Golf

10:00 PM ET HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, ENGLAND — The first-ever LIV Golf Invitational Series event began this week with what felt, at the time, like it might be the death of irony. Phil Mickelson — whom, the previous day, had explained he was here hoping to use golf as a force of good in a morally

8:23 PM ET Associated Press ARDMORE, Pa. — Amari Avery won two more matches Saturday to help the United States take an 8 1/2-3 1/2 lead over Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup, with eight singles matches set for Sunday at Merion Golf Club. Avery, the 18-year-old Riverside, California, player coming off her

7:59 PM ET Associated Press GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Frida Kinhult birdied the par-5 18th for a 4-under 67 and the second-round lead Saturday in the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Seeking her first tour victory, the 22-year-old Swede starred at Florida State and was the top-ranked amateur in the world in 2019. “It felt pretty good

9:00 AM ET After months of speculation and controversy, the final round of the inaugural competition for LIV Golf is here. 1 Related Charl Schwartzel kept his position atop the leaderboard as the first two rounds came to a close. Schwartzel increased his lead on Friday to 9 under, after posting a 5-under 65 on

8:51 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Wyndham Clark closed with an unlikely par save Friday to take a 1-stroke lead over defending champion Rory McIlroy and four other players into the weekend in the RBC Canadian Open. After bogeying Nos. 15 and 16 in windy conditions at St. George’s, Clark got up-and-down from about

8:03 PM ET Associated Press GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Australian rookie Stephanie Kyriacou shot a 6-under 67 on Friday to take the first-round lead in the ShopRite LPGA Classic at Seaview Hotel and Golf Club. The 21-year-old Kyriacou, a two-time winner on the Ladies European Tour, teed off at 7:15 a.m. in the first group

12:23 PM ET After months of speculation and controversy, the first day of competition for the new LIV Golf league is in the books, with the LIV Golf Invitational Series continuing on Friday in London. Charl Schwartzel and Hennie du Plessis, both from South Africa, were atop the leaderboard as the first round came to

3:40 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Wyndham Clark started the week with a late charge to play his way into the U.S. Open in a qualifier, and then he stayed hot Thursday in the RBC Canadian Open for a 7-under 63 to take the early lead. Clark opened with five birdies in nine holes

5:26 PM ET Tom Van Haaren Rocket Mortgage has ended its sponsorship deal with Bryson DeChambeau due to his reported commitment to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational Series. The controversial tour had its first event Thursday outside of London, and the field featured Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and 45 other golfers. A source

9:40 AM ET The PGA Tour has suspended the 17 members who are competing in the inaugural LIV Golf event, announcing the punishment in a memo to players Thursday, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN. Players who resigned their membership before starting the LIV Golf event being held outside London starting Thursday are

4:30 PM ET HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, ENGLAND — Several years ago, Phil Mickelson began wearing aviator sunglasses so frequently they started to feel like a part of his personality. He wore them initially, he said, for medical reasons during a two-week skin treatment on his face meant to kill hidden cancer cells, a preventative therapy he

5:57 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLINE, Mass. — Paul Casey has withdrawn from the U.S. Open, the third straight major he has missed this year because of a back injury. Casey last competed at the WGC-Match Play in March, playing two holes of his opening match when he conceded because of back spasms. He didn’t

9:55 AM ET Bryson DeChambeau, the 2020 U.S. Open Champion, is joining the LIV Golf Invitational Series, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Patrick Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, is also joining the LIV series, according to multiple reports. DeChambeau and Reed are expected to compete in LIV Golf’s first United States-based event, scheduled

12:33 AM ET Danielle Kang said Tuesday that she will skip several upcoming LPGA Tour events as she seeks a return to full health. Kang revealed at the U.S. Women’s Open last week that she has been playing with a tumor on her spine. She said she learned of the diagnosis “a few weeks ago”

6:51 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — The Club at Carlton Woods is the new site for the Chevron Championship, the first LPGA Tour major of the year that is moving after 51 years at Mission Hills in the California desert. Carlton Woods is a Jack Nicklaus signature design and will host the Chevron Championship

12:08 PM ET Tiger Woods has pulled out of next week’s U.S. Open, giving his body more time to heal and get stronger, as he still plans to play in the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland in July. Woods, 46, announced that he wouldn’t play in the U.S. Open, scheduled for June

10:20 PM ET ESPN News Services POWELL, Ohio — Fran Quinn last played the U.S. Open eight years ago with his teenage son as his caddie. He thought they might have a moment even more special on Monday as both of them tried to get through the final stage of qualifying. Only one of them

3:13 PM ET After a four-month hiatus, Phil Mickelson is returning to competitive golf on the new LIV Golf Invitational Series. Mickelson, a six-time major champion winner, was added to the field on Monday for LIV Golf’s first event, which is scheduled to start Thursday at Centurion Club outside London. “Phil Mickelson is unequivocally one