Golf

10:35 AM ET Former world No. 1 golfer Lee Westwood told Sky Sports on Wednesday that he has requested releases from the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour to play in the first Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series event in London next month. Westwood, 49, told Sky Sports that any impact on his future

9:22 AM ET The PGA Tour is shifting locations for the Wells Fargo Championship, moving from its traditional stop at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina, to TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Maryland. Rory McIlroy headlines a field that is readying itself for the year’s second major, the PGA Championship, which begins May 19

6:49 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The PGA Tour heads to TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Potomac, Maryland, this week. Which players are the favorites this time around? Who offers good odds? And what props are worthwhile? Betting analysts Anita Marks and sports betting deputy editor David Bearman offer their tips to help you

1:47 PM ET Greg Norman’s new golf league was prepared to launch the same week in February that Phil Mickelson‘s controversial comments about the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia were published, which caused many committed players to back out. At the time, Norman told ESPN on Monday, at least 30% of the top 50 players

6:12 AM ET It has been nearly a month since the Masters, the first major championship of the season, and the PGA Championship, the second major, is just two weeks away. Not much has changed since Scottie Scheffler won his first major and slipped on a green jacket at Augusta National Golf Club on April

9:15 PM ET Associated Press PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — Marina Alex won the Palos Verdes Championship on Sunday for her second LPGA Tour title, breaking a tie with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 16th and parring the final two holes for a one-stroke victory over Jin Young Ko. Three strokes behind Hannah Green

8:54 PM ET Associated Press THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Steven Alker returned from a two-hour rain delay by playing a six-hole stretch in 6-under par on the back nine to race past Steve Stricker, close with a 6-under 66 and win the Insperity Invitational on Sunday for his second victory this year on the PGA

7:14 PM ET Associated Press PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Jon Rahm pulled out of a four-way tie with a 12-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole and then held on with pars for a 2-under 69 and a one-shot victory Sunday in the Mexico Open. Rahm won for the first time since the U.S. Open

4:00 PM ET Associated Press Home favorite Adri Arnaus won a six-hole playoff to beat Oliver Bekker at the Catalunya Championship and claim his first European tour win on Sunday. Arnaus, who is from Barcelona in northeast Spain near Girona, trailed overnight leader Bekker by seven shots at the start of the day, but he

12:00 AM ET Associated Press PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — Hannah Green held onto the lead Saturday in the Palos Verdes Championship after a frustrating start on the hilly, windswept course perched above the Pacific Ocean. Three strokes ahead of Lydia Ko and three other players entering the day, Green overcame bogeys on the first

7:26 PM ET Associated Press PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Jon Rahm birdied the last two par 5s and got some help from a couple of poor chips by Cameron Champ to take a 2-shot lead into the final round of the Mexico Open. Rahm, whose last victory was at the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines

6:46 PM ET Associated Press THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Steve Stricker wanted to stay in bed Saturday morning and some of the players at the Insperity Invitational probably wish he did. Stricker took advantage of calm conditions with a 7-under 65 for a three-way share of the lead in his return to the PGA Tour

1:07 PM ET Associated Press Oliver Bekker eagled the par-5 15th hole for the second straight day to shoot a 5-under 67 on Saturday and take a two-stroke lead going into the final round of the Catalunya Championship. Bekker, 11-under 205 for the tournament, made four birdies and a lone bogey at the Stadium Course

10:50 PM ET Associated Press PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — Hannah Green took the lead into the weekend in the Palos Verdes Championship, rebounding from consecutive bogeys Thursday in gusting wind to birdie the two late par 5s in a 5-under 66. Green had a three-stroke lead over five players at hilly Palos Verdes Estates

8:54 PM ET Associated Press PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Jon Rahm faced the wind and handled it just as well Friday in the Mexico Open, making eight birdies on his way to a 5-under 66 that staked the world’s No. 2 player to a two-shot lead over Alex Smalley. Rahm birdied all four of the

4:11 PM ET Associated Press Oliver Bekker shot a 6-under 66 to take a share of the first-round lead at the Catalunya Championship on Thursday. Seeking his first European tour win, the South African made eight birdies and a double bogey at the Stadium Course to finish tied with Jeff Winther and Darren Fichardt. “Pretty

9:48 PM ET Associated Press PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — Minjee Lee shot an 8-under 63 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over top-ranked Jin Young Ko after the first round of the Palos Verdes Championship. Coming off a third-place tie Sunday in the LA Open at Whilshire Country Club, Lee had a bogey-free

9:25 PM ET Associated Press PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Jon Rahm is the biggest star in the Mexico Open and he lived up to his billing Thursday, chipping in for birdie and making a late eagle putt for a 7-under 64 and a six-way share of the lead in the first round. Jonathan Byrd, Brendon