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4:51 PM ET Associated Press Dustin Johnson needed only six events to have a $30 million year, and he still has two events left with Saudi-funded LIV Golf. Even though he failed to finish in the top 10 for the first time, Johnson clinched the inaugural LIV Golf Individual Championship. The two-time major champion already

9:51 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Tom Kim still didn’t have PGA Tour status two months ago. Now he is a two-time winner being mentioned in the same space as Tiger Woods and is the highest-ranked Asian player in the world. Even for Kim, life feels like it’s moving at warp speed. A

10:36 PM ET Associated Press CAMARILLO, Calif. — Jodi Ewart Shadoff is finally an LPGA Tour winner in her 246th start, closing with a 1-under 71 in a nervy final round Sunday for a one-shot victory in the LPGA Mediheal Championship. Ewart Shadoff went wire-to-wire at The Saticoy Club, and the final round felt more

6:34 PM ET Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Steve Stricker followed his plan to perfection Sunday until the final hole, and by then it didn’t matter. He closed with a 3-under 69 for a two-shot victory in the Constellation Furyk & Friends, his fourth PGA Tour Champions title this year. Staked to a three-shot lead,

Oct 9, 2022 Associated Press It took a year longer than he’d hoped for but Jon Rahm is finally a three-time winner of the Spanish Open, matching the achievement of his hero Seve Ballesteros. There was frustration and disappointment after Rahm finished his home tournament last year when he failed in his first attempt to

5:16 AM ET Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand — Former top amateur Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra shot a final-round 69 and won the LIV Golf Invitational-Bangkok by three strokes over Patrick Reed on Sunday. Lopez-Chacarra had a three-round, 19-under total of 197 after the storm-delayed finish on the newly opened Stonehill Golf Club course north of Bangkok. Reed

12:22 AM ET Associated Press CAMARILLO, Calif. — Jodi Ewart Shadoff has played 245 times on the LPGA Tour and never had a better chance at winning as now. She played bogey-free Saturday for a 3-under 69 to keep her four-shot lead in the LPGA Mediheal Championship. Ewart Shadoff picked up two birdies on the

3:42 PM ET Associated Press Jon Rahm took a one-shot lead of the Spanish Open after carding a thrilling 6-under 65 in the third round on Saturday. No. 6-ranked Rahm, who entered the round two shots back, hit six birdies on an error-free day at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. 1 Related Rahm won

6:14 AM ET Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand — One of the best former amateur golfers in the world is leading after two rounds of the LIV Golf tournament in Thailand. Ex-Oklahoma State player Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra turned professional to play on the LIV series. The two-time first-team All-American was No. 2 in the World Amateur Golf

10:30 PM ET Associated Press CAMARILLO, Calif. — Jodi Ewart Shadoff started out Friday as hot as she finished the day before at the LPGA Mediheal Championship. She finally hit a few bumps, but not before expanding her lead with a 3-under 69. Ewart Shadoff opened with a 64 at The Saticoy Club by making

5:08 PM ET Associated Press Jon Rahm’s four-footer for birdie on the final hole just missed the cup, capping a frustrating day for the home-crowd favorite at the Spanish Open and dropping him two shots off the lead on Friday. Paul Waring and Stephen Gallacher shared a one-shot lead at the halfway mark. Rahm, seeking

6:04 AM ET Associated Press BANGKOK — Richard Bland, Branden Grace and Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra upstaged their more illustrious opponents Friday to shoot 7-under 65s and share the lead after the first round of the LIV Golf Invitational-Bangkok. Marc Leishman and Ian Poulter were a stroke behind and Sihwan Kim, Brooks Koepka and Jediah Morgan were

10:01 PM ET Associated Press CAMARILLO, Calif. — Jodi Ewart Shadoff went on a run of four straight birdies late in her round Thursday for an 8-under 64, taking a 2-shot lead in the LPGA Mediheal Championship. Ewart Shadoff has played 245 times on the LPGA Tour without winning, but she got off to a

5:30 PM ET Associated Press Jon Rahm overcame early jitters from playing at home and shot a 7-under 64 in the opening round of the Spanish Open on Thursday to sit one stroke behind leaders Ashun Wu, Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Darius van Driel. Rahm is trying to win for the third time at home and

9:18 AM ET The Official World Golf Ranking governing board is reviewing LIV Golf’s new alliance with the MENA Tour but said in a statement Thursday that it won’t make a ruling before the start of LIV Golf’s next two events, in Thailand and Saudi Arabia. LIV Golf officials hoped its newly formed partnership with

4:49 PM ET William E. Ricks When it comes to putting, golfer Spencer Levin‘s putting form is a little more unorthodox than most. It even parallels one of Adam Sandler’s iconic movie characters. 1 Related While practicing at the Shriner Children’s Open on Wednesday, Levin showed off a putting grip that looked similar to Happy

11:21 AM ET LIV Golf is forming a strategic alliance with the little-known MENA Tour in hopes of securing Official World Golf Ranking points for its players, a LIV Golf official confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The MENA Tour, a feeder circuit that has staged tournaments in the Middle East and North Africa, had been

Oct 4, 2022 ESPN News Services ROME — Whether Tiger Woods makes it to Italy or not for next year’s Ryder Cup, he’ll be an integral member of the U.S. team, captain Zach Johnson said Tuesday at the year-to-go ceremonies. “Given who he is and what he’s all about, I can tell you right now,