It may be a year away, but the mind games have already begun in the Ryder Cup.
Henrik Stenson kept his cool to collect the biggest paycheck of his career Sunday, landing a $10 million FedEx Cup jackpot along with the $1.44 million prize for winning the Tour Championship in Atlanta.
Henrik Stenson may have just become golf's $11.4 million man, but the Swede insists it's not all about the money.
If Henrik Stenson fails to hold his advantage at the Tour Championship and misses out on a $10 million FedEx Cup jackpot, then the Swede will no doubt look to a potentially costly second half of his third round on Saturday.
Come the end of Sunday, one lucky golfer will go home at least $10 million richer.
Henrik Stenson increased his lead to four shots at the Tour Championship on Friday as the race for the $10 million FedEx Cup jackpot heats up.
With a win at the Tour Championship, Tiger Woods will almost certainly be named PGA player of the year for the first time since 2009.
Zach Johnson took a step nearer the $10 million end of season prize after claiming victory at the rain-delayed BMW Championship in Chicago Monday.
Suzann Pettersen denied 16-year-old amateur Lydia Ko a fairtytale first major triumph as the Norwegian took the Evian Championship in France Sunday.
Jim Furyk has won a major and was in the top 10 in the rankings for about a decade but lately he's been known for near misses instead of big titles.
Andriy Shevchenko has returned to pro sports.
If it were a heavyweight boxing contest it would probably be ruled a mismatch.
Thomas Bjorn holed a a 12-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a sudden death playoff to win the European Masters in Switzerland Sunday.
The majors have been and gone for another year, but golf has officially entered its most money-spinning phase of the season.
Henrik Stenson capped his recent rise with a record-equaling victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship which propelled the Swede to the top of the FedEx Cup standings.
For the second straight day at the Deutsche Bank Championship, a player who won a major this season hit a 63.
Phil Mickelson is making a habit of setting pulses racing with inspired birdie filled charges this year and Friday was no exception on the TPC Boston.
Asia's emergence as a golfing power has received a boost with the announcement the continent's top golfers will face off against their European counterparts in a competition similar to the Ryder Cup.
He didn't win, but Tiger Woods showed why he is still the No. 1 drawcard in golf with a brave bid for victory at The Barclays tournament Sunday.
Tiger Woods will go into the final round of The Barclays four shots off the lead after completing his second successive round of two-under-par 69.
World no. 7 Brandt Snedeker targets strong finish to 2013 after fighting back from a bone disease.
Europe won the Solheim Cup on American soil for the first time after a record 18-10 victory over their U.S. rivals at the Colorado Golf Club.
Europe's women hold a slender advantage over the U.S. team at the midway point of The 2013 Solheim Cup at the Colorado Golf Club on Saturday.
Europe has dominated the Ryder Cup recently, winning five of the last six editions including the dramatic 2012 competition in Illinois.
Hollywood star Samuel L Jackson gives CNN a lesson in golf and explains why he has a golf clause in his film contracts
The chief executive of golf's European Tour has dismissed reports the organization could be bought out by its American counterpart the PGA Tour.
This time it'll be Jason Dufner who laughs last and loudest.
This time Jason Dufner hung on to the lead, and his reward was winning a first major at the PGA Championship.
They are the two highest-ranked golfers in the world but it looks like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson won't be anywhere near the top of the leaderboard when the PGA Championship ends.
Jason Dufner took advantage of soft greens and light winds to shoot a spectacular seven-under 63 at Oak Hill Friday to lead the PGA Championship at halfway.
He came into the final major of the golf season in confident mood but Tiger Woods was well off the pace after his opening round at the PGA Championship.
You are only a short putt away from a major championship and golfing immortality.
It is a regular refrain in the build-up to one of golf's four major championships these days: 'Will this be Tiger's time?'
Tiger Woods completed the victory formalities at the WGC-Bridgestone tournament Sunday and immediately turned his attentions to the final major of the season, which starts later this week.
Stacy Lewis of the United States conjured up a dream finish on the Old Course at St Andrews Sunday to capture the Women's British Open title.
Tiger Woods remains on course for his eighth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title after a third round 68 saw him maintain a seven-shot lead at Firestone Country Club, Ohio on Saturday.
Tiger Woods sizzled at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. With the season's final major a week away, his timing is good.
Webb Simpson made up for lost time at World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational Thursday by firing a six-under-par 64 to move one shot clear at the top of the leaderboard.
On May 31st 1930, on this very course, Bobby Jones won the British Amateur.
It was a weekend that Brandt Snedeker and Hunter Mahan will never forget.
PGA star Hunter Mahan chose family over work this weekend, and though it may have cost him more than $1 million, he sounds ecstatic.
Halfway leader Hunter Mahan has pulled out of the Canadian Open after his wife went into labor.
Golf fans from around the world will have a chance to make history at next month's PGA Championship with just a click of a button.
They were tears of pride as Phil Mickelson conquers the greatest test in the game of golf.
American Phil Mickelson says he played some of the best golf of his career as he wins the British Open at Muirfield.
Tiger Woods and Lee Westwood are in the hunt to end their major drought going in the final round of the British Open.
49 years of age and still going strong, Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez delighted the Muirfield galleries to lead the British Open at the halfway stage Friday.
When golfers admit to feeling "brain dead" and "unconscious" -- as Rory McIlroy did at Muirfield on Thursday -- perhaps it's time to book an appointment with the doctor.
Unconscious. Brain dead. Rory McIlroy was in a brutally reflective mood in the words he chose to describe his opening round in the British Open
It was in the majestic surroundings of Muirfield that the original gold-plated superstar of golf secured his first major title.
