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Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 12:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Swedish golfer Jesper Svensson shot a third-round 67 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead at the Open de France over Denmark’s Thorbjørn Olesen and England’s Sam Bairstow. Svensson had four birdies in the first six holes and five overall. But

Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 06:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Mao Saigo of Japan shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-shot lead after three rounds of the Buick LPGA Shanghai on Saturday. It was her second consecutive round of 65. Saigo, who is 18 under overall, is looking for her first

Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 05:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Belgium’s Thomas Detry shot a second-round 63 to share the lead with England’s Dan Bradbury and Jesper Svensson at 9 under par midway through the Open de France on Friday. Five players were one shot behind. Detry also shot 8-under 63

Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 06:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Sei Young Kim of South Korea held on to her lead with a 2-under 70 in the second round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai tournament on Friday. Kim has a two-round total of 12-under 132 after opening with 62 — her lowest

Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 06:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Sei Young Kim, looking for her first victory this season, opened with a 10-under 62 on Thursday to lead the first round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai tournament. The South Korean player shot a 28 on her first nine holes at the

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 6, 2024, 05:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Rocco Mediate missed a 4-foot par putt for the win, and then made from about the same distance on the second playoff hole Sunday to beat Bob Estes and win the Constellation Furyk & Friends on the PGA Tour Champions. Mediate,

ESPN News Services Oct 8, 2024, 12:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning have left Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton to practice the rest of the week in the Raleigh area for their season opener at the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night. Milton, currently a Category 4 hurricane, is projected to

ESPN News Services Oct 8, 2024, 02:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley offered a warning Tuesday about Bethpage Black that does not need a special sign by the first tee: Organizers will have security inside the ropes to make sure the New York crowd doesn’t get out of control.

Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 06:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FRENCH LICK, Ind. — Braden Thornberry birdied the final hole for a 6-under 66 and his first Korn Ferry Tour title at the best time. The victory Sunday in the Tour Championship made him one of 30 players who earned PGA Tour cards for

Associated Press Oct 7, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BELLEAIR, Fla. — Caitlin Clark wasn’t joking when she included golf in her offseason plans. Clark is going to The Annika in November, the penultimate tournament on the LPGA Tour schedule hosted by Annika Sorenstam, to play in the pro-am and be a panelist

Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 08:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JACKSON, Miss. — Kevin Yu made a 15-foot birdie on the 18th hole for a 5-under 67, and he birdied it again from 6 feet in a playoff to beat Beau Hossler and win the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday for his first PGA

Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 12:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tyrrell Hatton won the Dunhill Links Championship for a record third time Sunday after making birdie at the 18th hole on the Old Course at St. Andrews to finish a stroke clear of playing partner Nicolas Colsaerts. Both players walked

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.

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

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

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

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

ESPN News Services Sep 27, 2024, 06:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im tied a record for the biggest blowout, and Si Woo Kim polished off a most perfect day as the International team produced a sweep of its own tie the Americans in the Presidents Cup on Friday.

Associated Press Sep 27, 2024, 08:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ROGERS, Ark. — Jasmine Suwannapura birdied the final two holes for an 8-under 63 and the top spot Friday on a leaderboard crowded with Arkansas Razorbacks in the LPGA Tour’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Opening in gusty morning conditions at Pinnacle Country Club, Suwannapura

Aug 4, 2024, 12:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Scottie Scheffler has become one of the most prominent figures in golf since his breakthrough year in 2022, where he achieved a No. 1 world ranking. Over the past few years, he’s claimed a number of PGA Tour titles, including two wins at the Masters tournament.

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 28, 2024, 10:33 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 the club is assessing damage at the iconic course after the area was hit hard by

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

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 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