The Saudi league, established in 2022, attracted some of the sport’s biggest stars with huge contracts.Yasir al-Rumayyan, left, the head of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, presenting a trophy at the LIV Golf championship in Michigan in 2025.

A World Golf Hall of Famer who could drive a ball more than 300 yards in his prime, he recorded 113 victories on the Japan Tour.Masashi Ozaki competing in 1996 at the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga. He played in the tournament 19 times but never won a major.

Rory McIlroy got his career Grand Slam, Scottie Scheffler kept winning and two tours named new leaders.Rory McIlroy’s playoff birdie at Augusta National Golf Club in April clinched the 2025 Masters Tournament, adding to his U.S. Open, P.G.A. Championship and British Open victories.

He was a witty and popular figure, but his racially insensitive remarks about Tiger Woods at the 1997 Masters led to death threats and many apologies.Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979 receiving his green jacket from Gary Player, left, after winning the Masters Tournament. Five years later, he won the United States Open.

Bethpage Black, one of the toughest courses in the United States, along with passionate fans, is the site of the biennial event between America and Europe.The Bethpage Black course, where 40,000 to 50,000 fans each day are estimated to visit for this year’s Ryder Cup. “There was this sense from the beginning that this one was going to be hard to wrap our hands around,” Bryan Kar...