Speaking under the famous oak tree in front of the Augusta National clubhouse, 3M Open tournament organizer Hollis Cavner said he's pursuing Woods for the Jule tournament in Blaine.
Rory McIlroy is trying to join Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tiger Woods as winners of the modern, career grand slam. He hasn't won a major since 2014.
Rory McIlroy has won three of golf's four major tournaments, the U.S. Open (2011), PGA Championship (2012, 2014) and British Open (2014), but has never finished higher than fourth at the Masters.
They join a list that includes five-time major winner Phil Mickelson, two-time U.S. Open and three-time major winner Brooks Koepka, 2015 PGA champ Jason Day and 2018 Masters winner Patrick Reed.
An aquatic driving range, a BMX track, an amphitheater and more could be part of the redesigned Hiawatha Golf Club in south Minneapolis, according to concept plans for the property released this month.
The five-time major champion is the biggest commitment yet for the July PGA Tour event at TPC Twin Cities. "We couldn't be more excited," 3M Open tournament director Peter Mele said.
Minnesota's first PGA Tour event in 50 years comes late in the PGA Tour schedule that has been reshuffled and condensed to ensure the season-ending FedEx playoffs finish by Labor Day.
As close to a Minnesotan as the LPGA currently gets, South Dakotan Kim Kaufman on Tuesday got her first look at Hazeltine National Golf Club, site of June's KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
Reed will be the second player to commit to the event that begins at the TPC Twin Cities in Blaine on July 4. Bryson DeChambeau, a winner four times in 2018 and the world's fifth-ranked golfer, was the first to commit last month.
There's one golfer who gets asked about more than any other when fans wonder who's coming to the first PGA 3M Open in July. (No, it isn't Tiger Woods.)
More than 60 solar panels are up and running at Ramsey County's The Ponds at Battle Creek Golf Course, the latest step by the county to power its entire park system with renewable energy.
On Saturday, Hazeltine club members remembered the Ryder Cup brought to Chaska for the first time in 2016 and perhaps peering far ahead to when it returns in 2028.
Jay Frolick of First Tee Twin Cities and Kurt Lambert of First Tee Three Rivers Park District were selected to participate in this week's PURE Insurance Championship in Pebble Beach.
The 3M Open, Minnesota's stop on the PGA Tour new in 2019, will be one of the last chances for players to earn FedEx points in a full-field event. Tournament organizers are hopeful that change will attract top golfers.