Golf

7:29 AM ET Let’s get one thing straight, now that we have said goodbye to 2020, this is not a challenge to 2021. Like saying, “Welp, it can’t be any worse, right?” (forced uncomfortable laughter) ESPN + Subscribe to ESPN+ to get access to all premium articles, Fantasy tools, plus thousands of your favorite sporting

7:44 AM ET The year has changed, but golf on the PGA Tour will be largely as we saw it when 2020 came to a close: virtually no spectators, weekly COVID-19 testing and possible withdrawals, Dustin Johnson as a solid No. 1 in the world, Bryson DeChambeau bombing tee shots, and never-ending speculation about where

6:12 PM ET The Masters Tournament has delayed its ticketing process for the 2021 championship as it seeks a way to allow some spectators to return for the first major of the year. Dustin Johnson won the 2020 Masters, which was postponed from April to November because of the coronavirus pandemic, before just a smattering

9:55 PM ET ESPN News Services Hall of Fame golfer Greg Norman said on social media Sunday he’s in the hospital after a positive coronavirus test. Norman, 65, said he’s getting an antibody treatment in Florida and hopes to be released on Sunday. “I am fit and strong and have a high tolerance for pain

1:04 AM ET Associated Press Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman shared photos on social media Friday suggesting he has been hospitalized with COVID-19. The 65-year-old Australian posted a video on Instagram on Thursday night saying he was experiencing coronavirus symptoms, then posted photos Friday showing himself in a hospital bed. “This sums it all

6:43 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — Lee Westwood was voted as the European Tour’s golfer of the year for 2020 on Monday, winning the award for the fourth time in his career after ending the season as the Race to Dubai champion at the age of 47. Westwood started the 27th year

5:02 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods will be 45 years old the next time we see him, and even though age is just a number, it is not his friend at this point. The ongoing back problems, the fall down the World Rankings, the inevitable struggles are there regardless what the calendar says.

4:08 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Wearing the same customary Sunday red as his dad, Charlie Woods exhibited many of the same characteristics of his accomplished father, including the walk, the talk and the swing. But if he’s really like Tiger Woods, Charlie will be wondering how to make up the five strokes they lost

4:09 PM ET ESPN News Services ORLANDO, Fla. — Justin Thomas and Tiger Woods traded text messages on the eve of the final round at the PNC Championship, their teams tied for the lead and in contention. Neither mentioned winning. This was about Woods getting to play alongside 11-year-old son Charlie, watching him twirl the

3:27 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Jin Young Ko missed most of the LPGA Tour season and still won the yearlong money title. That’s what a $1.1 million check does. Ko, the No. 1 player in the world, put an emphatic capper on her truncated year Sunday by shooting a final-round 6-under 66

5:45 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods has a notoriously bad back, but it was his son, Charlie, who might have been feeling the pain Saturday after carrying his dad for most of the first round of the PNC Championship. Charlie Woods, 11, made his debut in the tournament reserved for major champions and

7:07 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — He walked in the birdie putt and looked like he had been doing so forever, the couple dozen fans surrounding the ninth green at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club chuckling at what they were witnessing. Charlie Woods looked like a mini pro golfer out there, all the mannerisms on display.

6:24 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Sei Young Kim is in position to defend her title in the CME Group Tour Championship, take player of the year honors, win the money title and possibly even move to No. 1 in the world. Kim took a 1-stroke lead over top-ranked Jin Young Ko into

1:05 PM ET There have been glimpses of 11-year-old Charlie Woods’ golf swing. Some social media footage leaked out into the world. Then this week, some range sessions next to his famous father, Tiger Woods, at the PNC Championship. With the cameras on, it took three holes for Charlie to post his first highlight-reel moment.

6:19 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Top-ranked Jin Young Ko took the lead into the weekend in the LPGA Tour’s CME Group Tour Championship, putting herself in position to win the season money title in only four events. Ko shot a 5-under 67 on Friday in chilly and breezy conditions at Tiburon Golf

6:00 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan no longer measures success by making it to the end of year disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. A schedule for 2021 he released Friday suggests the LPGA Tour came out stronger than ever. The LPGA Tour has added two tournaments and didn’t

6:55 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — With brother Curtis back at her side at Tiburon Golf Club, Lexi Thompson shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s CME Group Tour Championship. Curtis Thompson, a Korn Ferry Tour player, also caddied for his sister in 2018 when

4:07 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — A yardage book protruded from his back left pocket, the golf glove dangling from his right when he walked on the greens. Throw in the Nike swoosh on his jacket and an inter-locking grip, and Charlie Woods appeared a miniature version of his famous and accomplished father. Trying to