Golf

Field Level Media Jul 10, 2024, 09:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rest is the buzzword as Nelly Korda prepares to compete at the Amundi Evian Championship this weekend in Evian-les-Bains, France. The world’s No. 1 player has felt fortunate to be able to recharge in recent weeks, spending time with family at home in

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 10, 2024, 03:17 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Most of the world’s best women golfers are competing in this week’s Amundi Evian Championship, the fourth major championship of the season, and for

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 10, 2024, 07:12 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — More than three weeks after his collapse in the final three holes of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2,

Open Extended Reactions No golfer has ever won the Scottish Open in back-to-back years. Defending champion Rory McIlroy looks to end that drought when he tees it up for the first time since missing two late par putts inside of 4 feet and losing the U.S. Open in mid-June. McIlroy and 155 other golfers head

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 9, 2024, 03:11 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The first time anyone from the PGA of America talked to Keegan Bradley about being the next U.S. Ryder Cup team captain was the

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 9, 2024, 02:13 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Golfer Joost Luiten of the Netherlands won’t be going to the Olympics in Paris after all. Luiten was one of four Dutch golfers who

Associated Press Jul 8, 2024, 04:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Keegan Bradley is making another Ryder Cup team, this time as the U.S. captain. The PGA of America announced his selection Monday after months of talking with Tiger Woods about taking the job. The PGA of America pushed out the news on Instagram after

Associated Press Jul 7, 2024, 06:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SILVIS, Ill. — Davis Thompson won his first PGA Tour title Sunday with a 7-under 64 to set the 72-hole scoring record at the John Deere Classic and leave all the drama to second place. Staked to a two-shot lead, Thompson made a 45-foot

Associated Press Jul 7, 2024, 12:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MUNICH — Ewen Ferguson won the BMW International Open by two shots on Sunday for his third European tour title — and clinched a spot in the Open Championship taking place in his native Scotland this month. The 168th-ranked Ferguson smiled as he rotated

Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 06:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SILVIS, Ill. — Davis Thompson made birdie on half of his holes Saturday on a soft and defenseless TPC Deere Run, matching his career low with a 9-under 62 for a two-shot lead going into the final round of the John Deere Classic. Thompson

Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 09:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MUNICH — Bernhard Langer has bid farewell to the European tour on home soil in Germany 50 years after the two-time Masters champion made his debut. Langer, 66, missed the cut at the BMW International Open in Munich on Friday but said he will

Associated Press Jul 5, 2024, 09:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SILVIS, Ill. — Aaron Rai of England went from a close call last week in Detroit to another chance at his first PGA Tour victory, playing another bogey-free round of 8-under 63 on Friday to share the lead with C.T. Pan going into the

Associated Press Jul 4, 2024, 03:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SILVIS, Ill. — Hayden Springer posted the 14th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history when he finished eagle-birdie in the John Deere Classic on Thursday for a 12-under 59. Springer shot 27 on the front nine of the rain-softened TPC Deere Run, and then

ESPN News Services Jul 2, 2024, 04:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sergio Garcia, after complaining to officials for being put on the clock for slow play in his final qualifier for the Open Championship, again failed to make the field for the year’s final major Tuesday. The 44-year-old member of LIV Golf came up

Open Extended Reactions Independence Day coincides with the start of the John Deere Classic, as the PGA Tour heads to TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. A total of 156 golfers will take on the 7,268-yard course, including defending champion Sepp Straka and two-time winner Jordan Spieth. Straka closed last season’s event with a 9-under

Associated Press Jul 1, 2024, 01:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWPORT, R.I. — Richard Bland shot a 4-under 66 in the final round of the U.S. Senior Open, catching leader Hiroyuki Fujita after rain postponed the finish to Monday morning and then banging a chip shot off the pin to beat him on the

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 1, 2024, 09:01 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The R&A has tabbed rugby club CEO Mark Darbon as its new chief executive and secretary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of

Associated Press Jun 30, 2024, 04:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIDLAND, Mich. — Atthaya “Jeeno” Thitikul of Thailand made a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole as she and Ruoning Yin of China won the Dow Championship on Sunday by closing with an 8-under 62 in the four-ball format. Thitikul and and Yin,