Tiger Woods had a heck of a party favor for those fortunate enough to get invited to his 50th birthday bash. At Woods' birthday party this week, which had its own set of sponsors and was put on by Woods' TGR Live events company, guests received one of 415 Upper Deck trading cards celebrating Woods. The art card is inspired by the 2001 Upper Deck SP Authentic rookie card that Woods signed as his initial autograph cards.

On this episode, Ryan Ballengee looks at the whole situation of Brooks Koepka returning to the PGA Tour and the offer made to LIV Golf major winners to come back under the same amnesty program. The comings and goings of LIV now only come down to Bryson DeChambeau. Also, this could be the last Sony Open in Hawaii, and that would be a bad thing for golf and golf fans.

The 2026 The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island final leaderboard is headed by winner Taylor Dickson, who topped the Korn Ferry Tour leaderboard this week at The Ocean Club Golf Course at Atlantis, Paraside Islands, The Bahamas. Dickson earned the Korn Ferry Tour win in the first event on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour schedule, and the second title of his career on the circuit, taking a three-shot win over Canadian Roger Sloan on 27-under 261.

The 2026 Dubai Invitational is the first event of the 2026 DP World Tour schedule, with Dubai Creek Resort in the United Arab Emirates, hosting the year-opening event. The event starts with a field of 60 players playing for a $2.75 million purse that will determine the first DP World Tour winner of the new year. The field features Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry, taking on this no-cut, biennial event.

The 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii is the first event of the 2026 PGA Tour schedule, with Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, hosting the season-opening event. The event starts with a field of 120 players playing for a $9.1 million purse that will determine the first PGA Tour winner of the new year. The field will be cut after two rounds to the top 65 players and ties for the closing rounds on the weekend.

Each week, including this week's 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii, Golf News Net offers PGA Tour betting picks and daily fantasy sports (DFS) lineups using our proprietary model, which is weighted toward longer-term performance. Let's look at the top 10 players in this week's PGA Tour model. (Last week, Hideki Matsuyama was No. 5.) 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii rankings: Top 10…

Welcome to my weekly fantasy golf model for the 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii! Since March 2020, I've shared a weekly model which offers a clear-cut ranking system based on data points weighted in a formula. It's been a tremendous success. Winners typically rank inside the top 15 of our model, though, like any model, sometimes there are outlier champions. …

Brooks Koepka is once again a member of the PGA Tour, with the Tour announcing the five-time major winner's return under the auspices of a new Returning Member Program. Koepka will make his 2026 debut at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, followed by the WM Phoenix Open. “When I was a child, I always dreamed about competing on the PGA TOUR, and I am just as excited today to announce that I am returning to the PGA Tour,” Koepka said in the statement.

Primetime golf in Hawaii! The PGA Tour and professional golf are back! The year didn’t start as scheduled, watching whales breach the Pacific Ocean at Kapalua. However, we get to watch 20 of the world top 50 compete this week in Honolulu at Waialae Country Club for the Sony Open in Hawaii. Waialae is one of the shortest courses on the PGA Tour, but the Seth Raynor design is always a treat.

PGA Tour one-and-done is perhaps the best fantasy golf game, with season-long leagues that give players a chance to pick one player for each tournament in the league season. Once again in 2026, we offer weekly PGA Tour one-and-done golf picks for leagues of all kinds, including survivor leagues where the selected player must make the cut for the entry to continue to the next tournament.

The PGA Tour this week features the 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii starting on Thursday at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii. My PGA Tour field ranking for Sony Open in Hawaii looks at the top 10 players in this 120-player field that brings together the best in the world for the start of the PGA Tour season. The Sony Open in Hawaii is the start of the year, featuring 24 fewer players than last year as the PGA Tour revamps field sizes to get fields through those first two rounds.

The 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii continues the PGA Tour season with the event at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, welcoming 120 world-class players to the PGA Tour event. The 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii betting odds indicate this week's favorite is Russell Henley, who comes in at 12-to-1 (+1200) betting odds. Ben Griffin is 16-to-1 this week and next best on the odds table this week.

