Golf

Associated Press May 18, 2023, 12:20 AM ET DuPONT, Wash. — Teens Avery Zweig and Gianna Clemente won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship on Wednesday, beating California college players Tiffany Le and Kate Villegas 3 and 1 at The Home Course. Zweig, 16, of McKinney, Texas, and Clemente, 15, of Estero, Florida, overcame an

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 17, 2023, 05:10 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Jordan Spieth played nine more practice holes at Oak Hill Country Club on Wednesday, and the three-time major champion says his injured left wrist

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 17, 2023, 08:15 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Nearly a year ago, after Justin Thomas matched the largest 54-hole comeback in PGA Championship history by chasing down Chile’s Mito Pereira from 7

Associated Press May 16, 2023, 07:48 PM ET RANCHO MIRAGE, California — Marlene Hagge-Vossler, a Hall of Fame player and the last surviving founder of the LPGA Tour, died Tuesday morning, her family said. She was 89. Hagge-Vossler won 26 times on the LPGA Tour, including the 1952 LPGA Championship, and she was inducted into

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 16, 2023, 02:38 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh said he doesn’t believe the LIV Golf League is a lasting business model but commended the startup circuit

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 16, 2023, 07:45 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — This week, Oak Hill Country Club is hosting the PGA Championship for the fourth time. Editor’s Picks 1 Related It will be the first

May 15, 2023, 10:36 AM ET Past winner John Daly has withdrawn from the PGA Championship, tournament organizers said Monday, and will be replaced in the field by German Stephan Jaeger. The larger-than-life Daly, who won the tournament in 1991, has played only a handful of PGA Tour events in the past two years but

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 15, 2023, 08:24 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The 105th PGA Championship is returning to Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, for the fourth time. The East Course will play much different this

Associated Press May 14, 2023, 08:37 PM ET CLIFTON, N.J. — Trailing by four shots heading into the final round of the Founders Classic, Jin Young Ko got a little inspiration about comeback wins watching fellow South Korean Sung-jae Im rally from a big deficit to win on the KPGA Tour. If he could do

Associated Press May 14, 2023, 08:41 PM ET BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — Dustin Johnson overcame a triple bogey Sunday by making birdie on the 18th hole to join a playoff and another birdie on the 18th to win LIV Golf Tulsa for his first win this year. The victory was Johnson’s second since he joined

Associated Press May 14, 2023, 03:02 PM ET ANTWERP, Belgium — Swedish golfer Simon Forsström held off countryman Jens Dantorp for a wire-to-wire victory at the Soudal Open on the European tour on Sunday. The 34-year-old Forsström was one stroke ahead of Belgium’s Thomas Detry overnight, but Dantorp’s late charge from third proved the main

Associated Press May 13, 2023, 07:42 PM ET CLIFTON, N.J. — Defending champion Minjee Lee of Australia overcame an opening bogey for a 5-under 67 and a three-stroke lead Saturday, heading in the final round of the Founders Cup. No. 6 in the world, Lee had four birdies and an eagle after dropping a stroke

Associated Press May 13, 2023, 07:29 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Robert Karlsson and defending champion Steve Stricker surged into the lead Saturday at the Regions Tradition, with Karlsson shooting a 9-under 63 to match the low score since this PGA Tour Champions major moved to its current venue. Stricker closed with four straight birdies

Associated Press May 12, 2023, 08:11 PM ET CLIFTON, N.J. — Two-time LPGA Tour player of the year Jin Young Ko shot her second straight 4-under 68 on Friday in the Founders Cup and shared the halfway lead with 37-year-old non-winner Sarah Kemp. Kemp, whose best finish on tour is a tie for second in

Associated Press May 12, 2023, 08:31 PM ET McKINNEY, Texas — Scottie Scheffler says he tries not to put too much emphasis on winning one tournament over another, even when his hometown AT&T Byron Nelson is in play. Ryan Palmer isn’t keeping any secrets. Win the Nelson not far from his home in another Dallas-Fort

May 12, 2023, 06:30 PM ET Branden Grace of South Africa holed nine birdies during a bogey-free 61 to take a two-stroke lead after the opening round at LIV Golf Tulsa on Friday in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. In the Saudi-backed league’s inaugural event in the Tulsa area, Grace put up a two-shot lead on Dustin

Associated Press May 11, 2023, 06:05 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Billy Andrade, Timothy O’Neal and Paul Broadhurst each shot a 5-under 67 to take the first-round lead Thursday at the Regions Tradition, the first of five PGA Tour Champions majors, with defending champion Steve Stricker one shot back. Joining Stricker at 68 were Ernie

Associated Press May 11, 2023, 07:54 PM ET CLIFTON, N.J. — Sei Young Kim shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 on Thursday at tree-lined Upper Montclair Country Club to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s Founders Cup. Kim had four straight birdies – on the par-5 12th, par-4 13th, par-5 14th and par-3 15th