Pro golfer Adam Scott reveals his favorite part about meeting President Trump: 'It was obvious to me'



Professional golfer Adam Scott said he realized at the White House that his golf-related issues were not the highest priority in terms of political problems.

Scott, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, and the legendary Tiger Woods have met with President Trump to discuss operations between the PGA Tour and the LIV Tour. Yasir Al-Rumayyan from the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (LIV's backers) had also reportedly attended the meetings in attempt to mend relationships between the rival companies.

At a recent press conference for the Players Championship, reporter Claire Rogers asked Scott what he felt was the "coolest or most surprising thing" about being at the White House.

'The president had far more important things to focus on.'

Scott immediately revealed that it became rather obvious at the White House that his issues were smaller in comparison to the geopolitics the president was dealing with.

"It was obvious to me, very quickly, when they were setting up for the Israeli delegation right after our meeting and putting the Israeli flag and the U.S. flag and getting that room ready that our conversation was pretty low in importance of what was happening that day," Scott said, per Fox News.

"And really, the president had far more important things to focus on," Scott continued. "I encouraged him to go and do that well for everyone's sake after our meeting."

As the PGA and LIV attempt to repair a fracture in the golfing world, many athletes in the sport have praised Trump for holding meetings at the White House in order to find a solution.

World No. 7-ranked golfer Rory McIlroy said he had learned from his discussion with Trump the tremendous amount of respect the president garners in the Middle East, and in particular with the Saudi officials who govern golf operations.

"It was really good. I thought we had a good discussion. I learned that he's not a fan of the LIV format, which was I was like, 'But you've hosted their events.' He's like, 'Yeah, but it doesn't mean that I like it,'" McIlroy said in February.

In addition to saying he believed Trump is on the PGA Tour's side, the Northern Irishman said the president has the opportunity to be "influential."

"He can be influential. He loves the game of golf; I saw it when I was playing with him ... the respect he has in the Middle East is — I don't think people appreciate how much respect he has there."

Scott, an Australian who is currently ranked No. 77 in the world, had previously described Trump's involvement as "a positive thing," because he "understands some of the challenges facing the professional game at the moment."

"He's a lover of the game," Scott said after the meeting, according to OutKick. "Hopefully [he] will be very helpful for the professional game and help everybody move forward."

The PGA Tour has certainly garnered fascinating and groundbreaking headlines over the past year, from Tiger Woods and his son joining forces on the links to the release of bodycam footage from the arrest of star Scottie Scheffler.

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'Is Tiger as good as they say?' Bodycam footage from Scottie Scheffler arrest shows police asking about drinking, Tiger Woods



Footage from the arrest of PGA Tour star Scottie Scheffler revealed strange conversations between the golfer and police, including an officer asking how good Tiger Woods really is.

Scheffler, the world's No.1-ranked golfer, was arrested in May 2024 and charged with felony assault after refusing to stop at the scene of an accident near the entrance of the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Scheffler was trying to get into the PGA Championship tournament, but police said at the time that he was trying to drive around the crash scene despite an officer telling him to stop.

Scheffler apparently kept driving until a cop attached himself to the side of Scheffler's car, an ESPN report stated.

The charges were dropped nearly two weeks later.

'Nothing to drink this morning at all?'

Bodycam footage from the Louisville Metro Police Department has since been released by "Full Swing," a golf docuseries on Netflix.

The previously unseen footage starts with commentary from No. 26 golfer Tom Kim, who says, "I'm warming up, and all I see is my friend handcuffed, walking to a police car."

The video then cuts to Scheffler being handcuffed by police as he provides his own recollection of the events.

"First of all, I was freaking out because I somehow went from driving into the golf course to a jail cell, and I still don't really know how that happened exactly," Scheffler explains. "I don't think it ever really felt real."

Speaking to an officer from the back of a police car, Scheffler is shown telling an officer, "I'll be honest. I didn't think this was ever a position I'd be in."

The officer replied, "Usually, people never do."

Other contentious points in the footage showed presumably the same arresting officer having an exchange with Scheffler about whether or not he had been drinking.

"Nothing to drink this morning at all?" the officer asked.

"Mouthwash," Scheffler bluntly replied. "I try not to drink too much before I go play golf at 8:00 a.m."

With the officer seemingly having no idea who the golfer was — despite being just feet from the entrance to the tournament — he noted that Scheffler must be "pretty good" if he plays in the PGA.

"I'm all right, yeah," Scheffler answered.

