Golf

Field Level Media Nov 21, 2023, 04:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Patrick Cantlay’s headwear is in the news again. Goldman Sachs no longer will pay Cantlay to endorse the financial services giant on his golf hat, The New York Times DealBook reported Tuesday. This came almost two months after Cantlay rejected wearing the United

Field Level Media Nov 21, 2023, 03:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NBC has promoted Curt Byrum into the lead analyst role for next week’s Hero World Challenge, replacing Paul Azinger. Byrum, 64, won his lone PGA Tour event at the Hardee’s Golf Classic in 1989 and has worked as an analyst for the Golf

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 21, 2023, 08:52 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — At last week’s PGA Tour season finale, the RSM Classic at Sea Island Resort, Open Championship winner Brian Harman

Nov 21, 2023, 07:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Australian number one Cameron Smith hopes to earn enough ranking points on his home tour and in next year’s majors to qualify for another Olympics at Paris next year. The former world number two has slipped to 18th since joining the breakaway LIV Golf circuit where

Associated Press Nov 20, 2023, 12:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy will wait until 2025 to launch their tech-infused TGL competition because of damage to the Florida arena that was going to take too long to repair and create scheduling problems for television and players. The six-team league was supposed

ESPN News Services Nov 20, 2023, 11:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jordan Spieth will serve the remainder of Rory McIlroy‘s term as a player director on the PGA Tour’s policy board. Commissioner Jay Monahan announced the change to tour members Monday. The term runs through the end of 2024. Spieth’s selection was voted on

Nov 20, 2023, 07:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Golfers losing balls is a common enough occurrence, but Dutch professional Joost Luiten took mislaying equipment to another level when he lost three of his clubs up a tree at the DP World Tour Championships in Dubai on Sunday. Days after Rory McIlroy’s tee shot landed

Associated Press Nov 19, 2023, 05:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Ludvig Åberg added to his astonishing second half of the year when he closed with a second straight 9-under 61 on Sunday to win the RSM Classic, his first PGA Tour title to go along with a European tour

Associated Press Nov 19, 2023, 04:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NAPLES, Fla. — Amy Yang picked a lucrative time for her first LPGA title on American soil. Yang birdied her last two holes for a 6-under 66 to win the CME Group Tour Championship and claim the $2 million prize, matching the largest in

Associated Press Nov 19, 2023, 09:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Paul Azinger will no longer be the lead golf analyst for NBC Sports, ending his five years with the network at the Ryder Cup without even knowing that was his last event. “With the golf and media landscapes now in a more challenging environment,

Associated Press Nov 18, 2023, 06:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NAPLES, Fla. — Nasa Hataoka had a strong start and Amy Yang had a hot finish, finishing with a share of the lead in the CME Group Tour Championship with 18 holes left and $2 million on the line. Yang had four birdies in

Associated Press Nov 18, 2023, 05:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions St. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Ludvig Åberg ran off four birdies and an eagle over a five-hole stretch on the back nine Saturday, not so much to pull away but just to keep pace. He had a 9-under 61 for a 1-shot lead on

Associated Press Nov 18, 2023, 06:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Matt Wallace has tied a European tour record by making nine consecutive birdies, all of them on the back nine Saturday for a 12-under 60 in the DP World Tour Championship. Wallace had a chance at the only the

Associated Press Nov 17, 2023, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NAPLES, Fla. — Alison Lee birdied four of her last five holes Friday to extend a hot streak that stretches from Saudi Arabia to South Korea to Florida. Her 8-under 64 gave her a share of the lead with Nasa Hataoka in the season-ending

Associated Press Nov 17, 2023, 05:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Ludvig Åberg had a pair of two-putt birdies, one of them on a par 4, and kept bogeys off his card for the second straight day for a 6-under 64 on Friday to take a one-shot lead into the

Nov 17, 2023, 09:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rory McIlroy has explained the decision to resign from his position as a player director on the PGA Tour’s influential policy board. The world No.2 announced the surprise move on Tuesday, despite being expected to serve in the position until 2024. McIlroy, 34, has been one

Associated Press Nov 16, 2023, 07:14 PM ET FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tiger Woods‘ ex-girlfriend has dropped her lawsuits against the golf superstar and the trust that owns his Florida mansion, saying she never accused him of sexual harassment even though her attorney has made that claim. The attorney for Erica Herman filed a one-paragraph

Associated Press Nov 16, 2023, 07:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Cameron Young birdied his last hole in the dark and held his game together during the worst of the rain Thursday to share the lead with Eric Cole and Davis Thompson at 6-under 66 among those who managed to