s inaugural season-long championship that came with an $18 million payday. All told, Johnson has earned more than $40 million in LIV prize money, more than half of his career total on the PGA Tour.

#2 • $107 million

Phil mickelson, on-course: $105 million | off-course: $2 million | age: 52.

Despite a notable lighter stable of sponsors, largely due to his incendiary comments about Saudi Arabia’s human rights record and subsequent defection to LIV Golf, Mickelson has been busy away from the game of late. He cofounded coffee supplement company For Wellness and joined an investor group that recently bought a large plot of land outside of Phoenix. Mickelson, captain of LIV’s Hy Flyers team, reportedly received a $200 million guarantee to join the tour, half of which Forbes estimates he received upfront.

#3 • $80 million

Rory mcilroy, on-course: $40 million | off-course: $40 million | age: 34.

McIlroy won a thrilling FedEx Cup championship at the end of last season, earning him an $18 million payday. Off the course, he’s also built a successful investing business that has taken stakes in the health tracking device Whoop, LetsGetChecked, a healthcare app, and TMRW Sports, which he founded with Tiger Woods.

#4 • $77 million

Brooks koepka, on-course: $71 million | off-course: $6 million | age: 33.

Brooks Koepka, another LIV defector, took a two-shot lead into the final round of the 2023 Masters before surrendering the green jacket to Jon Rahm. Koepka didn’t have to wait long for redemption, however, winning at the PGA Championship in May. It also made Koepka, who reportedly received half of a $100 million guarantee from LIV upfront, the series’ first major winner.

#5 • $76 million

Cameron smith, on-course: $70 million | off-course: $6 million | age: 29.

In 2022, Cam Smith parlayed victories at the British Open and Players Championship into a lucrative guarantee from LIV Golf, reportedly around $100 million. Australia’s top-ranked golfer—and No. 9 in the world—also has sponsorships with Titleist and Original Penguin.

#6 • $75 million

Tiger woods, on-course: $15 million | off-course: $60 million | age: 47.

It’s unclear when—or even if—Tiger Woods will return to the golf course after ankle surgery in April. He certainly has plenty going on to stay busy in the meantime. Last year, Woods and McIlroy founded TMRW Sports, a tech-focused venture with plans to launch a new golf league called TGL. (Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian, along with Venus Williams, announced they’ve purchased the first of six teams—Los Angeles Golf Club.) And Woods, the second athlete to reach billionaire status , could have been far richer this year—he turned down an offer reportedly as high as $800 million to join LIV.

#7 • $71 million

Bryson dechambeau, on-course: $70 million | off-course: $1 million | age: 29.

Before joining LIV in June 2022, DeChambeau had a wide range of sponsors, including Cobra Puma Golf and Bridgestone. Now his stable has been pared down to Rolex, not that he’s hurting for cash. DeChambeau, the captain of LIV’s Crushers GC, reportedly received a $125 million guarantee to join the Saudi-backed tour, half of which Forbes estimates he received upfront.

#8 • $53 million

Patrick reed, on-course: $50 million | off-course: $3 million | age: 32.

Over his course of 11-year PGA career, Patrick Reed made more than $38 million. In the past 12 months as a LIV golfer, he’s earned a little less a third of that in prize money. Reed also has a number of partnerships, including Titlelist, Grindworks and EasyPost.

#9 • $52 million

On-course: $27 million | off-course: $25 million | age: 28.

Rahmbo stormed into 2023, with back-to-back wins at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express Golf Tournament in January and a victory at the Genesis Invitational in February, crowning it all with his first Masters win, and second major championship, in April. The Spaniard has also has lucrative sponsorship deals with Mercedes, Callaway and Maestro Dobel Tequila.

#10 • $50 million

Scottie scheffler, on-course: $35 million | off-course: $15 million | age: 26.

After a heartbreaking defeat in the FedEx Cup last year, Scheffler bounced back in 2023, earning wins at the Phoenix Open and The Players Championship, as well as 11 top 10 finishes. In the process, the world’s No. 1 golfer has (for now) reclaimed his record for the most prize money earned in a PGA Tour regular season at $16.3 million.

#11 (Tie) • $47 million

Jordan spieth, on-course: $17 million | off-course: $30 million | age: 29.

Jordan Spieth narrowly missed repeating at the RBC Heritage Classic in April, losing to Matt Fitzpatrick in a playoff. The three-time major winner, who is a PGA Championship away from a career grand slam, remains one of the PGA Tour’s top pitchmen—he has deals with Under Armour, AT&T, Fanduel and more.

Sergio Garcia

On-course: $44 million | off-course: $3 million | age: 43.

Garcia punched his ticket to the 2023 U.S. Open the old-fashioned way, claiming fourth place in dramatic fashion at the 36-hole qualifier, just weeks after failing to earn a spot at the PGA Championship. Softening the blow is more than $11 million in LIV prize money he’s earned over the past 12 months. The captain of LIV’s Fireballs GC, Garcia counts Omega, Credit Suisse and Goodr among his sponsors.

#13 • $43 million

Joaquin niemann, on-course: $40 million | off-course: $3 million | age: 24.

Niemann was a late addition to LIV’s roster in 2022 and remains one of the game’s brightest young stars. The Chilean phenom has earned more than $8 million in prize money on his new tour over the past 12 months.

#14 • $41 million

Talor gooch, on-course: $39 million | off-course: $2 million | age: 31.

Gooch became the first LIV golfer to win back-to-back events in April, surpassing his win total as a PGA Tour member in the process. Those victories have put him firmly atop LIV’s 2023 prize money rankings, at nearly $11 million.

#15 (Tie) • $39 million

Abraham ancer, on-course: $37 million | off-course: $2 million | age: 32.

