Golf

Associated Press Mar 10, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Brice Garnett holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole Sunday to win the Puerto Rico Open in his first tournament of the year, sending him to The Players Championship next week and giving him PGA Tour

ESPN News Services Mar 10, 2024, 06:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Scottie Scheffler became the No. 1 player in golf with his sublime tee-to-green game. He got hot with the putter Sunday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational and was simply unstoppable. Scheffler made every important putt to build a three-shot lead

Associated Press Mar 10, 2024, 06:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HONG KONG — Abraham Ancer regained just enough of the composure that helped him pull out to a five-stroke lead after two rounds to beat Cameron Smith and Paul Casey in a playoff and win the inaugural LIV Golf tournament in Hong Kong on

Associated Press Mar 9, 2024, 07:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Scottie Scheffler was 6 shots behind, losing ground and nearly losing his cool on another tough day at Bay Hill. What saved him was his putter — yes, his putter — that allowed him to end Saturday with a share of

ESPN News Services Mar 9, 2024, 06:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions First-round co-leader Abraham Ancer birdied five of his final eight holes Saturday for an 8-under 62 and a 5-stroke lead after two rounds of the inaugural LIV Golf tournament in Hong Kong. Ancer, seeking his first individual LIV Golf win, had a two-round

Associated Press Mar 9, 2024, 06:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SANYA, China — Lydia Ko and Bailey Tardy each shot 6-under 66s on Saturday and joined Sarah Schmelzel, who finished with a 69, to top the leaderboard after the third round of the Blue Bay LPGA on China’s southern island of Hainan. Ruixin Liu

Associated Press Mar 8, 2024, 08:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Joe Highsmith did his best to create some separation in the Puerto Rico Open on Friday, making a pair of late birdies to get the lead before darkness prevented the rain-delayed second round from being completed. Highsmith, the 23-year-old

Associated Press Mar 8, 2024, 06:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HONG KONG — Abraham Ancer and Dean Burmester shot 7-under 63s Friday to share the first-round lead at the inaugural LIV Golf tournament in Hong Kong. Both players had strings of five consecutive birdies on the relatively short 6,710-yard Hong Kong Golf Club course.

Associated Press Mar 8, 2024, 06:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SANYA, China — Narin An shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to join Sarah Schmeizel in the lead after the second round of the Blue Bay LPGA on China’s southern island of Hainan. Both golfers had a 9-under total of 135 to sit one

Associated Press Mar 7, 2024, 07:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Shane Lowry knew he was playing good golf because he gave himself a chance to win last week. He also knew his record at Bay Hill was as bad as any course he has played. Good form won out Thursday in

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMar 6, 2024, 09:46 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The Masters — the first major championship of the men’s professional golf season — is only 35 days away, and it can’t get here

Associated Press Mar 7, 2024, 06:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SANYA, China — Minjee Lee shot a 7-under 65 for a 1-stroke lead after the first round of the Blue Bay LPGA on China’s southern island of Hainan on Thursday. Sarah Schmelzel, Miranda Wang and Ruixin Liu were tied for second after 66s on

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMar 6, 2024, 07:53 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions In a move that perhaps strengthens Jay Monahan’s future with the PGA Tour and ensures that Tiger Woods will have an increased role in

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNMar 6, 2024, 10:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FOR WILL ZALATORIS, the walk up to the Riviera Country Club clubhouse two weeks ago carried with it a wide range of emotions. Every step was as much a point of pride as it was a reminder of a feeling he knows well, but

ESPN News Services Mar 6, 2024, 07:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former world No. 1 Jon Rahm said the Official World Golf Ranking system is no longer fit for its purpose, making his comments a day after LIV Golf formally withdrew its application to have players receive world ranking points from its tournaments. LIV

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMar 5, 2024, 08:51 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The LIV Golf League has withdrawn its application for recognition from the Official World Golf Ranking, LIV Golf CEO and commissioner Greg Norman told

Associated Press Mar 4, 2024, 11:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Austin Eckroat waited a long time to become a winner on the PGA Tour. Another day didn’t hurt. Eckroat got the first victory of his tour career Monday, topping Erik van Rooyen and Min Woo Lee by 3 shots

Associated Press Mar 3, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Austin Eckroat left PGA National with a share of the lead Saturday. He left with the outright lead Sunday. He’ll have to come back Monday to finish the job at the Cognizant Classic. A Monday finish awaits at PGA