Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) delivered a stronger-than-expected third quarter, with the company benefiting from a surprising source: the construction boom linked to AI data centers and infrastructure spending. Construction & Forestry sales increased 18% year over year, making it the company's fastest-growing major segment. Deere also reported a 7% increase in quarterly net income to $1.38 billion, while EPS rose to $5.10 from $4.75 a year earlier.
The improvement was enough for Deere to raise its 2026 net income outlook to $4.75 billion-$5 billion, up from the previous lower end of $4.5 billion. The company also continues to believe that 2026 will mark the bottom of the current agricultural equipment cycle.
Still, Deere & Company (NYSE:DE)'s core farm-equipment business remains under pressure. Production & Precision Agriculture sales fell 6% in the quarter as farmers continue to deal with weak commodity prices and difficult farm economics. At the same time, Small Agriculture & Turf sales increased 12%, helped by better milk and beef prices.
The biggest reason to be bullish on Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) is the growing strength of its construction business. The 18% increase in Construction & Forestry sales shows that the company is benefiting from spending that has little to do with the current farm cycle. AI data-center construction, infrastructure projects, and other large-scale development are creating demand for Deere's equipment. The company says customer backlogs now extend well into fiscal 2027, giving it strong visibility into future demand.
This diversification could become particularly valuable if the agricultural market takes longer to recover. Deere does not need its farm-equipment business to rebound immediately for the company to continue generating solid earnings. Construction is currently helping fill that gap, while the 12% increase in Small Agriculture & Turf sales provides another source of support.

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Members of the United Auto Workers voted down an offer from Deere DE -2.77%
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to extend its contract with the union by two years, setting up what will likely be a contentious negotiation for a new contract next year.

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Farming equipment manufacturer Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) could provide more clues about how the farming sector is doing for investors when the company reports third-quarter financial results Thursday before market open.
Here are the earnings estimates, ******* yst ratings and key items to watch.
• Deere stock is holding steady today. What should traders watch with DE?
Analysts expect Deere & Company to report third-quarter revenue of $10.73 billion, down from $12.02 billion in last year's third quarter, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
The company has beaten ******* yst estimates for revenue in 27 straight quarters.

#quarter #farming #analyst #billion

They built it, and thousands came.
The Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, Iowa, roared back to life last Thursday to host upwards of 8,000 fans, 26 Hall of Famers and VIPs like Theo Von to take in Major League Baseball's regular season matchup between the Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins. The high-profile outing, presented by John Deere and streamed live on Netflix, marked only the third MLB game to be played on the grounds where director Phil Alden Robinson filmed the beloved 1989 sports drama starring Kevin Costner.
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Scottie Scheffler won the Fedex St. Jude Championship over the weekend earning $3.6 million in the process. Scheffler moved up some impressive all-time leaderboards with the win and finds himself among some of the best golf company over.
The easiest way to explain Scheffler's incredible career is to say he's about to pass Tiger Woods as the highest earner in PGA history. Scheffler has now won $119,964,411 in his career. Woods is sitting at $120,999,166. Scheffler passed Rory McIlroy with his latest win. McIlroy is the only other player to win over $116, 488,372. Fourth place belongs to Justin Rose who has earned more than $78 million.
MORE: 10 top PGA Tour money leaders heading into John Deere Classic
There's a chance that Scheffler moves past Woods over the next two events. There is a $20 million purse at the BMW Championship this weekend and another $40 million in prize money at the Tour Championship where the top eight of the 30 player field will earn at least $1 million and Scheffler needs $1,034,756 to pass Woods.
The PGA really should really make sure they bring their oversized checkbook to every tournament Scheffler plays in until he passes Tiger.