LIV Golf executives touted the signing of Ancer last year, with one saying he “brings the Mexican audience with him.” Although he is still chasing his first victory, Ancer netted a $1 million payday for winning the Saudi National tournament in February.

Bubba Watson

On-course: $36 million | off-course: $3 million | age: 44.

Injuries have taken a toll on Bubba Watson over the past few years, ultimately pushing his LIV Golf debut to 2023. The captain of the RangeGoats GC, he has earned nearly $3 million in prize money through seven events, the most he’s earned on the course in a single season since 2017-18.

#17 • $34 million

Branden grace, on-course: $33 million | off-course: $1 million | age: 35.

Branden Grace pulled in just over $12 million on the PGA Tour, which pales in comparison to his earnings as a LIV golfer. Over the last two seasons, including a win at LIV Golf’s Portland Invitational, he’s earned more than $20 million in prize money in addition to an estimated eight-figure signing bonus to join the breakaway tour

#18 • $33 million

Xander schauffele, on-course: $23 million | off-course: $10 million | age: 29.

After three tournament wins in 2022, Schauffele has yet to claim a PGA victory this season. But his consistent play has him ranked at No. 6 in the world. Schauffele has partnerships with Adidas and Callaway.

Methodology

This year’s list of the world’s highest-paid golfers tracks earnings over the last 12 months, dating to the 2022 U.S. Open. The on-course earnings figures include prize money and bonuses, as well as upfront payments golfers received for signing with LIV Golf. Based on conversations with a dozen industry sources, Forbes estimates top-tier LIV players received half of their guarantees upfront while lower-tier players received smaller sums in bulk. (Some of those signing bonuses were also reflected on Forbes ’ 2022 list of the highest-paid golfers but are included here for a fair comparison of golfers' total compensation.) Bonuses from the PGA Tour’s Player Impact Program are included in on-course income.

The off-course earnings figures are an estimate of sponsorship deals, appearance fees and memorabilia and licensing income over the last 12 months, plus cash returns from any businesses in which the athlete has a significant interest. Forbes does not include investment income such as interest payments or dividends but does account for payouts from equity stakes athletes have sold. Forbes does not deduct for taxes or agents’ fees.

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2023 US Senior Open final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won

The 2023 US Senior Open final leaderboard is headed by winner Bernhard Langer, who earned the win on the 2023 PGA Tour Champions schedule at SentryWorld in Stevens Point, Wis.

Langer set the all-time PGA Tour Champions record for wins, overtaking Hale Irwin for the solo record with his 10th major title in the 50-plus set.

Langer beat Steve Stricker by two shots on 7-under 277 total, while Jerry Kelly finished in solo third place, a shot behind his good buddy.

Langer won the $720,000 winner's share of the $4,000,000 purse.

US Senior Open recap notes

Langer wins the 13th PGA Tour Champions title of the year, getting into the winner's circle again on the 50-plus tour.

The money Langer -- and every player in the field -- earned is converted into Charles Schwab Cup points, with every dollar converted into two points during the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs.

There is no cut on PGA Tour Champions-run events, including the major championships they run. However, the USGA runs this event and had a cut to the top 60 and ties. Every pro who finished the tournament was paid.

The 2023 PGA Tour Champions schedule continues next week.

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Scottie Scheffler is 5th golfer to surpass $70 million in all-time PGA Tour money

S cottie Scheffler earned his 12th PGA Tour win Sunday at the 2024 Travelers Championship, his sixth just this season. In a quirk of scheduling or timing or both, it's his second victory after the month of April in his career.

Regardless, a win is a win is a win, and Scheffler now has six this year, the first to win that many times in one season since Tiger Woods 15 years ago.

What's more, it's yet another signature event victory, which means elevated first-place cash. This Travelers win was good for $3.6 million and brings his career on-course earnings on the PGA Tour to $70,262,087.

His win in April at the Masters moved him into 10th all-time . Two weeks ago at the Memorial, his victory has leapfrogged him past Justin Rose and Adam Scott into the No. 7 slot. Now, he's No. 5 all-time in career money earned on Tour.

His 12 wins include two Masters, two Players (the richest event on the PGA Tour), two Arnold Palmer Invitationals, two WM Phoenix Opens (one of which was a signature event) as well as a Match Play, an RBC Heritage, a Memorial and now a Travelers.

It's the third consecutive season that Scheffler set the record for most official money ($14,046,910 in 2021-22; $21,014,342 in 2022-23).

Scottie Scheffler's 12 PGA Tour wins

• 2022 WM Phoenix Open: $1,476,000
• 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational: $2,160,000
• 2022 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play: $2,100,000
• 2022 Masters: $2,700,000
• 2023 WM Phoenix Open: $3,600,000
• 2023 Players Championship: $4,500,000
• 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational: $4,000,000
• 2024 Players Championship: $4,500,000
• 2024 Masters: $3,600,000
• 2024 RBC Heritage: $3,600,000
• 2024 Memorial Tournament: $4 million
• 2024 Travelers Championship: $3.6 million

Scheffler is one of 16 players in the history of the PGA Tour to reach the $50 million plateau in on-course earnings.

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Travelers Championship Final Payouts, Prize Money, Winnings: Scottie Scheffler Wins $3.6 Million

Jeff ritter | jun 23, 2024.

The PGA returned this week straight off the U.S. Open with another signature event, this time the annual Connecticut stop at the Travelers Championship. It's a big-money event on Tour, with a $20 million purse up for grabs and $3.6 million to the winner.

And if it's a signature event, it's a Scottie Scheffler week. The world No. 1 got back to being himself this week after a tough U.S. Open and picked up a sixth win on the season, all of which are top-shelf titles. He's won the Masters, the Players and four signature events: the Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Heritage, Memorial Tournament and now the Travelers.

