Golf

11:02 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — When Rory McIlroy runs into some of his former Ryder Cup teammates at Wentworth this week, don’t expect them to spend much time reminiscing about fond memories. European Ryder Cup stalwarts Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are among the contingent of LIV Golf players

4:07 PM ET Featured groups from two upcoming LPGA tournaments will appear on ESPN+, starting this week in Cincinnati. Two morning groups and two afternoon groups will be on ESPN+ from each event. It’s the first time LPGA events have included featured groups on a streaming platform. Brooke Henderson, Paula Creamer and Minjee Lee will

2:58 PM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — Billy Horschel called them hypocrites. Jon Rahm accused them of displaying double standards. Golfers from the Saudi-backed breakaway series faced strong criticism Tuesday for choosing to play the BMW PGA Championship on the European tour this week. The main targets of the criticism were those LIV

10:51 AM ET Rickie Fowler changed caddies before his last start of the 2021-22 PGA Tour season, and he’ll have a new swing coach heading into next season, too. Fowler’s former swing coach, John Tillery, confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday that the pair are no longer working together. It’s the latest change for Fowler, who

Sep 6, 2022 The International team has won just once in 13 Presidents Cup matches, and it figures to again be a sizable underdog when play begins at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, later this month. International team captain Trevor Immelman announced his six captain’s choices Tuesday: South Korea’s K.H. Lee and Si

5:22 PM ET Well this is awkward. A few days after teeing up for the first time in the LIV Golf Series, the Saudi-backed circuit which is challenging the sport’s old order, Australia’s Cameron Smith has been named one three Player of the Year nominees for the establishment PGA Tour. This is not surprising give

7:56 PM ET Associated Press BOLTON, Mass. — Dustin Johnson gave LIV Golf its first big moment on Sunday when he made a 35-foot eagle putt on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston for his first victory in 19 months. Johnson’s putt on the par-5 18th was going

8:32 PM ET Associated Press NEWBURGH, Ind. — Justin Suh already had his PGA Tour card locked up and finished the season by closing with a 4-under 68 on Sunday for a two-shot victory in the Korn Ferry Tour Championship that came with a few extra perks. Suh finished atop the standings in points from

4:28 PM ET Associated Press SYLVANIA, Ohio — Gaby Lopez rallied from four shots behind Sunday and closed with three straight birdies for a 8-under 63 and a one-shot victory in the Dana Open. Lopez finished her big run with a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th at Highland Meadow, setting off a series

Sep 4, 2022 Associated Press England’s Oliver Wilson holed two birdie putts from around 65 feet on the back nine to win the Made in HimmerLand event and end a victory drought of almost eight years on Sunday. Wilson, ranked No. 745, rolled in the long putts on No. 13 and then on No. 17

7:15 PM ET Associated Press BOLTON, Mass. — Talor Gooch had a 5-under 65 on a day of low scoring and most players wearing shorts, building a one-shot lead Saturday over newcomer Joaquin Niemann after two rounds of the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston. Gooch was among the first players to sign up with the Saudi-funded league

5:33 PM ET Associated Press SYLVANIA, Ohio — Lucy Li played with a lead for the first time on the LPGA Tour and the 19-year-old was up to the task Saturday, recovering from a sluggish start for a 4-under 67 and a one-shot lead in the Dana Open. Li was 2 over through seven holes

3:31 PM ET Associated Press SYLVANIA, Ohio — Lucy Li already is assured of an LPGA Tour card for next year. The 19-year-old Californian played Friday as though she is ready to join the big leagues even sooner. Li had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch on the back nine and kept bogeys off her

6:56 PM ET ESPN News Services BOLTON, Mass. — Matthew Wolff became a footnote in LIV Golf history with the first hole-in-one, an ace that carried him to a 7-under 63 in the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston on Friday. Wolff is tied for the lead with Talor Gooch. British Open champion Cameron Smith, among six players

3:31 PM ET Associated Press SYLVANIA, Ohio — Lucy Li already is assured of an LPGA Tour card for next year. She played Friday as though she’s ready to join the big leagues even sooner. Li had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch on the back nine and kept bogeys off her card the rest

Sep 2, 2022 Phil Mickelson said he has heard from “numerous” professional golfers from both LIV Golf and the PGA Tour about the current upheaval in the sport and the changes that have come as a result of it. “I think players on both sides of LIV and the PGA Tour are appreciative of what

8:13 PM ET Associated Press SYLVANIA, Ohio — Chinese rookie Ruoning Yin turned her irritation over a bogey into six birdies over her last 10 holes Thursday for a 6-under 65 and a three-way tie for the lead in the Dana Open. Hye-Jin Choi, who like Yin earned her LPGA Tour card last year for

6:26 PM ET Associated Press England’s Ross McGowan carded a bogey-free, 9-under 62 to lead by one stroke after the first round of Made in HimmerLand in Denmark on Thursday. Among the late starters, McGowan chipped in for eagle at No. 8 — his next-to-last hole — and tapped in for birdie at the par-4