Golf

Associated Press Sep 22, 2024, 07:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARROLLTON, Texas — Cameron Smith and Lucas Herbert delivered clutch putts late in the championship round Sunday to lead Australia-based Ripper to its first team title in the LIV Golf League. Herbert, who looked as though he might have cost his team with a

Associated Press Sep 22, 2024, 05:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MAINEVILLE, Ohio — Lydia Ko extended her amazing summer run when she turned a two-shot deficit into a rout by closing with a 9-under 63 to win the Kroger Queen City Championship for her third LPGA Tour title of the season. Ko won for

Sep 22, 2024, 01:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VIRGINIA WATER, England — Billy Horschel won the BMW PGA Championship after beating Rory McIlroy and Thriston Lawrence in a thrilling three-man playoff at Wentworth on Sunday to take home the winner’s check of $1.53 million. The trio finished at 20-under overall and in the first

Associated Press Sep 21, 2024, 06:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARROLLTON, Texas — Danny Lee took control of a back-and-forth match against U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau by holing a hard-breaking birdie putt on the 16th hole to lead his Iron Heads past DeChambeau’s defending champion Crushers in the LIV Golf Team Championship on

Associated Press Sep 21, 2024, 05:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MAINEVILLE, Ohio — Jeeno Thitikul had a rocky closing stretch but did enough to expand her lead over Hall of Famer Lydia Ko, finishing with a birdie for a 4-under 68 on Saturday and a two-shot advantage in the Kroger Queen City Championship. Thitikul

Field Level Media Sep 21, 2024, 01:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jon Rahm is dealing with flu-like symptoms and elected to withdraw from the LIV Golf Team Championship on Saturday at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas. LIV Golf alternate John Catlin will replace Rahm as Legion XIII battle Phil Mickelson‘s HyFlyers GC in

Associated Press Sep 21, 2024, 11:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions VIRGINIA WATER, England — Eleven years after winning the title as a 20-year-old prodigy, Matteo Manassero moved into contention to capture the prestigious BMW PGA Championship again by shooting a 9-under 63 to take a three-stroke lead after the third round Saturday. It would

Associated Press Sep 20, 2024, 08:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MAINEVILLE, Ohio — Lydia Ko set an early target and Jeeno Thitikul zoomed right past her Friday afternoon with three birdies over her last four holes for another 6-under 66 and a one-shot lead over Ko in the Kroger Queen City Championship. Ko played

Associated Press Sep 20, 2024, 05:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARROLLTON, Texas — Scott Vincent made a hole-in-one that sparked a rally for the lowly Iron Heads, and Jinichiro Kozuma finished it off with two clutch putts to eliminate the Smash team of Brooks Koepka and advance to the semifinals of the LIV Golf

Associated Press Sep 20, 2024, 12:45 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ron Green, an award-winning journalist who covered the Masters for 60 consecutive years, has died. He was 95. Green died Wednesday, according to his son, Ron Green Jr., who posted the news on Facebook. Green began covering sports as a junior in high school

Field Level Media Sep 19, 2024, 08:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa set the early pace at the Kroger Queen City Championship with a 7-under-par 65 in the first round Thursday in Maineville, Ohio. Buhai racked up eight birdies and carries a one-shot lead into Friday. Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand

Sep 19, 2024, 02:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The PGA of America announced Thursday that LIV Golf players are eligible to compete in both the PGA Championship and U.S. Ryder Cup teams going forward. LIV Golf’s Brooks Koepka was part of last year’s U.S. Ryder Cup team because of a grace period that allowed

Associated Press Sep 19, 2024, 11:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions VIRGINIA WATER, England — Rory McIlroy lost the clubhead on his 9-iron and then lost the lead by going out of bounds on the last hole in shooting an eventful 5-under 67 in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship on Thursday. The

Sep 18, 2024, 01:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rory McIlroy says the main sticking points holding up a deal between the PGA Tour and the Saudi backers of the rival LIV Golf League are the U.S. Department of Justice and conflicting views from players on both sides. The four-time major champion, who is part

Associated Press Sep 18, 2024, 11:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions VIRGINIA WATER, England — Rory McIlroy believes it will be difficult for Ian Poulter or Lee Westwood to be a future Ryder Cup captain because they no longer have a connection with Europe’s emerging stars after defecting to the LIV Golf League. Poulter was

Field Level Media Sep 17, 2024, 01:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jordan Spieth said he is progressing well following wrist surgery and expects to be ready for the start of the 2025 PGA Tour season. “I think that by 2025, by Jan. 1, it’s my goal to be tournament-ready,” Spieth told Golfweek in a

Associated Press Sep 17, 2024, 10:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Masters and CBS are expanding television coverage next year by five hours, which includes two hours on Saturday and Sunday through the Paramount+ streaming service of CBS. Augusta National also announced Tuesday another high-level corporate partner in Bank of America, bringing to four

Field Level Media Sep 16, 2024, 06:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Before Jon Rahm appealed the fines the DP World Tour assessed him for playing in LIV events that conflicted with the tour’s own tournaments, LIV Golf tried to strike a deal of sorts, Sports Illustrated reported Monday. Representatives of the Saudi-backed LIV circuit