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Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 10:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHIZUOKA, Japan — Wenyi Ding capped off a marathon Sunday with a 3-under 67 that carried the 19-year-old from China to a one-shot victory in the Asia-Pacific Amateur and a spot in the Masters and the Open Championship next year. Ding, a sophomore at

Associated Press Oct 5, 2024, 08:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JACKSON, Miss. — Keith Mitchell finished with a pair of birdies Saturday for a 7-under 65 and avoided some of the blunders that tripped up other contenders, giving him a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship. At stake

Associated Press Oct 5, 2024, 12:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tyrrell Hatton birdied his last two holes and tied the Old Course record at St. Andrews with an 11-under 61, giving him a one-shot lead over Nicolas Colsaerts going into the final round of the Dunhill Links Championship on Saturday.

Associated Press Oct 4, 2024, 08:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JACKSON, Miss. — Beau Hossler did his part on another day of low scoring at the Sanderson Farms Championship, missing only one green Friday for an 8-under 64 to take a one-shot lead into the weekend as he chases his first PGA Tour victory.

Associated Press Oct 3, 2024, 08:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JACKSON, Miss. — David Skinns of England set a personal best and a course record with a 12-under 60 to lead the Sanderson Farms Championship on Thursday. And he couldn’t help but be a little disappointed. Skinns ran off six birdies on the back

Kalan Hooks, ESPNOct 3, 2024, 04:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions On Thursday, Fred Ridley, Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament, announced a $5 million donation that would be made towards the Hurricane Helene Community Crisis Fund. It will be used to support local relief efforts from damage the storm left

Associated Press Oct 3, 2024, 01:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Darren Fichardt shot an 11-under 61 at Kingsbarns on Thursday to lead the multicourse Dunhill Links Championship after a low-scoring first round notable for the presence of the two most powerful men in golf, men are seeking to reach a

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 3, 2024, 10:32 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley said Thursday that he is confident the Masters will be played in April as scheduled, despite the

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 3, 2024, 09:42 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, were grouped together in the first round of the

Associated Press Oct 2, 2024, 10:17 PM ET PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Susie Maxwell Berning, the three-time U.S. Women’s Open winner who was a pioneer as a mother while competing on the LPGA Tour, died Wednesday after a two-year battle with lung cancer. She was 83. The LPGA said Berning, inducted into the World Golf

Associated Press Oct 1, 2024, 09:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Three weeks after PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan met with Saudi Arabia’s financial backer of LIV Golf, they will be together again this week in Scotland, this time inside the ropes. Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund that supports

Associated Press Oct 1, 2024, 10:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Being an agent for a PGA Tour player is now going to require time and money. Tyler Dennis, the chief competitions officer for the tour, sent a notice to agents and managers late Monday afternoon announcing the Agent Certification Program starting in 2025. It

Field Level Media Sep 30, 2024, 12:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tom Kim said he apologized to U.S. captain Jim Furyk and Xander Schauffele on Sunday, one day after his public comments caused a bit of a stir at the 2024 Presidents Cup. Kim, 22, on Saturday told reporters that unidentified members of the

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 06:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ROGERS, Ark. — Jasmine Suwannapura made a 12-foot eagle putt on the second hole of a playoff with Lucy Li to win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday. Suwannapura — playing in the group behind Li — also eagled the par-5 18th in

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 05:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Xander Schauffele ran off four straight birdies to lead an onslaught of red scores on the board Sunday and the Americans made the outcome as inevitable as it usually is, winning the Presidents Cup for the 10th straight time. Sam Burns completed

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 01:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Angel Hidalgo birdied the second playoff hole to beat Jon Rahm and win the Spanish Open for his first European tour victory Sunday. The 26-year-old Hidalgo had missed a short birdie putt at the same 18th hole to allow fellow Spaniard Rahm

Associated Press Sep 28, 2024, 07:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Patrick Cantlay couldn’t have hit the putt — he might not have seen the hole — without lights from a videoboard and the headlamps from golf carts surrounding the 18th green in the final match of the longest day at the Presidents

Associated Press Sep 28, 2024, 08:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ROGERS, Ark. — Ashleigh Buhai birdied four of the final five holes for a 4-under 67 and a one-stroke lead over Dottie Ardina on Saturday in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Playing in tricky afternoon wind conditions, Buhai rebounded from a double bogey on