Scheffler won on the first playoff hole over Tom Kim, following a wild protest scene at the 72nd hole which required a new hole location to be cut for the playoff.

Here's the full breakdown of payouts for the 2024 Travelers Championship.

2024 Travelers Championship final payouts

WIN: Scottie Scheffler, playoff: $3,600,000

2. Tom Kim, playoff runner-up: $2,160,000

T3. Tom Hoge, Sungjae Im; 20 under: $1,160,000

T5. Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, Justin Thomas, Akshay Bhatia; 18 under: $702,500

T9. Brian Harman, Wyndham Clark, Cameron Young, Shane Lowry; 17 under: $520,000

T13. Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa; 16 under: $400,000

15. Tommy Fleetwood, 15 under: $360,000

T16. Patrick Rodgers, Robert MacIntyre, Adam Svensson, Matthieu Pavon; 14 under: $310,000

T20. Seamus Power, Rickie Fowler, Viktor Hovland; 13 under: $241,333.33

T23. Sepp Straka, Hideki Matsuyama, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Taylor Pendrith; 12 under: $183,500

T27. Corey Conners, Adam Hadwin, Austin Eckroat, Ludvig Aberg; 11 under: $144,000

T31. Kurt Kitayama, Lee Hodges, Denny McCarthy, Stephan Jaeger, Si Woo Kim; 10 under: $117,600

T36. Mackenzie Hughes, Brendon Todd, Matt Fitzpatrick; 9 under: $97,333.34

T39. Adam Scott, Keegan Bradley, Michael Thorbjornsen; 8 under: $85,000

T42. Nick Taylor, Will Zalatoris; 7 under: $75,000

T44. Victor Perez, Lucas Glover, Andrew Putnam, Jason Day; 6 under: $63,000

T48. Eric Cole, Russell Henley, Davis Riley, Cam Davis, Webb Simpson, Jake Knapp, Sahith Theegala; 5 under: $49,285.71

T55. Adam Schenk, Billy Horschel, Emiliano Grillo, J.T. Poston, Thomas Detry, Sam Burns; 4 under: $44,750

T61. Max Homa, Chris Gotterup; 3 under: $42,750

T63. Harris English, Jordan Spieth, Chris Kirk; 2 under: $41,500

66. Nick Dunlap, 1 under: $40,500

67. Ben Griffin, Even: $40,000

T68. Justin Rose, Taylor Moore; 1 over: $39,250

70. Peter Malnati, 3 over: $38,500

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The U.S. Senior Open is being held at a fantastic venue this week at Newport Country Club in Rhose Island, but two years from now it will take on an entirely different profile at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio.

At the course that shaped Jack Nicklaus into an 18-time major winner, Tiger Woods will be eligible for the field for the first time, and he’s strongly hinted that he’d like to win the title and fancies the chance to break a tie of nine USGA national championships with Bobby Jones. Winning at Scioto would make Woods the first player to achieve a Grand Slam of sorts: the U.S. Senior Open, U.S. Junior (3), U.S. Amateur (3) and U.S. Open (3).

“He’d love to win that Grand Slam and get some of the other senior majors on his CV,” Padraig Harrington said. “I saw him at the course (during the PNC Championship) and we were just crossing paths and he laughed at me. I won’t say exactly what he said but the gist of it was he can’t wait to get out and beat me.”

Tiger Mania II could be ready to strike the PGA Tour Champions, and PGA Tour Champions President Miller Brady cannot wait. Two years ago, at the American Family Insurance Championship in Madison, Wisconsin, Brady waited out a rain delay in an equipment trailer with tournament host Steve Stricker when Stricker broached the topic of the eligibility age for the senior circuit. Stricker, the leading money winner last season, proposed it was time to revisit whether 50, the age restriction since the creation of the tour in 1980, still made sense as the start of golf’s ultimate mulligan.

“I said, ‘No, we just did this,’ ” recalled Brady of a study the tour conducted in 2021. “He goes, ‘I know, I know.’ I said, ‘Unless Tiger tells me he’d play right now. (If that’s the case), I’ll lower the age tomorrow.’ ”

If ever the age limit was going to be lowered, this seemed to be the time so Stricker whipped out his phone and promptly texted Tiger. Stricker’s message was succinct and to the point: If we lower the age would you play the Champions tour? Stricker remembers nervously staring at three bubbles as the 15-time major winner and 82-time PGA Tour champion, “The Needle,” “The Goat,” – take your pick – responded right away.

“No, I’m not ready,” Woods wrote. “I want to follow in the same footsteps as Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Bernhard Langer.”

In short, Tiger doesn’t want a head start before he becomes Champions tour-eligible on Dec. 30, 2025. He wants a level playing field. He wants to chase Langer’s 12 majors and 46 career titles, Nicklaus’s eight majors and Phil Mickelson winning his first two starts (and four of six).

“That’s him, right?” Stricker said. “Tiger’s going to try to erase those records. It gives him something to focus on and try to achieve. If that’s the case, maybe we will get him out more.”

The future of PGA Tour Champions likely hinges on how much Tiger chooses to play after he turns 50 on Dec. 30, 2025. There was a time 15-20 years ago where the idea of Tiger playing the senior tour was unfathomable. He has been hinting for several years now that he wants to play. What started as a joke seems like it could be reality. Asked at the 2021 Hero World Challenge if he looked forward to his upcoming 46 th birthday, he smiled and said, “Four more years until I get a cart.”

Left unsaid was the fact the Champions tour allows players to ride in golf carts at most of its events – the majors are an exception. That became all the more relevant after Woods was involved in a single-car crash in February 2022 and required multiple surgeries, including fusing his ankle after he had to withdraw from the 2023 Masters and missed the rest of the season.

