Published On: Fri, Dec 26th, 2025

Golfweek Wrapped 2025 (PGA Tour): LIV Golf issues still reign supreme

As our Adam Schupak aptly argued earlier on Golfweek, the PGA Tour was chock-full of exciting moments in 2025, with Rory McIlroy’s victory at Augusta the most indelible.

But what were the stories you read? Each year, we finish off the calendar with a deep dive into the numbers, a look at the posts that got the most clicks.

So without further ado, here’s a look at the five stories you came to us for in 2025.

1. Adam Scott confirms what has been widely reported about PGA Tour, LIV Golf unification

Adam Scott at the 2025 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands.

Adam Scott confirmed what has widely been reported: there’s little movement in efforts to reunify men’s professional golf.

As a member of the PGA Tour’s policy board, Scott has had a front row seat in the negotiations between the Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the financial backer of LIV Golf. Scott participated in the talks earlier this year, which were orchestrated by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House.

Here’s the rest of the story.

2. Former LIV Golf winner rips league, says new goal is chasing PGA Tour card

Eugenio Chacarra of Spain looks on following his second shot on the 10th hole on day two of the BMW International Open 2025 at Golfclub Munchen Eichenried on July 04, 2025 in Munich, Germany.

Eugenio Chacarra, the former world No. 2 amateur who turned pro to join LIV Golf out of Oklahoma State, won in his fifth start at LIV Golf Bangkok in 2022. But heading into 2025, he found himself in the middle of a career shift. A member of Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs GC, Chacarra wasn’t re-signed ahead of 2025, and he chose to try to find a pathway to the PGA Tour in 2025 instead of playing for LIV Golf.

Chacarra detailed LIV Golf’s unfulfilled promises and a 24-year-old’s chase for a lifelong goal after stepping out and trying to be a part of something different to begin his career.

Here’s more on what Chacarra said.

3. PGA Tour will return to popular Texas city, other changes coming to schedule

Austin, Texas.

Austin, Texas, was reinserted into the PGA Tour schedule, albeit in a less desirable spot in the schedule. The WGC-Dell Match Play was played two weeks before the Masters in 2023, and with a massive purse and no cut, it boasted one of the season’s best fields.

A new tournament was dropped into the FedEx Cup Fall, meaning many of the Tour’s best players likely won’t be in attendance.

Here’s more on the story.

Lucas Glover tears into Caves Valley Golf Club: ‘I feel sorry for the members’

Lucas Glover lines up his putt on the third hole during the first round of the 2025 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.

Lucas Glover, the 2009 U.S. Open winner who isn’t afraid to share his thoughts, wasn’t a big fan of host Caves Valley Golf Club of the BMW Championship. The six-time PGA Tour winner said, “I feel sorry for the members that have to play that now, because it’s virtually unplayable.”

Caves Valley outside Baltimore was designed by Tom Fazio and opened in 1991. It is ranked by Golfweek’s Best as the No. 6 private club in Maryland. The PGA Tour played the layout in the 2021 BMW Championship as part of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and Patrick Cantlay and Bryson DeChambeau tied at 27 under par with Cantlay going on to win the playoff. Soft conditions that week favored low scoring.

Here’s more of what Glover said.

5. Collin Morikawa splits with longtime caddie, hires Joe Greiner to carry bag

Collin Morikawa reacts to a putt on the 15th hole during the final round of the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge.

Collin Morikawa had a new caddie when he teed it up at the Truist Championship in Philadelphia.

Morikawa hired veteran caddie Joe Greiner and parted ways with J.J. Jakovac, his only caddie since turning pro in 2019 at the RBC Canadian Open.

Here’s what our Adam Schupak wrote about the story (which was only the beginning).

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Golfweek Wrapped 2025 (PGA Tour): LIV Golf issues still reign supreme

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