Muirfield tweaks its historic course as it prepares to host the Open Championship -- golf's third major of 2013.
You might not have heard of him yet but you might well soon.
The arrival of the British Open at Muirfield opens the debate on if there is a place for single-gender clubs in 2013?
Phil Mickelson did it the hard way. But the bottom line was that he came away victorious from the Scottish Open to end a 20-year individual drought in Europe.
When Phil Mickelson finished as a runner-up at the U.S. Open for a sixth time, he said "it hurt." Last month at Merion, it was Justin Rose who edged Mickelson.
Ernie Els insists his game is in good shape despite missing the cut at the Scottish Open days before his title defense at the British Open begins.
John Parry upstaged Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els in the first round of the Scottish Open, taking the lead in the final European event before the British Open.
When it comes to golf's sentimental favorites, Thomas Bjorn would have to be near the top of the list.
The U.S. PGA Tour has decided to end its opposition to a change in golf's rules by agreeing to adopt the ban on controversial anchored putters from 2016.
South Korea's Inbee Park says she will consider it a grand slam if she wins next month's British Open.
South Korea's Inbee Park entered the golfing record books Sunday as she wrapped up a four-shot victory in the U.S. Women's Open at Sebonack.
World No.2 Rory McIlroy headlined a mass exodus of home hopes at the Irish Open Friday as failed to make the halfway cut at Carton House.
So Yeon Ryu was seven years old when she gave her first violin recital. She was in love with music, but at age 12 she had to make a tough decision.
Ernie Els gained the perfect confidence boost ahead of his defense of the British Open title by completing a wire to wire victory in the BMW International Open in Munich Sunday.
Ernie Els was in a three-way tie for the lead going into the final round of the BMW International in Munich as he was joined at the top of the leader board Saturday by France's Alexander Levy and Swede Alex Noren.
Evergreen Ernie Els set the halfway pace at the BMW International in Munich Friday after finishing his second round with a flourish.
As Justin Rose emerged onto the 18th fairway and saw his ball just yards from the spot where Ben Hogan fired his famous one iron to the green in 1950, he knew it was his moment to seize the U.S. Open crown.
World No. 1 Tiger Woods has pulled out of this weekend's AT&T National to ensure he is ready for next month's British Open.
Justin Rose became the first English golfer in 43 years to win the U.S. Open on Sunday as Phil Mickelson failed to conjure up a 43rd birthday present for himself.
They've mirrored each other at Merion. And now it looks like both Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy won't be in contention on the final day of the U.S. Open.
Dealing with Merion is turning out to be tough enough. But Tiger Woods is also battling an injury at the U.S. Open in Pennsylvania.
Phil Mickelson hit his best round at the U.S. Open since 1999 after carding a three-under 67 -- despite flying through the night after attending his daughter's eighth-grade graduation.
Butch Harmon could hardly believe what he was seeing.
"I love Merion, and I don't even know her last name," legendary golfer Lee Trevino was once memorably quoted when asked about the venue for this week's U.S. Open.
Despite their public handshake on Monday it appears there is still some way to go before Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia bury the hatchet.
Phil Mickelson's late charge came up just short in the St. Jude Classic in Memphis Sunday as Harris English held on for his maiden PGA Tour triumph.
Phil Mickelson served a timely reminder of his talents on the eve of the U.S. Open with a third round 65 Saturday at the St. Jude Classic in Memphis.
Tiger Woods will be reunited with his former caddy at next week's U.S. Open after the world's top three golfers were paired together in the opening two rounds in Pennsylvania.
Tiger Woods has reclaimed his crown as the world's highest-paid athlete.
There are only two multiple winners on the PGA Tour this season -- one of them is in top form ahead of the U.S. Open, and the other is Tiger Woods.
Forget hitting the greens -- it's the fairway to heaven which is on the minds of some of the world's top golfers.
World No. 1 Tiger Woods lamented a "rough day" after equaling the second-worst score of his professional career on Saturday.
Rory McIlroy was at a loss to explain another first round meltdown after the World No.2 made a sorry start to the Memorial Thursday.
World No. 1 Tiger Woods will take to the tee at the inaugural European Tour event in Turkey, a tournament with a bumper prize fund of $7 million.
Italy's Matteo Manassero became the youngest ever winner at the PGA Championship.
Slumping World No.2 Rory McIlroy and defending champion Luke Donald will not be contesting the weekend action at the European Tour's flagship event at Wentworth.
Sergio Garcia could lose a lucrative sponsorship deal after his "fried chicken" jibe directed at golf's World No.1 Tiger Woods.
Golfer Tiger Woods has described a jibe aimed at him by Sergio Garcia as "wrong, hurtful and inappropriate," though the world No. 1 insists he wants to move on from their very public war of words.
Golf's governing bodies have ruled that the use of controversial anchored putters will be banned from 2016, following several months of consultation that drew strong U.S. opposition to the planned change.
A collapse on the penultimate tee of the Players Championship by Sergio Garcia allowed Tiger Woods to win the $1.7 million tournament for the second time in his career.
Sergio Garcia posted five straight birdies on the way to a seven-under 65 Friday and the halfway lead at the Players Championship in Florida -- but World No.1 Tiger Woods is just a shot behind.
Roberto Castro enjoyed an impressive debut at the Players Championship, carding a nine-under-par round of 63 to tie the course record at TPC Sawgrass and top the leaderboard after day one of the $9.5 million tournament.
It's become as much an integral part of the annual golfing calendar as any tournament.
Phil Mickelson's hopes of a first victory since January were derailed by his struggles at "the Green Mile" on Sunday, as rookie Derek Ernst earned his maiden PGA Tour title in a playoff at the Wells Fargo Championship.
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