During his pre-tournament press conference at that Masters, Woods was asked whether he would consider using a cart in PGA Tour events, something he’s repeatedly declined even though he’d likely be granted use of one via The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) for medical reasons. “I’ve got three more years, where I get the little buggy and be out there with Fred (Couples). But until then no buggy.”

In 2006, the Champions Tour Division Board of the PGA Tour voted to allow players the option to use golf carts during most events on the tour. The circuit’s five major championships and certain other events, including pro-ams, are excluded.

Walking 72 holes has been the biggest hindrance for Woods in his latest comeback and there’s a sense that if he takes one on the senior tour, he could be a force to be reckoned with all over again. “He’ll absolutely kill everybody,” Nicklaus said during the Masters in April in an interview with Golf Channel.

Geoff Ogilvy, who turned 47 on June 11, is counting the days until he too will be eligible. He expects Tiger to play and spark a resurgence in the Champions tour.

“Taking a cart changes everything for him. Interest both from fans and sponsors is going to be through the roof. I think there’s a good chance that Champions Tour ratings can top the PGA Tour when he decides to play. And what else is he going to?” Ogilvy said.

He could delve deeper into golf course architecture or assume a bigger role in the management of the PGA Tour. It’s hard to know what’s really going on in Tiger’s brain. But it could be 1990 all over again when Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino hit the half-century club to join Arnold Palmer and Gary Player and make the senior circuit the biggest game in town. Whenever Nicklaus teed it up, TV ratings for the round bellies topped that of the flat bellies. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, for one, may not be fond of the Champions tour cannibalizing all those eyeballs from the big tour.

Brady got a sneak-peek of what he can expect from Tigermania II in 2021 when Mickelson turned 50 and took the tour by storm. According to sources, ratings for Mickelson’s win at Furyk & Friends in 2021 eclipsed that of the PGA Tour’s Shriners Children’s Hospital Open the same week.

“Will our ratings go up? Absolutely,” Brady said. “Could I see NBC and Golf Channel wanting to put an event on the network? Yeah. Tiger would have to commit early enough for us to make that happen.”

Much can happen in the course of the next 18 months to influence Tiger’s decision to play, but Brady and his team already have begun preparing for various scenarios. In June 2023, he gathered his staff – “anyone who touches the product,” he said – and got the ball rolling.

“We gathered and started a whiteboard of what ifs, the craziest things, whatever it was, you know, come up with it. Because it’s not too early to just think through everything,” Brady said. “We’ve had conversations at the annual meetings with all of our tournaments about it. You know, you hear comments from time to time about how he can’t wait to have a golf cart. He has conversation with Steve Stricker or Ernie Els or some of these other guys. You know, they’ll come back and tell me they’ll say he’s looking forward to it, which is great. What does that mean? I have no illusions that he’s going to come out here and play 15 times. If he plays four times, that would be fantastic, if he plays 10 times that would be even better.”

Tiger likely will continue to focus on the men’s majors but could he ride around in a cart and endure less stress on his body while still getting the competitive juices flowing and knocking off some rust before the Masters, for example? It seems feasible.

“I don’t think anyone envisions him playing 20 events – he didn’t do that when he was healthy – but if he comes out and plays some events it will be a shot in the arm for us,” Jim Furyk said.

That would be an understatement. Furyk has a different view as an owner and operator of a Champions tour event, Furyk & Friends. He lived through Tiger Mania when Woods turned pro in the summer of 1996 and became a sensation.

“I don’t know if you remember how unprepared we were for the attention, the hoopla, the media, the security, the fans, you name it. If we can get ahead of that and gauge his intentions of what he would like to do it would help our tour massively to be ready and prepared,” Furyk said. “The difference of having him at a tournament versus not is months of preparation. As excited as I am about it, I also run an event and understand how that side of an event gets ready; it makes me cautious. I won’t say nervous because the opportunity is great.”

Brady echoed Furyk’s sentiment.

“If he commits on the Friday before a tournament, we’ve had this conversation with tournaments, they won’t be prepared for it: ticket sales, which turns into an issue with your security, your transportation shuttles, concessions, everything. That was part of that white board that we did,” Brady said.

He confirmed that he’s already had a conversation with Tiger’s agent, Mark Steinberg, to educate him on how things work on that tour.

“We had a great conversation about the Champions tour: how many events we have, the markets where we play, majors, some of the courses where we play early, a little bit about our cart policy,” Brady said. “I don’t see Tiger ever wanting to file for ADA otherwise he would have done that already.”

Stricker suggested the tour (and the other governing bodies) should consider amending its cart policy so that Tiger could ride at the majors, too.

“Let’s make sure he can play. You hate to make special rules but if we can get him out here with a cart, let’s do it, you know what I mean,” he said. “We should do everything we can.”

The addition of Els, Furyk, Harrington and Retief Goosen in the last five years have given the senior tour a boost, but TigerMania II could make the circuit the talk of the golf world again.

“I just want Tiger to come out here and play a little bit,” Brady said. “In an ideal situation, Tiger turns 50 and the Mitsubishi Electric (in January 2026) is his first start. Maybe you pair him with Fred Couples and they have a great time.”

Asked whether he’s made his pitch yet to Tiger to play in his own tournament, Furyk joked that it was too soon.

“He’s getting old,” Furyk said. “He might not even remember by the time he turns 50.”

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This week, the LPGA Tour rolls into Midland Country Club for the fifth edition of the Dow Championship, a 72-hole, stroke-play tournament that will feature 72 teams competing in alternate shot and four-ball formats for a $3 million purse.

