Golf

7:57 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Niemann couldn’t find a fairway over the final two hours at Riviera and it didn’t matter. He still pieced together a 3-under 68 to set the 54-hole record and build a three-shot lead in the Genesis Invitational. Cameron Young, the 24-year-old PGA Tour rookie, tried

7:08 PM ET ESPN News Services NAPLES, Fla. — Bernhard Langer maintained a 2-stroke lead Saturday in pursuit of a fourth Chubb Classic victory. A day after shooting his age, the 64-year-old German star had a 4-under 68 to get to 12-under 132 on Tiburon Golf Club’s Black Course. “It was a little more up

7:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods is returning to Augusta National Golf Club in early April for the Masters champions dinner. Woods, a five-time winner of a green jacket, wouldn’t say whether he will compete in the Masters — or even the par-3 tournament — as he continues to recover from right foot

9:44 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Niemann was playing so well and having so much fun in the opening round at Riviera that he didn’t want to stop playing. He returned Friday morning and nothing changed except his place in the record book. His opening-round 63 still fresh in his mind, Niemann

6:31 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Three-time champion Bernhard Langer shot his age Friday to take the first-round lead in the Chubb Classic. Langer, the 64-year-old German star who has six Charles Schwab Cup season titles and 42 victories on the 50-and-over tour, had five straight birdies on the back nine in a

10:51 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Niemann had an idea how Riviera was playing Thursday when he saw no one from the morning draw posting better than a 5-under 66. He hit the ball so well in the Genesis Invitational that he didn’t even bother paying attention to anyone else. When his

7:12 PM ET Annika Sorenstam has entered this year’s U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles in North Carolina. The USGA said Thursday that Sorenstam filed her entry to compete in the June event, which will mark her first time playing in the Open since 2008. The 51-year-old Sorenstam ended a 13-year retirement last year when

3:04 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A devastating fire Thursday swept through the iconic clubhouse at Oakland Hills Country Club, the suburban Detroit golf course that is one of Michigan’s most exclusive clubs and the site of many professional tournaments. Flames ripped through the roof at the sprawling, multistory clubhouse in Bloomfield

2:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Even though the Saudi Arabian government has been accused of myriad human rights violations by watch groups around the world, Phil Mickelson says he is willing to get involved with a Saudi-financed breakaway golf league to have leverage with the PGA Tour. “They’re scary motherf—ers to get involved with,”

6:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Rory McIlroy is tired of talking about the proposed Saudi-backed Super Golf League, which may or may not strip the PGA Tour of a handful of its best players. “Not-so-super league,” McIlroy said, under his breath, when asked during a news conference at Riviera Country Club on Wednesday about

4:39 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods said he will be back playing golf on the PGA Tour; he just doesn’t know when. As Woods, 46, nears the one-year anniversary of the car wreck that nearly cost him his right leg and led to multiple surgeries, he said Wednesday that he’s making progress —

6:49 AM ET ESPN betting analysts The PGA Tour makes its final stop on the West Coast swing for the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California. Max Homa is the defending champion, but Jon Rahm enters as the favorite in a star-studded field. Which players are the favorites this time around?

7:31 AM ET There will be a Tiger Woods sighting this week on the PGA Tour. No, he won’t be playing, but the Genesis Invitational benefits his charitable foundation. So, this week, Woods will host a loaded field at Riviera Country Club when the event begins on Thursday. As always, this event will have four

8:00 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Defending FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay isn’t a fan of the PGA Tour’s Player Impact Program, which awards $50 million to players for their appeal and popularity on social media. Cantlay, the No. 3 player in the world, said he would rather see the money go to players for

2:54 PM ET PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Collin Morikawa, winner of two of golf’s past seven major championships, said he is committed to playing on the PGA Tour after listening to an offer from organizers of the Saudi-backed Super Golf League. “I’m all for the PGA Tour,” Morikawa said Tuesday, during a news conference ahead

4:27 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Bryson DeChambeau says he isn’t done playing on the PGA Tour. After reports surfaced Monday that DeChambeau told players at the Saudi International earlier this month that he wasn’t playing in any more PGA Tour events, he released a statement on Twitter in which he disputed saying that. “There

9:22 AM ET After a weekend of beer showers, aces and shirtless celebrations at the biggest party of the season at the WM Phoenix Open, the PGA Tour returns to normalcy with this week’s Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club. Scottie Scheffler became the third straight first-time winner on tour, beating Patrick Cantlay in a

7:08 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — Eduardo Romero, the Argentine golfer who won European Tour events over three decades, has died. He was 67. The tour announced Romero’s death on Monday, without giving any more details. Nicknamed “El Gato” (The Cat), Romero was best known for winning eight titles on the tour