Golf

8:47 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Injured Stanford golfer Rachel Heck was watching the opening rounds of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur on TV at her parents’ home in Memphis, Tennessee, earlier this week. When Cardinal teammate Rose Zhang grabbed what seemed like a commanding 5-shot lead after 36 holes, Heck knew she had to

10:36 AM ET The Masters returns this year to the gorgeous Augusta National grounds in Georgia. We’ll see PGA Tour players competing against LIV golfers this time around, with past champions such as Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, Charl Schwartzel and defending champion Scottie Scheffler looking to compete for another title. Here’s everything you

10:33 PM ET Associated Press PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — Ruoning Yin had the low round of her LPGA Tour career, a 7-under 64 on Friday to share the 36-hole lead with Hyo Joo Kim at the DIO Implant LA Open. Yin, a 20-year-old from China in her second year on the LPGA Tour, turned

7:22 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Patrick Rodgers took a step toward his first PGA Tour victory — and his first Masters appearance — on Friday, shooting a 5-under 67 to take a 3-stroke lead midway through the second round of the weather-delayed Valero Texas Open. Rodgers, who finished his opening-round 66 on

1:08 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Corey Conners birdied four of his final five holes Friday for an 8-under 64 to finish with the lead after the weather-delayed first round at the Valero Texas Open. Conners, the winner here in 2019, took a 2-shot advantage over Patrick Rodgers with the second round getting

5:17 PM ET One of the biggest storylines heading into next week’s Masters at Augusta National Golf Club is whether any of the 18 players from the LIV Golf League participating in the tournament will compete for a green jacket. Because the LIV Golf League will stage just 14 tournaments in its second season —

8:15 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Veterans Padraig Harrington and Matt Kuchar each shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to share the early lead with MJ Daffue and Roberto Díaz in the weather-delayed first round of the Valero Texas Open. Daffue eagled the par-5 18th hole at TPC San Antonio and Díaz made

5:11 PM ET Associated Press EVANS, Ga. — Rose Zhang lived up to her billing as the best female amateur in the world by playing bogey-free and handling the par 5s at Champions Retreat on Wednesday for a 6-under 66 to take a one-shot lead in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. For the last two

1:03 PM ET The ongoing battle between the PGA Tour and the breakaway LIV Golf League continues to be one of the biggest storylines in men’s professional golf, but past Masters champions Patrick Reed and Bubba Watson insist it won’t be a distraction at Augusta National Golf Club next week. Speaking to reporters ahead of

1:22 PM ET Associated Press The LPGA Tour is going back to Malaysia and restoring what could have been another gap in the Asia swing. The Maybank Championship will be Oct. 26-29 at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, replacing the void created when the Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA was canceled. The Maybank Championship will

1:08 PM ET ESPN News Services El Cardonal, a Tiger Woods-designed course in Mexico, will be the site of the World Wide Technology Championship this fall, the PGA Tour said Tuesday. The PGA Tour’s agreement with Mayakoba, which was designed by LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, ended after 2022. Mayakoba hosted LIV Golf’s 2023 season-opener

10:48 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN This week, for the fourth time in five years, the best amateur women’s players in the world will descend upon Augusta, Georgia, ahead of the fourth installment of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Editor’s Picks In just a short period of time, the ANWA has become a premier showcase of

1:47 PM ET The next event on the 2023 PGA Tour is the Valero Texas Open, which begins on Thursday. The event will take place at the TPC San Antonio Oaks Course, a par-72 course in Texas. The purse for the event is $8.9 million, a $300,000 increase from last year. Editor’s Picks J.J. Spaun,

11:02 AM ET Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout and 15-time major champion Tiger Woods are teaming up to build a new private golf club in southern New Jersey, the pair announced Monday. Trout National-The Reserve will feature an 18-hole course that will be designed by Woods and his firm, TGR Design. The club will

9:59 PM ET Associated Press GOLD CANYON, Ariz. — Celine Boutier of France beat Georgia Hall of England with a birdie on the first playoff hole Sunday to win the LPGA Drive on Championship. Boutier forced a playoff by making a testy birdie putt at the par-5 18th to close out a 4-under 68, matching

7:54 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — David Toms fired a 7-under 65 on Sunday for a four-stroke, wire-to-wire win at The Galleri Classic to become the first two-time winner on the PGA Tour Champions this season. Toms closed out his second win in three starts and fourth Champions victory with an eight-birdie,

5:55 PM ET Associated Press PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Matt Wallace of England was hugging his caddie again Sunday, not to make good from an argument but to celebrate his first PGA Tour title at the Corales Punta Cana Championship. Wallace ran off four straight birdies down the stretch on the Corales course at

9:42 PM ET Associated Press GOLD CANYON, Ariz. — Celine Boutier of France had an eagle and six birdies in a round of 7-under 65 and moved atop the leaderboard when Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand stumbled down the stretch in Saturday’s third round of the LPGA Drive on Championship. Boutier, a 29-year-old two-time tour winner,