#championship #mcilroy #tour

Jordan Spieth will surely wish that he had taken advice from Sir Nick Faldo way back in 2015.
Spieth made a huge splash on the professional golf scene when he won the John Deere classic when he was just 19 in 2013.
He then went on to win three major championships from 2015 to 2017 and by the time he was 28 in April 2022, he had 13 PGA Tour victories to his name.
However, Jordan Spieth has not recorded a win since then.
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#spieth #john

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 05: Brooks Koepka of the United States plays his shot in the green side bunker on the fifth hole during the Pro Am prior to the Wyndham Championship 2026 at Sedgefield Country Club on August 05, 2026 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Caleb Bowlin/Getty Images)
The Wyndham Championship marks the end of the regular season leading into the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and for two players, the tournament holds tremendous weight.
Recently turned professional and college phenom Jackson Kouvin needs to finish 30th or better this week to qualify for his first FedEx Cup Playoff series. Kouvin turned professional following the NCAA Championship and U.S. Open. His Auburn Tigers won the national ******* le at Omni La Costa.
Kouvin missed the cut at the John Deere Classic but has since shown fortitude and an incredible golf game, winning the 3M Open and placing T-10 at the ISCO Championship and T-31 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
In an interview with Yahoo Sports, Kouvin discussed the pressure of being on the playoff bubble: "Yeah, I mean, I'll just try not to think about it too much. At the end of the day, it's an uncontrollable, and if I go play well, I can hopefully be inside of that top 70."

#greensboro #wyndham

In the world of heavy machinery, Caterpillar commands a premium price without a first-place finish, forcing investors to ask if its future justifies its cost today.
Caterpillar (CAT) stock has delivered a powerful +118% return over the last twelve months, trading around $889.97 a share. For a company in the business of moving earth, it has certainly moved portfolios. But when you line it up with its direct competitors, a sharp question emerges: why does the market price Caterpillar like a leader when on paper, it isn't one?
CAT's Price Ranks Higher Than Its Performance
Among its peers, Caterpillar carries one of the highest valuations, trading at 43.7 times earnings. That's a significant premium over a rival like Deere, which trades at 33.1 times earnings. Yet for that price, investors are not getting chart-topping results. While CAT's revenue growth of 11.8% is strong, it trails the 17.0% growth posted by Terex. The story is similar for profitability, where Caterpillar's 16.5% operating margin is solid, but second to Deere's 17.4%.
The mismatch is clear: Caterpillar is priced near the top of its class but is out-delivered by at least one peer on both growth and margins. This isn't a case of paying for leading performance; it's a case of paying for something the market sees coming down the road.

#price #premium #investors #like

Lucas Glover stands alone at the top of the ISCO Championship leaderboard after shooting a two-day total of 13-under on Thursday and Friday at Hurstbourne Country Club.
Glover has yet to make a bogey through 36 holes for a second consecutive week. He previously tied for third place at the John Deere Classic in Sylvis, Illinois.
The ISCO Championship cut line for the field was set at 3-under, qualifying 68 golfers for Round 3 of the tournament, which is set to begin at 9:10 a.m. today. Chan Kim and Steven Fisk each have a share of second place behind Glover, having shot 11-under heading into the weekend.
The winner of the tournament will receive $720,000, 300 FedEx Cup points and a two-year PGA Tour exemption. Defending champion William Mouw, who was in the same group as Glover, shot 7-under on the second day, moving up from 45th to a share of fifth place with a two-day score of 9-under. He attributed part of his success to putting his putter in hot water the night before.
"I told my caddie I was going to do it and put it in some boiling hot water. Funny enough, it just stayed hot all day and I'm going to do it tonight too," Mouw said. "Whatever works, because I was not making any putts and today I made four or five that fell in, which is nice for a hot putter."

The ISCO Championship continues on Saturday with the third round at Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
Lucas Glover is on top after shooting 6-under 64 during the second round and is trailed by Chan Kim and Steven Fisk who are tied at two back.
Jackson Koivun made the cut in the Bluegrass State after shooting 2-under 68 on Friday. The 21-year-old will get his first shot at weekend action on the PGA Tour, after missing the cut in his pro debut last week at the John Deere Classic.
Golf Channel will have live coverage of the third round starting at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday.
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Jul. 10—LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Anders Larson's run in his first PGA Tour event as a professional golfer has come to a close.
But it ended here Friday with Larson — a Pine Island native — shooting his best round ever in a PGA Tour event.
The former state champion with Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa fired a 2-under-par 69 in the second round of the ISCO Championship, at Hurstbourne Country Club. He finished the event at 2-over par for 36 holes, missing the cut for the weekend.
The par-70 course plays to 7,056 yards.
Larson's two previous PGA Tour events were actually the same tournament — he qualified for the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill., in 2023 and 2024. He missed the cut both times, but gained valuable experience as an amateur while retaining his eligibility to play college golf.

