Golf

Field Level Media Jul 26, 2024, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jon Rahm rode eight birdies to the top of the leaderboard at 8 under at LIV United Kingdom on Friday, surging to the front of the pack after Bubba Watson tumbled through consecutive par-4s in 12 shots. Rahm, starting on the par-4 second,

Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 10:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CALGARY, Alberta — Lauren Coughlin shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday in chilly and windy conditions to take the first-round lead in the CPKC Women’s Open. Fellow American Jennifer Kupcho was a stroke back with Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand and Australians Minjee Lee and

Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 09:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLAINE, Minn. — Jacob Bridgeman birdied five of his last seven holes for an 8-under 63 and a one-stroke lead over Mackenzie Hughes on Thursday after the first round of the 3M Open. Patrick Rodgers, Martin Trainer and Andrew Novak were two shots back

Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 01:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLAINE, Minn. — Billy Horschel, who tied for second at last week’s Open Championship after holding the 54-hole lead, withdrew from the 3M Open on Thursday morning due to illness. “I wasn’t feeling great late last night and took some medicine,” he told the

Field Level Media Jul 24, 2024, 04:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Keegan Bradley admitted Wednesday that he had a brief conversation with Tiger Woods to get the latter’s input surrounding the 2025 Ryder Cup. Unfortunately, the timing of that talk with the 15-time major champion wasn’t the best. The two were competing in the

Associated Press Jul 23, 2024, 09:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Tiger Woods watched his son, Charlie, shoot a 10-over 80 on Tuesday and miss the cut at 22 over through two rounds at the U.S. Junior Amateur. The 15-year-old Woods, who earned a spot in the 264-player field last month,

Associated Press Jul 23, 2024, 04:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — U.S. captain Keegan Bradley has selected Webb Simpson as his first vice captain for the 2025 Ryder Cup, the PGA announced Tuesday. Simpson won the 2012 U.S. Open and is a seven-time winner on the PGA Tour. The 38-year-old North Carolinan

Associated Press Jul 22, 2024, 06:11 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Mark Carnevale, a former PGA Tour winner who had been calling tournaments for Sirius XM Radio, died Monday, a week after working his last tournament, the PGA Tour said. He was 64. The tour did not disclose a cause, only saying that

Associated Press Jul 22, 2024, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Charlie Woods, the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods, shot a 12-over 82 on Monday in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills. Charlie Woods birdied both of the par-5s on the Oakland Hills North Course and struggled on the par-3s

Associated Press Jul 21, 2024, 09:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TRUCKEE, Calif. — Nick Dunlap became the first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a professional in the same year, rallying Sunday for a two-point victory in the Barracuda Championship. In January at The American Express in La Quinta,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 21, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — Another major championship season has come and gone, and this one will be remembered as one that was dominated by American

Associated Press Jul 21, 2024, 05:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SYLVANIA, Ohio — Chanettee Wannasaen won the Dana Open for Children on Sunday for her second LPGA Tour title, birdieing the final two holes to hold off Haeran Ryu by a stroke. Three strokes ahead of playing partner Ryu entering the round, Wannasaen closed

ESPN News Services Jul 21, 2024, 04:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — England’s Justin Rose admitted he was “gutted” and “choking back tears” when he walked off Royal Troon’s 18th green Sunday after a birdie, having narrowly missed out on winning the Open Championship for the first time. He topped the leaderboard

Open Extended Reactions Xander Schauffele captured the Open Championship at Royal Troon in Scotland on Sunday, earning his second major title this season (and the second of his career as well). Editor’s Picks One of just two golfers in the field to finish Round 4 on Sunday without a bogey, Schauffele rose to first place

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 21, 2024, 01:33 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — Xander Schauffele‘s critics used to say he didn’t have the nerves or backbone to win one of golf’s major championships. Now,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 20, 2024, 08:42 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — The Scottish weather turned the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club into a day of survival on Saturday. Editor’s

Associated Press Jul 20, 2024, 10:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TRUCKEE, Calif. — Mac Meissner held onto the lead Saturday in the Barracuda Championship, following a late par save with a tap-in birdie in the only PGA Tour event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system. Meissner had a one-point lead over Vince Whaley,

Jul 20, 2024, 11:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — South Korea’s Si Woo Kim made the longest hole-in-one in Open history when he aced the 238-yard par-3 17th in his third round at Royal Troon on Saturday. Kim, who shot a level-par 71, selected a 3-iron from his bag and struck his