Golf

3:13 PM ET After a four-month hiatus, Phil Mickelson is returning to competitive golf on the new LIV Golf Invitational Series. Mickelson, a six-time major champion winner, was added to the field on Monday for LIV Golf’s first event, which is scheduled to start Thursday at Centurion Club outside London. “Phil Mickelson is unequivocally one

11:05 AM ET Associated Press DUBLIN, Ohio — Jack Nicklaus is returning to St. Andrews to become an honorary citizen. Nicklaus won two of his three British Open titles at St. Andrews, and he chose the Old Course in 2005 to play his final major championship. He already has received an honorary doctorate degree from

7:26 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Australian Minjee Lee won the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club on Sunday by five strokes after shooting an even-par 71 in the final round to finish 13-under on the tournament and secure the second major victory of her career. Lee’s

8:24 PM ET Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Jerry Kelly birdied the first hole of a playoff with Kirk Triplett on Sunday to win the PGA Tour Champions’ Principal Charity Classic. Kelly hit his approach to 4 feet on the par-4 18th to set up the winning putt. The 55-year-old from Wisconsin has nine

9:06 PM ET Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Steven Alker topped yet another PGA Tour Champions leaderboard Saturday, shooting an 8-under 64 for a share of the second-round lead in the Principal Charity Classic. Coming off a victory last week in Michigan in the major Senior PGA Championship, Alker played the four par-5 holes

7:21 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Minjee Lee appears to be on mission. The 26-year-old Australian shot a 4-under 67 on Saturday to take a 3-stroke lead over American Mina Harigae into the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open. “My approach [Sunday] is going to be the same as the last

4:20 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Danielle Kang is not a morning person. The 2017 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship winner really doesn’t like having to wake up early. Lately, though, she has been left with no other choice. Just over a month ago, Kang was diagnosed with a tumor on her spine,

11:54 AM ET Kevin Na, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour, announced on Saturday that he has resigned from the tour, doing so rather than face potential discipline and/or legal action for playing in the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series. Na, who is ranked 33rd in the world, announced his resignation on social media.

9:11 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Jin Young Ko never seems to stress. Nor does she let up. The world’s No. 1 player vaulted into contention for a third major championship Friday, playing the final five holes in 3 under to pull within 3 shots of second-round leaders Minjee Lee and Mina

4:15 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina — Michelle Wie West woke up on Friday morning and decided to solve a puzzle. On the day that would eventually feature her final LPGA round of the year, Wie West grabbed her phone and gave Wordle a shot for the very first time. With her

6:19 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Annika Sorenstam stood on the third tee at the U.S. Women’s Open, signaling to 12-year-old daughter Ava and 11-year-old son Will behind the ropes to drink some water and stay hydrated. A few holes later, she reminded them to reapply sunscreen. Those aren’t responsibilities Sorenstam had

7:10 PM ET Associated Press DUBLIN, Ohio — Just being at the Memorial was a reminder of how far Cameron Young has come in the last year. Being part of a six-way tie for the lead Thursday was another reminder of how well he is playing. In his first start since challenging at the PGA

5:37 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina — Lexi Thompson can’t open up a Band-Aid. On the 18th tee box in the middle of a humid, 95-degree day during the first round at the U.S. Women’s Open, the sixth-ranked player in the world is going through a relatable problem: the back of her

11:14 PM ET Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers now have bragging rights on the golf course over Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen after winning Capital One’s The Match on Wednesday. The four NFL quarterbacks played a 12-hole golf exhibition at Wynn Las Vegas in a team event, where Rodgers drained a putt on the final

6:06 PM ET In another edition of The Match, football fans will merge with golf fans Wednesday in Las Vegas to see NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers put aside their personal competition with each other to team up against Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. The 12-hole exhibition (6:30 p.m. ET on TNT) will

6:37 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — The day of reckoning arrived for the PGA Tour and more than a dozen of its players on Tuesday, as 13 tour members were included in the field for the first LIV Golf Invitational Series in London next week. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has warned players that they

10:08 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN PINE NEEDLES, North Carolina — The U.S. Women’s Open is back at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines for a record fourth time with a purse of $10 million — more than double last year’s purse of $4.8 million — and plenty of storylines. Between Michelle

9:39 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than a dozen PGA Tour players, including two-time major champion Dustin Johnson, are included in the field for the first LIV Golf Invitational Series event, which will be played next month outside of London. The list of 42 players was released by LIV Golf on Tuesday night. It