8:30 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders It’s playoff time on the PGA Tour. Patrick Reed will defend his title at The Northern Trust in the first event of the FedExCup playoffs. Ultra long shot Jim Herman (500-1) punched his ticket to the playoffs last week with his win at Wyndham. Tiger Woods will also be
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2:45 PM ET The finish line is not where it normally is on the PGA Tour as the FedEx Cup playoffs begin Thursday at TPC-Boston, site of the Northern Trust. The three-tournament playoff run continues next week at the BMW Championship and then the following week at the Tour Championship, where the top 30 in
6:57 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — Jim Herman rallied to win the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his third PGA Tour title and a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs, shooting a 7-under 63 for a 1-stroke victory over Billy Horschel. Known for his friendship with President Donald Trump, Herman overcame a 4-stroke
7:46 AM ET Even in a pandemic-plagued year, with the PGA Tour missing 13 weeks of action and having to reconfigure its schedule, the FedEx Cup playoffs are to begin Thursday — only a week later than originally scheduled — with a slight tweak in format but the same big-money purses and ultimate $15 million
3:00 AM ET Associated Press Sam Horsfield captured his second title in three weeks on the European Tour by winning the Celtic Classic on Sunday, completing his bogey-free round of 4-under 67 in fading light to finish two strokes clear. It was an evening finish at Celtic Manor because of a late start to the
10:55 PM ET Associated Press BANDON, Ore. — Tyler Strafaci won the U.S. Amateur on Sunday at foggy Bandon Dunes, overcoming a big early deficit and surviving another tight finish to beat Charles “Ollie” Osborne 1-up. With father Frank Jr. at his side as a caddie, Strafaci two-putted for birdie — with the short second
8:22 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Jerry Kelly seized control at the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship with a hole-in-one on the 12th hole at Firestone, sending him to a 1-under 69 and a two-shot victory Sunday for his first major on the PGA Tour Champions. Kelly was clinging to a one-shot lead over
7:39 PM ET The PGA Tour season came to a close Sunday at the Wyndham Championship. Now, it’s on to the three-week FedEx Cup playoffs, beginning this week at the Northern Trust (Norton, Massachusetts), the BMW Championship (Olympia Fields, Illinois) and the Tour Championship (Atlanta). The top 125 qualified for the Northern Trust. After that,
1:38 PM ET Stacy Lewis of the United States held her nerve in a four-way playoff to win the Ladies Scottish Open, her first title since 2017. The 35-year-old went into the final day of the tournament one shot behind Spain’s Azahara Munoz but ended up tied on five-under for the week alongside Cheyenne Knight,
11:34 PM ET Associated Press BANDON, Ore. — Tyler Strafaci and Charles Osborne advanced to the U.S. Amateur final Saturday at Bandon Dunes to earn spots next year in the Masters and U.S. Open. Strafaci, the rising Georgia Tech senior from Davie, Florida, beat Oklahoma State’s Aman Gupta 1 up after losing a four-hole lead
6:24 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Jerry Kelly bogeyed two of the last four holes for another even-par 70 on Firestone’s challenging South Course, leaving him with a one-stroke lead Saturday in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship. “It’s another tough day. It’s another tough golf course,” Kelly said. “I got a little loose
3:35 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — Si Woo Kim had a hole in one on the way to a 62 for a two-shot lead over Doc Redman and Rob Oppenheim through three rounds of the Wyndham Championship on Saturday. Kim, who’s at 18-under after 54 holes, made history three years ago when at
9:42 PM ET Associated Press Oklahoma State’s Aman Gupta outlasted incoming Stanford freshman Michael Thorbjornsen 1-up on Friday at windy Bandon Dunes to advance to the U.S. Amateur semifinals. Gupta, from Concord, North Carolina, got into the field last Friday when second-ranked No. 2 Ricky Castillo withdrew. “I feel great about my game,” Gupta said.
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2:41 PM ET Associated Press Sam Horsfield kept up his excellent form since the resumption of the European Tour by shooting 7-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Celtic Classic on Friday. The Englishman has been one of the leading players on the so-called U.K. Swing over the past
10:49 PM ET ESPN News Services Tyler Strafaci is moving on at the U.S. Amateur, and he has the caddie for his opponent to thank. Strafaci, a Georgia Tech star, was all square with Argentina’s Segundo Oliva Pinto entering the 18th hole of their round of 16 match Thursday at Bandon Dunes in Bandon, Oregon.
2:51 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — Harold Varner III tied his career low round with an 8-under 62 to grab the early lead at the Wyndham Championship on Thursday. Varner was three shots in front of Wesley Bryan and Brian Harman among the early starters at the Sedgefield Country Club. Varner had eight
7:25 AM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, Wales — French golfer Alex Levy has been withdrawn from the Celtic Classic, which started on Thursday. Levy came into contact with a friend who has since tested positive for the coronavirus, the European Tour said in a statement. The contact occurred while Levy was at home in France