Golf

7:31 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Tony Finau sent an approach from 250 yards soaring over trees and onto the seventh green at Detroit Golf Club, going for the reward and ignoring the risk with a difficult shot. The way he has been playing over the past week, it made a lot of sense.
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2:13 PM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley, who has enjoyed tremendous popularity in his post-playing days through his work as an analyst
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1:35 PM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features BEDMINSTER, N.J. — The three newest LIV Golf members met the media Wednesday amid protests from 9/11 families against the Saudi-backed golf league’s event
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11:05 AM ET LIV Golf is expanding its series to 14 tournaments on the 2023 schedule, with 48 players competing on 12 established team franchises for an unprecedented $405 million in purses in the LIV Golf League, the circuit announced Wednesday. LIV Golf, which debuted with eight tournaments in the LIV Golf Invitational Series this
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7:00 AM ET ESPN Sports Betting The PGA tour heads to Detroit Golf Club for the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Thursday. The field will feature plenty of high profile contenders including, Patrick Cantlay, Will Zalatoris, Cameron Young and Tony Finau. Finau is coming off a win in the 3M open last weekend, just the third
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1:16 PM ET LIV Golf Invitational Series player Sergio Garcia says he has changed his mind on giving up his DP World Tour membership. “When I finished the Open Championship [last] Sunday, I said that I was most likely going to resign my membership from the [DP World] Tour,” Garcia told ESPN. “That obviously meant
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6:38 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — After reading he was the betting favorite for the 3M Open, Tony Finau felt the pressure surprisingly mount in his mind as he sought to extend the momentum he has built this summer. Playing catch-up proved to be the right formula for his third PGA Tour victory.
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6:50 PM ET Associated Press SALINA, Kan. — Karrie Webb held off Annika Sorenstam on Sunday in the Senior LPGA Championship for her first senior title. The 47-year-old Webb closed with a 5-under 67 for a four-shot victory at Salina Country Club. “It’s been a long time since I’ve had to make putts down the
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Jul 24, 2022 Associated Press GLENEAGLES, Scotland — Darren Clarke birdied the last hole to beat a resurgent Padraig Harrington and win the Senior Open by one shot on Sunday. Clarke and Paul Broadhurst were level at 9 under overall after the third round but it was Harrington, a three-time major winner, who soared into
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3:36 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHPORT, England — Scottish golfer Richie Ramsay claimed his fourth European tour title by winning the Cazoo Classic by one shot on Sunday. The No. 329-ranked Ramsay punched the air and roared with delight after holing a par putt from 10 feet at the last hole at Hillside near Liverpool,
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6:30 PM ET Associated Press SALINA, Kan. — Karrie Webb shot a 6-under 66 in windy and hot conditions Saturday to take a 2-stroke lead over playing partner Annika Sorenstam in the Senior LPGA Championship. Webb had six birdies in the bogey-free round in 100-degree heat and wind gusting to 30 mph. She was at
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Jul 23, 2022 Associated Press GLENEAGLES, Scotland — Darren Clarke‘s bid for a first senior major title wobbled as he lost his overnight two-shot lead at the Senior Open and Paul Broadhurst pulled level at 9 under overall after the third round on Saturday. Clarke needed a birdie on the last hole to catch Broadhurst,
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11:36 AM ET Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Brooke Henderson stood over a birdie putt from three feet at the 18th green, a three-shot lead going into the final round of the Evian Championship seemingly at her mercy. For the first time on Saturday _ maybe all week, given her dominance of the fourth women’s
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