The officer then asked, "Is Tiger [Woods] as good as they say he is? Or is that ..."

Scheffler cut him off: "He's pretty dang good."

Aside from the untimely arrest, Scheffler had an outstanding 2024, winning the PGA Tour championship and even a gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Paris.

In 2025, he remains the world No. 1 golfer but sits 13th on the money list with $1.8 million. Sweden's Ludvig Aberg tops that list with $4.8 million.

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Rory McIlroy: Trump is tremendously respected in the Middle East, can fix the LIV Tour



Rory McIlroy said he thinks President Donald Trump is on the PGA Tour's side when it comes to how the tournament is run versus the format of the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Tour.

McIlroy, who was the 2022 PGA Tour champion, said he played a round of golf with the president in January before he was inaugurated.

The 35-year-old said he had a great conversation with the president and ultimately concluded that Trump was on his side and the PGA Tour's side in terms of how the game should be formatted.

"It was really good. I thought we had a good discussion. I learned that he's not a fan of the LIV format, which was I was like, 'But you've hosted their events.' He's like, 'Yeah, but it doesn't mean that I like it,'" McIlroy recalled. "I think he's on the Tour side."

The Northern Irishman commented on his relationship with Trump at a press conference during the Genesis Invitational in San Diego, California. While fielding questions, McIlroy said he preferred a "Tiger Woods" style of scoring, where the winner takes home a larger share of the tournament winnings.

On the LIV Tour, there is a combination of team stroke-play and team match-play tournaments. In most tournaments, no players are cut between rounds and scores are combined from each member of every four-man team.

'I don't think people appreciate how much respect he has there.'

McIlroy was asked if there was anything Trump could do to make a push for LIV to change its rules.

"The president ... he can do a lot of things. He has direct access to Yasir's boss; not many people have that," McIlroy began, referring to Yasir Al-Rumayyan, manager of LIV Golf and governor of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia. "Not many people can say, 'I want you to get this deal done, and by the way I'm speaking to your boss later; I'm going to tell him the same thing.'"

In addition to saying there are "a few things" the president could do to help, McIlroy expressed that he understands Trump is very passionate about golf and that he garners a lot of respect in the Middle East.

"He can be influential. He loves the game of golf; I saw it in when I was playing with him ... the respect he has in the Middle East is — I don't think people appreciate how much respect he has there."

The golfer added that he felt whenever Trump shares his thoughts on the game or business practices, the Saudis do tend to listen.

"I think it's a big thing," McIlroy added.

A few days after his comments about Trump, McIlroy made more headlines for being outspoken, this time while standing up for his caddie. According to golf reporter Dan Rapaport, a fan yelled, "Blame your caddie," after McIlroy missed a putt. Hilariously, McIlroy immediately yelled back, "Shut the f**k up!"

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'The body just won't recover like it used to': Tiger Woods' future in golf looks grim



Tiger Woods shed light on whether or not he will continue his golfing career, explaining that his body isn't healing the way he hoped it would.

During a press conference in the Bahamas, Woods said he had a "long way to go" before he was "able to compete" against PGA Tour opponents.

Woods said last year he wanted to compete once per month in 2024 but played just five times this season and even withdrew from a tournament due to illness. He only made one cut in those five competitions; placing 60th at the Masters.

'That's part of age and part of the athlete's journey.'

While hosting the Hero World Challenge, Woods spoke to reporters for about 30 minutes on his injuries and intent to play moving forward.

"I'm not tournament-sharp yet. I'm still not there," Woods said regarding competing in the challenge; he finished 18 out of 20 in the tournament in 2023.

"These are 20 of the best players in the world, and I'm not sharp enough to compete against them at this level. When I'm ready to compete and play at this level, then I will."

Expressing his desire to continue golfing, Woods said "the fire still burns to compete."

"The difference is, the recovery of the body to do it is not what it used to be," he added.

"I still love doing it, I love competing, I love competing at anything whether it's we're playing cards or we're playing golf, and no matter what it is I love competing. That's never going to leave but, as far as the recovery process of going out there and doing it again and again and again and doing it consistently at a high level, for some reason the body just won't recover like it used to," Woods said with a shoulder shrug.

"That's part of age and part of the athlete's journey."

In mid-September, Woods went under the knife for what was believed to be his sixth back surgery, ESPN reported, an injury that also caused pain down right his leg. The pain became even worse as the 2024 season went on.

Woods has also had multiple surgeries to repair damage in his right foot and leg he suffered from a car accident in February 2021.

