Golf

Associated Press Jan 20, 2024, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii — Steven Alker won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai on Saturday for his second straight PGA Tour Champions victory and eighth in 54 career starts. The winner of the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in November in Phoenix, Alker won

ESPN News Services Jan 20, 2024, 07:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA QUINTA, Calif. — University of Alabama sophomore Nick Dunlap fired a 12-under 60 to take a three-shot lead over Sam Burns at The American Express on Saturday, matching the lowest round by an amateur in PGA Tour history and surging into position

Associated Press Jan 20, 2024, 10:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Rory McIlroy surged into contention at the Dubai Desert Classic by finishing off a 9-under 63 with an eagle on the final hole that left him 2 shots behind leader Cameron Young on Saturday. The No. 2-ranked McIlroy, the

Associated Press Jan 19, 2024, 07:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA QUINTA, Calif. — Sam Burns shot the best round of his life with “RTR” shaved into the side of his head. The acronym for “Roll Tide Roll” was the LSU product’s follicular punishment for losing a bet with Justin Thomas. Alabama sophomore Nick

Associated Press Jan 19, 2024, 07:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PANAMA CITY — Omar Morales of Mexico shot his second straight 1-under 69 on Friday to take a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Latin America Amateur Championship. Morales, a junior at UCLA, was one of two players under par through 36 holes

Associated Press Jan 19, 2024, 12:03 PM ET Jack Burke Jr., the oldest living Masters champion, who staged the greatest comeback ever at Augusta National for one of his two majors, died Friday morning in Houston. He was 100. Burke, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, also won the PGA Championship and

Associated Press Jan 18, 2024, 08:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PANAMA CITY — UCLA junior Omar Morales of Mexico opened with a 1-under 69 on Thursday and shared the lead with Santiago de la Fuente of Mexico and Jose Arzu of Guatemala after one round of the Latin America Amateur. Morales hit the opening

Associated Press Jan 18, 2024, 08:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA QUINTA, Calif. — Zach Johnson embraced the pressure of being the U.S. Ryder Cup captain last year, even if the experience didn’t go the way anybody on his team hoped. A few months later, Johnson is past all the pressure and the second-guessing

ESPN News Services Jan 18, 2024, 04:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Masters is open to having Angel Cabrera return to Augusta National Golf Club, if the former champion can obtain a visa after legal issues kept him from participating for the past four years. Cabrera, who won the Grand Slam event in 2009,

Field Level Media Jan 17, 2024, 09:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions As he prepares to tee off at this week’s The American Express in La Quinta, California, world No. 6 Patrick Cantlay said he finds that he’s able to balance playing golf while also serving on the player advisory board. Cantlay, 31, who has

Jan 17, 2024, 08:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Two-time champion Bernhard Langer will make his final Masters start this April, the German said in a Golf Channel interview that aired on Wednesday. The 66-year-old Langer, who missed the cut at each of the past three Masters, made his announcement in Hawaii, where the PGA

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 17, 2024, 11:42 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions In four-time major champion Rory McIlroy‘s perfect world, the best players in men’s professional golf would play on a top international tour with other

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 17, 2024, 07:55 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions In recent weeks, the push to globalize golf has ignited discussions involving PGA Tour standout Rory McIlroy and the departing DP World Tour CEO,

Associated Press Jan 15, 2024, 03:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEON, Mexico — Lee Williams won the Mexico Open on Sunday for his first Nationwide Tour title, closing with a 2-under 70 for a one-stroke victory over Paul Haley II. Williams, a former Auburn player, finished at 14-under 274 at El Bosque. He earned

Associated Press Jan 14, 2024, 09:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HONOLULU — Grayson Murray stuffed a wedge to 3 feet for birdie on the 18th hole for a 3-under 67 to join a three-way playoff then won the Sony Open with a 40-foot birdie putt to set himself up for a potentially lucrative year.

Associated Press Jan 14, 2024, 07:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tommy Fleetwood birdied the 18th hole to win the Dubai Invitational by one stroke Sunday from Rory McIlroy, who made bogey at the last after driving into the water. McIlroy led the European tour event by one heading to

Associated Press Jan 13, 2024, 11:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HONOLULU — The hard work is not over for Grayson Murray, in golf or in life. The final round of the Sony Open might give him a good idea of how far he has come. Murray got up-and-down from a bunker on the par-5

Associated Press Jan 13, 2024, 08:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tommy Fleetwood surged into the lead of the Dubai Invitational after shooting an 8-under 63 in the third round Saturday to overtake Rory McIlroy by 1 stroke. Fleetwood made eight birdies in a flawless round, including four over his