Golf

Associated Press Dec 23, 2024, 09:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani is keeping elite company. The Japanese superstar caps 2024 by winning The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the third time, tying him with basketball great Michael Jordan. He trails only four-time winners Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods
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ESPN News Services Dec 22, 2024, 12:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tiger Woods isn’t the only member of his family to produce big moments. His 15-year-old son Charlie made his first ace Sunday in the PNC Championship. And Dad seemed more excited than he would have been had he made the hole-in-one himself. Charlie
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Associated Press Dec 21, 2024, 06:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods and 15-year-old son Charlie ran off five straight birdies on the back nine Saturday for a 13-under 59 in the scramble format, giving them a share of the lead in the PNC Championship in the former’s first competition since
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Associated Press Dec 20, 2024, 01:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LIV Golf is looking younger as it adds new players to the team rosters, the most recent Friday when the Cleeks announced it was signing Fredrik Kjetterup, 24, of Denmark, who finished among the top 10 in the PGA Tour University ranking at Florida
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Associated Press Dec 20, 2024, 12:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Derek Sprague has been selected as the next CEO at the PGA of America, the first time a club professional has been chosen to lead the organization in nearly 20 years. Sprague, who spent 25 years at his hometown Malone Golf Club in New
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ESPN News Services Dec 19, 2024, 11:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Nick Dunlap, who became the first player to win as an amateur and a professional in the same season, has been named the PGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year for the 2024 season. The 20-year-old American was selected for the Arnold Palmer Award
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Dec 18, 2024, 11:15 AM ET Marco Penge had already served one month of his ban, meaning he can return from Feb. 13. Jose Manuel Alvarez Rey/NurPhoto via Getty Images Englishman Marco Penge has been suspended by the DP World Tour after a disciplinary panel found he placed bets on multiple golf events, the circuit said
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Associated Press Dec 17, 2024, 11:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy never trailed and needed only 14 holes to beat Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau of LIV Golf in a made-for-TV exhibition Tuesday night that gave fans a chance to see PGA Tour and LIV
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Field Level Media Dec 17, 2024, 03:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LIV Golf and Fox Sports have engaged in “high-level discussions” toward a television contract for the 2025 season, Sports Business Journal reported Tuesday. More specific details were not clear, including which Fox property would broadcast the tournaments and whether Fox would pay a
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Associated Press Dec 17, 2024, 12:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour, flush with a $1.5 billion investment from private equity and still negotiating with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf as a minority investor, is hiring a CEO for the first time who will work alongside Commissioner Jay Monahan. Monahan made the
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Field Level Media Dec 17, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions High school junior Blades Brown, the top-ranked golfer in the class of 2026, announced Tuesday that he’s turning pro. In a lengthy Instagram post, Brown said he won’t play college golf and will make his PGA Tour debut at The American Express at
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Field Level Media Dec 17, 2024, 11:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour announced its 2025 FedEx Cup fall schedule Tuesday, and a trip to Las Vegas is not on the slate for the first time since 1982. The seven-tournament stretch begins two weeks after the Tour Championship with a date at the
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