The 49-year-old said he didn't expect his back to go out again this year, but it was "quite painful" throughout the end of the season, which led to another procedure to alleviate the pain in his leg.

As for his future commitments, Wood said he could make new promises all over again but truly didn't know when he would recover.

"I'm just trying to rehab and still get stronger and better and feel better and really give myself the best chance I can going to next year."

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2 golfers sneak into PGA Tour event after clerical error allows them to skip ​prequalification​



Two golfers will play in a PGA Tour event after they were accidentally allowed to compete in a prequalifying round for the tournament.

The PGA Tour made a wild error that may actually result in more viewership for the inaugural Black Desert Championship this weekend.

Typically, tour events have qualification rounds known as a Monday qualifier tournament. During this round, players who are not already qualified for the event compete in a one-round competition for a limited number of spots. However, even that has a qualifying portion.

If a golfer is a member of the PGA, PGA Tour Champions (tour for age 50+), or the Korn Ferry Tour (developmental tour), they are exempt from the Monday qualifying event. Players who are not exempt must play in a prequalifying event to earn a spot in the Monday qualifier.

It's a complicated process, but there has seemingly never been an issue with it, until now.

'It was a clerical error by our tournament director.'

How did it happen?

Outlet Monday Q uncovered that four players, who were not exempt, were able to skip the prequalifying event and successfully enroll in the Monday qualifier for the Black Desert Championship. Golfers R.J. Manke, Chris Korte, John Sands, and Riley Lewis were all accidentally listed in the Monday qualifier field.

"It was a clerical error by our tournament director," the Utah PGA told the outlet. "It is our first PGA Tour Monday, and he just made an error. He has done hundreds of tournaments without an issue. He just missed this one."

Some players were outraged when they found out the other golfers were able to skip a total of three prequalifiers for the upcoming tournament, and at least one contacted the tour.

Korte, who skipped the prequalifying rounds, also called the tour to confirm his exemption was accurate. He told Monday Q that even though he signed up for the prequalifying rounds, he was reimbursed for those, remained exempt, and was in the Monday qualifier.

This mass of confusion left the PGA Tour in a tough spot, but after discussions with its legal team, the organization eventually decided to refund the entry fee for the four players and remove them from the Monday qualifier. Three players took it on the chin, while the fourth allegedly called the PGA Tour and asked to be reimbursed for his travel expenses.

As a result, the PGA then reversed course and decided to let the golfers play on in the qualifier.

According to Korte, the phone calls he received about being booted from the qualifier and being put back in came within 30 minutes of each other.

How did they do?

The Monday qualifier went ahead as scheduled with the four asterisked golfers. Amazingly, Korte and Sand both shot 64s and finished at -8, earning spots in the Black Desert Championship. According to Golf.com, two other golfers who qualified in the traditional sense also moved on to the big tournament.

Not only will all eyes be on the two luck-stricken golfers when the tournament starts on Thursday, but there is now an embedded rivalry between the pair of traditional qualifiers and the accidental qualifiers.

Korte is scheduled to tee off at 11:19 a.m. ET on Thursday, while Sand's tee time is 11:35 a.m. ET.

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World's No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler roasts clueless reporter: 'So there's the club'



The top-ranked golfer in the world poked fun at a reporter who asked an odd question about why he had a poor stroke.

In the final round of the Tour Championship, No. 1 Scottie Scheffler shot a 67 to win the tournament by four strokes at -30.

However, on the Par 4 eighth hole, Scheffler hit his tee shot into a greenside bunker. Then, with the flag in frame, the replay showed that Scheffler shanked his shot from the bunker way off to his right.

"No one is immune to the shank. Not even Scottie Scheffler," the PGA Tour wrote above the video on X.

'It's a tremendous amount of pressure, and he handled it super well.'

Even though Scheffler won the tournament, ESPN's Mark Schlabach felt the need to focus on the rare mistake in the post-round press conference.

"What happened on that shot out of the bunker?" the reporter asked.

"I shanked it," Scheffler said plainly.

"Why did you shank it?" Schlabach pressed on.

Scheffler then hilariously gave the reporter a breakdown of golf-club physics.

"So there's the club, there's this straight part of the face, and then over here is the hosel, and on that one specifically, I caught too much of that part of the face. That's why it went to the right. It's shaped kind of ... a little curve," Scheffler explained, as laughter erupted around the room.

