Golf

Tiger Woods might as well hang it up .... 'cause his days of being a dominant golfer are OVER ... so says PGA legend Greg Norman.

We got the two-time British Open champ out in NYC and put it to him plain ... asking if Tiger Woods, who hasn't been the same since ... you know ... can ever get his mojo back and be the #1 guy again.

The short answer -- nope. And Norman ain't sugarcoating it.

This is so bad it's good.

Washington Capitols superstar Alex Ovechkin whiffed TWICE while trying to tee off Thursday ... shocking, considering the guy swings a hockey stick for a living.

But you gotta watch the entire clip ... Alex eventually focuses and connects with a pretty solid shot -- and celebrates like he just won the Stanley Cup!

It's better than Charles Barkley ... but it's close.

Ryder? He hardly knows her!

Here's Tiger Woods hanging with Paulina Gretzky at a Ryder Cup celebration party -- which begs the question ... where's Dustin Johnson???

Rory McIlroy was in no mood for hecklers Saturday at the Ryder Cup ... especially when someone in the peanut gallery yelled, "suck a d***."

You really have to listen closely to the video ... someone screams "SUCK!!!" which is then followed by a guy with a low voice, commanding, "Suck a d***."

The guy in the striped shirt seems to be the offender, and he was yanked from the crowd by security and removed.

Rory McIlroy was upstaged by a heckler in the gallery at the Ryder Cup Thursday morning -- when the golfer missed a putt multiple times ... and an American heckler came out and showed him how it's done!

Rory was doing a practice round at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota when he got to the 6th hole and ran into some trouble on the green.

The heckler essentially told Rory he could do it better ... so Henrik Stenson challenged the guy to come out on the course and hit it himself.

Golfer Justin Rose even put up $100 to the heckler if he made the shot.

Well, guess what -- HE DRAINED THE 12 FOOT PUTT ... while wearing jeans and what appeared to be house slippers!!!

Rory wasn't bitter -- in fact, he gave the guy a hug and helped him celebrate.

Penny Hardaway just dropped $500 so he could hit the links FRESH ... in one-of-a-kind golf shoes patterned after his classic Fighter Jet Foamposites from back in the '90s.

TMZ Sports spoke with Roly Padron from Nomad Customs, who says Penny wanted a special look for the Black Enterprise Golf Challenge this Labor Day weekend ... so he decided to freak his sneaks.

Roly hand painted a pair of Nike Air Zoom 90 golf shoes -- a 10 hour job -- to give Penny the same camouflage look from his classic shoe that drives sneakerheads wild.

The blue in the shoe is also significant ... a nod to Penny's time with the Orlando Magic ... just tossed in there for a little nostalgia ... and, of course, Hardaway's signature logo is on the back.

Whole job cost about $500 bucks ... but you know what they say ... look good, play good.

Caitlyn Jenner's offering anyone -- man or woman -- a chance to play golf with her, but your money's gotta be right.

Caitlyn's putting her golf skills up for bid through the celebrity auction site Charitybuzz. The highest bidder will get a private round of golf with her in L.A. -- a great opportunity if golf's your thing.

Remember, Caitlyn's a longtime member at the exclusive Sherwood Country Club, and even golfs with pros from time to time. Plus, Bruce frequently donated time for charity auctions, which always went for top dollar.

Charitybuzz predicts the winning bidder this time will have to drop around $10k. We're told Caitlyn will also cover the winner's food and drink tab for the day, and she's tossing in an autographed copy of her recent SI cover.

Ante up, the auction goes live Saturday.

It drives some golfers crazy ... but newly crowned PGA champ Jimmy Walker says the whole "Baba Booey" thing doesn't bother him one bit.

In case you're in the dark, Howard Stern fans have made it a point to shout "Baba Booey" after golfers rip their tee shots at major tournaments all over the world.

Earlier in the weekend, Graeme McDowell dropped an F-bomb after someone "booey'd" him at Baltusrol. He later apologized.

Some tournaments have threatened to boot fans who shout the catchphrase.

But Walker says he ain't worried -- and explains why.

#BABABOOEY4LIFE!

Yeah, he's not good.

Here's Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar trying his hand at golf ... and failing miserably.

Justin Timberlake got five to the face from a golf spectator -- and then the spectator got busted by cops ... TMZ has learned.