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Thursday, June 27:  10 a.m.-12 p.m. (Golf Channel/Peacock); 12-1 p.m. (Peacock)

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Saturday, June 29:  4-5 p.m. (Peacock); 5-7 p.m. (Golf Channel/Peacock )

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The tournament is a 72-hole, stroke-play team event with teams comprised of two players. The first and third rounds will be played in an alternate shot format and the second and final rounds will be played in a four-ball format. After 36 holes, the field will be cut to the low 33 teams and ties. In the event of a playoff, the champions will be determined by a hole-by-hole playoff in the alternate shot format.

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PGA Tour goes to Detroit and US Senior Open returns to roots at Newport

Tom Kim, of South Korea, watches his tee shot on the 12th hole during the final round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament at TPC River Highlands, Sunday, June 23, 2024, in Cromwell, Conn. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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ROCKET MORTGAGE CLASSIC

Site: Detroit.

Course: Detroit GC. Yardage: 7,370. Par: 72.

Prize money: $9.2 million. Winner’s share: $1.656 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Rickie Fowler.

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Scottie Scheffler won the Travelers Championship.

Notes: Scottie Scheffler is the first player with six wins before July since Arnold Palmer in 1962. He is taking three weeks off before the British Open. ... Tom Kim, who lost in a playoff to Scheffler at the Travelers Championship, is in the field. This will be his ninth consecutive tournament. ... Kim is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 16 and among nine of the top 50 in the world ranking. ... Rickie Fowler, who last year ended four years without winning on the PGA Tour, is No. 90 in the FedEx Cup going into the final six tournaments of the regular season. ... The field includes 15-year-old Miles Russell, who made the cut in a Korn Ferry Tour event earlier this year. ... Luke List is in the field after missing the cut in Amsterdam last week in the KLM Open. ... Sponsor exemptions have gone to three college players who have turned pro, including Neal Shipley, the low amateur at the Masters and the U.S. Open. ... Former PGA champion Jimmy Walker also received a sponsor exemption.

Next week: John Deere Classic.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

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USGA AND PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

U.S. SENIOR OPEN

Site: Newport, Rhode Island.

Course: Newport CC. Yardage: 7,070. Par: 70.

Prize money: $4 million. Winner’s share: $800,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, Noon to 3 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, Noon to 3 p.m. (NBC), 3-5 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (NBC), 3:30-5:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Bernhard Langer.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stephen Ames.

Last week: Padraig Harrington won the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open.

Notes: Lee Westwood is in the field as a member of one of the last five Ryder Cup teams. This will be his first senior major ... Newport Country Club held the first USGA championship in 1895 at the U.S. Amateur. The U.S. Senior Open will be the 1,001st USGA championship. ... The winner earns a spot in the U.S. Open next year at Oakmont. ... Padraig Harrington, Steve Stricker and Thomas Bjorn are among seven former Ryder Cup captains in the field. ... This will be the first major USGA championship at Newport since Annika Sorenstam won the 2006 U.S. Women’s Open in an 18-hole playoff over Pat Hurst. ... Newport is one of five founding clubs of the USGA. ... Harrington became the third multiple winner on the PGA Tour Champions this year. ... Richard Bland of LIV Golf won the last senior major at the Senior PGA Championship. He joins Westwood as the only LIV players in the field at Newport.

Next tournament: Kaulig Companies Championship on July 11-14.

Online: https://www.usga.org/ and https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

DOW CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Midland, Michigan.

Course: Midland CC. Yardage: 6,256. Par: 70.

Prize money: $3 million. Winner’s share: $328,115 each.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 6-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 5-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champions: Cheyenne Knight and Elizabeth Szokol.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

Last week: Amy Yang won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Notes: Amy Yang became the first South Korean player this year to win on the LPGA. She also was the most recent South Korean winner at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship last year. ... Yang gave South Korea three players in the Olympics in Paris. ... The Dow Championship is the only official team event on the LPGA schedule. ... Miyu Yamashita earned her way into the Olympics with her tie for second at the Women’s PGA. ... Among the teams for the Dow Championship are Lexi Thompson and Brooke Henderson. There is an all-England team of Charley Hull and Georgia Hall, and the sister team of Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand. ... Nelly Korda is not playing. She has missed three cuts in a row for the first time in her LPGA career, two of them majors. ... Rose Zhang is playing with 19-year-old Alexa Pano. Zhang will be competing in the Olympics in August, giving the Americans three players.

Next tournament: Amundi Evian Championship on July 11-14.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/

EUROPEAN TOUR

ITALIAN OPEN

Site: Cervia, Italy.

Course: Adriatic GC. Yardage: 6,965. Par: 70.

Money: $3.25 million. Winner’s share: $541,667.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 7 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Adrian Meronk.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Last week: Guido Migliozzi won the KLM Open.

Notes: Patrick Reed is going straight from LIV Golf Nashville to the Italian Open. He is not in the British Open, and the Italian Open offers two spots to the leading players not already exempt. ... After three years at Marco Simone leading to the 2023 Ryder Cup matches, the Italian Open moves to Adriatic Golf Club for the first time. ... Adrian Meronk won at Marco Simone last year and was not selected for the European Ryder Cup team. He left for LIV Golf for the 2024 season and is not defending his title. ... The Italian Open dates to 1925. ... The field does not feature anyone from the top 100 in the world ranking. ... Jeff Overton, who played in the 2010 Ryder Cup in Wales for the United States, is playing on a sponsor exemption. ... The highest-ranked Italian in the field is Matteo Manassero, who already has won on the European tour this year. ... Guido Migliozzi is coming off a victory last week in Amsterdam.

Next week: BMW International Open.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

KORN FERRY TOUR

MEMORIAL HEALTH CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Springfield, Illinois.

Course: Panther Creek CC. Yardage: 7,228. Par: 71.

Prize money: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.

Television: None.

Previous winner: Paul Barjon.

Points leader: Tim Widing.

Last week: John Pak won the Compliance Solutions Championship.

