Golf

3:58 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — WHEN BROOKS KOEPKA finished his round, his name atop the leaderboard headed into the weekend at Augusta National, he walked alone down a sidewalk and stomped his feet to knock off dirt before going inside one of the many white buildings hidden in the shrubs, trees and flowers. The

6:25 PM ET A federal judge on Friday vacated the scheduled trial date for LIV Golf’s federal antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour and indicated it might not start until May 2024 at the earliest, as the sides continue to work through discovery disputes involving Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the fund’s governor. In

7:01 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Past Masters champion Patrick Reed has heard all the jokes about how LIV Golf League members wouldn’t be able to compete for a green jacket this week because they’re no longer playing serious golf and only 54 holes in tournaments. “Last time I checked, I’m the one with the

8:43 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN AUGUSTA, Ga. — Brooks Koepka didn’t want to share the gruesome details of the injury. But after shooting a 7-under 65 to tie for the first-round lead at the Masters with Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland, he obliged. The now-member of the LIV Golf Tour and four-time major winner explained

8:23 PM ET ESPN News Services AUGUSTA, Ga. — On his way to the second tee Thursday at the Masters, Jon Rahm thought of the famous quote from his Spanish idol, Seve Ballesteros, who once four-putted at Augusta and said, “I miss, I miss, I miss, I make.” “If you’re going to make a double

10:58 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Kevin Na won’t be around for the celebration if a LIV Golf League player claims a green jacket Sunday in the 87th Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. Na, captain of the Iron Heads GC, withdrew from the Masters on Thursday after scoring 4-over 40 on the first nine

5:43 PM ET ESPN News Services AUGUSTA, Georgia — Tom Hoge had one of five holes-in-one made on the day — including two by Ireland’s Seamus Power — en route to winning the Par 3 Contest at Augusta National on Wednesday. Hoge finished at 6-under 21 on the short, nine-hole layout in the casual, fun-filled

7:11 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Larry Mize and Sandy Lyle delivered two of the most memorable shots in Masters history in consecutive years. Mize, the first champion born in Augusta, holed a 140-foot chip from right of the 11th green in the second hole of a playoff to beat Greg Norman in

AUGUSTA, Ga. — AS RORY MCILROY started his pre-Masters news conference on Tuesday, he glanced to the side at a video board, which featured a photo of him triumphantly raising his arms after he chipped in from a bunker on the 72nd hole of the 2022 tournament. It was the final shot of McIlroy’s latest

2:44 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — A balding, introspective Tiger Woods arrived at Augusta National on Tuesday and spoke about joy and gratitude. He wasn’t a cartoon hero, or a cartoon villain, just a middle-aged man with a complicated life, who loves to spend time with his children and to lose himself in the quiet

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Sometimes a late night is required. Other times it’s an early morning. But by now, Jeff Hall knows the drill. As the USGA manager overseeing rules who has been working on U.S. Open pairings since 2006, Hall’s task is relatively straightforward: turn a field of 156 players into 52 threesomes. The process

AUGUSTA, Ga. — WHEN SCOTT SCHEFFLER showed up in Dr. Troy Van Biezen’s office in Dallas one day in fall 2014, he was panicked. Scheffler’s son, Scottie, had been one of the best junior golfers in the world, but was struggling to even hit a ball straight as a freshman at the University of Texas.

5:35 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — At the 2020 Masters, Bryson DeChambeau famously said his strategy would be to play Augusta National as a par-67 course because he was hitting the ball so far off the tee. DeChambeau didn’t come close to that number that year, tying for 34th. The next year, he finished over

7:30 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti The first major of the year is here, and the anticipation for this year’s Masters could not be higher. Between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson

9:29 PM ET Associated Press PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — Ruoning Yin became the second Chinese winner in LPGA Tour history Sunday, holding off Georgia Hall in the DIO Implant LA Open. The 20-year-old Yin closed with an eventful 1-under 70 for a one-stroke victory over Hall, the English player whose 5-foot birdie try on

5:10 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — If there were any lingering questions about Tiger Woods competing in the 87th Masters this week, he answered them by showing up to practice at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday. Woods, 47, has competed in just one official PGA Tour event in more than seven months, tying for

8:31 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Masters week is finally here and there will be plenty of storylines in the first major championship of the season, which tees off Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club. World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler will try to become the first back-to-back winner at the Masters in more than

8:34 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Brooks Koepka became known for showing up big in the majors. He started to hit his stride Saturday with a 6-under 65 for a 3-shot lead in LIV Golf-Orlando on the weekend before Koepka heads for the Masters. Koepka played bogey-free at Orange County National. Sebastian Munoz