The 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii purse is set for $9.1 million, with the winner's share coming in at $1,638,000 -- the standard 18 percent payout according to the PGA Tour's prize money distribution chart. The 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii field is headed by Ben Griffin, Collin Morikawa, Keegan Bradley, JJ Spaun and more of the world's best players.

The 2026 Dubai Invitational purse is $2.75 million, with the winner's share at $467,500 -- the standard 17 percent payout according to the DP World Tour's prize money distribution chart. The Dubai Invitational field is headed by Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood, as well as more of the world's best players. The Dubai Invitational is the 6th event of the year on the…

The 2026 The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island purse is set for $1,000,000, with the winner's share coming in at $180,000 -- the standard 18 percent payout according to the Korn Ferry Tour's prize money distribution chart. The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island field is headed by the likes of Camilo Villegas, Barend Botha, Harry Higgs and more.

The PGA Tour has made big changes to the FedEx Cup playoffs and how its bonus pool is paid out in recent years. In 2026, though, the PGA Tour is again making another massive overhaul to how the playoffs work and how the best players in the world earn their share of the $100 million pot. While the top 70 players in the points standings after the Wyndham Championship will still qualify for the playoffs, everything changes at that point.

The 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii field is set with the passing of the PGA Tour tournament entry deadline. The field is set for this FedEx Cup event, played at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, from January 15-18, 2026. The Sony Open in Hawaii field is headlined by the likes of Russell Henley, JJ Spaun, Robert MacIntyre and more.

The 2026 Dubai Invitational field is set with the passing of the typical Thursday entry deadline. This week's DP World Tour field is set for this event, played at Dubai Creek Resort in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Dubai Invitational field is headlined by the likes of Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Ryan Fox and more. This is set to be a 60-player field is played out over four days, with this event featuring a short list of DP World Tour players in the sixth event for the 2025-2026 DP World Tour schedule.

The 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii field is set with the passing of the PGA Tour tournament entry deadline. The field is set for this FedEx Cup event, played at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, from January 15-18, 2026. The Sony Open in Hawaii field is headlined by the likes of Russell Henley, JJ Spaun, Robert MacIntyre and more.

The PGA Tour has announced their 2026 FedEx Cup fall schedule, and it comes with significant turnover in the eight-event slate, with three new events added and two exiting the schedule entire. The fall schedule, which starts at the conclusion of the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup season on the 2026 PGA Tour schedule, starts with the new Biltmore Championship Asheville, played at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove in Asheville, North Carolina, for a $5 million purse.

There will be more on the line than just a trip to the BMW Championship and jockeying for part of a big bonus pool at the 2026 FedEx St. Jude Championship. PGA Tour players will now be fighting for an added equity stake in the PGA Tour itself. The PGA Tour announced an extension of its player-equity initiative, offering "recurring equity grants" to players who finish in the top 50 of the FedEx Cup standings, through the 2026 BMW Championship.

Kicking off 2026 on 2 Off the 1st, Ryan Ballengee gets into the announcement of Women's TGL, how it will work, who will play and why there isn't a mixed-team concept. Also, 62-year-old Vijay Singh has a PGA Tour card for this season (and could for the next two seasons after it) because of one-time exemptions that he's cashing in.

Scottie Scheffler will begin his 2026 season in the California desert, committing again to play in The American Express at Palm Springs. The tournament announced Scheffler's commitment on Wednesday, along with a strong lineup of players, including defending champion Sepp Straka, Robert MacIntyre, Luke Clanton, Akshay Bhatia, Harris English, Wyndham Clark, Adam Scott and Rickie Fowler. Typically the first PGA Tour event of the year played in the mainland United States, The American Express will be the second event on the…

Vijay Singh is weeks away from turning 63 years old, and the three-time major champion is preparing for a season-opening start in Hawaii. However, that start isn't happening on the PGA Tour Champions at their traditional start in Hualalai. It's happening in Honolulu at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Singh, who won 34 times in his PGA Tour career, is using a one-time, one-year exemption to play as a full PGA Tour member in 2026.

The PGA Tour is making a significant rules change for 2026 -- and you might not notice it if you're not paying attention. According to world No. 37 Michael Kim, the PGA Tour is changing how players can take relief on days when rounds are contested under "preferred lies" rules, which is more commonly known as lift, clean and place…