Next tournament: The Ascendant on July 11-14.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour

LIV GOLF LEAGUE

Last week: Tyrrell Hatton won LIV Golf Nashville.

Next tournament: LIV Golf Andalucia.

Points leader: Joaquin Niemann.

Online: https://www.livgolf.com/

OTHER TOURS

Epson Tour: Dream First Bank Charity Classic, Buffalo Dunes GC, Garden City, Kan. Previous winner: Gabriela Ruffels. Online: https://www.epsontour.com/

Japan Golf Tour: Japan PGA Championship, Fuji Country Kani Club Kani GC, Gifu, Japan. Defending champion: Kensei Hirata. Online: https://www.jgto.org/en/

Challenge Tour: Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge, Golf PGA France du Vaudreuil, Le Vaudreuil, France. Previous winner: Darren Fichardt. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/

Ladies European Tour: VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open, Golfpark Holzhausern, Ennetsee, Switzerland. Defending champion: Alexandra Forsterling. Online: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/

PGA Tour Americas: ATB Classic, Northern Bear GC, Strathcona County, Alberta. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: https://www.pgatour.com/americas

Japan LPGA: Shiseido Ladies Open, Totsuka CC (West), Kanagawa, Japan. Defending champion: Kokona Sakurai. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

Korea LPGA: McCol-Mona Park Yongpyong Open, Birch Hill CC, Pyeongchang, South Korea. Defending champion: Jiu Ko. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/

AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf

Inside the Field: John Deere Classic

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The PGA TOUR heads to Silvis, Illinois, for the 53rd playing of the John Deere Classic. Players return to TPC Deere Run, the 7,257-yard par 71 that has played host since 2000. Former PGA TOUR Commissioner Deane Beman won the first two editions of the event in 1971 and 1972. Jordan Spieth returns as a two-time past champion. At just age 19, Spieth became the first teenager to win on TOUR since 1931 with his maiden win in 2013 here. Other past champions in the field include 2023 winner Sepp Straka, J.T. Poston (2022) and Lucas Glover (2021).

The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields based on the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories.

Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with "reshuffle" notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred.

Note: An additional year of eligibility was granted to some categories because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scroll below to see the field list and updates.

FedExCup Champion (five-year exemption) Patrick Cantlay

PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption) Daniel Berger Ryan Brehm Cameron Champ Stewart Cink Jason Day Nick Dunlap Nico Echavarria Brice Garnett Lucas Glover Chris Gotterup Nick Hardy Lee Hodges Sungjae Im Kevin Kisner Jake Knapp K.H. Lee Luke List Peter Malnati J.T. Poston Seamus Power Chad Ramey Chez Reavie Davis Riley J.J. Spaun Jordan Spieth Sepp Straka Adam Svensson Brendon Todd Camilo Villegas

Career money exemption Zach Johnson

* Sponsor exemption (Korn Ferry Tour Finals) Cole Sherwood Neal Shipley

Sponsor exemption (members not otherwise exempt) Andrew Landry Adam Long

Sponsor exemption (unrestricted) Jackson Buchanan Luke Clanton Harry Higgs Kyle Westmoreland

PGA Section Champion/Player of the Year. Tracy Vest

Past champion member Dylan Frittelli

Top 30 on FedExCup Adam Schenk

Top 70 on prior season's FedExCup Denny McCarthy Andrew Putnam Eric Cole Cam Davis Patrick Rodgers Taylor Montgomery Alex Smalley Brandon Wu Beau Hossler Hayden Buckley Sam Ryder Ben Griffin Keith Mitchell Samuel Stevens Matt Kuchar Mark Hubbard Aaron Rai Matthew NeSmith

Top 125 on prior season's FedExCup S.H. Kim Justin Suh Davis Thompson Joel Dahmen Tyler Duncan Michael Kim Ben Taylor Garrick Higgo Robby Shelton Callum Tarren Dylan Wu Harry Hall Nate Lashley Greyson Sigg Will Gordon David Lipsky Justin Lower Carson Young Tyson Alexander Kevin Streelman Chesson Hadley Zac Blair Joseph Bramlett Kevin Yu Martin Laird Ryan Moore Andrew Novak Doug Ghim Troy Merritt Carl Yuan

# Major medical extension Maverick McNealy C.T. Pan Lanto Griffin Brandt Snedeker Jhonattan Vegas Bud Cauley Vince Whale

Leading Points Winner from Korn Ferry Tour Ben Kohles

Players 2-30 from prior year's Korn Ferry Tour Points List, Top 10 from prior year's DP World Tour and Top five and ties from PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry Sami Valimaki Chandler Phillips Erik Barnes Chan Kim Jimmy Stanger David Skinns Alejandro Tosti Ben Silverman Ryo Hisatsune Max Greyserman Joe Highsmith Hayden Springer Mac Meissner Jacob Bridgeman Rafael Campos Parker Coody Tom Whitney Richard Hoey Adrien Dumont de Chassart Jorge Campillo Thorbjørn Olesen Kevin Dougherty Trace Crowe William Furr Harrison Endycott Roger Sloan Pierceson Coody Ryan McCormick Paul Barjon Raul Pereda Patrick Fishburn Josh Teater Scott Gutschewski Nicholas Lindheim Blaine Hale, Jr. Anders Albertson

No. 1 player PGA TOUR University Michael Thorbjornsen

$ Reshuffle within categories 39-44 Kevin Tway Martin Trainer Wesley Bryan Patton Kizzire Henrik Norlander Kelly Kraft Austin Cook Kevin Chappell Sean O'Hair Ryan Palmer Scott Piercy S.Y. Noh Richy Werenski Nick Watney Bill Haas Austin Smotherman James Hahn

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Six U.S. Senior Open Players Enjoying Newport C.C. Reunion

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2024 U.S. Senior Open qualifier Craig Barlow (right) might have failed to qualify for match play in the 1995 U.S. Amateur at Newport C.C., but it began a lifetime love affair with the historic venue. (USGA/Jonathan Ernst)

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During his halcyon days on the PGA Tour, Craig Barlow would often sneak away on the Wednesday before the Travelers Championship (formerly Greater Hartford Open) and make the two-hour-plus drive to Newport Country Club. 

