Golf

7:18 PM ET Associated Press DUBLIN, Ohio — Jon Rahm showed Saturday in the Memorial why he’s one of the most explosive players in golf. With his clubs. A back nine that capped off what he considers one of the best rounds of his career gave Rahm a 4-under 68, turned a four-shot deficit into

5:14 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Justin Thomas‘ caddie left on the back nine of his third round at Memorial Tournament on Saturday. “Jimmy (Johnson) just wasn’t feeling well,” Thomas said. “He was feeling dizzy. I mean, I can tell he was light-headed and just didn’t have a lot of energy. I mean, I told

8:00 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — What a difference a week, some extra-thick grass, more wind and faster greens can make. All that has happened in the week between the Workday Charity Open and the Memorial Tournament, which were played on the same course. There were 16 players who finished more than 10 shots under

1:16 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — It was more than avoiding missing the cut for the first time in 18 appearances at the Memorial Tournament for Tiger Woods. It was also more than bouncing back from a poor performance in the second round. Woods wanted to test his back after it gave him problems throughout

7:58 PM ET Associated Press DUBLIN, Ohio — Tony Finau figured he was on the right track when he shot 59 at Victory Ranch last week in Utah. That kind of score isn’t happening at Muirfield Village, where the greens are getting firmer by the hour. Finau still took enough confidence from playing with his

6:25 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Bryson DeChambeau had his worst-ever score on a hole when he had a quintuple-bogey 10 on the par-5 15th hole during the second round of the Memorial Tournament on Friday. To make matters worse, the score took DeChambeau from safely inside the cut line to missing the weekend at

7:13 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Tiger Woods‘ first PGA Tour event in more than 150 days started and ended the same way: with a birdie. Woods, playing in his first tour event since February, shot a 71 in the first round of the Memorial Tournament on Thursday. “Well, it’s been a while since I’ve

8:33 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio – Next to play, Tiger Woods. Silence. No roars. No applause. No “Let’s go Tiger” coming from the gallery that would go rows and rows deep with fans trying to get a glimpse as golf’s most famous player stood on the tee box at No. 1. Welcome back to the

2:30 PM ET The transformation of Bryson DeChambeau is not a new topic. In fact, it’s been the topic since golf returned last month. He’s bigger. He’s stronger. He’s swinging faster. The ball is traveling otherworldly distances. But sometimes you need to hear the numbers and see it happen to really have it set in.

8:34 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders PGA Tour golf is back in full swing, albeit without the crowds we’re accustomed to. Collin Morikawa outlasted Justin Thomas in a playoff for his first PGA Tour win last weekend at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. None of our experts had Morikawa for the win, but

3:53 PM ET Tiger Woods hasn’t been this big of a long shot at the Memorial Tournament-an event he’s won five times–in a long time, and bettors can’t get enough of him. Woods is set to return to the PGA Tour this week after a five-month layoff initially caused by a stiff back and extended

4:45 PM ET PGA commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday that he’s hopeful of having at least some spectators in attendance during tour events before the end of 2020. “I mean, we’re doing everything we can to be prepared to have fans at our tournaments certainly in the final quarter of the year post-Tour Championship,” Monahan

7:23 AM ET This week’s Memorial Tournament marks the sixth week since the PGA Tour’s re-entry following the COVID-19 shutdown. Despite several positive tests and a few protocol modifications, the return of golf has been largely successful. Each tournament has been played as scheduled and both the at-home and on-site testing and screening measures have

6:36 PM ET This is the 45th year of the Memorial Tournament, and host Jack Nicklaus has made a tradition of waiting behind the 18th green to congratulate the winner with a hearty handshake. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Nicklaus said Tuesday that he will not be changing anything. “I’m going to shake their hand. I

12:33 PM ET The thought of returning to the PGA Tour crossed Tiger Woods‘ mind well before this week’s Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio. But Woods, a five-time winner of the event, put his safety first. He wanted to wait and see how the first five tournaments were played during the coronavirus pandemic before committing

7:27 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic shut down golf in mid-March. But Tiger Woods was shut down a month before that. A stiff back kept him out of a host of tournaments he would normally play, such as the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players. When last we saw Woods, in February at the Genesis

5:33 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Tiger Woods will be accompanied by two of golf’s biggest names when he returns to the PGA Tour at this week’s Memorial. Woods will play with Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka in the opening two rounds at Muirfield. Other featured groups announced Monday are:

12:01 PM ET The remaining events on the PGA Tour’s 2019-20 schedule will take place without spectators because of the coronavirus pandemic. The four tournaments that had yet to announce their intentions did so Monday. The Wyndham Championship — which follows the PGA Championship — announced that it will play its regular-season-ending event (Aug. 13-16)