"And then ..." Scheffler continued, with the reporter desperately trying to interject. "If I hit the straight part it's going to go that way ... and then if I hit this part it's going to come towards you."

"I know the season, thank you," the reporter replied as Scheffler laughed at him.

It was later revealed that when Scheffler shanked the shot, his caddie reminded him who he was in order to reinstill confidence in the golfer.

"Just remember who you are," caddie Ted Scott said. "You're Scottie Scheffler."

Scott explained that the amount of pressure on Scheffler's shoulders was massive and that he just needed to keep the champion's head in the game.

"It's like eight months, knowing you're going to have a lead here," the caddie continued, per the PGA Tour. "It's a tremendous amount of pressure, and he handled it super well."

Scheffler went on to say that he's proud of his results, but winning tournaments is something he tries not to focus on.

"Maybe the last couple years I've put too much pressure on myself to perform," Scheffler revealed. "But this year I did a good job of just staying in it mentally and keeping my head down."

The champion still called winning a "great feeling" and said it felt "really special" to take home the FedEx Cup Championship, awarded to the tour's overall winner.

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Announcer accuses Tiger Woods of being on 'a lot of painkillers' during tournament: 'Look at the eyes'



A broadcaster accused golf legend Tiger Woods of being on "a lot" of painkillers at a recent tournament, sparking controversy and backlash from fans.

It was the first round of the Open Championship in Scotland at the Royal Troon Golf Club when a Sky Sports broadcaster made some accusatory comments about the golfer.

During the broadcast, Mark Roe said that something looked off about Woods, a three-time tournament champion:

"You look at the eyes ... you gotta think there's a lot of painkillers being taken to cope with the pain, you know?" Roe asked.

'There are just things that need not be said.'

As Men's Journal reported, Woods indeed has a history with painkillers since undergoing multiple back and knee surgeries. The outlet noted Woods' 2017 arrest for a DUI, during which he was found to have painkillers hydrocodone and hydromorphone in his system. He later went to rehab for addiction to prescription painkillers.

After the insensitive commentary by the U.K. announcer, fans quickly posted video from the broadcast calling the remarks unnecessary.

"A little bit odd for Mark Roe to just come out and say that. Not all the silences have to be filled," said one golf account who posted the footage.

"An absolute crazy thing to say on air," another page, focusing on golf stats, said.

An absolute crazy thing to say on air.
— NUCLR GOLF STATS (@NUCLRGOLFSTATS) July 18, 2024

"I'm not a big fan of Tiger, but even if it's true, there are just things that need not be said," another fan chimed in.

Roe is a former professional golfer, now broadcaster for Sky Sports. He appeared in the very same tournament 12 times beginning in the 1980s, according to Sporting News. He is most known for a scorecard issue at the Open Championship in 2003 when he and his playing partner forgot to exchange scorecards and therefore both signed the wrong card.

The pair were disqualified from the tournament for their error despite Roe being just two strokes behind the leader.

As for Woods, his previous arrest stemmed from what was called an "unexpected reaction" to prescription medications, and he admitted that he should have consulted with his medical team before taking them.

His DUI charge was later dropped, and Woods pleaded guilty to a reckless driving charge from the same incident.

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World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler charged with felony assault outside PGA Championship course entrance



The PGA Tour's top golfer and reigning champion of the Masters was arrested and charged outside the course entrance to the PGA Championship. The charges included felony assault of a police officer.

Scottie Scheffler, the number one-ranked golfer in the world, was arrested in a bizarre incident after refusing to stop at the scene of an accident near the entrance of the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.

An ESPN reporter named Jeff Darlington witnessed the incident and said that Scheffler was detained after a "misunderstanding with traffic flow led to his attempt to drive past a police officer into Valhalla Golf Club."

The traffic outside the golf course was stopped because a man was hit and killed by a shuttle bus at around 5 a.m. ET. The PGA Tour announced it would be delaying tee times due to "an accident near the course."

'Right now, he's going to jail, and there's nothing you can do about it.'

According to Darlington, Scheffler was trying to drive around the crash scene on the median, and when a police officer told him to stop, he continued to drive for another 10-20 yards toward the Valhalla Golf Club entrance.

A cop attached himself to the side of Scheffler's car, an ESPN report described, and the officer then yelled at the golfer.

"The police officer then began to scream at Scheffler to get out of the car. When Scheffler exited the vehicle, the officer shoved Scheffler against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs. He is now being detained in the back of a police car," Darlington wrote on X.