We obtained video of JT shot Saturday at the American Century Celebrity Pro-Am in Lake Tahoe -- and you clearly see a hand smack Justin as he's walking through the crowd. He didn't take it lightly either.

Justin turned around and yelled, "Why would you do that?" After he walked off, security for the tourney was seen talking to the slaphappy suspect.

Tournament reps saw it as a minor incident, and Justin -- who didn't have a mark on him -- didn't want to press charges ... but when Sheriff's deputies attempted to escort the man off the course things went south.

Law enforcement sources tell us he claimed he just wanted to "touch" Justin and got overzealous -- but refused to leave the premises. We're told he appeared intoxicated and became belligerent. Cops arrested him for disorderly conduct.

Always remember ...

French Montana and Drake hit the links in the Dominican Republic Thursday in the name of new music.

They are staying at Casa de Campo and took over the city of La Romana to shoot their video for "No Shopping" ... the next single off French's upcoming album. We don't know how they fared on the golf course, but based on Drizzy's footwear ... it wasn't a serious round.

However, the chicks in the background of this shot -- VERY serious.

Drake blew off the Billboard Music Awards, even though he was in Las Vegas ... and opted instead for a few rounds of golf with his friends.

Actually, it was golf with a tech spin -- at the brand new Topgolf in Vegas. We got this video of Drake and his pal, Jas Prince, teeing off Sunday night ... just a few blocks away from T-Mobile Arena ... where the award show was going down.

It's bizarre ... Drizzy was up for 11 BMAs ... and won for Top Rap Artist -- but for some reason he obviously wasn't feeling it.

On the other hand, both guys take decent strokes -- at least in this video. Y'know how golf goes.

Just two months after giving birth, Ivanka Trump is already golfing like a BOSS -- crushing a tee shot in front of the best female golfers in the world ... while wearing heels!

Donald's daughter was at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Jersey ... gearing up for the 2017 Women's Open with Cristie Kerr, Paula Creamer and Brittany Lincicome when they decided to show off their swings.

Check out Ivanka ... who was so impressive, you can even hear the pros giving her props.

Phil Mickelson made nearly $1 MILLION in the stock market off information stemming from insider trading ... this according to the Securities and Exchange Commission which just sued the golfer.

According to a lawsuit filed by the SEC, Mickelson got a tip about Dean Foods company in 2012 from famed sports gambler Billy Walters.

The SEC believes Walters got his information from a longtime friend who was a director at the company.

But since Phil allegedly took Billy's info -- and made roughly $931k in profits from subsequent trades -- the SEC believes Phil's money was ill-gotten and he should have to forfeit the money to the SEC.

The SEC believes Phil owed Walters money at the time of the trade -- the assumption is that he urged Phil to make the financial moves to make some money to pay him back.

Oscar De La Hoya isn't impressed with Donald Trump's taco salad tribute to Cinco de Mayo.

The boxer just joined the guys on "TMZ Sports" (airs Thursday on FS1) -- and addressed not only the taco salad situation ... but also the new footage of him praising Trump's golf skills.

Here's a teaser of the interview -- which airs tonight on FS1.

Oscar makes it clear he's not backing off his "Trump Is a Cheater" golf stance ... and has a huge problem with his taco salad.

Watch TMZ Sports -- weeknights at 9 PM PT on FS1.

Before Oscar De La Hoya hit Donald Trump with hardcore cheating allegations -- he was singing Trump's praises as a "great golfer" after personally watching the guy nail an impressive shot.

Both Oscar -- and George Lopez -- gave video testimony about Trump's incredible golf skills following an outing with the businessman in April 2010 at Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles.

In the video, obtained by TMZ Sports, Trump walks up to the group, takes a club and crushes a tee shot at the 15th hole ... putting the ball feet from the pin on a par 3 without even warming up.

"I'm actually very surprised that he hit his tee shot so close to the pin because that was his first shot of the day," Oscar said ... "What does that tell you? He's a great golfer."

George Lopez also went on camera and praised Trump for the shot.

It's a COMPLETELY different story from the one De La Hoya told this week -- in which he painted Trump as a bumbling cheater who repeatedly tried to pull fast ones on his fellow players.

But we're told Trump didn't even play with Oscar that day -- he only stepped on the course for that ONE shot and left. He claims it's the only time he's EVER been on a golf course with the boxer.