Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 1, 2024, 03:24 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions There are only two weeks left before the next major championship in men’s professional golf: the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville,
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Open Extended Reactions It’s time for the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson! Nelson was the tournament’s first winner in 1944, when it was played at Lakewood Country Club. The 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson has a $9.5 million purse with $1.71 million going to each member of the winning team. Jason Day won the top
ESPN News Services Apr 30, 2024, 09:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions World No. 7 Viktor Hovland has committed to the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship, tournament organizers said Tuesday. Hovland crashed out of the Masters earlier this month when he shot an 81 in the second round to miss the cut. The Norwegian subsequently withdrew
Field Level Media Apr 30, 2024, 12:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Will Zalatoris withdrew from The CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Tuesday. The PGA Tour communications team announced the move but did not divulge a reason for Zalatoris, who is ranked 30th in the world. Nick Watney will replace the Dallas native at TPC
Associated Press Apr 28, 2024, 07:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry received a standing ovation when they showed up at historic, creole French Quarter restaurant Arnaud’s on the eve of their final round at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event. They also had the largest,
Associated Press Apr 28, 2024, 09:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Hannah Green won the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship for the second straight year Sunday, holing out twice from off the greens in a pivotal back-nine stretch at challenging Wilshire Country Club. A year after making a 25-foot birdie on
Associated Press Apr 28, 2024, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DULUTH, Ga. — Stephen Ames celebrated his 60th birthday with a successful title defense in the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, closing with a 5-under 67 on Sunday for his eighth PGA Tour Champions victory. A stroke behind Paul Broadhurst after matching the tournament record Saturday
Associated Press Apr 28, 2024, 04:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ADELAIDE, Australia — Three-time PGA Tour winner Brendan Steele held off a fast finishing Louis Oosthuizen to win the LIV Golf Adelaide tournament at The Grange Golf Club by one stoke. The 41-year-old Steele shot a final round 68 Sunday for a 54-hole total
Associated Press Apr 27, 2024, 10:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Grace Kim stumbled to a 5-over 76 on Saturday in the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship — and still held onto a share of the lead. It was that kind of a day at Wilshire Country Club, the tree-lined layout
Associated Press Apr 27, 2024, 07:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, La. — Former BYU teammates Patrick Fishburn and Zac Blair shot a 12-under 60 in better-ball play Saturday to take the third-round lead in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the PGA Tour’s only team event. At 23-under 193, Fishburn and Blair had
ESPN News Services Apr 27, 2024, 11:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Australian golfer Lucas Herbert says his caddie is “good now” after he was struck in the head by a water bottle during second-round action on Saturday at LIV Golf Adelaide. Herbert had just made birdie on No. 12 and was celebrating with boisterous
Associated Press Apr 27, 2024, 06:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ADELAIDE, Australia — Three-time PGA Tour winner Brendan Steele shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the LIV Tour’s Adelaide tournament at The Grange Golf Club. The 41-year-old Steele’s last PGA Tour victory came in 2017
Associated Press Apr 26, 2024, 10:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Grace Kim opened a four-stroke lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship, shooting a 5-under 66 in tricky afternoon conditions at Wilshire Country Club. A stroke ahead after an opening 64, Kim had an eagle, four birdies and
Associated Press Apr 26, 2024, 08:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, La. — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry held onto a share of the lead Friday in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, with the Irish duo shooting a 2-under 70 in alternate play in the PGA Tour’s only team event. The teams of
Associated Press Apr 26, 2024, 06:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ADELAIDE, Australia — Jinichiro Kozuma birdied his first three holes in a bogey-free round of 9-under 63 to take a one-stroke lead Friday after the first round of the LIV Series golf tournament in Adelaide. Starting on the 15th hole in the shotgun-style start,
Associated Press Apr 25, 2024, 11:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Frankie Capan III shot a 13-under 58 on Thursday in the Veritex Bank Championship at Texas Rangers Golf Club to tie the Korn Ferry Tour record for relation to par and match the second-lowest score in tour history. Capan played an
Associated Press Apr 25, 2024, 09:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGLES — Grace Kim shot a 7-under 64 at Wilshire Country Club to take the first-round lead Thursday in the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship. Playing in the morning session, the 23-year-old Australian capped her bogey-free round with a chip-in birdie on
ESPN News Services Apr 25, 2024, 02:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Charlie Woods, the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods, failed in his first attempt to qualify for a U.S. Open, shooting a 9-over 81 on Thursday. The teen’s scorecard included one birdie, four bogeys and three double bogeys at the Legacy Golf & Tennis