10:26 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — After Tiger Woods ripped his tee shot down the 18th fairway during a practice round at the Old Course at St. Andrews on Sunday, Justin Thomas followed his ball in the air and said, “Oooh!” When Woods’ ball bounded down the sun-baked fairway and bounced high onto the
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10:52 PM ET Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Max McGreevy completed a 9-under 63 on Saturday to share the second-round lead and had a one-stroke advantage when darkness suspended third-round play in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship. Much of the field began the third round in the evening in sunny conditions after heavy showers hit
7:16 PM ET ESPN News Services STATELINE, Nev. — Three-time champion Mark Mulder eagled the par-5 16th hole Saturday and scored 25 points to take a three-point lead in the American Century Championship. Mulder, the former major league pitcher who won the golf event three straight times from 2015 to 2017, received six points for
8:30 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The R&A announced on Saturday that it hasn’t invited two-time Open Championship winner and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman to the event’s 150th anniversary celebration at St. Andrews next week. Those celebratory events include the Champions Dinner and the R&A Celebration of Champions competition. Norman, who won The
9:53 PM ET Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Adam Svensson shot a 5-under 67 and had a three-stroke lead in the Barbasol Championship when second-round play Friday at water-logged Keene Trace was suspended because of darkness. Svensson had a 15-under 129 total at Keene Trace, where a mid-day thunderstorm followed dense morning fog. Play was
5:58 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Steven Alker shot a bogey-free 4-under 66 on Friday for a share of the second-round lead in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship with Joe Durant, Tim Petrovic and Alex Cejka. A three-time winner this season and the Charles Schwab Cup points leader, Alker had three straight birdies
10:37 AM ET Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Daniel Berger has withdrawn from the Open next week at St. Andrews because of a back injury. Berger last week withdrew from the John Deere Classic. He was replaced in the field by Sahith Theegala, the PGA Tour rookie who has had three close calls at
7:51 PM ET Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Adam Svensson had two eagles in a 10-under 62 to take a two-stroke lead Thursday in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship. Playing through temperatures in the 90s at Keene Trace, the Canadian eagled the par-5 15th and eighth holes. The first eagle came after his lone bogey
5:45 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Alex Cejka birdied two of the final three holes for a 6-under 64 and a 2-stroke lead Thursday in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship. Cejka birdied the par-3 seventh and par-4 ninth to cap a bogey-free round on Firestone Country Club’s South Course. “I drove the ball
3:43 AM ET Rory McIlroy said the PGA Tour and DP World Tour should hold talks with the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series as the escalating tension between the circuits is “splitting the game.” Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson are among a number of top players who have joined the lucrative series,
1:08 PM ET The year’s final major, The Open, is different. It looks different and feels different from the other three on the calendar. Therefore, the preparation is different. This week, players will be dealing with wind and links golf at the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club, which sits about 80 miles south
9:41 AM ET ESPN News Services The LPGA Tour has canceled its tournament in Shanghai later this year because of ongoing restrictions in China related to COVID-19. The Buick LPGA Shanghai was to be held Oct. 13-16 at Qizhong Garden Golf Club. The tour said in a statement that it hopes to “compete in front
8:13 AM ET The WGC-HSBC Champions, scheduled for Oct. 27-30 in Shanghai, has been canceled because of COVID-19 restrictions in China, the PGA Tour announced Wednesday. The tour said the decision was made along with the China Golf Association. It is the third straight season in which the WGC-HSBC Champions was canceled because of COVID-19
2:57 PM ET Tiger Woods closed with a 2-over 74 to finish tied for 39th on Tuesday at the JP McManus Pro-Am, a star-studded event in Limerick, Ireland, serving as a tuneup for next week’s Open Championship. The good news for Woods was that Tuesday’s round marked a slight improvement from his opening 77 on
1:12 PM ET Billy Horschel became the latest PGA Tour player to criticize members who have been lured to the Saudi Arabian-financed LIV Golf Invitational Series by lucrative signing bonuses and $25 million purses. During a news conference ahead of the Scottish Open on Tuesday, Horschel said he didn’t have “ill will” toward players who
10:23 AM ET Tiger Woods had planned to play in last month’s U.S. Open, but problems with his surgically repaired right leg didn’t allow him to compete in the third major of the season. Woods said he skipped the U.S. Open because he didn’t want to jeopardize his chances of playing in the 150th Open
6:09 PM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — Ian Poulter and two other players who signed up for the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series won a stay Monday from a British court that allows them to play in the Scottish Open. Poulter, Adrian Otaegui of Spain and Justin Harding of South Africa challenged their suspension
5:51 PM ET Tiger Woods was back playing competitive golf Monday, shooting a 5-over 77 at the star-studded JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor in Limerick, Ireland. Woods sits in a tie for 43rd in the 50-player field. Xander Schauffele, coming off a win at the Travelers a week ago, sits in first after an