Tiger Woods has a complicated legacy. He did things no golfer had ever done and had to break barriers to do so. Then there were times when what happened off the course overshadowed what made him famous in the first place. Sometimes that made for a richer story; his 2019 Masters victory doesn’t mean as much if you didn’t know what came before. Unfortunately over the last decade, he has been more known for things that have nothing to do with golf and it’s impossible to decouple Woods inside the ropes from the one outside them.
But there’s another part of his legacy that has been taking shape for 30 years, in places where fans who have followed his every move might not know where to look.
The TGR Foundation began with Tiger and his father Earl taking junior golf clinics on the road. Tod Leonard’s story takes you inside what grew from those humble beginnings into a Learning Lab in Anaheim where students study robotics and forensic science, just steps away from a driving range. There’s now a second lab in West Philadelphia, with more on the way. Some of the fifth-graders who tour the California building see the statue in the lobby of Tiger with his arm around his dad and have to ask who he is.
Those kids have years to figure out what they want to do with their lives. Giving them a safe space to try things they might never have thought to try belongs alongside anything Woods ever accomplished on a golf course, and that’s a legacy as uncomplicated as it gets.
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The divot Frank Kennedy took out of a DP World Tour Q-School green is even bigger than we imagined. On Monday, the 21-year-old English pro was DQ’d from the final stage of DP World Tour Q-School for serious misconduct, allegedly taking a large chunk out of the 11th green at Infinitum Golf’s Hill Course in Spain. Kennedy disputed the decision, saying the damage was not deliberate and that he and his caddie did their best to repair the damage before leaving the green. After a review, the disqualification was upheld and now we see why. Initial reports suggested the divot was about a foot in length, but to read about it and actually see it are two very different things. The photo that surfaced online on Tuesday makes plain the damage, but also the extent of the outburst required to cause it. Unless video evidence of the incident surfaces, we may never know exactly what happened, but evidence like this certainly doesn't bode well for Kennedy’s defense.
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Journeyman pro Ben Silverman was out … then in … then out … then in … and now out again at the Austin Championship. The 38-year-old Canadian grabbed a spot in the field Sunday off the alternate list when Matt Wallace withdrew. But then when Alvaro Ortiz carded a top-10 at the World Wide Technology Championship, he took Silverman’s spot. Another WD later Sunday by Harry Hall gave Silverman new life once more, only for him to have to turn that down when he WD’d himself. It’s unclear exactly why Silverman took himself out of the mix; he’s currently 117th on the FedEx Cup points after finishing T-3, T-19 and T-33 the last three weeks on tour. With just two events remaining on the PGA Tour schedule, including Austin, time is running out if he wants to keep his card for 2027.
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Bryson DeChambeau’s first big post-LIV move is here. Just in time for the holidays too. On Monday, the two-time U.S. Open champion revealed he will be expanding his headcover partnership with Swag Golf to include apparel. The move follows DeChambeau’s official LIV Golf departure and represents a fresh start for the star, who signed an apparel and footwear deal with Reebok in early 2025. Sports Business Journal’s Josh Carpenter reports that DeChambeau will still wear Reebok footwear despite the Swag Golf endorsement.
DeChambeau’s first Swag Golf collection will be available online and in-store at Dick’s Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy starting Nov. 19. As part of his LIV statement, DeChambeau confirmed he will play the Nedbank Golf Challenge in December, where we expect to see his new, er, swag in competition for the first time.
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