Golf

1:50 PM ET BLAINE, Minn. — Brooks Koepka called the killing of George Floyd a “pathetic” act as he prepares to headline the first major sporting event in the Minneapolis area since that tragedy. Koepka and other pro golfers will participate in the 3M Open this week in Blaine, Minnesota, just 20 miles from the

8:17 AM ET Augusta National sits quiet. Life bustles by the esteemed club, which is closed for the summer and typically is not on the mind of the golf world. In a normal year, the Masters Tournament would be three months in the past, the major championship season complete. The club’s reopening to its membership

3:21 PM ET An overwhelming majority of sports fans polled by ESPN say they support the return of professional and collegiate sports even if fans will not be in attendance due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A second wave of ESPN’s Coronavirus Lockdown Fan Study surveyed 1,003 sports fans age 18 and older and found

12:54 PM ET PGA Tour player Grayson Murray said he has tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing symptoms while at home last week and has withdrawn from this week’s 3M Championship. Murray, 26, appears to have tested on his own and not as part of the PGA Tour’s pre-screening tests. He withdrew from the Workday

8:09 PM ET ESPN News Services DUBLIN, Ohio — Jon Rahm won the Memorial to join Seve Ballesteros as the only Spaniards to reach No. 1 in the world. It was a victory he wrapped up with a magical shot that would have made his idol proud. Rahm built an 8-shot lead at the turn,

5:11 PM ET Associated Press DUBLIN, Ohio — Jack Nicklaus revealed Sunday during the CBS telecast of the Memorial that he and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus at the onset of the pandemic. Nicklaus and his wife, Barbara, turned 80 a month apart at the start of the year. He said his wife

7:13 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Would Tiger Woods show any rust from his five-month layoff? Was Woods truly healthy after dealing with back issues when he last played in a tournament in February? Those were the two biggest questions he faced when he took to Twitter on July 10 to announce he would play

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

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

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