Golf

8:21 PM ET Associated Press BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Henrik Stenson‘s decision that cost him the European Ryder Cup captaincy paid large and immediate dividends Sunday when he won the LIV Golf Invitational event at Bedminster and picked up more than $4 million for three days’ work. Staked to a 3-shot lead going into the third

6:40 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Tony Finau has changed the conversation about him in less than a calendar year. Finau ran away with the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Sunday at Detroit Golf Club to become the first player in three years to win consecutive PGA Tour events in the regular season. He closed

3:40 PM ET Associated Press Japan’s Ayaka Furue blitzed the field with a course-record final round of 62 — 10 under par — to claim her first LPGA title at the Women’s Scottish Open on Sunday. The 22-year-old rookie, who has seven wins on the Japanese Tour, finished with a 21-under-par total after starting the

10:00 PM ET Associated Press BANDON, Ore. — Wenyi Ding became the first male Chinese winner in U.S. Golf Association history Saturday, beating Caleb Surratt 3 and 2 in the U.S. Junior Amateur final at Bandon Dunes. Ding, 17, was 8-up with eight holes to play in the 36-hole match, lost five straight, then halved

8:35 PM ET Associated Press BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Henrik Stenson overcame a double bogey on his third hole Saturday with a long eagle putt and enough birdies for a 2-under 69 at windy Trump National Bedminster and a 3-shot lead over Dustin Johnson in the LIV Golf Invitational. Two weeks ago, Stenson had just missed

2:23 PM ET Associated Press Lydia Ko was joined by Celine Boutier at the top of the leaderboard after day three of the Women’s Scottish Open on Saturday. France’s Boutier shot a 5-under-par 67 — five birdies on the front nine — to make up four shots on the New Zealander, who could manage only

8:11 PM ET Associated Press BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Henrik Stenson had a happy return to golf after being removed as European Ryder Cup captain, making eight birdies in his LIV Golf Invitational debut at Bedminster for a 7-under 64 to share the 18-hole lead with Patrick Reed. Phil Mickelson‘s return to the area wasn’t entirely

7:55 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Taylor Pendrith grew up getting breaks from golf, putting the clubs away each winter in Canada. That may have helped him when he had to miss nearly four months of competition due to a painful injury earlier this year. Pendrith shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take

3:04 PM ET Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — American golfer Sean Crocker retained his 1-stroke lead at the Hero Open after shooting 6-under 66 in the second round of the European tour event on Friday. The star of Day 2, however, was Ewen Ferguson after the Scot made 11 birdies — including seven in

6:30 AM ET Former world No. 1 Luke Donald has said he “would love” to be named captain of Team Europe for the 2023 Ryder Cup and has said that he would see the role through, unlike LIV Golf rebel Henrik Stenson. Stenson was stripped of the captaincy last week, hours before the Swede announced

7:31 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Tony Finau sent an approach from 250 yards soaring over trees and onto the seventh green at Detroit Golf Club, going for the reward and ignoring the risk with a difficult shot. The way he has been playing over the past week, it made a lot of sense.

2:13 PM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley, who has enjoyed tremendous popularity in his post-playing days through his work as an analyst

8:23 PM ET Bubba Watson, the two-time Masters champion who at one point was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world, reportedly is set to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series, the breakaway tour that continues to add well-known names to its roster. Watson, 43, has been sidelined since late May due to

11:05 AM ET LIV Golf is expanding its series to 14 tournaments on the 2023 schedule, with 48 players competing on 12 established team franchises for an unprecedented $405 million in purses in the LIV Golf League, the circuit announced Wednesday. LIV Golf, which debuted with eight tournaments in the LIV Golf Invitational Series this

1:35 PM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features BEDMINSTER, N.J. — The three newest LIV Golf members met the media Wednesday amid protests from 9/11 families against the Saudi-backed golf league’s event

The 2021 major championship season has come and gone, but the three FedEx Cup Playoffs events are just around the corner. While Scottie Scheffler, the only four-time winner on the PGA Tour this season, remains No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking, he is no longer at the top of these rankings. With the

1:16 PM ET LIV Golf Invitational Series player Sergio Garcia says he has changed his mind on giving up his DP World Tour membership. “When I finished the Open Championship [last] Sunday, I said that I was most likely going to resign my membership from the [DP World] Tour,” Garcia told ESPN. “That obviously meant

6:38 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — After reading he was the betting favorite for the 3M Open, Tony Finau felt the pressure surprisingly mount in his mind as he sought to extend the momentum he has built this summer. Playing catch-up proved to be the right formula for his third PGA Tour victory.