The Renaissance Club hosts second-round action of the Genesis Scottish Open on Friday, with a loaded field of players vying for the top prize from a $9 million purse.
Chris Gotterup is looking to become the first player to successfully defend the Scottish Open crown, Gotterup, who is also going for back-to-back wins after capturing the John Deere Classic last weekend, shot an opening round 2-under 68.
He trails a crowded leaderboard that features Rory McIlory, who was runner-up to Gotterup last year but has won at Renaissance Club before. McIlory shares part of the lead after carding a 65 on Thursday.
Golf Channel will have live coverage of the second round beginning at 11 a.m. ET.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Lucas Glover birdied the final two holes for a 7-under 63 and a share of the first-round lead Thursday in the ISCO Championship.
Steven Fisk, Stephan Jaeger and Troy Merritt joined Glover atop the leaderboard at Hurstbourne Country Club. Played opposite the Scottish Open, the event is sanctioned by the PGA Tour and the European tour.
Glover made an 11-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th, then hit a 163-yard shot to 3 feet on the par-4 18th to cap his afternoon round. He also opened with a 63 last week en route to a third-place finish in the John Deere Classic.
“Very similar to last week, the first couple days, hit it nice, made some putts and no bogeys. Always a good way to start,” the 46-year-old Glover said. “First time here at this course. Absolutely love it. Wish we played more like it.”
Pontus Nyholm and Chan Kim were a stroke back.

The Walker Cup is two months away, and the USGA announced Wednesday the first four selections for the United States squad.
Preston Stout, Tyler Watts, Ethan Fang and Miles Russell will represent the stars and stripes Sept. 5-6 at Lahinch in Ireland, site of the 51st Walker Cup — a biennial match between the top amateurs from the United States and those from Great Britain and Ireland.
Stout, Watts and Fang earned automatic spots on the U.S. side thanks to being the highest-ranked Americans in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, while Russell was selected by the Walker Cup committee.
Stout, a rising senior at Oklahoma State, recently moved to No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He won the individual ******* le at the NCAA Men's Golf Championship in June and was on the Walker Cup team last year at Cypress Point. He also won medalist honors at the 2025 U.S. Amateur and he's likely to be No. 1 on the PGA Tour University Class of 2027 rankings. Last week, he made his first cut in a PGA Tour event, finishing in the top 15 at the John Deere Classic, where he played on a sponsor exemption.
Watts won the Northeast Amateur two weeks ago, jumping into the top five of WAGR and becoming the youngest champion in the event's history. The 18-year-old is ranked No. 3 in the world and is an incoming freshman at Tennessee, where he's likely to be one of several teenagers on the team.

The season-long race to see which players can earn the most cash on the PGA Tour is coming down the homestretch. With more than $550 million in combined purses up for grabs in 2026, there's plenty of money to go around.
Scottie Scheffler concluded the 2025 season by leading the Tour with $27.7 million in winnings, followed by Tommy Fleetwood ($18.5 million) and Rory McIlroy ($17 million). Here's a look at where the top pros stand on the season money list as of July 07, 2026.
Chris Gotterup made a big move by winning the John Deere Classic, jumping six spots into the top 10 at No. 8.
PGA Tour 2026 Season Money Rankings: See the full leaderboard here
Earnings are accurate as of Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at 6:05 a.m.

Smylie Kaufman has explained why he could see the likes of Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed proving to be ideal partners for Chris Gotterup at the Presidents Cup following his victory at the John Deere Classic this past week.
Gotterup has surely secured his spot on Brandt Snedeker’s team at Medinah in September. The 26-year-old has now won for a third time on the PGA Tour this season.
It was a stunning performance from Gotterup to secure victory at TPC Deere Run on Sunday, with the youngster posting a 62 in the final round to jump to the top of the leaderboard.
It was clearly a mistake from Keegan Bradley to overlook Gotterup for the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage last September. He had won the Scottish Open and put himself in contention at The Open Championship.
The Bethpage setup also appeared to be absolutely crying out for a player like Gotterup.

