On the Tours

As a result of the auto industry's role in the economic collapse, Chrysler chose to dramatically reduce its presence at the 2009 Bob Hope Classic, known for its celebrity Pro-Am, in spite of the company's standing as the event's title sponsor, completely removing its name from promotional materials and television coverage, while making no mention of itself with signage at the tournament.

In light of the company's bankruptcy filing over the weekend, the PGA Tour and Desert Classic Charities, Inc., released a joint statement reassuring the tournament's supporters that the event would remain a fixture on the PGA Tour's schedule in 2010 and beyond with or without Chrysler's financial backing.

Tiger Woods, winner of the 2007 Quail Hollow Championship and the No. 1 ranked player on the Official World Golf Ranking, committed today to play in next week's Quail Hollow Championship.

Woods will be making his fourth appearance in the Quail Hollow Championship and will make his first start since winning in 2007. He had to miss the 2008 edition due to knee surgery. Besides his victory in 2007, Woods finished T3 in 2004 and T11 in 2005.

A tournament that had stood as a model of stability and comfort for the LPGA Tour and its players for the better part of three decades will be contested for the final time next month.

Monday afternoon Tournament President Jack Benjamin and the Corning Classic's Board of Directors announced that it had become "economically unfeasible" to sustain the tournament beyond 2009.

Two-time British Open Champion Greg Norman heads 25 major champions who have committed to compete in the 70th Senior PGA Championship, which makes its first appearance, May 18-24, at Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio.

Overall, the 25 major champions in the 156-player field have combined to win 48 majors between 1963 and 1998. The field at Canterbury Golf Club also features players representing 30 states and 14 countries, and includes 13 Ryder Cup Captains along with 10 World Golf Hall of Fame members.

The PGA Tour's RBC Canadian Open is headed back to Western Canada in 2011.

Thursday April 16, officials at the Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) and RBC confirmed that the historic Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club in Vancouver, which last hosted the event in 2005, will host the tournanament again in two years time.

Boo Weekley started playing golf at the age of 13, and just eight months later he was breaking par, something most average golfers only dream of.

His method might sound a bit unusual for someone embarking on the path to professional golf today, but Weekley's first instructor insisted on it.

Under strict orders, Weekley wasn't allowed to play until he was well-versed in the game and had the skills to navigate an 18-hole course.

Hometown of the late artist Laura Ingalls Wilder, Ocean Springs, Mississippi is a small city bordering the Gulf of Mexico that celebrates its seafood and the fact that it wasn't completely wiped off the map by deadly Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Regardless of the result, following this week's Masters tournament, it will also be known as the hometown of Steve Wilson, a gas station owner who just happens to love the game of golf, and be damn good at it too.

While the PGA Tour frowns upon the use of field strength as determined by the Official World Golf Rankings as the most significant criteria for determining the prestige of any given tournament, it's hard to ignore the collection of talent assembled this week in southeast Texas for the Shell Houston Open.

Attracting golfers with a setup similar to what they'll encounter next week at Augusta National, this week's Shell Houston Open will feature a field comprised of 15 of the top 20 golfers in the world.

Prior to the Open de Andalucia de Golf 09 in Seville, Spain Colin Montgomerie gathered some of his close golfing friends around him on the eve of his 500th appearance as a professional on The European Tour.

The 2010 European Ryder Cup Captain marked the occasion alongside two-time Masters Champion José Maria Olazábal, the course designer this week, and his fellow Spaniard and Ryder Cup player, Miguel Angel Jiménez at the Real Club de Golf de Sevilla as the trio prepared for the event's first round.