Team Europe, amid all its recent success at home, has managed just four victories overseas against Team USA. Can they make it five at Bethpage? ... Read full Story
The PGA of America awarded the 2028 Women's PGA and 2033 PGA Championship to Bethpage Black, while Oak Hill will host the 2035 PGA Championship. ... Read full Story
The PGA Tour said it is leaving Kapalua Resort in Hawaii for its season opener after a drought and water dispute has left the golf course baked and brown. ... Read full Story
Amazon Prime Video is joining ESPN, CBS and Paramount+ as broadcast partners of the Masters in 2026, airing two hours of coverage during the first and second rounds. ... Read full Story
Retief Goosen won the Sanford International for his fourth career PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 3-under 67 to finish ahead of Bo Van Pelt. ... Read full Story
Charley Hull, coming off a runner-up finish in Houston last week as part of the Aramco series on the European tour, took advantage of top-ranked Jeeno Thitikul's final-hole putting meltdown on Sunday to win the Kroger Queen City Championship in Ohio. ... Read full Story
European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald has given virtual reality headsets to his players to prepare for the noise -- and heckling -- that awaits at Bethpage Black. ... Read full Story
Alex Noren turned a bad shot into a playoff victory, chipping from short of a stream to 3 feet for birdie on the par-5 18th hole at Wentworth to defeat Adrien Saddier and win the BMW PGA Championship. ... Read full Story
Ben Griffin is clinging to a one-shot lead at the Procore Championship, followed closely by two No. 1 players: Amateur Jackson Koivun and Scottie Scheffler. ... Read full Story
Charley Hull birdied four of her final eight holes to shoot a 67 on Saturday for a one-shot lead over Jeeno Thitikul heading into the final round of the Kroger Queen City Championship. ... Read full Story
The European stars in line to compete in the upcoming Ryder Cup are being upstaged at the high-profile BMW PGA Championship by Alex Noren, who will be one of the team's vice captains. ... Read full Story
John Daly is in the PGA Tour Champions record book for the highest score on a hole. He made a 19 in the first round of the Sanford International. ... Read full Story
Chanettee Wannasaen maintained a two-shot lead Friday in the Kroger Queen City Championship, with top-ranked fellow Thai star Jeeno Thitikul and Charley Hull making big moves. ... Read full Story
Ben Griffin played bogey-free for the second straight day with a 6-under 66 to build a three-shot lead in the Procore Championship. ... Read full Story
Hideki Matsuyama made two eagles in shooting 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead over a trio of European Ryder Cup players after the second round of the BMW PGA Championship on Friday. ... Read full Story
Mackenzie Hughes fired a 9-under 63 on Thursday to lead the Procore Championship. The big crowds followed Scottie Scheffler and the U.S. Ryder Cup team and saw mixed results. ... Read full Story
Chanettee Wannasaen holed out a 9-iron shot for eagle and had seven birdies, finishing with a 63 to take a two-stroke lead Thursday in the Kroger Queen City Championship. ... Read full Story
“There is a rationale for commercializing seagrass production, but ecologically sustainable production needs to be at the heart of that business model, and the numbers for doing that simply don’t add up at the moment.” — Richard Lilley, quoted in Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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If someone asserts that the word rationale refers to a ration of ale, they are wrong, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have an actual rationale (a reason, explanation, or basis) for such a claim. “Rationale looks like the words ration and ale jammed together,” they could offer, and while that is true you’d be justified in responding: “Appearances can be deceiving.” Rationale is a direct borrowing of the Latin word rationale, with which it shares the meaning “an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena.” The Latin rationale comes from a form of the adjective rationalis (“rational”), which traces back to the noun ratio, meaning “reason.” While the Latin ratio is also the forebear of the English noun ration, referring to a share of something, rationale has nothing to do with a tankard (or stein, or even a pony) of beer.