Chris Gotterup was brought to tears on the driving range at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois, on Sunday when he got word he had won the 2026 John Deere Classic.
It's not because he is a stranger to winning. In fact, it was his third victory in the last seven months. No, this one spurred extra emotion for the 26-year-old from New Jersey because it was a family affair. His usual caddie, Brady Stockton, is home with a newborn baby, so Gotterup's little brother, Patrick, was called up to the big leagues to carry his kin's bag.
"It's such a cool moment," Gotterup said. "Obviously Brady, who caddies for me normally, had a kid last week, and we kind of planned this out a couple of months ago. [Patrick and I] were just planning on having a fun week and obviously try to come win, but to have it actually happen is cool and just a special moment that we'll never forget."
Gotterup was virtually flawless Sunday, firing a bogey-free, 9-under 62 in the final round to erase the five-shot deficit he faced to start the day. He posted 20-under 264 in total to win by one shot over Max Homa, who finished solo second, and by two over Ben Kohles, who held the lead for much of the day before a disastrous final hole.
"I really felt like I grinded it out this week," Gotterup said. "Today it kind of all came together, but the first three days I didn't have my best stuff. I talked about it earlier in the week that even my not-so-good stuff has gotten a lot better, which is great. Then obviously to come out today and to shoot 9 under was awesome. Definitely not what I had in the cards, but I'll take those cards dealt to me, for sure."

There is a hard reality to the past, present and maybe future in Zac Blair's professional career.
The 35-year-old, who stands tied for third place on a tightly packed leaderboard heading into Sunday's final round of the John Deere Classic, sports a heavy red beard now. It looks like a lumbar jack's movie makeup for those who remember him as the youngster whose cherubic face seemed to match the Utah native's affable demeanor.
In his first couple of seasons on the PGA Tour, Blair got onto the leaderboard with some regularity, and 10 years ago he opened the season with a tie for third at the Sony Open in Hawaii.
That year, Blair made bigger headlines for banging his putter against his head at the Well Fargo Championship and being disqualified for using an altered piece of equipment. It would be another seven seasons before he eclipsed his previous best finish with a T-2 in the 2023 Travelers Championship.
He won the 2019 Ellie Mae Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour, but, mostly, Blair has lived on the edge of eligibility on the PGA Tour. "Playing golf is pretty stressful," he said on Saturday after shooting four-under-par 67 at TPC Deere Run in Sylvis, Ill. That result got Blair to 15 under for the tournament, only one shot back of co-leaders Lucas Glover (69) and Lee Hodges (67).

There's $8.8 million in prize money up for grabs at TPC Deere Run on Sunday, with the winner walking away with $1,584,000.
The Fourth of July isn't the only event producing fireworks this weekend, with the PGA Tour finale set to produce some drama in America's heartland on Sunday.
Here's the prize money breakdown for the 80 players who made the cut in Silvis, Illinois (will be updated with individual payouts at the conclusion of play).
WIN: $1,584,000
2: $959,200

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Lucas Glover chipped in for eagle early and made a birdie late, his only two sub-par holes Saturday for a 2-under 69 that was just enough for him to share the lead with Lee Hodges in the John Deere Classic that now has plenty of possibilities.
Hodges had four birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine of the TPC Deere Run for a 67 to join Glover at 16-under 197 going into the final round.
Nine players were within four shots of the lead, a group that ranges from 50-year-old Zach Johnson to NCAA champion Preston Stout of Oklahoma State.
Glover's three-year exemption on the PGA Tour from winning twice in 2023 expires this year, and he began the season still recovering from labrum surgery.
"You pretty much know you've got to go low or you're not going to win," Glover said. "Everybody is going to have to be aggressive, so I've got to hit it a little better tomorrow to achieve the ultimate goal."

Round 3 tee times for the John Deere Classic were adjusted Saturday morning because of threatening weather in the Silvis, Illinois, area.
PGA Tour officials delayed the start of play because of lightning and then announced groups would go off split tees between 9-11:30 a.m. ET. Inclement is forecast throughout the morning and early afternoon at TPC Deere Run.
Tee times will be updated when provided by the Tour.
Players were originally scheduled to start the third round at 7:31 a.m., with the last group at 12:35 p.m. ET.
"Golf Central Pregame" begins at noon ET with live coverage at 1 p.m. ET.

