Golf

ESPN News Services Aug 12, 2024, 11:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tiger Woods once said that “golf is a lonely sport.” Matt Kuchar knows the feeling after a bizarre ending Monday to the Wyndham Championship. Kuchar was the only player who opted not to finish Sunday’s final round at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro,

Field Level Media Aug 12, 2024, 10:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Scottie Scheffler earned an $8 million bonus by finishing No. 1 on the Comcast Business Tour Top 10 for the 2024 PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup regular season. It’s the second No. 1 finish in three years for the 28-year-old World No. 1, who

Aug 12, 2024, 11:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Brandt Snedeker will serve as one of Keegan Bradley’s vice captains on the U.S. Ryder Cup team which will try to reclaim the trophy from Europe next year at Bethpage Black in New York, the PGA of America said on Monday. Snedeker, a nine-time winner on

Associated Press Aug 11, 2024, 09:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GREENSBORO, N.C. — Aaron Rai took advantage of Max Greyserman‘s late meltdown to win the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title. Rai closed with a 6-under 64, with the 29-year-old Englishman making a 6½-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th

Associated Press Aug 11, 2024, 08:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Stephen Ames successfully defended his Boeing Classic title Sunday, birdieing the par-5 18th for a 5-under 67 and one-stroke victory over Ernie Els, Steven Alker and Robert Karlsson The 60-year-old Ames, a naturalized Canadian from Trinidad and Tobago, won has third

Associated Press Aug 11, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TULSA, Okla. — Rianne Malixi beat Asterisk Talley 3 and 2 to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur on Sunday at Southern Hills, three weeks after routing Talley in the U.S. Girls’ Junior final. Last month in the U.S. Girls’ Junior, the 17-year-old Malixi —

Associated Press Aug 10, 2024, 09:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GREENSBORO, N.C. — Needing a victory to keep his FedEx Cup playoffs streak alive, Matt Kuchar shot his second straight 6-under 64 on Saturday to take the second-round lead in the rain-delayed Wyndham Championship. Kuchar is the only player to reach every postseason in

Associated Press Aug 10, 2024, 07:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TULSA, Okla. — Asterisk Talley led Rianne Malixi 1 up halfway through the U.S. Women’s Amateur championship match Saturday, three weeks after Malixi routed Talley in the U.S. Girls’ Junior final. “I’m feeling a lot better than last time I played Rianne,” said Talley,

Associated Press Aug 10, 2024, 12:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Lydia Ko completed her Olympic medal collection Saturday with the most valuable of of them all, a gold medal that puts the 27-year-old New Zealander into the LPGA Hall of Fame. Ko built a five-shot lead on the back nine at

Associated Press Aug 9, 2024, 09:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GREENSBORO, N.C. — Beau Hossler shot a 10-under 60 on Friday in the rain-delayed Wyndham Championship, squandering a chance for a sub-60 round with pars on the last three holes at soft and vulnerable Sedgefield Country Club. Hossler had a two-stroke lead over Billy

Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 10:54 PM ET Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez, a Hall of Fame golfer whose antics on the greens and inspiring life story made him among the sport’s most popular players during a long professional career, died Thursday. He was 88. Rodriguez’s death was announced by Carmelo Javier Ríos, a senator in

Aug 9, 2024, 12:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LPGA star Nelly Korda has athletic ability running through her veins. With pro tennis players for parents, an older sister (Jessica Korda) on the LPGA Tour, and a younger brother (Sebastian Korda) rising through the ranks as a tennis player, Korda has good genes on her

Aug 8, 2024, 07:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Phil Mickelson would step aside from competing in LIV Golf if he cannot play at the level he desires, the six-time major champion said while previewing the Saudi-backed circuit’s upcoming Illinois event. The 54-year-old Mickelson, one of the higher-profile names to join the breakaway circuit in

Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 01:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Morgane Metraux of Switzerland gave up her spot to her sister in the last Olympics so she could concentrate on her tour status. She had the stage to herself Thursday at Le Golf National that made it worth the wait. Metraux

Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 12:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GREENSBORO, N.C. — Heavy rain and wind from Tropical Storm Debby wiped out the first round of the Wyndham Championship on Thursday, forcing the final regular-season event of the PGA Tour to start on Friday at rain-soaked Sedgefield Country Club. The course received 2

Associated Press Aug 7, 2024, 06:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GREENSBORO, N.C. — The PGA Tour’s final event of the regular season, the Wyndham Championship, will start on Thursday without fans due to the expected dangerous weather conditions from Tropical Storm Debby. The tournament announced Wednesday that spectators won’t be permitted on the grounds

Associated Press Aug 7, 2024, 02:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — For all the countless times Celine Boutier has played Le Golf National, what carried her to a 7-under 65 and a three-shot lead Wednesday in the Olympics was a two-day stretch at the course when she didn’t even have her clubs.

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 6, 2024, 02:06 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Brandt Snedeker, a nine-time winner on the PGA Tour, has been named the 2024 recipient of the Payne Stewart Award presented by Southern Company,