Golf Breaking News

Rankings: Top 20 players on PGA Tour
Phil Mickelson isn’t gaining on you know who. But he’s fighting off K.J. Choi for No. 2 in Sports Xchange’s rankings.

Presidents Cup captains revealed
Former world number ones Fred Couples and Greg Norman are named as captains for the 2009 Presidents Cup.

With player input, PGA revises new cut policy
The PGA Tour amended its divisive cut policy, giving players on the cut line one more day of competition to separate themselves from the bottom of the pack.

Norman, Couples are Presidents Cup captains
Fred Couples and Greg Norman are the new captains for the 2009 Presidents Cup in San Francisco. It’s the first time both captains have previously competed in the matches. Couples has played on five Presidents Cup teams for the United States, and he hit the winning shot the first two years. Norman sat out the inaugural year in 1994 because of an illness, then played on the next three teams. Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player had been captains the last three matches.

Cut policy on PGA Tour amended again
The PGA Tour amended its divisive cut policy, giving players on the cut line one more day of competition to separate themselves from the bottom of the pack. Starting this week at the Honda Classic, the tour will return to a traditional 36-hole cut for the top 70 and ties. If more than 78 players make the cut, there will be another cut to the top 70 and ties after the third round. “On the surface, that sounds like doing the same thing over again,” commissioner Tim Finchem said Tuesday.