Keke Palmer feels like she was robbed.
On Sunday, during the BET Awards, the actress commandeered the microphone from the night's host, Druski, telling him, "This should have been my gig."
"Why the **** would they have you host? And this is the problem with BET. They be tripping because this should have been me," she said, jokingly.
Palmer then took it upon herself to introduce the next artist. "I got it. This next performance is by a Grammy Award-winning artist who came through dripping, it has been up til it's stuck," she said. "Give it up for the one and only Cardi B."
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SILVIS, Ill. — Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler had to return to TPC River Highlands on Monday to finish their playoff at the Travelers Championship after heavy rain caused a weather delay Sunday afternoon.
The PGA Tour might run into the same problem again this week at the John Deere Classic, where brutally hot and humid conditions could cook up thunderstorms throughout the weekend in Silvis, Illinois. The first round got underway Thursday morning without a hitch, but the forecast for the rest of the tournament doesn't look too promising.
The first round of inclement weather could arrive Thursday afternoon, as the forecast calls for a 50 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms. Even if those storms don't materialize, players will be dealing with temperatures in the low 90s with a heat index north of 100 degrees.
Friday's forecast is similar to Thursday's: partly cloudy with a high in the upper 80s and a heat index nearing 100, plus a 55 percent chance of a strong thunderstorm carrying heavy rain that could cause flash flooding in some areas.
Saturday's third round seems to have the biggest chance of a suspension in play, with cloudy and very humid conditions. There's a 60 percent chance of thunderstorms all throughout the day, and some of those storms could be severe, with high winds and damaging hail to go along with heavy rain.

Jordan Spieth was at it again on Thursday in the first round of the John Deere Classic. Spieth’s group teed off on the 10th hole at 8:35 AM and he was 1-under by the time he stepped onto the 15th tee box. That’s when he did the most Jordan Spieth thing possible and hit his tee shot so far right it ended up on the wrong side of the cart path.
When Spieth walked up to find his ball and take his second shot he found a white flag next to a garbage can and a Michelob Ultra-branded recycling bin where patrons were supposed to put their empties. The ball had somehow ended up underneath the recycling. Thus, we got the visual of Jordan Spieth dragging both receptacles to the cart path curb like it was trash day.
It’s an incredible visual. He looks like a dad realizing his kid didn’t take out the trash and can’t decide if it’s even worth his effort to move them at this point because he’s pretty sure he already heard the truck go by.
But not Jordan Spieth. He got the OK to move the bins and then he asked just exactly how much he could move his ball. And he stepped up and hit it within a few feet. And then he made the birdie putt.
How many other golfers in the world can make birdie from underneath a garbage can?

Jordan Spieth can get up and down from a trash can.
No, literally, he can – and make that two trash cans.
Spieth birdied the par-4 15th hole Thursday at TPC Deere Run, his sixth hole of his first round at the John Deere Classic, despite driving his ball underneath a pair of trash cans.
“Do I get to do anything about that?” Spieth asked a rules official after lifting the cardboard receptacle, which sat next to a plastic recycling bin, to reveal his ball in the rough.
“No, you have to play it,” the official responded.

It wouldn’t be the John Deere Classic without Jordan Spieth doing Jordan Spieth things. Sometimes, those things are magical—as they were in 2013 and 2015 when Spieth won the event twice in the span of three years …
And sometimes those things are, well, trash. That’s not meant as an insult, either. We mean literal trash.
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That was the scene at TPC Deere Run on Thursday morning when an errant tee shot on No. 15 wriggled its way under a pair of highly metaphorical trash cans. After Spieth located his ball and got relief from the receptacles, he miraculously stuck his approach to three feet, tapping in for birdie. A stone-cold classic of the Jordan Spieth genre.
At the time of writing, Spieth is even-par through nine holes following three birdies, a bogey and a double. In other words, standard Jordan Spieth stuff as the three-time major winner gears up for a return to Royal Birkdale, the site of perhaps his most triumphant moment of chaos. But as all Spieth fans will tell you, when it comes to golf's master of disaster, the only thing to expect is the unexpected.

