Golf

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 13, 2023, 08:26 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia LOS ANGELES — Three days before a U.S. Senate subcommittee opened an inquiry into the PGA Tour’s planned alliance with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the

Jun 12, 2023, 05:43 PM ET Here are the tee times for the first and second round of the U.S. Open. All times ET First round Tee No. 1 9:45 a.m.: Omar Morales (a), Deon Germishuys, Jacob Solomon 9:56 a.m.: Ryan Gerard, Yuto Katsuragawa, Michael Brennan (a) 10:07 a.m.: Hayden Buckley, Adam Svensson, Pablo Larrazabal

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 12, 2023, 09:30 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia THE MOST UNLIKELY union in professional golf history — the PGA Tour’s stunning partnership last week with the DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 12, 2023, 08:10 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia An Argentine corporation has filed a federal trademark infringement lawsuit against the LIV Golf League and its HyFlyers GC team captained by Phil Mickelson, accusing them of

Associated Press Jun 11, 2023, 08:16 PM ET TORONTO — Nick Taylor became the first Canadian in 69 years to win his national open, making a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth playoff hole to beat Tommy Fleetwood in the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday. Taylor tossed his putter into the air and jumped into

Marty Smith, ESPNJun 11, 2023, 08:42 AM ET Close ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR NOSARA, COSTA RICA — Standing on the edge of a remote mountaintop crest, overlooking a tree-soaked valley in a rolling panorama of dense green foliage, Morgan Hoffmann stares off toward an uncertain but inspired

Associated Press Jun 10, 2023, 08:30 PM ET GALLOWAY, N.J. — Dani Holmqvist birdied the par-5 18th for a 4-under 67 and a one-stroke lead over Hyo Joo Kim on Saturday in the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Holmqvist, the 35-year-old Swede seeking her first LPGA Tour victory, took an 11-under 131 total into the final round

Associated Press Jun 10, 2023, 08:19 PM ET TORONTO — Days after being blindsided by the PGA Tour’s partnership with Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund, Rory McIlroy put himself in position for a run at a third straight Canadian Open title. McIlroy, the strongest voice against Saudi-funded LIV Golf who said Wednesday he feels like a

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 10, 2023, 11:57 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Commissioner Jay Monahan told PGA Tour employees during a meeting Thursday that it couldn’t financially afford to keep spending tens of millions of dollars in its legal

Associated Press Jun 9, 2023, 08:46 PM ET GALLOWAY, N.J. — Dani Holmqvist shot a career-best 7-under 64 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Jenny Shin and Chinese rookie Yan Liu after the first round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Two-time ShopRite winner Anna Nordqvist and Georgia Hall were in a group of

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 9, 2023, 06:50 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Golfers who remained loyal to the PGA Tour — but not those who left for the LIV Golf League — would receive equity shares in the new

ESPN News Services Jun 8, 2023, 08:29 PM ET TORONTO — Corey Conners shot a bogey-free 5-under 67 on Thursday to share the first-round lead at the RBC Canadian Open, the first PGA Tour event since its announcement of unifying with Saudi-funded rival LIV Golf. Conners is seeking to become the tournament’s first Canadian winner

Associated Press Jun 8, 2023, 07:02 PM ET GREER, S.C. — Michael Feagles made a 25-foot birdie putt on his final hole to shoot a 12-under 59 on Thursday in the first round of the BMW Charity Pro-Am on the Korn Ferry Tour. It was the ninth sub-60 score in the history of the developmental

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 8, 2023, 10:58 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia TORONTO — Rory McIlroy said he hopes the LIV Golf League is going away, but an official for the rival team-focused circuit told ESPN on Thursday that

Jun 8, 2023, 11:05 AM ET The Los Angeles Golf Club was announced Thursday as the first team in the tech-infused golf league launched by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in partnership with the PGA Tour. LAGC is owned by Alexis Ohanian, Serena Williams and Venus Williams. The new league, TGL, will feature 18-hole matches

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 7, 2023, 03:37 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia TORONTO — DP World Tour CEO Keith Pelley on Wednesday told his golfers that those who resigned their memberships to join the LIV Golf League probably won’t

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 7, 2023, 11:03 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia TORONTO — Rory McIlroy said he’s resigned to the fact that the PGA Tour will have to accept money from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, but he’s

Jun 7, 2023, 07:47 AM ET Bryson DeChambeau, the 2020 U.S. Open champion who was one of the first big names to sign up for LIV Golf, says he feels bad for the players who stayed loyal to the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf League ended their bitter two-year