Golf

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 18, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — Royal Liverpool Golf Club, which was built in 1869 and is the second-oldest seaside course in England, underwent a facelift since the last time

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 18, 2023, 09:30 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — Rory McIlroy will play the first two rounds of the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club with Masters champion Jon Rahm and

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 18, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — As Rory McIlroy finished playing 14 holes during a practice round with Shane Lowry on Tuesday morning, the rain started to fall at Royal

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 17, 2023, 11:26 AM ET HOYLAKE, England – A few moments after reigning Open Champion Cameron Smith got emotional when returning the Claret Jug he’s had for a year, the Australian delivered a message on the future of LIV Golf in the wake of the PGA Tour’s framework agreement with the Public

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 17, 2023, 06:40 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — Rory McIlroy won a Claret Jug the last time the Open Championship was played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, in 2014. Three weeks later,

Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 08:33 PM ET NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Vincent Norrman lipped in an 8-footer for bogey on the 72nd hole to get into a playoff, then scrambled for par on the same hole in sudden death on Sunday to beat Nathan Kimsey and win the Barbasol Championship, his first PGA Tour victory.

Jul 16, 2023, 09:02 PM ET Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry rolled in a long eagle putt on the final hole to win the American Century Championship on Sunday in Stateline, Nevada. Curry wound up two points ahead of former tennis player Mardy Fish in the celebrity golf event at Edgewood Tahoe Resort. Editor’s

Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 06:39 PM ET SYLVANIA, Ohio — Linn Grant won her first LPGA Tour title after an outstanding start to her career in Europe, enduring a charge from U.S. Women’s Open champion Allisen Corpuz and closing with a 3-under 68 for a three-shot victory in the Dana Open on Sunday. The

Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 10:14 AM ET GULLANE, Scotland — Rory McIlroy birdied the last two holes in whipping wind Sunday for a 2-under 68 to win the Genesis Scottish Open, his first victory on Scottish soil, and take a load of confidence into the final major of the year. McIlroy was 1 shot

Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 09:04 PM ET SYLVANIA, Ohio — Linn Grant put herself in position to become just the second LPGA Tour player to break 60, but she played the final five holes in even par for a 9-under 62 and has a 6-stroke lead entering the final round of the Dana Open.

ESPN News Services Jul 15, 2023, 03:36 PM ET NBA superstar Stephen Curry continues to show that just about any shot from long distance is makeable — no matter the sport. Curry, who has made more than his share of highlight-reel shots during his NBA career with the Golden State Warriors, added to his legacy

Jul 15, 2023, 09:52 AM ET Rory McIlroy shot a 3-under 67 to maintain a 1-stroke lead after the third round at the Scottish Open on Saturday in North Berwick, Scotland. McIlroy, who sits at 13-under 197 for the tournament, recorded five birdies against two bogeys at The Renaissance Club to stay 1 stroke ahead

Associated Press Jul 14, 2023, 08:04 PM ET STATELINE, Nev. — Stephen Curry took a four-point lead Friday in the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament. Curry had 27 points in the opening round under a form of the modified Stableford scoring system that awards a point for par, three for birdie and six for

Associated Press Jul 14, 2023, 08:48 PM ET NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Lucas Glover extended his streak of rounds in the 60s to 10 and his lead in the Barbasol Championship to 2 shots, shooting a 4-under 68 in Friday’s second round at Keene Trace. Glover was at 13-under 131, with Adam Long, Vincent Norrman and

Associated Press Jul 14, 2023, 11:16 AM ET GULLANE, Scotland — Padraig Harrington is not ruling out the idea of playing in another Ryder Cup, even at age 51, depending on how he fares in his two weeks against the world’s best players. That hope was emboldened Friday in the Scottish Open after a 4-under

Associated Press Jul 13, 2023, 08:46 PM ET NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Lucas Glover continued the hot streak that began when he switched to a long putter, shooting a 9-under 63 on Thursday for a one-shot lead in the Barbasol Championship. The 43-year-old Glover extended his run of consecutive rounds in the 60s to nine. After

Associated Press Jul 13, 2023, 07:26 PM ET Jaravee Boonchant holed out from 128 yards for eagle on her second shot of the round and had a 7-under 64 on Thursday for a share of the first-round lead with Linn Grant in the LPGA Tour’s Dana Open. “I was just like on the first cut

Jul 13, 2023, 09:56 AM ET Byeong Hun An carded nine birdies and no bogeys for a first-round 61 to grab the outright lead by 3 strokes at the Scottish Open on Thursday. An, a three-time runner-up who has zero PGA Tour wins in 175 career starts, began play on the 10th and, with five