Jordan Spieth has been encouraged to be much more aggressive on long putts if he hopes to end his current wait for a win on the PGA Tour.
Spieth goes into this week’s John Deere Classic looking for a first victory in well over four years. You would have to go back to the 2022 RBC Heritage for the last time the Texan secured a win on tour.
He was dealing with a wrist injury for some of that time. However, Spieth has seemingly been pain free for quite a while. So it is alarming that the 32-year-old has not registered a top 10 finish on the PGA Tour in 2026.
Spieth looked destined to go down as one of the greatest golfers in the game’s history when he won three majors between 2015 and 2017.
Few would have imagined that he would not add to his tally after his victory at Royal Birkdale nine years ago. Spieth was a monster at his best. In particular, it seemed that he was never going to miss an important putt, regardless of how far away from the hole he was.

QUAD CITIES, Illinois — At 1:16 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, Illinois head coach Brad Underwood started his round in the John Deere Classic Pro-Am.
Illini fans might notice a familiar face on Underwood's bag, as his son, and Illinois basketball ***** istant coach, Tyler Underwood will be caddying for him during the event and helping him maneuver through TPC Deere Run.
There's no shortage of big names playing in the Pro-Am, as he followed in the steps of names like Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and members of the Savannah Bananas, who teed off earlier in the day.
Ahead of the Pro-Am event, Underwood spoke with the local media, and it's safe to say he wasn't the most confident in his abilities.
"I've played so little golf that it's a little concerning… I had hand surgery right after the season was over and literally I played a round on Friday and played a round on Sunday, and I was so bad on Sunday that I almost went fishing," Underwood said.

SILVIS, Ill. — Preston Stout is no stranger to winning high-level golf tournaments.
The rising senior at Oklahoma State captured the individual NCAA Championship in dramatic fashion last month, forfeiting a six-shot lead on the back nine before winning in a playoff. A few weeks prior, he became the first player to ever win three straight Big 12 individual ****** les. And in short order, Stout will be the world's No. 1 amateur, as current No. 1 Jackson Koivun makes his professional debut this week at the John Deere Classic, where Stout will make his fourth PGA Tour start on a sponsor exemption.
While Stout says he feels comfortable teeing it up on Tour alongside the world's best players, he notices one stark difference between pro and amateur golf: preparation.
"They're very meticulous in how they go about their business, whether that's in the gym, physio. All recovery stuff is pretty impressive to me," Stout said Wednesday in his tournament news conference at TPC Deere Run. "Just how they take care of their bodies. A lot of these guys are playing multiple weeks in a row so that's definitely important and something I picked up on . . . and in practice, too. You see the putting green is filled at all times of the day. Same with the chipping green. Guys are working on those parts of their game a lot, and I feel like that's a little different than amateur golf. Seems like a lot of guys are just beating ****** .
"It's definitely cool to see and learn and just kind of observe a little bit and just see what guys are doing."

Lucas Glover would like to see the PGA Tour get back to its roots, when its tagline used to be "charity is the winner."
As a past champion of this week's John Deere Classic, Glover joined "Golf Today" on Golf Channel on Wednesday and was his usual candid self.
Glover, who won the JDC in 2021, said he'd like the PGA Tour to focus more of its energies on the good deeds its doing in the communities where they play rather than so much talk about player greed and the gobs of money they are playing for on a weekly basis.
When asked by host Eamon Lynch how he'd like to see the Tour invest the $1.5 billion from private equity partner SSG, Glover said he didn't know enough about the Tour's financials to make an educated guess. Glover is the chairman of the Player Advisory Council this season and is slated to join the Tour's board as a player director (replacing Adam Scott) in January. He hinted at one of his pet projects when he begins serving his term.
"I'd like to see a little more awareness and commitment to the charities that the tournament supports," Glover said. "I think we've lost a little bit of that with the influx of money and the signature series and things like that. I plan to let that be known when I get on the board that I think that should be a focus again is how much we actually do for the communities that we're in and what that means to be able to do that."