The PGA Tour has created a lucrative bonus structure that will reward golf’s biggest stars regardless of how they perform on the course, Golfweek has learned. The new system is designed to compensate players who are judged to drive fan and sponsor engagement, like Tiger Woods, Bryson DeChambeau and Rickie Fowler. Known as the Player Impact Program, the concept is seen as a direct response to Premier…

The U.S. Golf Association announced on Monday that a limited number of fans will be on hand for both the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open in California this summer. While the PGA Tour has had limited fans at events for some time now, the LPGA has yet to offer general-admission tickets since that tour restarted…

CLOSE “Fast and Furious” and “Friday Night Lights” actor Lucas Black is caddying for Craig Bowden this week at the Chubb Classic at Tiburon in Naples. Naples Daily News Actor Lucas Black has played as an amateur in the PGA Tour’s Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, starred as a golfer in a movie, and even talked…