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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 18, 2023, 04:14 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson said he isn’t wagering on football games this season as he continues to recover from a gambling addiction. Mickelson’s statement on social

Sep 18, 2023, 04:03 PM ET CBS Sports longtime sportscaster Jim Nantz was among six people named as part of the PGA of America’s 2023 Hall of Fame class. Nantz joins the PGA’s Robert Dolan, Don Wegrzyn and Herb Wimberly, PGA past President Suzy Whaley and LPGA legend Kathy Whitworth (posthumous). The six will be

Associated Press Sep 17, 2023, 10:34 PM ET NAPA, Calif. — Sahith Theegala made more than enough birdies to cover for his mistakes while playing with the lead on Sunday, shooting a 4-under 68 for a two-shot victory at the Fortinet Championship, his first win in 74 starts on the PGA Tour. The 25-year-old Theegala,

Associated Press Sep 17, 2023, 06:56 PM ET SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Steve Stricker holed a 20-foot eagle putt to catch K.J. Choi and then picked up a pair of late birdies that sent him to a 4-under 66 on Sunday to win the Sanford International for his sixth victory this year on the PGA

Sep 17, 2023, 03:24 PM ET Major champion and six-time PGA Tour winner Jimmy Walker sounded off on the new FedEx Fall format, which has him on the outside looking in for next season. Walker, 44, ended the regular season at No. 124 in FedEx Cup standings, which in the past had been enough to

Associated Press Sep 16, 2023, 11:31 PM ET NAPA, Calif. — Justin Thomas continued up the leaderboard Saturday at the Fortinet Championship with a 7-under 65 that matched the best score of the day and moved the former No. 1 player within two shots of leader Sahith Theegala. Theegala, in search of his first PGA

Associated Press Sep 16, 2023, 02:37 PM ET VIRGINIA WATER, England — Ludvig Aberg of Sweden closed in on his second straight victory on Saturday when he posted a 6-under 66 at Wentworth for a two-shot lead over Connor Syme and Ryder Cup teammate Tommy Fleetwood in the BMW PGA Championship. Aberg, in only his

Sep 16, 2023, 07:25 AM ET Gareth Bale‘s love for golf has been well-documented and the former Real Madrid and Wales forward has swapped the pitch for the green after becoming a playable character in the PGA Tour 2K23 video game. Bale, 34, made his PGA Tour debut at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February

Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 10:22 PM ET NAPA. Calif. — Justin Thomas committed to a driver change, tinkered a little with his swing and got immediate results with a 5-under 67 that left him four strokes off the pace Friday in the Fortinet Championship. It was exactly what the former top-ranked player needed after

ESPN News Services Sep 15, 2023, 03:57 PM ET Ludvig Aberg birdied No. 18 in fading light to take a share of the lead. Rory McIlroy did the same to almost certainly make the cut. In a chaotic finish to the second round of the BMW PGA Championship, Åberg and McIlroy won their own personal

Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 01:52 PM ET SCARSDALE, N.Y. — Stewart Hagestad won the U.S. Mid-Amateur for the third time on Friday, building a 7-up lead over Evan Beck and holding on for a 3-and-2 victory at Sleepy Hollow. His victory comes two weeks after Hagestad, a 32-year-old from California, went 2-1 in helping

Associated Press Sep 14, 2023, 11:11 PM ET NAPA, Calif. — Justin Thomas scuffled through an uneven afternoon with a 3-under 69 in his return to the PGA Tour following a lengthy layoff, leaving him six shots off the lead Thursday in the first round of the Fortinet Championship. Thomas, the former No. 1 player

ESPN News Services Sep 14, 2023, 03:14 PM ET Dustin Johnson said he would have been selected to this year’s United States Ryder Cup team had he not defected to LIV Golf. Johnson, a two-time major champion, instead finds himself a spectator despite being a part of five previous American teams. The Ryder Cup will

Associated Press Sep 14, 2023, 03:31 PM ET VIRGINIA WATER, England — Europe’s 12 Ryder Cup players delivered a mixed bag of scores in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship. None of them were better than Marcus Helligkilde. The No. 232-ranked Dane made seven birdies in a nine-hole stretch then closed with three

Associated Press Sep 13, 2023, 06:49 PM ET The Netflix golf documentary series “Full Swing” won’t have full access at the Ryder Cup. U.S. captain Zach Johnson says he spoke to all 12 players on his team when concerns were raised about a film crew in the team rooms, and they unanimously decided to keep

Associated Press Sep 13, 2023, 04:15 PM ET WASHINGTON — The chairman of a Senate investigations subcommittee issued a subpoena Wednesday for documents on Saudi Arabia’s new golf partnership with the PGA Tour, saying the kingdom had to be more transparent about what he said was its $35 billion in investments in the United States.

Associated Press Sep 12, 2023, 06:40 PM ET Tiger Woods won the Tour Championship and then was on a plane that night headed to France to play in the Ryder Cup. Ditto for Jim Furyk in 2010, when he won the FedEx Cup in Atlanta and headed straight to Celtic Manor. This year is different,

Associated Press Sep 12, 2023, 06:22 PM ET Chris Zambri, the associate golf coach at Pepperdine, becomes the first head coach of the U.S. National Development Program. The USGA announced the program for a national team in February to identify, train, develop and fund the most promising junior players. Zambri will lead day-to-day coaching operations