Here is video that I took of Scheffler being arrested: https://t.co/8UPZKvPCCf pic.twitter.com/9Tbp2tyrJh
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) May 17, 2024

Scheffler, who won the Masters just a month ago, reportedly asked Darlington, "Can you help?" as he was being detained. The officer instructed Darlington to back away.

"You need to get out of the way," the officer told the sports reporter. "Right now, he's going to jail, and there's nothing you can do about it."

Scheffler was charged with felony assault of a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding signals from officers directing traffic, according to local outlet WDRB citing court records.

Shortly after 9 a.m. ET, Scheffler was recorded entering the golf course after his release and was scheduled to tee off at 10:08 a.m.

🚨#WATCH: Scottie Scheffler has arrived at Valhalla Golf Club following his release from jail pic.twitter.com/2SP3gd6T4N
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) May 17, 2024

Scheffler was released and was ordered not to have any contact with the alleged victim, assumed to be the police officer, or any complaining witness.

His court date is scheduled for May 21, 2024, at the Jefferson District Court.

A spokesperson for the Louisville Metro Police Department told outlets that the deceased man was attempting to cross the road early in the morning when he has hit by a bus in the bus lane. The man reportedly died at the scene.

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'You're going to live with how that works out': PGA Tour partners with Katt Williams, signaling seismic cultural shift



Iconic comedian Katt Williams appeared in a series of official videos for the PGA Tour, serving up both jokes and life lessons.

Williams has made an immeasurable cultural impact in 2024, mostly due to an interview with former NFL player Shannon Sharpe where the comedian shocked audiences with his claims about different celebrities and fellow stand-up comics.

The interview has nearly 70 million views on YouTube alone, with Sharpe revealing that he made more money off the video than the entirety of his NFL career.

With a May 2024 Netflix special, Williams has continued to impact the free speech movement through his successes. The "legend of comedy" partnered with the PGA Tour for several videos that likely wouldn't have been acceptable in the mainstream just a year ago.

Williams explained at TPC at Sawgrass in Florida how golf teaches life lessons:

"All of the things that I like about life in general are on the golf course," Williams told the PGA Tour. "Golf requires you to experience all those beautiful things, but then every shot requires you to block all of that out and just focus on the task at hand," he prophesized.

"You don't have the opportunity of doing it again. You're going to do it once, and you're going to live with how that works out."

"If you can get that on the golf course, you can translate that everywhere. You could have three magnificent shots in a row, that has no bearing on your ability to three-putt, you can't afford to be high or low. You have to stay focused, and that translates all the time," Williams continued.

"A lot of people won't put it in the water, but you know who will? I will."


A legend of comedy takes on the iconic @TPCSawgrass.\n\nKatt Williams explains the game of golf like pure poetry.
— (@)

"Golf is this thing where ... 18 times they set you up with a challenge and they put obstacles and hazards in the way and you have to try to navigate your way safely and try to do as much as you can. But you learn that if you do more than you can, you can't do that," the comedian added.

After his wise remarks, Williams was then seen in subsequent videos making impressive golf shots, and even purposely hitting shots into the water.

"A lot of people won't put it in the water, but you know who will? I will," he joked.

During his record-breaking interview, Williams made several statements that appeared to be proven true once they made their rounds online.

He accused comedian Cedric the Entertainer of directly stealing one of his most-famous comedy routines and also called out lesser-known comedian Rickey Smiley for claiming he was the first choice for a role Williams played in Ice Cube's 2002 movie "Friday After Next."

An addition to the more provable claims, Williams also claimed that rapper and entrepreneur Diddy wanted to have sex with him on multiple occasions. Less than three months later, Diddy's properties were raided during investigations from a federal sex trafficking probe.

Williams also made claims about comedian and actor Kevin Hart being an industry "plant" and said Hart was the backup plan for movies that he declined.

"For a five-year period, every single movie that Kevin Hart did was a movie that had been on my desk," he said. Hart replied to the remarks the next day, indirectly telling Williams, "Gotta get that anger up outcha champ. ... It’s honestly sad."

Williams also described an offer that he and rapper/actor Ludacris allegedly received from the "illuminati" to get $200 million to do 20 movies, implying Ludacris accepted the offer to do the "Fast and the Furious" movies.

"It was so laughable — what he said — to me, I couldn’t believe what he was saying," Ludacris told radio hosts from "The Breakfast Club."

"I took it as laughable because he’s a comedian, and that’s why I kind of responded with some laughable stuff."

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