Golf

Associated Press Jul 8, 2023, 10:02 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Neither the wind at Pebble Beach nor the stage of a U.S. Women’s Open could stop Nasa Hataoka, who delivered the best round in the toughest conditions Saturday for a 6-under 66 and a one-shot lead. Hataoka not only posted the low score

Associated Press Jul 8, 2023, 07:04 PM ET SILVIS, Ill. — Brendon Todd scrambled for par on the par-4 18th to take a 1one-stroke lead Saturday in the John Deere Classic, holing a 12-foot putt after drawing an awkward stance near a fairway bunker. Todd had a 5-under 66 in breezy conditions to reach 16-under

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 8, 2023, 12:25 AM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — There was no other way it could have ended. After a gloomy week at Pebble Beach, where Michelle Wie West struggled to find the bottom of the cup, the 30-foot par putt on the 18th green — the final one of her career

Associated Press Jul 7, 2023, 11:49 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Bailey Tardy picked a good time and a beautiful location to play her best golf. Tardy made eagle on the par-5 sixth hole at Pebble Beach for the second straight day as part of a torrid start to her second round Friday in

ESPN News Services Jul 7, 2023, 06:38 PM ET PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said Friday that he will return to his role July 17 after recovering from a medical situation. “Thank you for your support and leadership these last few weeks,” Monahan wrote in a memo to the tour’s policy board and its players.

ESPN News Services Jul 7, 2023, 10:35 AM ET Matthew Wolff, who was accused by LIV Golf teammate Brooks Koepka of quitting on the course, said it’s “heartbreaking” that the Smash GC captain would criticize him amid Wolff’s mental health “challenges on and off the golf course.” Earlier this week, Koepka told Sports Illustrated that

Associated Press Jul 6, 2023, 11:55 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Xiyu Janet Lin and Hyo Joo Kim had rounds that matched the beauty at Pebble Beach, each of them with a 4-under 68 on Thursday to share the lead in the first U.S. Women’s Open held at one of America’s most famous courses.

Associated Press Jul 6, 2023, 05:24 PM ET HERTFORDSHIRE, England — Brooks Koepka has accused LIV Golf teammate Matthew Wolff of quitting on the course, telling Sports Illustrated he has “basically given up on him.” Wolff, who won in his third start as a pro on the PGA Tour in 2019, joined the LIV Golf

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 6, 2023, 08:25 AM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Mina Harigae has never seen Pebble Beach like this. Last year’s U.S. Women’s Open runner-up was born in Monterey, California, attended the nearby Stevenson School and has played the course over 50 times. Of the 156 players in this year’s field, Harigae has

Associated Press Jul 5, 2023, 08:29 PM ET Pine Valley will host the Curtis Cup matches for female amateurs in 2034, the first time the course regarded as America’s best will hold an international competition in nearly 50 years. The announcement Wednesday adds to a movement by the USGA to bring its female championships to

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 5, 2023, 12:15 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — It has been 72 years since the best female golfers in the world played a competitive round at one of the most famous golf courses in the history of the game. The 1951 Weathervane Transcontinental Women’s Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links, won

Charlotte Gibson, ESPNJul 5, 2023, 09:11 AM ET LPGA star Nelly Korda joins an all-star lineup of more than 20 professional golfers featured in the PGA Tour 2k23 video game on July 5. The eight-time LPGA Tour winner, with one major victory, becomes the fourth professional women’s golfer available on the PGA Tour 2k23 roster.

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 4, 2023, 09:18 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Michelle Wie West has no problem admitting it: She has thought about her last walk up to the 18th hole at Pebble Beach — the final one of her career — plenty. She has visualized it, dreamt about it, even idealized it. “Gosh,

ESPN News Services Jul 4, 2023, 04:48 PM ET Sergio Garcia‘s quest to play in his 25th straight Open Championship ended Tuesday when he failed to qualify for the season’s fourth major. Playing in a qualifier at West Lancashire Golf Club, Garcia shot a 5-under 67 in the morning round of the 36-hole competition. But

Jul 3, 2023, 03:54 PM ET Tiger Woods says he never received scripted comments, purportedly prepared by the PGA Tour, that now are part of a federal lawsuit. Multiple outlets reported Monday that the remarks are among 357 pages of emails and other documents included in an antitrust lawsuit involving the PGA Tour filed in

Jul 3, 2023, 11:57 AM ET WASHINGTON — Two PGA Tour officials have agreed to testify before a U.S. Senate panel next week about the tour’s merger with Saudi-backed LIV Golf, but LIV officials declined to appear, lawmakers said Monday. Ron Price, chief operating officer of the PGA Tour, and board member Jimmy Dunne have

Associated Press Jul 2, 2023, 05:15 PM ET STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Bernhard Langer won the U.S. Senior Open on Sunday at SentryWorld to break the PGA Tour Champions’ career victory record. Pushing his record as the oldest winner on the 50-and-over tour to 65 years, 10 months, 5 days, the German star broke a

Associated Press Jul 2, 2023, 03:14 PM ET DETROIT — Rickie Fowler made a 12-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, outlasting Collin Morikawa and Adam Hadwin two weeks after squandering a chance to win his first major at the U.S. Open. Fowler, 34, got his first PGA Tour