While that might seem like an odd detour, the historic venue was a layout the Henderson, Nev., native first fell in love with as a competitor in the 1995 U.S. Amateur because it reminded him of his favorite place on the planet, Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. Fellow tour pro and Newport member P.H. Horgan III was his conduit to playing this private enclave and Barlow never could get enough. 

Yes, the course was special with its links-style characteristics, but the massive nearby mansions facing the ocean, fresh air and the area’s rich history from golf to the America’s Cup yacht races and playground for the country’s aristocrats, made it a respite from the everyday mundane nature of the PGA Tour. 

So, when the USGA announced it was rescheduling the U.S. Senior Open at Newport for 2024 – it was supposed to host in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic intervened – Barlow was overjoyed. Having recently turned 50, he wouldn’t have been eligible four years ago. 

“When I saw it on the [USGA championship] schedule, I put my blinders on and told myself ‘I’ve got to get there,’” said the 51-year-old Barlow. “In my opinion, this is the way golf is meant to be played. It’s not manufactured.” 

Barlow is one of six competitors in this week’s 156-player field who competed in the 1995 U.S. Amateur, which was a celebration of the USGA’s centennial and also held at Newport C.C. The others are Notah Begay III, 1994 U.S. Amateur runner-up Trip Kuehne, Chris Riley, Matthew Goggin, of Australia, and Christian Raynor.  

Barlow and Raynor, then a standout at Florida State University, failed to qualify for match play, while Goggin, the son of 1981 U.S. Women’s Amateur runner-up Lindy Goggin, reached the final 16 along with Riley. Kuehne and Begay III, teammates on the 1995 USA Walker Cup Team with Riley who would lose in Wales a few weeks later, bowed out in the Round of 32. Begay’s Stanford teammate, Tiger Woods, would claim his second consecutive Havemeyer Trophy, named after the USGA’s first president and Newport member, with a 2-up victory over George “Buddy” Marucci. 

More than 50 competitors from that U.S. Amateur tried to qualify for the 44th U.S. Senior Open, yet only these six managed to advance.  

This is only the fifth USGA championship to be conducted at Newport, one of the USGA’s five founding clubs. It hosted the inaugural U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open in 1895, then waited 100 years to have the U.S. Amateur. In 2006, World Golf Hall of Famer and one of the game’s greatest players, Annika Sorenstam, defeated Pat Hurst in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win the U.S. Women’s Open. 

Interestingly enough, the USGA just conducted its 1,000th championship at Pinehurst two weeks ago with Bryson DeChambeau winning a memorable U.S. Open. Now, as if the symmetry can’t be any more perfect, Newport gets to kick off the next millennium of USGA competitions. 

“It’s the grandeur of the venue,” said Begay. “The USGA does a wonderful job of this when the venue takes center stage. That’s not often the case when Tiger is in the field [like he was in 1995]. The [Beaux Arts-style] clubhouse, the location and the roots of the game … it’s places like this that really hold a special place in golf.” 

The 1995 U.S. Amateur at Newport C.C. was the final stop for Australia's Matthew Goggin (right) on a summer competitive golf journey that took him to Canada, Great Britain and several events in the United States. (USGA/Jonathan Ernst)

When the game’s best amateurs assembled at Newport in 1995, they found a course that was so brown from a hot and dry summer that Goggins said you could see sand and dirt flying when shots were hit from the fairways. That’s because the club is one of the few that doesn’t irrigate the course outside of greens and teeing areas. Otherwise, it’s whatever Mother Nature offers. It reminded Goggin of courses he played in Great Britain during his 1995 summer amateur tour.

Earlier that year, the native of Hobart in Tasmania, an island off Australia’s southeast coast, won his country’s national amateur, earning him some invites to major competitions in the United Kingdom and Canada. The rules regarding amateurs were far different then – this was way before Name, Image and Likeness deals or players being able to accept free equipment – as Goggin had to pay out of pocket for his expenses during his time in the United States. The R&A, which governs the game everywhere but the U.S. and Mexico, allowed Goggin to accept expense money to play in the Canadian Amateur and select U.K. events. The USGA’s rules regarding amateurs were different.

Nevertheless, Goggin decided to play the Porter Cup in Lewiston, N.Y., and the Western Amateur in Michigan as well as try to qualify for the U.S. Amateur. The World Amateur Golf Ranking® had not been established, so international players needed to qualify to compete in the U.S. Amateur, unless they were members of the Walker Cup teams or had won The Amateur Championship. Goggin squeezed in a 36-hole qualifier between the Porter Cup and Western Amateur, then advanced to the Round of 16 at Newport C.C., losing to Mark Plummer, 2 and 1.

With his talent, Goggin was certainly a target for American college coaches – Georgia Tech, Arizona State and Arizona showed interest – but once he was accepted into the Australian Institute for Sport, he remained in Australia, getting high-quality coaching and guidance as if he were in college minus the academics. 

Four years later, he moved to the U.S. to compete on the Web.com (now Korn Ferry) Tour and later PGA Tour; the five-time Web.com winner currently resides in Charlotte, N.C. Having celebrated his 50th birthday 13 days ago, Goggin didn’t pass up a chance to play Newport again, shooting an impressive 63 at Florence (S.C.) Country Club on May 30 that matched the lowest score every posted in qualifying.

