The California Swing heads to San Diego and all eyes will be on the five-time major champion back from years at LIV Golf.

LIV Golf has reasons to be encouraged by how their players have fared at the Dubai Desert Classic on the DP World Tour this week. With the start of 2026 approaching, it’s a good sign to see names like Patrick Reed and David Puig near the top of the leaderboard in Dubai.

Golf doesn’t have diss tracks, but if it did, the PGA Tour’s 2026 marketing campaign would be burning up the Billboard Hot 100. On Thursday, a few hours before the start The American Express, the PGA Tour debuted a new commercial that will run throughout the season.

Rory McIlroy believes the PGA Tour and LIV Golf have grown “too far apart” to form an alliance and bring a splintered sport back together. “I just don’t see a world where it can happen at this point,” McIlroy said Wednesday at the Dubai Desert Classic on the European tour.

Somewhere, everyone knew Brooks Koepka rejoining the Tour would come with some diss, but the timeline of it wasn’t sure. Well, it is now.

Scottie Scheffler's 20th PGA Tour win came on Sunday at the American Express. Jed Jacobsohn / They don’t even know how good they had it. The rest of golf didn’t fully understand how much worse it could have been.