Golf

10:10 AM ET Associated Press DENHAM, England — Suzann Pettersen will captain Europe at the next two Solheim Cups. The Norwegian was selected on Tuesday to lead the team for the 2024 event at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va., having already been appointed as captain for this year’s Solheim Cup at Finca

8:24 PM ET The LIV Golf League announced its final four team rosters Monday, and Phil Mickelson‘s HyFlyers GC is undergoing a makeover with the circuit set to begin its second season this week. Mickelson’s squad has two new members joining holdover Cameron Tringale: three-time PGA Tour winner Brendan Steele and James Piot, who won

Woods’ presence in the game remains insurmountable and all-consuming. The crowds this week and the attention he still garners proved as much. Yet as his career has entered a new stage, where his attendance in tournaments will be few and far between, the constant search for his heir apparent seems to have shifted into an

7:18 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Jon Rahm returned to No. 1 in the world Sunday by winning the Genesis Invitational with a performance that left no doubt who’s playing the best golf. Caught in a battle with hometown favorite Max Homa at Riviera, Rahm delivered two big moments with a 45-foot

Feb 19, 2023 Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Bernhard Langer matched Hale Irwin‘s PGA Tour Champions victory record of 45 on Sunday, winning the Chubb Classic for the fifth time. The 65-year-old Langer matched his age with a closing 7-under 65 for a three-stroke victory over Steve Stricker and Padraig Harrington. “It’s extremely special because

4:27 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Playing in his first official PGA Tour event in more than seven months, Tiger Woods seemed to run out of gas in the final round of the Genesis Invitational on Sunday. After electrifying fans at the Riviera Country Club with a 4-under 67 in the third round, Woods looked

9:33 AM ET Associated Press Thorbjorn Olesen stretched away from the field to claim his seventh DP World Tour title by four shots at the Thailand Classic in Bangkok. Olesen took a two-shot lead into Sunday’s final round and birdies at the first, second and sixth sealed a fine display of front-running. The 33-year-old cruised

9:11 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — When the idea of a PGA Tour-designated event first originated, it might have been difficult to dream up a better reality than the one that has played out through three days at the Genesis Invitational. With 23 of the top 25 players in the world in attendance,

6:36 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The field for this week’s Genesis Invitational included 23 of the top 25 players in the world, including the top three — Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm — and nine of the top 10. All but seven of those 23 players made the 36-hole cut and were

9:30 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti LOS ANGELES — After dazzling the crowd at Riviera Country Club on Thursday with three straight birdies in his final three holes to shoot 2-under

10:02 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Max Homa in the lead at his hometown PGA Tour event used to give him chills. Now he’s playing so well it almost feels normal. Homa, a winner last month down the coast at Torrey Pines, ran off three birdies around the turn at Riviera Country

4:12 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods apologized Friday and said he didn’t mean to offend anyone by what he called a prank during the first round of the Genesis Invitational on Thursday. After Woods’ tee shot went 20 yards past Justin Thomas‘ ball on the ninth hole at the Riviera Country Club, Woods

10:36 AM ET A federal magistrate judge has ordered Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to turn over documents and ruled that its governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, must sit for depositions by the PGA Tour’s lawyers in the tour’s ongoing legal battle with LIV Golf. In the 58-page ruling, which was released by the U.S. District Court

9:15 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — The walk to the Riviera Country Club clubhouse from the 18th green is a steep one. But any pain the smiling Tiger Woods might have felt in his right ankle seemed soothed by the crowd chanting his name near the hole’s surrounding grass auditorium. Despite an injury

2:48 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods played 16 holes and walked 18 in the Genesis Invitational Pro-Am Wednesday morning in his first public round of golf since last December’s PNC Championship. Woods, who will play with Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy in the first two rounds of the tournament starting Thursday,

8:00 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods will tee it up at the Genesis Invitational on Thursday (3:04 p.m. ET, ESPN+) in his first official PGA Tour

5:14 PM ET PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — As the PGA Tour continues to rebuild itself during its ongoing battle with the LIV Golf League for the best players in the world, Rory McIlroy says he believes the tour should look at another professional sports league, the NBA, as a model for growth. McIlroy, speaking to

Feb 15, 2023 Mito Pereira, who last year squandered a chance to become the first man from Chile to win a major championship and the first PGA Tour rookie to win one in 11 years, has officially joined the LIV Golf League. Pereira, 27, and Sebastian Munoz, another PGA Tour member, were among four players