Golf

7:49 AM ET Daniel Berger‘s argument for a spot in the 2020 Masters field is a strong one. He is playing as well as anyone not named Dustin Johnson or Collin Morikawa. He has won a tournament since the last Masters was played. And he is well inside the top 50 in the world. But

1:57 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders Dustin Johnson ran away with the first event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, cruising to an 11-shot victory at The Northern Trust on Sunday after finishing an astonishing 30 under for the week. There are now 70 players remaining in the hunt for the title as the

9:29 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — The hole Phil Mickelson considered the most important in the second round of his PGA Tour Champions career was not any of the eight he birdied but rather the only one on which he made bogey. He was 5 under after the front nine Tuesday at Ozarks

3:16 PM ET Webb Simpson, who is ranked third in the FedEx Cup standings, has withdrawn from this week’s BMW Championship. “After playing consecutive weeks, Webb is taking the week off in order to be rested for the TOUR Championship in Atlanta,” a representative for Simpson said Tuesday. The field for this week’s playoff event

8:47 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Just about the only poor shot Phil Mickelson hit in his PGA Tour Champions debut was a wayward iron off the tee. He still turned it into a birdie. It was one of five straight on the back nine Monday for the five-time major champion, who decided

7:43 PM ET The PGA Tour’s Asia Swing in October will have a different look this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with at least one of the events moving to the United States and the possibility that one will be canceled. The C.J. Cup at Nine Bridges, won by Justin Thomas last year in

8:18 PM ET Associated Press NORTON, Mass. — Dustin Johnson looked as dominant as he ever has, and nothing could stop him on Sunday in The Northern Trust. Not even the weather. Johnson played the final two holes in near darkness after a late storm delay and finished with a birdie for an 8-under 63

7:11 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — PGA Tour rookie Scottie Scheffler‘s wild week took another turn Sunday in the final round of The Northern Trust, when his caddie, Scott McGuinness, went down in the ninth fairway with a leg injury and had to be carted off the golf course. Eric Ledbetter, one of the assistant

7:00 PM ET NORTON, Mass. – What the first week of the FedEx Cup playoffs revealed was it is not the best time to be one of the biggest names in golf. With the exception of Dustin Johnson, who a huge lead at The Northern Trust, the first event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup

2:20 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Though golf has been back for more than two months and Tiger Woods has played three events since the sport’s restart after the coronavirus-forced shutdown, he admitted after his final-round 66 at The Northern Trust that he’s still trying to adjust to this new reality of life on the

7:47 PM ET Associated Press NORTON, Mass. — Dustin Johnson could have used a finish such as this for a record score. The birdie-eagle ending to his round Saturday at The Northern Trust gave him a 7-under 64 and stretched his lead to five shots in the FedEx Cup playoffs opener. Johnson, coming off a

7:16 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Go ahead and try to figure out Dustin Johnson‘s play since golf returned from its three-month layoff because of the coronavirus pandemic. Fair warning: it might take you a while. He’s had a win and stunningly low rounds. He’s had missed cuts and head-scratching blow-up rounds. This week, he

1:38 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy walked off the 18th green early Saturday afternoon at The Northern Trust and looked like two men happy the day was done. After all, they had just spent a little less than five hours wandering around all parts of TPC Boston as Woods shot

7:02 AM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, Wales — Scottish golfer Connor Syme moved into a strong position to make up for last week’s near miss at Celtic Manor by taking a two-shot lead after the second round of the Wales Open, played at the same venue on the European Tour. Syme battled wind and rain

8:48 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Shane Bertsch eagled the first hole of a four-man playoff Friday to win the Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge in his second PGA Tour Champions start. Bertsch hit an approach from the rough near the back edge of a bunker that took

7:00 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — On a day when Scottie Scheffler shot 59 and Dustin Johnson flirted with going even lower before settling for 60, Tiger Woods struggled to simply post an even-par round and make the cut at The Northern Trust. There was at least one good thing, though. “Well, I was close

12:47 AM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The LPGA Tour’s Cambia Portland Classic will be played as scheduled Sept. 17-20 without fans at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. The Kia Classic has been postponed until March. Unable to reschedule the Kia Classic at Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, California, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the

2:43 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Tiger Woods didn’t have a scientific reason for going back to the shorter Scotty Cameron putter he has largely relied on for more than two decades after a brief break from it during the PGA Championship earlier this month. “Just stubbornness,” Woods said Thursday after his opening-round 3-under 68