Golf

7:47 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Scottie Scheffler outlasted Ryder Cup teammate Patrick Cantlay on the third hole of a playoff Sunday in the WM Phoenix Open, making a 25-foot birdie putt that had just enough momentum to tumble in. Cantlay missed an 11-foot birdie try after Scheffler holed his putt. Scheffler birdied

8:24 AM ET Associated Press Ryan Fox secured the biggest title of his career by winning the Ras Al Khaimah Classic by five shots on Sunday. It was the 211th-ranked New Zealander’s first victory in a 72-hole format on the European tour. His only other title was in a Super 6 tournament in 2019 that

8:51 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — With around 200,000 fans packing firm and fast TPC Scottsdale on another sunny, 80-degree day in the Valley of the Sun, Sahith Theegala overcame a double bogey on the par-4 second to shoot a 69 and remain atop the WM Phoenix Open leaderboard. “What a day,” Theegala

8:32 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Sam Ryder watched his playing partner Chris Kirk tee off first on the iconic 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale during Saturday’s third round of the WM Phoenix Open and was able to get a good read on how the green was playing. Then he stepped up to the par-3,

5:40 PM ET Associated Press Ryan Fox will take a six-shot lead into the final round of the Ras Al Khaimah Classic as he goes in search of his first win on the European tour. The 211th-ranked New Zealander shot 7-under 65 in the third round on Saturday for a 54-hole total of 19-under 197.

1:08 AM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Charley Hoffman expressed his displeasure with the PGA Tour on Friday night after a rules issue cost him a penalty stroke on a drop in the second round of the WM Phoenix Open. In a lengthy Instagram post, Hoffman criticized the Tour’s rules officials, who he thinks aren’t held

9:25 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Sahith Theegala made up for a messy finish Friday morning in the suspended first round of the WM Phoenix Open in a hurry — and kept on going. Making his tournament debut on a sponsor exemption, Theegala shot a 7-under 64 to take a 2-stroke lead over

5:24 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It took Zach Johnson a second to remember what he did on the 17th tee. When it finally dawned on him, he laughed. He has knocked a ball off the tee before he hits it so many times that’s it’s not a thing to remember anymore. Johnson did it

10:23 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Sahith Theegala crashed golf’s biggest party. Playing in the last group off the 10th tee Thursday in his first WM Phoenix Open start, Theegala was 7 under with two holes left when the round was suspended because of darkness. K.H. Lee was second after a 6-under 65.

5:26 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Winless since the last time he was at the WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale a little more than a year ago, Brooks Koepka isn’t happy with how far he’s fallen in the Official Golf World Rankings. The 31-year-old is currently ranked 20th by the OGWR, his lowest standing

10:39 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — The Indian Open was canceled and the China Open was postponed as restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic continued to cause problems on golf’s European Tour. The Indian Open had been postponed from its original scheduled date of Feb. 17-20 but now will not take place

10:00 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN Two-time major champion and 13-time LPGA Tour winner Stacy Lewis has been named captain of Team USA for the 2023 Solheim Cup. Lewis will lead a team of the top 12 American golfers who will seek to reclaim the cup when they face a Team Europe squad captained by Suzann

7:05 AM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It’s one of the most iconic shots in PGA Tour history, not as much for the feat itself but for the celebration that ensued. After Tiger Woods‘ hole-in-one on the par-3 16th hole on the Saturday of the 1997 Phoenix Open, there were the missed high-fives, beer showering the

7:04 AM ET Are you ready to party? That’s the vibe at the WM Phoenix Open, which begins Thursday, Feb. 10 at TPC Scottsdale. This PGA Tour event boasts some of the biggest, loudest galleries in all of golf. And, of course, there is the famed 16th hole, that has more of a football stadium

6:33 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The PGA tour heads to Arizona this week for the 2022 WM Phoenix Open as some of the best golfers in the world compete TPC Scottsdale. The tournament, historically has been a strong event on tour with a loaded field including last year’s winner Brooks Koepka and top ten

6:33 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The PGA tour heads to Arizona this week for the 2022 Waste Management Phoenix Open as some of the best golfers in the world compete TPC Scottsdale. The tournament, historically has been a strong event on tour with a loaded field including last year’s winner Brooks Koepka and top

6:42 PM ET SiriusXM has fired former PGA Tour pro Mark Lye, who made controversial comments about women’s basketball during a show on Saturday. “You know the LPGA Tour, to me, is a completely different tour than it was 10 years ago,” Lye said Saturday on PGA Tour Radio. “You couldn’t pay me to watch.

8:25 AM ET A not-so-great-week for professional golf, with plenty of discussion of rival tours and “obnoxious greed,” ended with two accomplishments that can surely bring everyone together. At the Saudi International, Harold Varner III sank an 90-foot eagle putt from off the green to win for the first time in six years and only