Ditto for Kuehne. The 52-year-old Texan, who qualified for the last year’s U.S. Senior Open in his first year of eligibility, arrived at Newport in the summer of 1995 with much more fanfare than a year earlier when he saw Woods rally from an early 6-down deficit to defeat him in the 36-hole final at TPC Sawgrass. That spring, he had helped Oklahoma State win its eighth NCAA title and played in the Masters.  

Trip Kuehne and his family of USGA golf champions have a fondness for the rich history at Newport C.C., where he had an earlier-than-expected exit from match play in the 1995 U.S. Amateur. (USGA/Jonathan Ernst)

But Kuehne ran into Mark Wilson in the Round of 32 and fell to the future five-time PGA Tour winner who had lost to Woods in the 1992 U.S. Junior Amateur final. Kuehne would eventually join little brother Henry, and little sister Kelli, as a USGA champion, making the Kuehne clan the only family with three siblings to have won USGA titles. Henry won the 1998 U.S. Amateur at Oak Hill C.C. with Trip on the bag, and Kelli won the 1994 U.S. Girls’ Junior and 1995 and 1996 U.S. Women’s Amateur, the former at another USGA founding club, The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. Trip’s title would come in the 2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Bandon Dunes, which would be his last USGA event in a decade, as he “retired” from competitive golf to watch son, Will, play high school and Division I college football at North Texas and later at Southern Methodist University (he was a quarterback).

With Will set to tackle his first post-college job, Trip, a career amateur, decided to rev up his golf game again, hoping to rekindle the past magic that made him a three-time USA Walker Cupper and low amateur in the 2003 U.S. Open. His goal this week is to join Marvin “Vinny” Giles and Jeff Wilson as the only players to have earned low-amateur honors in a U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open.

He couldn’t think of a better venue to do it at.

“The greatest people in golf have done exceptional things here, which makes it even more special,” said Kuehne, who in 2005 founded Double Eagle Capital, an investment capital firm based in Westlake, Texas. 

The USGA even made the week a bit more special by pairing the three past 1995 Walker Cup teammates Begay, Kuehne and Riley for the first two rounds. Despite the 4-point loss at Royal Porthcawl in Wales on a team that included Tiger Woods, all three had an amazing week overseas. Golf and other life pursuits have made reunions a little more challenging. Riley, a 1989 U.S. Junior Amateur semifinalist who starred at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and Begay, who won the 1994 NCAA title at Stanford University, competed on the PGA Tour for more than a decade. Riley, a member of the 2004 U.S. Ryder Cup Team, captured one PGA Tour win before retiring after the 2016 campaign to become the head men’s golf coach at the University of San Diego.

Riley, who lost in the Round of 16 to Duke Delcher in the 1995 U.S. Amateur, enjoyed his seven seasons at USD, leading the Toreros to five NCAA Regional appearances and a berth in the 2021 NCAA Championship. He was named the WCC Coach of the Year for the 2023-24 season. But with the demands of Division I coaching ever-changing with NIL, the transfer portal and fundraising, the job responsibilities had changed drastically since 2017. Only 15 percent of the job, Riley said, was actually about coaching. Plus, his daughter, Taylor, is a rising junior on the golf team at Louisiana State University, where his wife, Michelle, played for three seasons, and another daughter, Rose, just graduated from Point Loma High in San Diego. He’ll continue at USD as a consulting third assistant while pondering other professional opportunities, which could include more competitive events. His last USGA championship was the 2004 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.

Notah Begay III is enjoying his trip down Memory Lane this week at Newport C.C., where he reached the Round of 32 in the 1995 U.S. Amateur. (USGA/James Gilbert)

“I loved it,” said Riley of coaching. “That was kind of a hard decision. At the same time, it was an easy decision because it turned into an 80-hour a week job. Fundraising is big. The transfer portal. It was just a lot more than I bargained for when I signed up [in 2017].”

Begay comes into his second U.S. Senior Open fresh off a pair of top-20 finishes at the Principal Charity Classic (T-18) and Dick’s Open (T-16). He’s hoping momentum turns into a solid performance on a course he knows well.

“Don’t get me wrong, I love going down Memory Lane,” said Begay. “But we’re here to win and compete.”

Barlow was set to join Riley at UNLV after spending a couple of seasons at Taft (Calif.) Junior College. But he wound up never playing for the Rebels, with the 1995 U.S. Amateur his final amateur competition. From 1998 to 2011 he competed on both the Nationwide (KFT) Tour and PGA Tour, with his lone victory coming at the eGolf Tour’s ArrowCreek Open in 2014. He qualified for six U.S. Opens, the last in 2014 at Pinehurst. He’s currently the director of instruction at the Lake Las Vegas Golf Academy, where he’s mentored players as young as 12. 

Trip Kuehne (top, third from left), Notah Begay III (next to Kuehne) and Chris Riley (bottom right) were all members of the 1995 USA Walker Cup Team that competed in the 1995 U.S. Amateur at Newport C.C. They are paired together for the first two rounds of the 44th U.S. Senior Open. (USGA/David Cannon)

While on tour, he fell in love with Pebble Beach for obvious reasons, but Newport is not far behind in the pecking order, especially with its historic context.

“In Vegas, we have some very nice golf courses, but everything has been manufactured,” said Barlow, donning a Newport Country Club-logoed polo during Tuesday’s practice round. “That’s modern golf. The trenches down No. 1 [at Newport] are from the Revolutionary War. The fairways have these little dips. They were filled in when [architect A.W. Tillinghast designed] the [current] golf course [in 1923], but those used to be trenches for the Revolutionary War. That’s the kind of stuff you can’t make up.”

David Shefter is a senior staff writer. Email him at [email protected] .

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